World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	January–March
Frequency	biennial
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	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]

History

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. This rule was applied in 1983 when Rolf Falk-Larssen from Norway won three distances and thus become World Champion despite after end of fourth distance (10,000 m) he had a worse samalog score than silver medalist Tomas Gustafson from Sweden.

Records

Sven Kramer from Netherlands has won a total of nine world championships, in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017. He also hold records for total number of medals (12) by winning bronze medals in 2005, 2006 and 2019. Before Kramer, Clas Thunberg from Finland and Oscar Mathisen from Norway held the record with five world championships.
Sven Kramer has won four consecutive world championships, in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
The youngest World Allround Champion is Eric Heiden from the United States who won his first of three world allround titles in 1977 at age 18.
The oldest World Allround Champion is Clas Thunberg from Finland who won his fifth and last world allround title in 1931 at age 37.
Roberto Sighel from Italy hold record by number of participations in the championships (16 times in 1987–2002).
The biggest point margin between the winner and the second placed skater at the end of competition is 4.832 points between Eric Heiden from the United States and Jan Egil Storholt from Norway in 1979.
At the 1983 championships, Rolf Falk-Larssen from Norway won three distances and thus become World Allround Champion in accordance with then-existing rule. Being de-facto champion, he finished in 13th place at final distance (10,000 m) and in second place in points classification by losing 0.424 points to Tomas Gustafson from Sweden who eventually become silver medalist. Without taking into account this case, the smallest winning margin between the champion and the runner-up is 0.042 points between Soviet skaters Oleg Goncharenko and Robert Merkulov in 1956.
There are six speed skaters who become World Allround Champions by winning all four distances at the championships – Joe Donoghue from the United States (1891; unofficial championships), Jaap Eden from Netherlands (1896), Nikolay Strunnikov from Russia (1911), Oscar Mathisen from Norway (1912), Ard Schenk from Netherlands (1972) and Eric Heiden from the United States (1979).
By contrast, there are 13 speed skaters who become World Allround Champions without winning any of four distances – Michael Staksrud from Norway (1937), Alfons Bērziņš from Latvia (1940; unofficial championships), Odd Lundberg from Norway (1948), Juhani Järvinen from Finland (1959), Viktor Kosichkin from the Soviet Union (1962), Dag Fornæss from Norway (1969), Harm Kuipers from Netherlands (1975), Eric Flaim from the United States (1988), Johann Olav Koss from Norway (1990), Roberto Sighel from Italy (1992), Rintje Ritsma from Netherlands (1999 and 2001), Chad Hedrick from the United States (2004) and Koen Verweij from Netherlands (2014).
Eric Heiden and Shani Davis (both from the United States) are only men's speed skaters who become champions both at the World Allround and the World Sprint Championships. Heiden won three World Allround Championships in 1977–1979 and four World Sprint Championships in 1977–1980. He remained the only men's speed skater who win both championships in one calendar year by firstly achieving this feat in 1977 and then repeating this success in 1978 and 1979. Shani Davis is the only men's speed skater who won world titles at three different championships – World Allround Championships (2005 and 2006), World Sprint Championships (2009) and World Single Distances Championships (8 gold medals in 2004–2015).

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 Bērziņš	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 Lundgreen
1913	Helsingfors (Helsinki)	Oscar Mathisen	Vasily Ippolitov	Nikita Naidenov
1914	Kristiania (Oslo)	Oscar Mathisen (5)	Vasily Ippolitov	Väinö Wickström^[c]
1915	Not held due to World War I
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
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 Bērziņš	Charles Mathiesen
1940	Not held due to World War II
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
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 Tsybin
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	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Sven Kramer
2020	Hamar	Patrick Roest (3)	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Seitaro Ichinohe
2022	Hamar	Nils van der Poel	Patrick Roest	Bart Swings
2024	Inzell	Jordan Stolz	Patrick Roest	Hallgeir Engebråten

All-time medal count


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	40	20	30	90
2	Norway	37	36	34	107
3	Finland	9	10	3	22
4	United States	9	5	5	19
5	Soviet Union	8	13	10	31
6	Sweden	4	4	6	14
7	Russia	3	5	2	10
8	Italy	1	3	3	7
9	Latvia	1	1	0	2
10	Canada	1	0	0	1
10	Hungary	1	0	0	1
12	Japan	0	2	2	4
13	Austria	0	1	2	3
14	East Germany	0	1	1	2
15	France	0	1	0	1
15	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
17	Belgium	0	0	3	3
18	Germany	0	0	1	1
–	Independent	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		114	103	103	320

Unofficial World Championships of 1889–1892, 1940 and 1946 (not recognized by the ISU) included

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	Patrick Roest	Netherlands	2017	2024	3	3	–	6
7	Ard Schenk	Netherlands	1965	1972	3	2	2	7
8	Michael Staksrud	Norway	1929	1937	3	2	1	6
9	Oleg Goncharenko	Soviet Union	1953	1958	3	2	–	5
10	Johann Olav Koss	Norway	1990	1994	3	1	1	5

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

^ "Some Key Dates in ISU History". ISU.org. Retrieved 21 November 2012.

[2] Wathén represented the Grand Duchy of Finland which was part of the Russian Empire at that time.

[3] Strömsten represented the Grand Duchy of Finland which was part of the Russian Empire at that time.

[4] Wickstrøm represented the Grand Duchy of Finland which was part of the Russian Empire at that time.

[5] Lundberg won his first allround title in 1946 at the unofficial World Championships.

[6] 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.

[7] 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.

[1] "Some Key Dates in ISU History". ISU.org. Retrieved 21 November 2012.

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World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men

History

Distances used

Ranking systems used

Records

Medal winners

Unofficial championships

Official championships

All-time medal count

Multiple medalists

See also

Notes

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