International Skating Union ISU Media Guide

2012/13

International Skating Union 11/14/2012

ISU Speed Skating Media Guide

Contents 1. International Skating Union Speed Skating Office Holders 2010/16 ...... 4 2. ISU Speed Skating Members ...... 5 3. ISU Contact ...... 6 4. Rules and Regulations ...... 6 a. ISU World Cup Competitions ...... 6 i. Entry Rules and Quotas ...... 6 ii. Competition Formats ...... 7 iii. World Cup Speed Skating ranking rules...... 7 b. ISU Junior World Cup Competitions ...... 9 i. Entry Rules and Quotas ...... 9 ii. Competition Formats ...... 9 iii. ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating ranking rules ...... 9 c. ISU Speed Skating Championships ...... 10 i. Distances and team competitions at ISU Championships ...... 11 d. Racing Rules ...... 12 i. Starting Procedure ...... 12 ii. False start ...... 13 iii. Infringements ...... 13 5. ISU Events and Championships Calendar ...... 16 6. Media Accreditation ...... 16 a. ISU Championships ...... 16 b. Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating Series ...... 17 7. Biographies...... 18 8. Abbreviations ...... 18 9. World Records ...... 19 a. Men ...... 19 b. Ladies ...... 19 c. Junior Men ...... 19 d. Junior Ladies ...... 19 10. Medal Tables ...... 20 a. ISU World Cup Speed Skating – Single Distances Men ...... 20 b. ISU World Cup Speed Skating – Single Distances Ladies ...... 20 c. ISU World Single Distances Championships ...... 21

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d. ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships ...... 21 e. ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships...... 22 f. ISU European Speed Skating Championships ...... 22 11. Medalists...... 23 a. ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Men ...... 23 b. ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Ladies...... 24 c. ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships – Men ...... 25 d. ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships – Ladies ...... 27 e. ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Men ...... 29 f. ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Ladies ...... 30 g. ISU European Speed Skating Championships – Men ...... 31 h. ISU European Speed Skating Championships – Ladies ...... 33 i. ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships - Men ...... 34 j. ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships – Ladies ...... 35 12. Season 2011/12 Results ...... 36 a. ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2011/12 – Final Classification per distance ...... 36 b. Essent ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships 2012 ...... 38 c. Essent ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships 2012 ...... 40 d. Essent ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 2012 ...... 40 e. ISU European Speed Skating Championships 2012 ...... 40 f. ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships 2012 ...... 41

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1. International Skating Union Speed Skating Office Holders 2010/16

Council: President: Ottavio Cinquanta 1st Vice President: Figure Skating: David M. Dore Vice President: Speed Skating: Jan Dijkema Members: Speed Skating: György Martos Hungary German Panov Russia Lan Li China Roland E. Maillard Switzerland

Director General: Fredi Schmid Switzerland Treasurer: Ulrich Linder Switzerland Legal Advisors: Béatrice Pfister Switzerland Michael Geistlinger

Chair Sports Directorate: Peter Krick Speed Skating Sports Director: Hugo Herrnhof Italy

Technical Committees: Speed Skating: Chair: Tron Espeli Members: Nick Thometz USA Alexander Kibalko Russia Jae-Seok Choi Rep. of Korea Appointed Skater: Christian Breuer Germany Appointed Coach: Jildou Gemser Netherlands

Disciplinary Commission: Chair: Volker Waldeck Germany Members: Allan Böhm Slovak Republic Fred Benjamin USA Egbert Schmid Austria Susan Petricevic New Zealand

Medical Commission: Chair: Jane M. Moran Canada Members: David Mitchell Great Britain Sanda Dubravcic-Simunjak Croatia Joel C. Shobe USA Netherlands Hiroya Sakai Japan Ruben Ambartsumov Ukraine Hannu Koivu

Development Coordinator: György Sallak Hungary

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2. ISU Speed Skating Members

ARG Argentina Argentine Ice Speed Skating LTU Lithuania Lithuanian Speed Skating Union Association ARM Armenia Armenia Skating Federation LUX Luxembourg Union Luxembourgeoise de AUS Australia Australian Ice Racing Inc. Patinage de Vitesse AUT Austria Österreichischer MAS Malaysia Ice Skating Association of Eissschnellauf Verband Malaysia AZE Azerbaijan The Skating Federation of MEX Mexico Federacion Mexicana de Azerbaijan Republic Patinaje Sobre Hielo y BLR Belarus Skating Union of Belarus Deportes de Invierno, A. C. BEL Belgium Fédération Royale Belge de MGL Mongolia Skating Union of Mongolia Patinage de Vitesse MNE Montenegro Skating Association of BIH Bosnia and Skating Federation of Bosnia Montenegro Herzegovina and Herzegovina NED Netherlands Koninklijke Nederlandsche BRA Brazil Brazilian Ice Sports Schaatsenrijders Bond Federation NZL New Ice Speed Skating New BUL Bulgaria Bulgarian Skating Federation Zealand Zealand Inc CAN Canada NOR Norway Norges Skøyteforbund CHN China Chinese Skating Association POL Poland Polish Speed Skating TPE Chinese Chinese Taipei Skating Union Association Taipei KOR Rep. of Korea Skating Union CRO Croatia Croatian Skating Federation Korea CZE Czech Czech Speed Skating ROU Romania Romanian Skating Federation Republic Federation RUS Russia Russian Skating Union DEN Denmark Dansk Skøjte Union SRB Serbia Serbian Skating Association PRK D.P.R. Skating Association of the SIN Singapore Singapore Ice Skating Korea Democratic People’s Republic Association of Korea SVK Slovak Slovak Speed Skating Union EST Estonia The Estonian Skating Union Republic FIN Finland Suomen Luisteluliitto SLO Slovenia Slovene Skating Union FRA Fédération Française des RSA South Africa South African Speed Skating Sports de Glace Association GEO Georgia Georgian Figure Skating ESP Spain Federacion Española de Federation Deportes de Hielo GER Germany Deutsche Eisschnellauf- SWE Svenska Skridskoförbundet Gemeinschaft Stockholms Allmänna GBR Great Britain National Ice Skating Skridskoklubb (Club Member) Association of U. K. (Limited) SUI Switzerland Schweizer Eislauf-Verband GRE Greece Hellenic Ice Sports Federation Internationaler Schlittschuh- HKG Hong Hong Kong Skating Union Club Davos (Club Member) Kong/China Ltd THA Thailand Figure and Speed Skating HUN Hungary Hungarian National Skating Association of Thailand Federation TUR Turkey Turkish Ice Skating IND India Ice Skating Association of Federation India UKR Ukraine Ukrainian Speed Skating ISR Israel Israel Ice Skating Federation Federation ITA Italy Federazione Italiana Sport del USA USA US Speedskating Ghiaccio UZB Uzbekistan Winter Sports Association of JPN Japan Japan Skating Federation Uzbekistan KAZ Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Skating Federation LAT The Latvian Skating Association

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3. ISU Contact

ISU Communications and Media Coordinator Ms. Selina Vanier Tel: +41 21 612 6666 Fax: +41 21 612 6677 E-mail: [email protected]

4. Rules and Regulations

In Speed Skating, Skaters race in pairs, counter-clockwise, start in the competition lane determined by the draw, and change lanes during each lap. The Skater who skates on the inner lane shall change to the outer lane in the crossing straight, defined as the straight between the end of the curve (as marked with moveable blocks) and the beginning of the next curve (as marked with a cone), and vice versa for the Skater who skates in the outer lane. A breach of this Rule will lead to disqualification. Exception for the 1000 and the 1500 meters: when racing on a 400 meters standard track, there is no change of lanes in the first straight.

