World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men
| World Allround Speed Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Genre | sports event |
| Date(s) | January–March |
| Frequency | annual |
| Location(s) | various |
| Inaugurated | 1889 (1889) |
| Organised by | ISU |
The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1893. Unofficial Championships were held in the years 1889–1892. [1]
Contents
1 History
1.1 Distances used
1.2 Ranking systems used
1.3 Records
2 Medal winners
2.1 Unofficial championships
2.2 Official championships
2.3 All-time medal count
3 Multiple medalists
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References
History
Medal winning countries at the World All-Round Speed Skating Championships.
Distances used
- In 1889, three distances had to be skated: 1/2 mile (805 m) — 1 mile (1,609 m) — 2 miles (3,219 m).
- In the years 1890–1892, four distances had to be skated: 1/2 mile (805 m) — 1 mile (1,609 m) — 2 miles (3,219 m) — 5 miles (8,047 m).
- Since 1893, four distances have to be skated: 500 m (0.31 mi) — 1,500 m (0.93 mi) — 5,000 m (3.1 mi) — 10,000 m (6.2 mi) (the big combination).
Ranking systems used
- In 1889, one could only win the World Championships by winning all three distances. If no one won all three distances, no winner would be declared. Silver and bronze medals were not awarded.
- In the years 1890–1907, one could only win the World Championships by winning at least three of the four distances, so there would be no World Champion if no skater won at least three distances. Silver and bronze medals were never awarded.
- In the years 1908–1925, ranking points were awarded (1 point for 1st place, 2 points for 2nd place, and so on); the final ranking was then decided by ordering the skaters by lowest point totals. The rule that a skater winning at least three distances was automatically World Champion was still in effect, though, so the ranking could be affected by that. Silver and bronze medals were awarded now as well.
- In the years 1926–1927, the ranking points on each distance were percentage points, calculated from a skater's time and the current world record time. Apart from that, the system used was the same as in the immediately preceding years.
- Since 1928, the samalog system has been in use. However, the rule that a skater winning at least three distances was automatically World Champion remained in effect until (and including) 1986. It was abolished as a result of three-distance-winner (and thus World Champion) Rolf Falk-Larssen having a worse samalog score than silver medal winner Tomas Gustafson in 1983.
Records
Sven Kramer has won a total of nine world championships, in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Before Kramer, Clas Thunberg and Oscar Mathisen held the record with five world championships.- Kramer has won four consecutive world championships, in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Medal winners
Unofficial championships
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | Amsterdam | None declared | None declared | None declared |
| 1890 | Amsterdam | None declared | None declared | None declared |
| 1891 | Amsterdam |  Joe Donoghue | None declared | None declared |
| 1892 | Amsterdam | Cancelled due to ice conditions | ||
| 1940 | Oslo |  Alfons Berzinš |  Harry Haraldsen | Charles Mathiesen |
| 1946 | Oslo | Odd Lundberg |  Göthe Hedlund | Charles Mathiesen |
Official championships
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | Amsterdam |  Jaap Eden | None declared | None declared |
| 1894 | Stockholm | None declared | None declared | None declared |
| 1895 | Hamar | Jaap Eden | None declared | None declared |
