World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women explained

The International Skating Union has organised the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1970. The first two years (1970 and 1971), they were called the ISU Sprint Championships.

History

Distances used

Ranking systems used

Records

Medal winners

Sprint combination

YearVenuealign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 Bronze
1970 Atje Keulen-Deelstra
1971 Dianne Holum
1972 Lyudmila Titova
1973 Monika Pflug
1974 Monika Pflug
1975 Cathy Priestner
1976 Sheila Young (3) Sylvia Burka
1977 Haitske Pijlman
1978 Erwina Ryś-Ferens
1979 Leah Poulos-Mueller (2) Christa Rothenburger
1980 Beth Heiden
1981 Natalya Petrusyova
1982 Monika Holzner-Pflug
1983 Christa Rothenburger
1984 Natalya Shive
1985 Erwina Ryś-Ferens
1986 Bonnie Blair
1987 Karin Kania (6) Christa Rothenburger
1988 Christa Rothenburger (2) Bonnie Blair
1989 Seiko Hashimoto
1990 Christine Aaftink
1991 Christine Aaftink
1992 Christa Luding-Rothenburger
1993 Ye Qiaobo (2) Oksana Ravilova
1994 Xue Ruihong
1995 Bonnie Blair (3) Franziska Schenk
1996 Franziska Schenk
1997 Chris Witty
1998 Chris Witty
1999 Sabine Völker
2000 Marianne Timmer
2001 Catriona Le May Doan
2002 Catriona Le May Doan (2) Anzhelika Kotyuga
2003 Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (5) Shihomi Shinya
2004 Jennifer Rodriguez
2005 Sabine Völker
Chiara Simionato
Cindy Klassen
Annette Gerritsen
Yu Jing
Lee Sang-hwa Jenny Wolf
Christine Nesbitt Margot Boer
Zhang Hong
Lee Sang-hwa
Yu Jing (2) Heather Richardson
Karolína Erbanová
Brittany Bowe (2) Jorien ter Mors
Jorien ter Mors
Olga Fatkulina
Nao Kodaira (2) Brittany Bowe
Olga Fatkulina
Vanessa Herzog
Miho Takagi (2) Jutta Leerdam

Medal table

Team sprint

YearVenuealign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 Bronze

Julie Nistad Samsonsen
Martine Ripsrud
Marte Bjerkreim Furnée

Medal table

World champions (sprint combination)

As of 2024.

Skater Total
6 2 0 8
5 0 0 5
3 4 2 9
3 0 0 3
2 3 0 5
2 2 4 8
2 1 1 4
2 1 1 4
2 1 1 4
2 1 0 2
2 1 0 3
2 1 0 3
1 3 1 5
1 2 0 3
1 2 0 3
1 1 2 4
1 1 1 3
1 1 1 3
1 1 0 2
1 0 3 4
1 0 2 3
1 0 2 3
1 0 1 2
1 0 1 2
1 0 1 2
1 0 1 2
1 0 1 2
1 0 1 2
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1

See also

References