The following distances/events are raced in ISU Events:

For Ladies: 500, 1000, 1500, 3000, 5000 meters, Mass Start over 15 laps and Team Pursuit (national Teams of 3 Skaters) over 6 laps. For Men: 500, 1000, 1500, 5000, 10 000 meters, Mass Start over 20 laps and Team Pursuit (national Teams of 3 Skaters) over 8 laps. For Junior Ladies: 500, 1000, 1500, 3000 meters, Mass Start over 8 laps and Team Pursuit (national Teams of 3 Skaters) over 6 laps. For Junior Men: 500, 1000, 1500, 3000, 5000 meters, Mass Start over 12 laps and Team Pursuit (national Teams of 3 Skaters) over 8 laps.

a. ISU World Cup Competitions

The World Cup Speed Skating is organized as a series of International Competitions, and is presented under the title Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating and a specific logo. The series is concluded with a Final Event after all preceding World Cup Competitions have been held. The individual events (distances) are organized in a format where the Skaters compete in two divisions, A and B. The Skaters with the current best World Cup ranking in the category compete in Division A. Each competition day has a core session consisting of the races for Division A for all Events skated on that day. World Cup Competitions include either a Sprint program: 500 and 1000 meters (each distance being skated twice) for both Ladies and Men, a middle/long distance program: 1500 and 3000 or 5000 meters for Ladies, 1500 and 5000 or 10 000 meters for Men or a full distances program: 500, 1000, 1500 and 3000 meters for Ladies, 500, 1000, 1500 and 5000 meters for Men. In addition, Team Pursuit or Mass Start races can be added to any of the programs.

i. Entry Rules and Quotas Qualifying times over each individual distances apply to enter World Cup Competitions. Each ISU Member may enter one (1) Skater in each individual distance providing the qualifying time(s) has been achieved. Based on previous season results an ISU Member may enter more than one (1) Competitor in each distance up to a maximum of five (5) Skaters per distance.

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ii. Competition Formats For each individual distance the entered Skaters compete in two separate divisions with the currently best ranked Skaters competing in Division A; the remaining Skaters in Division B. However, all Skaters compete together in Division A in the following cases: i) When the number of entered Skaters does not exceed a certain limit. ii) For all events in the last World Cup Competition of the season.

Number of competitors in Division A For 500m, 1000m and 1500m: If not more than 28 Skaters have been entered, all compete in Division A If more than 28 Skaters have been entered, Division A shall consist of 20 competitors, with possible exception for the second race of 500m and 1000m. For 3000m Ladies and 5000m Men: If not more than 20 Skaters have been entered, all compete in Division A. If the number of entered Skaters is between 21 and 24, Division A shall consist of 12 competitors. If more than 24 Skaters have been entered, Division A shall consist of 16 competitors. For 5000m Ladies and 10000m Men: The number of competitors in Division A shall be (maximum) 12. For Mass start races: If not more than 24 Skaters have been entered, all compete in Division A. If the number of entered Skaters is between 25 and 28, Division A shall consist of 16 competitors. If more than 28 Skaters have been entered, Division A shall consist of 20 competitors.

iii. World Cup Speed Skating ranking rules

World Cup rankings for each category The World Cup ranking for each category is determined by the number of points the Skaters (or national pursuit teams) accumulate during the season.

Grand World Cup ranking rules (to determine the overall World Cup winner) A special ranking is established to determine an overall World Cup winner (“Grand World Cup winner”), both for Ladies and for Men. For each competition in individual distances the top 5 ranked competitors will earn “Grand World Cup points”.

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Points scoring a) World Cup points Based on the results of Division A and Division B, World Cup points are awarded according to the points tables below. Tables A1, A2 or A3 are used for Division A, and tables B1 and B2 for Division B.

A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 Ran For For 12- World Cup Ran In In k >16 16 Final k combination combination entries entries (all events) with A1 with A2 1 100 100 150 1 25 32 2 80 80 120 2 19 27 3 70 70 105 3 15 23 4 60 60 90 4 11 19 5 50 50 75 5 8 15 6 45 45 45 6 6 11 7 40 40 40 7 4 9 8 36 35 36 8 2 7 9 32 30 32 9 1 6 10 28 25 28 10 - 5 11 24 21 24 11 4 12 21 18 21 12 3 13 18 16 18 13 2 14 16 14 16 14 1 15 14 12 14 15 16 12 10 12 16 17 10 10 17 18 8 8 18 19 6 6 19 20 5 5 20 21 4 21 22 3 22 23 2 23 24 1 24 b) Grand World Cup points

Rank Competitions World Cup final before the World Cup final

1 10 (5,0) 15 (7,5) 2 8 (4,0) 12 (6,0) 3 7 (3,5) 10,5 (5,25) 4 6 (3,0) 9 (4,5) 5 5 (2,5) 7,5 (3,75)

The points in brackets are awarded for each 500m race and for each 1000m race in Competitions where these distances will be skated twice.

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b. ISU Junior World Cup Competitions

The ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating is organized as a series of International Competitions and is financially supported through the ISU Development Program. The series is concluded with a Final Event after all preceding ISU Junior World Cup Competitions have been held. One or two sets of the ISU Junior World Cup Competitions are organized on a regional basis, with competitions held on different continents. An ISU Member can enter participants for only one of the regional competitions for each set. However a Member may choose to enter their Skaters in a regional competition that is held outside its own continent. Each ISU Junior World Cup Competition includes a full distances program: 500, 1000, 1500 and 3000 meters for Ladies and for Men. In addition, Team Pursuit and/or Mass Start races can be added to any of the Competitions.

i. Entry Rules and Quotas Qualifying times over each individual distances apply to enter ISU Junior World Cup Competitions. a) For ISU Junior World Cup Competitions an ISU Member may enter a maximum of 10 Competitors per gender (10 Ladies, 10 Men). A maximum of 4 Competitors may be entered for each individual event (distance). However, for the Regional competitions an ISU Member may enter up to 5 competitors for each event (distance). b) For the final Competition in the ISU Junior World Cup an ISU Member may enter a maximum of 5 Competitors per gender (5 Ladies, 5 Men), with a maximum of 3 Competitors entered for each individual event. Only Skaters who have scored ISU Junior World Cup points during the current season may be entered for the ISU Junior World Cup final.

ii. Competition Formats a) For each individual distance all entered Skaters compete together (in the same division). b) Quartet starts should be used for the 3000m.

iii. ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating ranking rules

World Cup rankings for each category The ISU Junior World Cup ranking for each event (distance) is determined by the number of points the Skaters (or teams) accumulate during the season. Skaters without Junior World Cup points will be ranked according to their accumulated Junior World Cup seeding points.

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Points scoring ISU Junior World Cup points will be awarded according to the tables below. For each of the regional competitions table A applies, and the points awarded are 50 % of the points being awarded based on the results from Junior World Cup – Global Events (as per table B). For the Junior World Cup Final a bonus of 50 %, compared to table B, is awarded (as per table C).

Ran A: Regional B: Junior World Cup – C: JWC Final k Competitions Global Events 1 50 100 150 2 40 80 120 3 35 70 105 4 30 60 90 5 25 50 75 6 22 45 67 7 20 40 60 8 18 36 54 9 16 32 48 10 14 28 42 11 12 24 36 12 10 21 31 13 9 18 27 14 8 16 24 15 7 14 21 16 6 12 18 17 5 10 15 18 4 8 12 19 3 6 9 20 2 4 6 21 1 3 4 22 0 2 3 23 0 1 2 24 0 0 1

Competitors not achieving Junior World Cup points will be awarded Junior World Cup seeding points. The seeding points will be awarded to the next ranked competitors according to the same points table as used for the Junior World Cup points. Junior World Cup seeding points will not be awarded at the Junior World Cup final.

c. ISU Speed Skating Championships

There are five (5) ISU Championships held every season, the European Championships, World Sprint Championships, World Allround Championships and World Single Distances Championships (not held in Olympic years) and World Junior Championships. The European, World Sprint and World Allround Championships have an allround character only, the World Single Distances has a single distances character only while the World Junior Championships has both an allround and single distances character.

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i. Distances and team competitions at ISU Championships

European Championships The distances for the European Championships are for Ladies 500, 3000, 1500 and 5000 meters and for Men 500, 5000, 1500 and 10 000 meters. The European Championships are organized over two or three days, at the option of the organizer in consultation with the ISU. The distances may be run according to one of the programs outlined below at the option of the organizer in consultation with the ISU.

World Allround Championships The distances for the World Allround Championships are for Ladies 500, 3000, 1500 and 5000 meters and for Men 500, 5000, 1500 and 10000 meters. The distances will be run in the order mentioned. The World Allround Championships are organized over two or three days, at the option of the organizer in consultation with the ISU. The distances may be run according to one of the following programs at the option of the organizer in consultation with the ISU.

