2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

The 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held between 12 and 15 February 2015 in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Thialf during the event
VenueThialf, Heerenveen
Dates12–15 February 2015
Competitors161 from 23 nations

Schedule

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Date Time Events
12 February 18:00 3000 m women
19:33 10000 m men
13 February 18:00 1000 m women
18:53 1500 m men
19:53 5000 m women
21:29 Team pursuit men
14 February 13:00 5000 m men
14:57 500 m women
15:41 1000 m men
17:24 Team pursuit women
15 February 13:15 500 m men
14:00 1500 m women
15:54 Mass start men
16:19 Mass start women

Source:schaatsen.nl[1][2][3][4]

Participating nations

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161 speed skaters from 23 nations participated. The number of speed skaters per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.

Participating nations
Click on a nation to go to the nations' 2015 Championships page

Medal summary

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Pechstein thanking Thialf

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Netherlands)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Netherlands (NED)*57517
2  United States (USA)4217
3  Russia (RUS)2114
4  Czech Republic (CZE)2013
5  Japan (JPN)1012
6  Canada (CAN)0314
7  Italy (ITA)0101
8  Germany (GER)0022
9  France (FRA)0011
  South Korea (KOR)0011
Totals (10 entries)14141442

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 m[5]
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Pavel Kulizhnikov
  Russia
68.931 Michel Mulder
  Netherlands
69.622 Laurent Dubreuil
  Canada
69.694
1000 m[6]
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Shani Davis
  United States
1:08.57 Pavel Kulizhnikov
  Russia
1:08.61 Kjeld Nuis
  Netherlands
1:08.71
1500 m[7]
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Denis Yuskov
  Russia
1:43.36 Denny Morrison
  Canada
1:45.08 Koen Verweij
  Netherlands
1:45.15
5000 m[8]
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Sven Kramer
  Netherlands
6:09.65 Jorrit Bergsma
  Netherlands
6:11.53 Douwe de Vries
  Netherlands
6:18.24
10000 m[9]
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Jorrit Bergsma
  Netherlands
12:54.82 Erik Jan Kooiman
  Netherlands
13:02.57 Patrick Beckert
  Germany
13:10.95
Team pursuit[10]
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  Netherlands
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
Douwe de Vries
3:41.40   Canada
Ted-Jan Bloemen
Denny Morrison
Jordan Belchos
3:44.09   South Korea
Lee Seung-hoon
Kim Cheol-min
Ko Byung-wook
3:44.96
Mass start
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Arjan Stroetinga
  Netherlands
Fabio Francolini
  Italy
Alexis Contin
  France

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 m[11]
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Heather Richardson
  United States
75.332 Brittany Bowe
  United States
75.785 Nao Kodaira
  Japan
75.893
1000 m[12]
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Brittany Bowe
  United States
1:13.90 Heather Richardson
  United States
1:14.49 Karolína Erbanová
  Czech Republic
1:15.26
1500 m[13]
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Brittany Bowe
  United States
1:54.27 Ireen Wüst
  Netherlands
1:54.76 Heather Richardson
  United States
1:55.60
3000 m[14]
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Martina Sáblíková
  Czech Republic
4:02.17 Ireen Wüst
  Netherlands
4:03.46 Marije Joling
  Netherlands
4:05.51
5000 m[15]
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Martina Sáblíková
  Czech Republic
6:52.73 Carlijn Achtereekte
  Netherlands
6:54.49 Claudia Pechstein
  Germany
6:56.53
Team pursuit[16]
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  Japan
Ayaka Kikuchi
Miho Takagi
Nana Takagi
3:01.53   Netherlands
Marije Joling
Marrit Leenstra
Ireen Wüst
3:01.55   Russia
Olga Graf
Yuliya Skokova
Natalya Voronina
3:03.19
Mass start[17]
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Irene Schouten
  Netherlands
Ivanie Blondin
  Canada
Mariska Huisman
  Netherlands

References

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  1. ^ "Provisional time schedule day 1" (PDF). schaatsen.nl. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Provisional time schedule day 2" (PDF). schaatsen.nl. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Provisional time schedule day 3" (PDF). schaatsen.nl. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Provisional time schedule day 4" (PDF). schaatsen.nl. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  5. ^ Men's 500m Results
  6. ^ Men's 1000m Results
  7. ^ Men's 1500m Results
  8. ^ Men's 5000m Results
  9. ^ Men's 10000m Results
  10. ^ "Men's Team pursuit Results". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  11. ^ Women's 500m Results
  12. ^ "Women's 1000 m Results". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  13. ^ Women's 1500m Results
  14. ^ "Women's 3000 metres Results". Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
  15. ^ "Women's 5000 m Results". Archived from the original on 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  16. ^ Women's Team pursuit Results
  17. ^ Women's Mass start Results