| 1896 | St. Petersburg | Jaap Eden (3) | None declared | None declared |
| 1897 | Montreal |  Jack McCulloch | None declared | None declared |
| 1898 | Davos |  Peder Østlund | None declared | None declared |
| 1899 | Berlin | Peder Østlund (2) | None declared | None declared |
| 1900 | Kristiania (Oslo) | Edvard Engelsaas | None declared | None declared |
| 1901 | Stockholm |  Franz Frederik Wathén [a] | None declared | None declared |
| 1902 | Helsingfors (Helsinki) | None declared | None declared | None declared |
| 1903 | St. Petersburg | None declared | None declared | None declared |
| 1904 | Kristiania (Oslo) | Sigurd Mathisen | None declared | None declared |
| 1905 | Groningen | Coen de Koning | None declared | None declared |
| 1906 | Helsingfors (Helsinki) | None declared | None declared | None declared |
| 1907 | Trondhjem (Trondheim) | None declared | None declared | None declared |
| 1908 | Davos | Oscar Mathisen | Martin Sæterhaug | Moje Öholm |
| 1909 | Kristiania (Oslo) | Oscar Mathisen | Oluf Steen | Otto Andersson |
| 1910 | Helsingfors (Helsinki) | Nikolay Strunnikov | Oscar Mathisen | Martin Sæterhaug |
| 1911 | Trondhjem (Trondheim) | Nikolay Strunnikov (2) | Martin Sæterhaug | Henning Olsen |
| 1912 | Kristiania (Oslo) | Oscar Mathisen | Gunnar Strömsten [b] | Trygve Lundgren |
| 1913 | Helsingfors (Helsinki) | Oscar Mathisen | Vasily Ippolitov |  Nikita Naidenov |
| 1914 | Kristiania (Oslo) | Oscar Mathisen (5) | Vasily Ippolitov | Wäinö Wickstrøm [c] |
| 1915 | Not held due to World War I | |||
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| 1922 | Kristiania (Oslo) | Harald Strøm | Roald Larsen |  Clas Thunberg |
| 1923 | Stockholm | Clas Thunberg | Harald Strøm |  Yakov Melnikov |
| 1924 | Helsinki | Roald Larsen | Uuno Pietilä | Julius Skutnabb |
| 1925 | Oslo | Clas Thunberg | Uuno Pietilä | Roald Larsen |
| 1926 | Trondhjem (Trondheim) | Ivar Ballangrud | Roald Larsen | Bernt Evensen |
| 1927 | Tampere | Bernt Evensen | Clas Thunberg | Armand Carlsen |
| 1928 | Davos | Clas Thunberg | Ivar Ballangrud | Bernt Evensen |
| 1929 | Oslo | Clas Thunberg | Ivar Ballangrud | Michael Staksrud |
| 1930 | Oslo | Michael Staksrud | Ivar Ballangrud | Dolf van der Scheer |
| 1931 | Helsinki | Clas Thunberg (5) | Bernt Evensen | Ivar Ballangrud |
| 1932 | Lake Placid | Ivar Ballangrud | Michael Staksrud | Bernt Evensen |
| 1933 | Trondheim | Hans Engnestangen | Michael Staksrud | Ivar Ballangrud |
| 1934 | Helsinki | Bernt Evensen (2) | Birger Wasenius | Ivar Ballangrud |
| 1935 | Oslo | Michael Staksrud | Ivar Ballangrud | Hans Engnestangen |
| 1936 | Davos | Ivar Ballangrud | Birger Wasenius |  Eddie Schroeder |
| 1937 | Oslo | Michael Staksrud (3) | Birger Wasenius |  Max Stiepl |
| 1938 | Davos | Ivar Ballangrud (4) | Karl Wazulek | Charles Mathiesen |
| 1939 | Helsinki | Birger Wasenius | Alfons Berzinš | Charles Mathiesen |
| 1940 | Not held due to World War II | |||
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| 1947 | Oslo | Lassi Parkkinen | Sverre Farstad | Åke Seyffarth |
| 1948 | Helsinki | Odd Lundberg (2 [d]) | Johnny Werket | Henry Wahl |
| 1949 | Oslo |  Kornél Pajor | Kees Broekman | Odd Lundberg |
| 1950 | Eskilstuna | Hjalmar Andersen | Odd Lundberg | Johnny Werket |
| 1951 | Davos | Hjalmar Andersen |  Johnny Cronshey | Kornél Pajor [e] |
| 1952 | Hamar | Hjalmar Andersen (3) | Lassi Parkkinen | Ivar Martinsen |
| 1953 | Helsinki |  Oleg Goncharenko | Boris Shilkov | Wim van der Voort |
| 1954 | Sapporo | Boris Shilkov | Oleg Goncharenko | Yevgeny Grishin |
| 1955 | Moscow | Sigvard Ericsson | Oleg Goncharenko | Boris Shilkov |
| 1956 | Oslo |  Oleg Goncharenko | Robert Merkulov | Yevgeny Grishin |