A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2 a) First day 500m Ladies 500m Men 500m Ladies 500m Men 500m Men 500m Ladies 3000m Ladies 5000m Men 500m Men 500m Ladies 5000m Men 3000m Ladies 3000m Ladies 5000m Men 5000m Men 3000m Ladies b) Second day: 1500m Ladies 500m Ladies 1500m Ladies 1500m Men 500m Ladies 500m Men 500m Men 1500m Men 1500m Men 1500m Ladies 1500m Men 1500m Ladies 5000m Ladies 3000m Ladies 5000m Ladies 10000m Men 3000m Ladies 5000m Men 5000m Men 10 000m Men 10 000m Men 5000m Ladies c) Third day: 1500m Men 1500m Ladies 1500m Ladies 1500m Men 10 000m Men 5000m Ladies 10 000m Men 5000m Ladies 5000m Ladies 10000m Men

World Sprint Championships The distances for the World Sprint Championships are for Ladies and Men 500 and 1000 meters. On the first day of the World Sprint Championships the races are over 500 and 1000 meters; on the second day also over 500 and 1000 meters.

World Junior Championships The distances for the World Junior Championships are: a) for the allround combination over 4 distances for Ladies: 500, 1000, 1500 and 3000 meters; b) for the allround combination over 4 distances for Men: 500, 1500, 3000 and 5000 meters; c) as team competition for Ladies: Team Pursuit race over 6 laps, for national teams consisting of three Skaters; d) as team competition for Men: Team Pursuit race over 8 laps, for national teams consisting of three Skaters;

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e) for single distance competitions for Ladies: 500 (skated twice), 1000, 1500 and 3000 meters; f) for single distance competitions for Men: 500 (skated twice), 1000, 1500 and 5000 meters.

The World Junior Championships are organized over three days. The distances will be run according to the following program: a) First day: b) Second day: c) Third day: 500m Ladies 500m Men (2nd race) 500m Ladies (2nd race) 500m Men 1000m Ladies 1000m Men 1500m Ladies 1500m Men Team Pursuit Ladies (qual. phase) 3000m Men 3000m Ladies Team Pursuit Men (qual. phase) 5000m Men Team Pursuit Finals Ladies Team Pursuit Finals Men

Quartet starts should be used over the distances 3000m (Ladies and Men) and 5000m (Men).

World Single Distances Championships The distances for the World Single Distances Championships are: a) for Ladies: Individual distances: 500, 1000, 1500, 3000, 5000 meters and (effective as of the season 2014/15) Mass start races over 15 laps Team Pursuit race over 6 laps for national teams, consisting of three (3) Skaters per team; b) for Men: Individual distances: 500, 1000, 1500, 5000, 10 000 meters and (effective as of the season 2014/15) Mass start races over 20 laps. . Team Pursuit race over 8 laps for national teams, consisting of three (3) Skaters per team.

The 500 meters for Ladies and Men will be skated twice. The classification will be based on the total time in the two races.

The World Single Distances Championships are organized over four days. The distances will be run in the following order:

a) First day: b) Second day: c) Third day: d) Fourth day: 1500m Men 1000m Men 1000m Ladies 500m Ladies (1) 3000m Ladies 1500m Ladies 10 000m Men 500m Men (1) 5000m Men 5000m Ladies 500m Ladies (2) 500m Men (2) Team Pursuit Ladies Team Pursuit Men

d. Racing Rules

i. Starting Procedure The Competitors starting in the inner and outer lanes shall be identified by white and red armbands, respectively. In the case of 100m or shorter distances being arranged in heats of 3 Competitors, the Competitor in the middle lane shall wear a yellow armband. The Competitor

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ii. False start In the following situations the Starter shall declare a false start: a) When one or both (all) Competitors intentionally are slow in taking their starting position, the offending Competitor(s) shall be given a false start; b) When one of the Competitors breaks from his mark, thereby causing the other Competitor to follow; only this Competitor shall be given a false start; c) When a Competitor leaves the starting position after the word "Ready", but before the shot is fired.

In the case of a false start, the Competitors shall be recalled by a second shot or a whistle from the Starter. On the order of the Starter the Competitors will also receive a stop signal, at a distance of 50-60 meters from the starting line. The stop signal may be given by an assistant to the Starter with a red flag in front of the Competitors, or it may be in the form of a red light clearly visible for the Competitors. However, in competitions over 100m (or shorter) with up to 3 Skaters competing in each heat, the Starter may not recall the Skaters in the case of the second false start. The disqualification will then be announced to the Competitor(s) after the completion of the race.

The Starter shall warn the Competitor committing the first false start. If both Competitors are responsible for a false start, they shall both be warned so by the Starter. When the Starter calls the Competitors of the pair/heat for a new start after a false start has been declared, then a Competitor committing a next false start of this pair/heat shall be disqualified from the race concerned.

If light signs are used to indicate which Competitor is given a false start, a white light should indicate the first false start and a red light should be used to indicate a disqualification. The light pedestals for the starting lanes should have colors corresponding to the colors of the armbands of the respective Competitors.

iii. Infringements Keeping within the designated competition lane The Competitors shall keep within their designated competition lane. If a Competitor, who skates entirely within the designated competition lane, is interfered with by the other Competitor, the offending Competitor will be disqualified.

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Cutting the inner line in the curve When entering the curve, in the curve and exiting the curve, the Competitor is forbidden to cut the inner line of the competition lane, as defined by a fully painted line, and marked by snow or movable blocks placed at the inside of the painted line. A breach of this rule will result in the Competitor being disqualified.

Crossing the lines of the designated competition lane If a Competitor skates outside the designated competition lane, thus completely crossing the line to the other lane or to the warm-up lane with the full skate, the Competitor may be disqualified, even without offending another Competitor. If there are confirmed observations of more than one such offence during the race, the Competitor will be disqualified, except for situations described in paragraph 4 below.

Exceptional situations The following situations will not lead to a disqualification in accordance with paragraph 3 above: a) If a Competitor does not keep within the inner lane in the curve or when exiting the curve towards the finishing straight and therefore crosses the line to the outer lane, the Competitor will not be disqualified if returning immediately to the inner lane. When exiting the curve, the return to the inner lane must in any case have taken place before the first of the lines defining the 1000 meters finish on a standard 400m track. b) If a Competitor leaves the designated competition lane due to a fall or other accidental reason, the Competitor will not be disqualified if returning directly to the designated lane. See also Rule 260, paragraph 3. c) If a Competitor has overtaken another Competitor skating in the same lane, and during the overtaking crossed the outer demarcation line of the lane in order to avoid interference, the overtaking Skater will not be disqualified. See also Rule 257, paragraph 2.

Responsibility in cases of collision When leaving the curve at the beginning of the crossing straight (where the snow line or line of movable blocks is discontinued), the Competitor who is changing from the inner to the outer lane shall not hinder the Competitor changing from the outer to the inner lane. This applies even if this is a Competitor from another pair in a quartet. The Competitor leaving the inner lane is also responsible for collisions, unless the other Competitor acts in an obstructive way.

Responsibility when overtaking Overtaking in the same lane: In situations when a Competitor is about to overtake another Competitor in the same lane (e.g. when the distance between two Competitors in the same pair has increased to one lap, or in quartet starts when a Competitor in one of the pairs has caught up with the Competitor who started in the same lane in the other pair of the quartet), both Competitors have a responsibility that the overtaking can take place in a smooth way and that collisions are avoided. a) When a situation of overtaking is approaching, the Competitor in front (i.e. the Competitor who is about to be overtaken) must keep his line (the relative position) in the lane. If the Competitor has moved to the outer part of the lane in order to facilitate the overtaking, the Competitor must stay in this part of the lane until the overtaking Competitor has passed on the inner side; b) The overtaking Competitor has the better view of the situation and is responsible that a

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Disqualifications If the Referee confirms a breach of this Rule, the offending Competitor shall be disqualified.

Distance between Competitors after overtaking In races on a double-laned track where the leading Skater has overtaken and passed another Competitor, the latter Skater must remain at least 10 meters behind. But he is permitted to overtake the leading Skater if he finds this is possible without impeding the leading Skater, but he must not act as a pacemaker to the Skater who is leading.

If the Skater is passed or the Skater having passed acts in an improper manner, this Competitor shall be disqualified.

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5. ISU Events and Championships Calendar

November 15-18 Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating , Netherlands 15-16 ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating , Canada 17-18 ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating , Belarus 24-25 Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating Kolomna, Russia

December 1-2 Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating Astana, Kazakhstan 8-9 Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating , Japan 8-9 ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating Inzell, Germany 15-16 Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating , China 29-30 ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating Changchun, China

January 11-13 Essent ISU European Speed Skating Championships Heerenveen, Netherlands 12-13 ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating Baselga di Pine, Italy 19-20 Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating Calgary, Canada 19-20 ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating Astana, Kazakhstan 19-20 ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating Roseville, USA 26-27 Essent ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships , USA

February 9-10 Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating Inzell, Germany 16-17 Essent ISU World Allround Speed Skating , Norway Championships 16-17 ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating Final Collalbo, Italy 22-24 ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships Collalbo, Italy

March 1-3 Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating Erfurt, Germany 8-10 Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating Final Heerenveen, Netherlands 21-24 Essent ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating , Russia Championships

6. Media Accreditation

a. ISU Championships

The ISU recently launched the ISU Online Media Accreditation System for ISU Championships. The system is to be used by all media including writing press journalists, photographers, freelancers, television/radio non right holders and right holders. Each individual creates a profile in the system and can apply to multiple Championships.

Television and radio right holders should contact the ISU Media Team in order to obtain access to the system. Access the ISU Online Media Accreditation System now to apply.

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b. Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating Series To attend an Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating, contact the relevant person listed below. They will be able to provide you with more information regarding the media accreditation process.

16 – 18 Nov Organizing Committee , P.O. Box 500 Heerenveen, NED NL-8440 AM Heerenveen Phone: +31 513 637 730, Fax: +31 513 682 007 Email: [email protected] or

Press Officer: Huub Snoep Phone: +31 489 2000, Fax: +31 462 0823 Email: [email protected] 24 – 25 Nov The Russian Skating Union Kolomna, RUS Mrs. Ksenia Shanceva Phone: +7 495 725 4676, Mobile: +7 903 765 6063 Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Press Officer: Mrs. Elena Ermolaeva Phone: +7 351 265 0381, Mobile: +7 912 803 9460 Email: [email protected] 1 – 2 Dec Kazakhstan Skating Federation Astana, KAZ Mrs. Tatiana Russinova Phone: +7 701 666 6874 Email: [email protected]

Press Officer: same as above 8 – 9 Dec Japan Skating Federation Nagano, JPN Mr. Yoshihito Amano Phone: +81 3 3481 2351 Email: [email protected] Mrs. Sayuri Oba: Email: [email protected]

Press Officer: same as above 15 – 16 Dec Chinese Skating Association Harbin, CHN Mr. Feng Wang Phone: +86 10 8831 8262 Email: [email protected]

Press Officer: same as above 19 – 20 Jan Lynda Murch Calgary, CAN Organizing Committee Phone & Fax: +1 403 220 7910 Email: [email protected]

Press Officer: Antonio Faiola Phone: +1 403 701 0940 Email: [email protected] 9 – 10 Feb OrgCom World Cup 2013 Inzell, GER Eisstadion Inzell, Reichenhaller Str.79, D-83334 Inzell Mr. Hubert Graf Phone: +49 8665 988 10 Email: [email protected]

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1 – 3 March Deutsche Eisschnelllauf-Gemeinschaft Erfurt, GER Mr Michael Talermann Phone: (+49) 89 89 12 03 0, Fax: (+49) 89 89 12 03 29 Email: info@desg-de, [email protected]

Press Officer: (same as above) Final Organizing Committee Thialf 8 – 10 March P.O. Box 500, NL-8440 AM Heerenveen Heerenveen, NED Phone: +31 513 637 730, Fax: +31 513 682 007 Email: [email protected] or

Press Officer: Huub Snoep Phone: +31 489 2000, Fax: +31 462 0823 Email: [email protected]

7. Biographies The ISU has a new Speed Skating database with statistics and biographies. The database can be found on the ISU website under the relevant discipline or you can access the Speed Skating section directly.

8. Abbreviations

T.P. 8 L – Team Pursuit 8 Laps T.P. 6 L – Team Pursuit 6 Laps S.L.C. – Salt Lake City

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9. World Records

a. Men

Distance Country Name Time Date Location 500m CAN 34.03 09 Nov 2007 Salt Lake City, USA 2 x 500m CAN Jeremy Wotherspoon 68.31 15 Mar 2008 Calgary, CAN 1000m USA 1:06.42 07 Mar 2009 Salt Lake City, USA 1500m USA Shani Davis 1:41.04 11 Dec 2009 Salt Lake City, USA 3000m NOR 3.37,28 05 Nov 2005 Calgary, CAN 5000m NED 6:03.32 17 Nov 2007 Calgary, CAN 10000m NED Sven Kramer 12:41.69 10 Mar 2007 Salt Lake City, USA Sprint Combination NED 136,810 p. 28/29 Jan 2012 Calgary, CAN Small Combination NED 146,365 p. 12/13 Aug 2005 Calgary, CAN Big Combination USA Shani Davis 145,742 p. 18/19 Mar 2006 Calgary, CAN T. P. 8 L NED N/A 3:37.80 11 Mar 2007 Salt Lake City, USA

b. Ladies

Distance Country Name Time Date Location 500m CHN 36.94 29 Jan 2012 Calgary, CAN 2 x 500m GER 74.42 10 Mar 2007 Salt Lake City, USA 1000m CAN 1:12.68 28 Jan 2012 Calgary, CAN 1500m CAN 1:51.79 20 Nov 2005 Salt Lake City, USA 3000m CAN Cindy Klassen 3:53.34 18 Mar 2006 Calgary, CAN 5000m CZE Martina Sáblíková 6:42.66 18 Feb 2011 Salt Lake City, USA Sprint Combination CHN Jing Yu 148,610 p. 28/29 Jan 2012 Calgary, CAN Mini Combination CAN Cindy Klassen 155,576 p. 15-17 Mar 2001 Calgary, CAN Small Combination CAN Cindy Klassen 154,580 p. 18/19 Mar 2006 Calgary, CAN T. P. 6 L CAN N/A 2:55.79 06 Dec 2009 Calgary, CAN

c. Junior Men

Distance Country Name Time Date Location 500m CAN 34.66 22 Jan 2012 Salt Lake City, USA 1000m NED Beorn Nijenhuis 1:08.53 19 Jan 2003 Calgary, CAN 1500m USA Brian Hansen 1:44.45 11 Dec 2009 Salt Lake City, USA 3000m NED Sjoerd de Vries 3:42.98 13 Mar 2007 Calgary, CAN 5000m NOR Håvard Bøkko 6:18.93 13 Nov 2005 Calgary, CAN Sprint Combination NED Beorn Nijenhuis 139,750 p 18/19 Jan 2003 Calgary, CAN Small Combination NED Berden de Vries 148,070 p 12-14 Mar 2005 Calgary, CAN T.P. 8 L NOR N/A 3:47.45 20 Nov 2011 Chelyabinsk, RUS

d. Junior Ladies

Distance Country Name Time Date Location 500m KOR Lee Sang-Hwa 37.81 10 Mar 2007 Salt Lake City, USA 1000m JPN Miho Takagi 1:15.40 21 Jan 2012 Salt Lake City, USA 1500m NED Marrit Leenstra 1:55.14 12 Mar 2008 Calgary, CAN 3000m CZE Martina Sáblíková 4:00.63 22 Mar 2006 Calgary, CAN Sprint Combination CZE Karolina Erbanová 152,470 p 28/29 Jan 2012 Calgary, CAN Mini Combination NED Marrit Leenstra 156,360 p 12/13 Mar 2008 Calgary, CAN T.P. 6 L KAZ N/A 3:05.45 13 Dec 2009 Salt Lake City, USA