| 1957 | Östersund | Knut Johannesen | Boris Shilkov | Boris Zybin |
| 1958 | Helsinki | Oleg Goncharenko (3) | Vladimir Shilykovsky | Roald Aas |
| 1959 | Oslo | Juhani Järvinen | Toivo Salonen | Robert Merkulov |
| 1960 | Davos | Boris Stenin |  André Kouprianoff |  Helmut Kuhnert |
| 1961 | Gothenburg | Henk van der Grift | Viktor Kosichkin | Rudie Liebrechts |
| 1962 | Moscow | Viktor Kosichkin | Henk van der Grift | Ivar Nilsson |
| 1963 | Karuizawa | Jonny Nilsson | Knut Johannesen | Nils Aaness |
| 1964 | Helsinki | Knut Johannesen (2) | Viktor Kosichkin | Rudie Liebrechts |
| 1965 | Oslo | Per Ivar Moe | Jouko Launonen | Ard Schenk |
| 1966 | Gothenburg | Kees Verkerk | Ard Schenk | Jonny Nilsson |
| 1967 | Oslo | Kees Verkerk (2) | Ard Schenk | Fred Anton Maier |
| 1968 | Gothenburg | Fred Anton Maier | Magne Thomassen | Ard Schenk |
| 1969 | Deventer | Dag Fornæss | Göran Claeson | Kees Verkerk |
| 1970 | Oslo | Ard Schenk | Magne Thomassen | Kees Verkerk |
| 1971 | Gothenburg | Ard Schenk | Göran Claeson | Kees Verkerk |
| 1972 | Oslo | Ard Schenk (3) | Roar Grønvold | Jan Bols |
| 1973 | Deventer | Göran Claeson | Sten Stensen | Piet Kleine |
| 1974 | Inzell | Sten Stensen | Harm Kuipers | Göran Claeson |
| 1975 | Oslo | Harm Kuipers | Vladimir Ivanov | Yury Kondakov |
| 1976 | Heerenveen | Piet Kleine | Sten Stensen | Hans van Helden |
| 1977 | Heerenveen |  Eric Heiden | Jan Egil Storholt | Sten Stensen |
| 1978 | Gothenburg | Eric Heiden | Jan Egil Storholt | Sergey Marchuk |
| 1979 | Oslo | Eric Heiden (3) | Jan Egil Storholt | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet |
| 1980 | Heerenveen | Hilbert van der Duim | Eric Heiden | Tom Erik Oxholm |
| 1981 | Oslo | Amund Sjøbrend | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet | Jan Egil Storholt |
| 1982 | Assen | Hilbert van der Duim (2) | Dmitry Bochkaryov | Rolf Falk-Larssen |
| 1983 | Oslo | Rolf Falk-Larssen | Tomas Gustafson | Aleksandr Baranov |
| 1984 | Gothenburg | Oleg Bozhev | Andreas Ehrig | Hilbert van der Duim |
| 1985 | Hamar | Hein Vergeer | Oleg Bozhev | Hilbert van der Duim |
| 1986 | Inzell | Hein Vergeer (2) | Oleg Bozhev | Viktor Shasherin |
| 1987 | Heerenveen | Nikolay Gulyayev | Oleg Bozhev | Michael Hadschieff |
| 1988 | Alma-Ata | Eric Flaim | Leo Visser | Dave Silk |
| 1989 | Oslo | Leo Visser | Gerard Kemkers | Geir Karlstad |
| 1990 | Innsbruck | Johann Olav Koss | Ben van der Burg | Bart Veldkamp |
| 1991 | Heerenveen | Johann Olav Koss |  Roberto Sighel | Bart Veldkamp |
| 1992 | Calgary | Roberto Sighel | Falko Zandstra | Johann Olav Koss |
| 1993 | Hamar | Falko Zandstra | Johann Olav Koss | Rintje Ritsma |
| 1994 | Gothenburg | Johann Olav Koss (3) | Ids Postma | Rintje Ritsma |
| 1995 | Baselga di Pinè | Rintje Ritsma |  Keiji Shirahata | Roberto Sighel |
| 1996 | Inzell | Rintje Ritsma | Ids Postma | Keiji Shirahata |
| 1997 | Nagano | Ids Postma | Keiji Shirahata |  Frank Dittrich |
| 1998 | Heerenveen | Ids Postma (2) | Rintje Ritsma | Roberto Sighel |
| 1999 | Hamar | Rintje Ritsma | Vadim Sayutin | Eskil Ervik |
| 2000 | Milwaukee | Gianni Romme | Ids Postma | Rintje Ritsma |
| 2001 | Budapest | Rintje Ritsma (4) | Ids Postma |  Bart Veldkamp [f] |
| 2002 | Heerenveen | Jochem Uytdehaage | Dmitry Shepel | Derek Parra |
| 2003 | Gothenburg | Gianni Romme (2) | Rintje Ritsma | Ids Postma |
| 2004 | Hamar | Chad Hedrick | Shani Davis | Carl Verheijen |
| 2005 | Moscow | Shani Davis | Chad Hedrick | Sven Kramer |
| 2006 | Calgary | Shani Davis (2) | Enrico Fabris | Sven Kramer |
| 2007 | Heerenveen | Sven Kramer | Enrico Fabris | Carl Verheijen |
| 2008 | Berlin | Sven Kramer | Håvard Bøkko | Shani Davis |