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10. Medal Tables

a. ISU World Cup Speed Skating – Single Distances Men

Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Netherlands 277 244 252 773 2 Canada 149 153 151 453 3 Germany 148 135 119 402 4 130 91 97 318 5 China 99 96 78 273 6 Japan 84 106 127 317 7 Russia 68 75 86 229 8 Korea 67 93 86 246 9 Norway 36 54 58 148 10 Czech Republic 35 17 11 63 11 Italy 31 34 40 105 12 Finland 23 29 30 82 13 Poland 15 19 20 54 14 Kazakhstan 7 10 9 26 15 Belarus 6 11 5 22 16 France 6 4 7 17 17 Austria 2 5 4 11 18 Sweden 1 7 5 13 19 Australia 1 3 2 6 20 Latvia 1 1 0 2 20 Belgium 1 1 0 2 20 Switzerland 1 1 0 2 23 New Zealand 0 2 0 2 24 Denmark 0 0 2 2 25 North Korea 0 0 1 1

b. ISU World Cup Speed Skating – Single Distances Ladies

Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Germany 50 39 33 122 2 Netherlands 40 59 70 169 3 United States 38 26 30 94 4 Canada 36 22 19 77 5 20 10 12 42 6 Norway 16 16 9 41 7 Japan 14 24 30 68 8 China 8 4 5 17 9 Czech Republic 7 1 1 9 10 Korea 5 11 9 25 11 Russia 3 14 13 30 12 Austria 3 8 5 16

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13 Italy 3 4 6 13 14 Sweden 3 3 1 7 15 Belarus 1 2 3 6 16 1 0 1 2 17 Commonwealth of Indep. 1 0 0 1 States 17 Belgium 1 0 0 1 17 France 1 0 0 1 20 Finland 0 3 3 6 21 Poland 0 2 2 4

c. ISU World Single Distances Championships

Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Netherlands 52 51 43 146 2 Germany 36 31 21 88 3 Canada 21 19 27 67 4 United States 11 7 17 35 5 Japan 7 9 13 29 6 Norway 7 9 6 22 7 Czech Republic 7 2 0 9 8 Korea 5 4 4 13 9 China 3 7 3 13 10 Russia 2 7 7 16 11 Austria 1 0 2 3 12 Italy 0 5 2 7 13 Belgium 0 2 1 3 14 Belarus 0 1 1 2 15 Sweden 0 1 0 1 16 Finland 0 0 2 2 17 Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1 17 Poland 0 0 1 1

d. ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships

Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Netherlands 43 23 41 107 2 Norway 38 33 37 108 3 Soviet Union 34 40 31 105 4 Finland 12 13 5 30 5 Germany 12 12 6 30 6 East Germany 10 9 6 25 7 United States 10 6 10 26 8 Canada 4 5 5 14 9 Sweden 3 3 6 12 10 Czech Republic 2 1 1 4

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11 Italy 1 3 3 7 12 Austria 1 3 2 6 13 Russia 1 2 0 3 14 Hungary 1 0 1 2 15 Japan 0 3 4 7 16 Latvia 0 1 0 1 16 Great Britain 0 1 0 1 16 France 0 1 0 1 16 North Korea 0 1 0 1 16 Kazakhstan 0 1 0 1 21 Belgium 0 0 1 1 21 Poland 0 0 1 1 21 Romania 0 0 1 1

e. ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States 18 18 15 51 2 Soviet Union 11 10 8 29 3 Canada 10 12 7 29 4 East Germany 10 8 3 21 5 Germany 8 6 6 20 6 Korea 7 3 2 12 7 Netherlands 5 8 16 29 8 China 4 3 3 10 9 Russia 3 3 1 7 10 Japan 2 9 13 24 11 Norway 2 3 4 9 12 West Germany 2 0 3 5 13 Belarus 1 1 1 3 13 Sweden 1 1 1 3 15 Finland 1 1 0 2 16 Commonwealth of Indep. States 1 0 0 1 17 Poland 0 0 2 2 18 Italy 0 0 1 1

f. ISU European Speed Skating Championships

Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Norway 38 37 32 107 2 Netherlands 35 36 40 111 3 Soviet Union 17 12 16 45 4 Germany 16 13 4 33 5 Sweden 9 3 7 19 6 East Germany 8 6 5 19 7 Finland 7 8 7 22 8 Austria 4 6 4 14 9 Czech Republic 4 0 2 6 10 Russia 2 1 6 9

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11 Italy 1 4 2 7 12 Latvia 1 0 0 1 13 France 0 1 1 2 14 Belgium 0 1 0 1 15 Hungary 0 0 2 2

11. Medalists

a. ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Men

Year Event Location Winner 2nd 3rd 2012 500m Heerenveen, NED Mo Tae-Bum (KOR) (NED) Pekka Koskela (FIN) 2012 1000m Heerenveen, NED Stefan Groothuis (NED) (NED) Shani Davis (USA) 2012 1500m Heerenveen, NED (CAN) (RUS) Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 2012 5000m Heerenveen, NED Sven Kramer (NED) (NED) (USA) 2012 10000m Heerenveen, NED Bob de Jong (NED) (NED) Jonathan Kuck (USA) 2012 T.P. 8 L Heerenveen, NED Netherlands United States Russia 2011 500m Inzell, GER Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR) (JPN) (NED) 2011 1000m Inzell, GER Shani Davis (USA) Kjeld Nuis (NED) Stefan Groothuis (NED) 2011 1500m Inzell, GER Håvard Bøkko (NOR) Shani Davis (USA) (CAN) 2011 5000m Inzell, GER Bob de Jong (NED) Lee Seung-Hoon (KOR) Ivan Skobrev (RUS) 2011 10000m Inzell, GER Bob de Jong (NED) (NED) Ivan Skobrev (RUS) 2011 T.P. 8 L Inzell, GER United States Canada Netherlands 2009 500m Richmond, CAN Lee Kang-Seok (KOR) Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR) Yu Fengtong (CHN) 2009 1000m Richmond, CAN (USA) Denny Morrison (CAN) Shani Davis (USA) 2009 1500m Richmond, CAN Shani Davis (USA) Trevor Marsicano (USA) Denny Morrison (CAN) 2009 5000m Richmond, CAN Sven Kramer (NED) Håvard Bøkko (NOR) Trevor Marsicano (USA) 2009 10000m Richmond, CAN Sven Kramer (NED) Håvard Bøkko (NOR) Bob de Jong (NED) 2009 T.P. 8 L Richmond, CAN Netherlands Sweden United States 2008 500m Nagano, JPN Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR) Joji Kato (JPN) 2008 1000m Nagano, JPN Shani Davis (USA) Yevgeny Lalenkov (RUS) Denny Morrison (CAN) 2008 1500m Nagano, JPN Denny Morrison (CAN) Tied 2nd - Shani Davis (USA) Tied 2nd – Sven Kramer (NED) 2008 5000m Nagano, JPN Sven Kramer (NED) (ITA) (NED) 2008 10000m Nagano, JPN Sven Kramer (NED) Enrico Fabris (ITA) Bob de Jong (NED) 2008 T.P. 8 L Nagano, JPN Netherlands Italy Germany 2007 500m S.L.C., USA Lee Kang-Seok (KOR) Yuya Oikawa (JPN) Tucker Fredricks (USA) 2007 1000m S.L.C., USA Shani Davis (USA) Denny Morrison (CAN) Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR) 2007 1500m S.L.C., USA Shani Davis (USA) Erben Wennemars (NED) Denny Morrison (CAN) 2007 5000m S.L.C., USA Sven Kramer (NED) Enrico Fabris (ITA) (NED) 2007 10000m S.L.C., USA Sven Kramer (NED) Carl Verheijen (NED) Brigt Rykkje (NED) 2007 T.P. 8 L S.L.C., USA Netherlands Canada Russia 2005 500m Inzell, GER Joji Kato (JPN) (JPN) Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) 2005 1000m Inzell, GER (NOR) (NED) Pekka Koskela (FIN) 2005 1500m Inzell, GER (NOR) (NED) Even Wetten (NOR) 2005 5000m Inzell, GER (USA) Bob de Jong (NED) Carl Verheijen (NED) 2005 10000m Inzell, GER Bob de Jong (NED) Carl Verheijen (NED) Chad Hedrick (USA) 2005 T.P. 8 L Inzell, GER Netherlands Italy Norway 2004 500m Seoul, KOR Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Dmitry Lobkov (RUS) (CAN) 2004 1000m Seoul, KOR Erben Wennemars (NED) Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Masaaki Kobayashi (JPN) 2004 1500m Seoul, KOR Shani Davis (USA) Mark Tuitert (NED) Erben Wennemars (NED) 2004 5000m Seoul, KOR Chad Hedrick (USA) Carl Verheijen (NED) (NED) 2004 10000m Seoul, KOR Carl Verheijen (NED) Bob de Jong (NED) Chad Hedrick (USA) 2003 500m , GER Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) Erben Wennemars (NED) 2003 1000m Berlin, GER Erben Wennemars (NED) (NED) (USA) 2003 1500m Berlin, GER Erben Wennemars (NED) Ralf van der Rijst (NED) Joey Cheek (USA) 2003 5000m Berlin, GER (NED) Bob de Jong (NED) Carl Verheijen (NED) 2003 10000m Berlin, GER Bob de Jong (NED) Carl Verheijen (NED) Lasse Sætre (NOR)

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2001 500m S.L.C., USA Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Casey FitzRandolph (USA) 2001 1000m S.L.C., USA Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Ådne Søndrål (NOR) Sergey Klevchenya (RUS) 2001 1500m S.L.C., USA Ådne Søndrål (NOR) (USA) Erben Wennemars (NED) 2001 5000m S.L.C., USA Bob de Jong (NED) Carl Verheijen (NED) Gianni Romme (NED) 2001 10000m S.L.C., USA Carl Verheijen (NED) Bob de Jong (NED) Vadim Sayutin (RUS) 2000 500m Nagano, JPN Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) Mike Ireland (CAN) Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) 2000 1000m Nagano, JPN Ådne Søndrål (NOR) Jan Bos (NED) Mike Ireland (CAN) 2000 1500m Nagano, JPN (NED) Ådne Søndrål (NOR) Jan Bos (NED) 2000 5000m Nagano, JPN Gianni Romme (NED) Bob de Jong (NED) Keiji Shirahata (JPN) 2000 10000m Nagano, JPN Gianni Romme (NED) Bob de Jong (NED) Frank Dittrich (GER) 1999 500m Heerenveen, NED Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) Erben Wennemars (NED) Jakko Jan Leeuwangh (NED) 1999 1000m Heerenveen, NED Jan Bos (NED) Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) Jakko Jan Leeuwangh (NED) 1999 1500m Heerenveen, NED Ids Postma (NED) Ådne Søndrål (NOR) (NED) 1999 5000m Heerenveen, NED Gianni Romme (NED) (BEL) Bob de Jong (NED) 1999 10000m Heerenveen, NED Bob de Jong (NED) Gianni Romme (NED) Frank Dittrich (GER) 1998 500m Calgary, CAN Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) (CAN) Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) 1998 1000m Calgary, CAN Sylvain Bouchard (CAN) Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 1998 1500m Calgary, CAN Ådne Søndrål (NOR) Ids Postma (NED) (ITA) 1998 5000m Calgary, CAN Gianni Romme (NED) Rintje Ritsma (NED) Bart Veldkamp (BEL) 1998 10000m Calgary, CAN Gianni Romme (NED) Bob de Jong (NED) Frank Dittrich (GER) 1997 500m Warsaw, POL (JPN) Roger Strøm (NOR) Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 1997 1000m Warsaw, POL Ådne Søndrål (NOR) Jan Bos (NED) Martin Hersman (NED) 1997 1500m Warsaw, POL Rintje Ritsma (NED) Ådne Søndrål (NOR) Neil Marshall (CAN) 1997 5000m Warsaw, POL Rintje Ritsma (NED) Gianni Romme (NED) Frank Dittrich (GER) 1997 10000m Warsaw, POL Gianni Romme (NED) Rintje Ritsma (NED) Bob de Jong (NED) 1996 500m Hamar, NOR Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) Sergey Klevchenya (RUS) Roger Strøm (NOR) 1996 1000m Hamar, NOR Sergey Klevchenya (RUS) Ådne Søndrål (NOR) Jaegal Sung-Yeol (KOR) 1996 1500m Hamar, NOR (NED) Ådne Søndrål (NOR) Martin Hersman (NED) 1996 5000m Hamar, NOR Ids Postma (NED) Keiji Shirahata (JPN) Gianni Romme (NED) 1996 10000m Hamar, NOR Gianni Romme (NED) Bart Veldkamp (BEL) Frank Dittrich (GER)

b. ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Ladies

Year Event Location Winner 2nd 3rd 2012 500m Heerenveen, NED Lee Sang-Hwa (KOR) Yu Jing (CHN) Thijsje Oenema (NED) 2012 1000m Heerenveen, NED Christine Nesbitt (CAN) Yu Jing (CHN) (NED) 2012 1500m Heerenveen, NED Christine Nesbitt (CAN) Ireen Wüst (NED) (NED) 2012 3000m Heerenveen, NED Martina Sáblíková (CZE) (GER) Ireen Wüst (NED) 2012 5000m Heerenveen, NED Martina Sáblíková (CZE) Stephanie Beckert (GER) (GER) 2012 T.P. 6 L Heerenveen, NED Netherlands Canada Poland 2011 500m Inzell, GER Jenny Wolf (GER) Lee Sang-Hwa (KOR) (CHN) 2011 1000m Inzell, GER Christine Nesbitt (CAN) Ireen Wüst (NED) Heather Richardson (USA) 2011 1500m Inzell, GER Ireen Wüst (NED) (NED) Jorien Voorhuis (NED) 2011 3000m Inzell, GER Ireen Wüst (NED) Martina Sáblíková (CZE) Stephanie Beckert (GER) 2011 5000m Inzell, GER Martina Sáblíková (CZE) Stephanie Beckert (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) 2011 T.P. 6 L Inzell, GER Canada Netherlands Germany 2009 500m Richmond, CAN Jenny Wolf (GER) Wang Beixing (CHN) Lee Sang-Hwa (KOR) 2009 1000m Richmond, CAN Christine Nesbitt (CAN) Anni Friesinger (GER) Margot Boer (NED) 2009 1500m Richmond, CAN Anni Friesinger (GER) Ireen Wüst (NED) Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 2009 3000m Richmond, CAN (NED) Martina Sáblíková (CZE) (CAN) 2009 5000m Richmond, CAN Martina Sáblíková (CZE) (CAN) Kristina Groves (CAN) 2009 T.P. 6 L Richmond, CAN Canada Netherlands Japan 2008 500m Nagano, JPN Jenny Wolf (GER) Wang Beixing (CHN) (NED) 2008 1000m Nagano, JPN Anni Friesinger (GER) Kristina Groves (CAN) Annette Gerritsen (NED) 2008 1500m Nagano, JPN Anni Friesinger (GER) (NED) Kristina Groves (CAN) 2008 3000m Nagano, JPN Kristina Groves (CAN) Paulien van Deutekom (NED) Daniela Anschütz-Thoms(GER) 2008 5000m Nagano, JPN Martina Sáblíková (CZE) Clara Hughes (CAN) Kristina Groves (CAN) 2008 T.P. 6 L Nagano, JPN Netherlands Canada Germany 2007 500m S.L.C., USA Jenny Wolf (GER) Wang Beixing (CHN) Sayuri Osuga (JPN) 2007 1000m S.L.C., USA Ireen Wüst (NED) Anni Friesinger (GER) Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 2007 1500m S.L.C., USA Ireen Wüst (NED) Cindy Klassen (CAN) Kristina Groves (CAN) 2007 3000m S.L.C., USA Martina Sáblíková (CZE) Renate Groenewold (NED) Cindy Klassen (CAN) 2007 5000m S.L.C., USA Martina Sáblíková (CZE) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Kristina Groves (CAN) 2007 T.P. 6 L S.L.C., USA Canada Netherlands Germany