| 2009 | Hamar | Sven Kramer | Håvard Bøkko | Enrico Fabris |
| 2010 | Heerenveen | Sven Kramer | Jonathan Kuck | Håvard Bøkko |
| 2011 | Calgary | Ivan Skobrev | Håvard Bøkko | Jan Blokhuijsen |
| 2012 | Moscow | Sven Kramer | Jan Blokhuijsen | Koen Verweij |
| 2013 | Hamar | Sven Kramer | Håvard Bøkko | Bart Swings |
| 2014 | Heerenveen | Koen Verweij | Jan Blokhuijsen | Denis Yuskov |
| 2015 | Calgary | Sven Kramer | Denis Yuskov | Sverre Lunde Pedersen |
| 2016 | Berlin | Sven Kramer | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | Jan Blokhuijsen |
| 2017 | Hamar | Sven Kramer (9) | Patrick Roest | Jan Blokhuijsen |
| 2018 | Amsterdam | Patrick Roest | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | Marcel Bosker |
| 2019 | Calgary | Patrick Roest (2) | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | Sven Kramer |
All-time medal count
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 39 | 18 | 30 | 87 |
| 2 | Norway | 37 | 35 | 33 | 105 |
| 3 | Finland | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 8 | 13 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | United States | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Russia | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Sweden | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Latvia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Japan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| – | Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 nations) | 111 | 100 | 100 | 311 | |
Multiple medalists
Boldface denotes active skaters and highest medal count among all skaters (including those who are not included in these tables) per type.
| Rank | Skater | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sven Kramer | Netherlands | 2005 | 2019 | 9 | – | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Clas Thunberg | Finland | 1922 | 1931 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Oscar Mathisen | Norway | 1908 | 1914 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 |
| 4 | Ivar Ballangrud | Norway | 1926 | 1938 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Rintje Ritsma | Netherlands | 1993 | 2003 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Ard Schenk | Netherlands | 1965 | 1972 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Michael Staksrud | Norway | 1929 | 1937 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Oleg Goncharenko | Soviet Union | 1953 | 1958 | 3 | 2 | – | 5 |
| 9 | Johann Olav Koss | Norway | 1990 | 1994 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Eric Heiden | United States | 1977 | 1980 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
See also
- World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women
Notes
^ Wathén represented the Grand Duchy of Finland which was part of the Russian Empire at that time.
^ Strömsten represented the Grand Duchy of Finland which was part of the Russian Empire at that time.
^ Wickstrøm represented the Grand Duchy of Finland which was part of the Russian Empire at that time.
^ Lundberg won his first allround title in 1946 at the unofficial World Championships.
^ Pajor used to skate for Hungary until he defected in 1949. From then on the ISU allowed him to participate as an independent skater representing the ISU as he did in 1951. In 1952 he represented Sweden at the European Allround Championships in Östersund in Sweden winning the bronze medal in the overall standings.
^ Until 1995 Veldkamp skated for the Netherlands. From 1996 he skated for Belgium in order to avoid having to participate in Dutch qualification trials for the major tournaments.
References
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