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2005 500m Inzell, GER Wang Manli (CHN) Wang Beixing (CHN) Lee Sang-Hwa (KOR) 2005 1000m Inzell, GER (NED) Anni Friesinger (GER) (NED) 2005 1500m Inzell, GER Cindy Klassen (CAN) Anni Friesinger (GER) (USA) 2005 3000m Inzell, GER Cindy Klassen (CAN) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Kristina Groves (CAN) 2005 5000m Inzell, GER Anni Friesinger (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Clara Hughes (CAN) 2005 T.P. 6 L Inzell, GER Germany Canada Japan 2004 500m Seoul, KOR Wang Manli (CHN) Anzhelika Kotyuga (BLR) Ren Hui (CHN) 2004 1000m Seoul, KOR Anni Friesinger (GER) Marianne Timmer (NED) Cindy Klassen (CAN) 2004 1500m Seoul, KOR Anni Friesinger (GER) Cindy Klassen (CAN) Jennifer Rodriguez (USA) 2004 3000m Seoul, KOR Claudia Pechstein (GER) Tied 2nd - Anni Friesinger (GER) Tied 2nd - Gretha Smit (NED) 2004 5000m Seoul, KOR Clara Hughes (CAN) Gretha Smit (NED) Claudia Pechstein (GER) 2003 500m Berlin, GER Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (GER) Wang Manli (CHN) Anzhelika Kotyuga (BLR) 2003 1000m Berlin, GER Anni Friesinger (GER) Jennifer Rodriguez (USA) Cindy Klassen (CAN) 2003 1500m Berlin, GER Anni Friesinger (GER) Maki Tabata (JPN) Jennifer Rodriguez (USA) 2003 3000m Berlin, GER Anni Friesinger (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Gretha Smit (NED) 2003 5000m Berlin, GER Claudia Pechstein (GER) Clara Hughes (CAN) Gretha Smit (NED) 2001 500m S.L.C., USA (CAN) Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (GER) (RUS) 2001 1000m S.L.C., USA Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (GER) Sabine Völker (GER) Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 2001 1500m S.L.C., USA Anni Friesinger (GER) Maki Tabata (JPN) Cindy Klassen (CAN) 2001 3000m S.L.C., USA Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Anni Friesinger (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) 2001 5000m S.L.C., USA Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Maki Tabata (JPN) 2000 500m Nagano, JPN Monique Garbrecht (GER) Svetlana Zhurova (RUS) Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 2000 1000m Nagano, JPN Monique Garbrecht (GER) Marianne Timmer (NED) (USA) 2000 1500m Nagano, JPN Claudia Pechstein (GER) Anni Friesinger (GER) (AUT) 2000 3000m Nagano, JPN Claudia Pechstein (GER) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Maki Tabata (JPN) 2000 5000m Nagano, JPN Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Tonny de Jong (NED) 1999 500m Heerenveen, NED Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) Svetlana Zhurova (RUS) Marianne Timmer (NED) 1999 1000m Heerenveen, NED Marianne Timmer (NED) Monique Garbrecht (GER) Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 1999 1500m Heerenveen, NED Emese Hunyady (AUT) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Tonny de Jong (NED) 1999 3000m Heerenveen, NED Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Tied 2nd - Claudia Pechstein (GER) Tied 2nd - Tonny de Jong(NED) 1999 5000m Heerenveen, NED Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Tonny de Jong (NED) 1998 500m Calgary, CAN Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) Svetlana Zhurova (RUS) Tomomi Okazaki (JPN) 1998 1000m Calgary, CAN Chris Witty (USA) Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) (GER) 1998 1500m Calgary, CAN Anni Friesinger (GER) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) 1998 3000m Calgary, CAN Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Anni Friesinger (GER) 1998 5000m Calgary, CAN Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Carla Zijlstra (NED) 1997 500m Warsaw, POL Xue Ruihong (CHN) Sabine Völker (GER) Franziska Schenk (GER) 1997 1000m Warsaw, POL Marianne Timmer (NED) Sandra Zwolle (NED) Franziska Schenk (GER) 1997 1500m Warsaw, POL Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) Anni Friesinger (GER) Marianne Timmer (NED) 1997 3000m Warsaw, POL Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) Anni Friesinger (GER) Carla Zijlstra (NED) 1997 5000m Warsaw, POL Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) Carla Zijlstra (NED) Claudia Pechstein (GER) 1996 500m Hamar, NOR Svetlana Zhurova (RUS) Kyoko Shimazaki (JPN) Tomomi Okazaki (JPN) 1996 1000m Hamar, NOR (NED) Chris Witty (USA) Emese Hunyady (AUT) 1996 1500m Hamar, NOR Annamarie Thomas (NED) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Sandra Zwolle (NED) 1996 3000m Hamar, NOR Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Lyudmila Prokasheva (KAZ) 1996 5000m Hamar, NOR Claudia Pechstein (GER) Carla Zijlstra (NED) Elena Belci-Dal Farra (ITA)

c. ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships – Men

Year Location Winner 2nd 3rd 2012 Moscow, RUS Sven Kramer (NED) (NED) (NED) 2011 Calgary, CAN Ivan Skobrev (RUS) Håvard Bøkko (NOR) Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) 2010 Heerenveen, NED Sven Kramer (NED) Jonathan Kuck (USA) Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 2009 Hamar, NOR Sven Kramer (NED) Håvard Bøkko (NOR) Enrico Fabris (ITA) 2008 Berlin, GER Sven Kramer (NED) Håvard Bøkko (NOR) Shani Davis (USA) 2007 Heerenveen, NED Sven Kramer (NED) Enrico Fabris (ITA) Carl Verheijen (NED) 2006 Calgary, CAN Shani Davis (USA) Enrico Fabris (ITA) Sven Kramer (NED) 2005 Moscow, RUS Shani Davis (USA) Chad Hedrick (USA) Sven Kramer (NED) 2004 Hamar, NOR Chad Hedrick (USA) Shani Davis (USA) Carl Verheijen (NED) 2003 Gothenburg, SWE Gianni Romme (NED) Rintje Ritsma (NED) Ids Postma (NED) 2002 Heerenveen, NED Jochem Uytdehaage (NED) Dmitri Shepel (RUS) Derek Parra (USA) 2001 , HUN Rintje Ritsma (NED) Ids Postma (NED) Bart Veldkamp (BEL)

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2000 Milwaukee, USA Gianni Romme (NED) Ids Postma (NED) Rintje Ritsma (NED) 1999 Hamar, NOR Rintje Ritsma (NED) Vadim Sayutin (RUS) Eskil Ervik (NOR) 1998 Heerenveen, NED Ids Postma (NED) Rintje Ritsma (NED) Roberto Sighel (ITA) 1997 Nagano, JPN Ids Postma (NED) Keiji Shirahata (JPN) Frank Dittrich (GER) 1996 Inzell, GER Rintje Ritsma (NED) Ids Postma (NED) Keiji Shirahata (JPN) 1995 Baselga di Piné, ITA Rintje Ritsma (NED) Keiji Shirahata (JPN) Roberto Sighel (ITA) 1994 Gothenburg, SWE (NOR) Ids Postma (NED) Rintje Ritsma (NED) 1993 Hamar, NOR (NED) Johann Olav Koss (NOR) Rintje Ritsma (NED) 1992 Calgary, CAN Roberto Sighel (ITA) Falko Zandstra (NED) Johann Olav Koss (NOR) 1991 Heerenveen, NED Johann Olav Koss (NOR) Roberto Sighel (ITA) Bart Veldkamp (NED) 1990 , AUT Johann Olav Koss (NOR) Ben van der Burg (NED) Bart Veldkamp (NED) 1989 , NOR (NED) (NED) (NOR) 1988 Alma Ata, URS (USA) Leo Visser (NED) Dave Silk (USA) 1987 Heerenveen, NED Nikolai Guliayev (URS) Oleg Bozhev (URS) (AUT) 1986 Inzell, FRG (NED) Oleg Bozhev (URS) Viktor Shasherin (URS) 1985 Hamar, NOR Hein Vergeer (NED) Oleg Bozhev (URS) (NED) 1984 Gothenburg, SWE Oleg Bozhev (URS) Andreas Ehrig (GDR) Hilbert van der Duim (NED) 1983 Oslo, NOR Rolf Falk-Larssen (NOR) (SWE) Aleksandr Baranov (URS) 1982 , NED Hilbert van der Duim (NED) Dmitri Botshkarov (URS) Rolf Falk-Larssen (NOR) 1981 Oslo, NOR Amund Sjøbrend (NOR) Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (NOR) (NOR) 1980 Heerenveen, NED Hilbert van der Duim (NED) (USA) Tom Erik Oxholm (NOR) 1979 Oslo, NOR Eric Heiden (USA) Jan Egil Storholt (NOR) Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (NOR) 1978 Gothenburg, SWE Eric Heiden (USA) Jan Egil Storholt (NOR) Sergei Martchuk (URS) 1977 Heerenveen, NED Eric Heiden (USA) Jan Egil Storholt (NOR) (NOR) 1976 Heerenveen, NED Piet Kleine (NED) Sten Stensen (NOR) (NED) 1975 Oslo, NOR Harm Kuipers (NED) Vladimir Ivanov (URS) Yuri Kondakov (URS) 1974 Inzell, FRG Sten Stensen (NOR) Harm Kuipers (NED) Göran Claeson (SWE) 1973 , NED Göran Claeson (SWE) Sten Stensen (NOR) Piet Kleine (NED) 1972 Oslo, NOR (NED) Roar Grønvold (NOR) Jan Bols (NED) 1971 Gothenburg, SWE Ard Schenk (NED) Göran Claeson (SWE) (NED) 1970 Oslo, NOR Ard Schenk (NED) (NOR) Kees Verkerk (NED) 1969 Deventer, NED Dag Fornæss (NOR) Göran Claeson (SWE) Kees Verkerk (NED) 1968 Gothenburg, SWE (NOR) Magne Thomassen (NOR) Ard Schenk (NED) 1967 Oslo, NOR Kees Verkerk (NED) Ard Schenk (NED) Fred Anton Maier (NOR) 1966 Gothenburg, SWE Kees Verkerk (NED) Ard Schenk (NED) (SWE) 1965 Oslo, NOR (NOR) Jouko Launonen (FIN) Ard Schenk (NED) 1964 , FIN Knut Johannesen (NOR) Viktor Kosichkin (URS) Rudie Liebrechts (NED) 1963 Karuizawa, JPN Jonny Nilsson (SWE) Knut Johannesen (NOR) Nils Aaness (NOR) 1962 Moscow, URS Viktor Kosichkin (URS) (NED) Ivar Nilsson (SWE) 1961 Gothenburg, SWE Henk van der Grift (NED) Viktor Kosichkin (URS) Rudie Liebrechts (NED) 1960 Davos, SUI (URS) Andre Kouprianoff (FRA) Helmut Kuhnert (GDR) 1959 Oslo, NOR Juhani Järvinen (FIN) Toivo Salonen (FIN) Robert Merkulov (URS) 1958 Helsinki, FIN Oleg Gontscharenko (URS) Vladimir Shilikovski (URS) (NOR) 1957 Östersund, SWE Knut Johannesen (NOR) Boris Shilkov (URS) Boris Zybin (URS) 1956 Oslo, NOR Oleg Gontscharenko (URS) Robert Merkulov (URS) Yevgeny Grishin (URS) 1955 Moscow, URS Sigvard Ericsson (SWE) Oleg Gontscharenko (URS) Boris Shilkov (URS) 1954 , JPN Boris Shilkov (URS) Oleg Gontscharenko (URS) Yevgeny Grishin (URS) 1953 Helsinki, FIN Oleg Gontscharenko (URS) Boris Shilkov (URS) Wim van der Voort (NED) 1952 Hamar, NOR (NOR) Lassi Parkkinen (FIN) Ivar Martinsen (NOR) 1951 Davos, SUI Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) Johnny Cronshey (GBR) Kornél Pajor (HUN) 1950 Eskilstuna, SWE Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) (NOR) John Werket (USA) 1949 Oslo, NOR Kornél Pajor (HUN) (NED) Odd Lundberg (NOR) 1948 Helsinki, FIN Odd Lundberg (NOR) John Werket (USA) Henry Wahl (NOR)

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1947 Oslo, NOR Lassi Parkkinen (FIN) (NOR) Åke Seyffarth (SWE) 1939 Helsinki, FIN Birger Wassenius (FIN) Alfons Berzins (LAT) (NOR) 1938 Davos, SUI (NOR) Karl Wazulek (AUT) Charles Mathiesen (NOR) 1937 Oslo, NOR (NOR) Birger Wassenius (FIN) Max Stiepl (AUT) 1936 Davos, SUI Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) Birger Wassenius (FIN) Edward Schroeder (USA) 1935 Oslo, NOR Michael Staksrud (NOR) Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) (NOR) 1934 Helsinki, FIN (NOR) Birger Wassenius (FIN) Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) 1933 , NOR Hans Engnestangen (NOR) Michael Staksrud (NOR) Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) 1932 Lake Placid, USA Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) Michael Staksrud (NOR) Bernt Evensen (NOR) 1931 Helsinki, FIN (FIN) Bernt Evensen (NOR) Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) 1930 Oslo, NOR Michael Staksrud (NOR) Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) Dolf van der Scheer (NED) 1929 Oslo, NOR Clas Thunberg (FIN) Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) Michael Staksrud (NOR) 1928 Davos, SUI Clas Thunberg (FIN) Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) Bernt Evensen (NOR) 1927 Tampere, FIN Bernt Evensen (NOR) Clas Thunberg (FIN) Armand Carlsen (NOR) 1926 Trondhjem, NOR Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) (NOR) Bernt Evensen (NOR) 1925 Oslo, NOR Clas Thunberg (FIN) Uno Pietilä (FIN) Roald Larsen (NOR) 1924 Helsinki, FIN Roald Larsen (NOR) Uno Pietilä (FIN) Julius Skutnabb (FIN) 1923 Stockholm, SWE Clas Thunberg (FIN) Harald Strøm (NOR) Jakob Melnikov (URS) 1922 Kristiania, NOR Harald Strøm (NOR) Roald Larsen (NOR) Clas Thunberg (FIN) 1914 Kristiania, NOR (NOR) Wasili Ippolitov (RUS) Wäiniö Wickström (FIN) 1913 Helsinki, FIN Oscar Mathisen (NOR) Wasili Ippolitov (RUS) Nikita Naidenov (RUS) 1912 Kristiania, NOR Oscar Mathisen (NOR) Gunnar Strömsten (FIN) Trygve Lundgreen (NOR) 1911 Trondhjem, NOR Nikolai Strunnikov (RUS) Martin Sætherhaug (NOR) Henning Olsen (NOR) 1910 Helsinki, FIN Nikolai Strunnikov (RUS) Oscar Mathisen (NOR) Martin Sætherhaug (NOR) 1909 Kristiania, NOR Oscar Mathisen (NOR) Oluf Steen (NOR) Otto Andersson (SWE) 1908 Davos, SUI Oscar Mathisen (NOR) Martin Sætherhaug (NOR) Moje Öholm (SWE) 1905 , NED (NED) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1904 Kristiania, NOR (NOR) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1901 Stockholm, SWE Franz Fredrik Wathén (FIN) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1900 Kristiania, NOR Edvard Engelsaas (NOR) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1899 Berlin, GER Peder Østlund (NOR) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1898 Davos, SUI Peder Østlund (NOR) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1897 Montreal, CAN Jack K. McCulloch (CAN) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1896 St. Petersburg, RUS (NED) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1895 Hamar, NOR Jaap Eden (NED) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1893 , NED Jaap Eden (NED) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1891 Amsterdam, NED Joseph F. Donoghue (USA) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED

d. ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships – Ladies

Year Location Winner 2nd 3rd 2012 Moscow, RUS Ireen Wüst (NED) Martina Sáblíková (CZE) Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 2011 Calgary, CAN Ireen Wüst (NED) Christine Nesbitt (CAN) Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 2010 Heerenveen, NED Martina Sáblíková (CZE) Kristina Groves (CAN) Ireen Wüst (NED) 2009 Hamar, NOR Martina Sáblíková (CZE) Kristina Groves (CAN) Ireen Wüst (NED) 2008 Berlin, GER Paulien van Deutekom (NED) Ireen Wüst (NED) Kristina Groves (CAN) 2007 Heerenveen, NED Ireen Wüst (NED) Anni Friesinger (GER) Cindy Klassen (CAN) 2006 Calgary, CAN Cindy Klassen (CAN) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Kristina Groves (CAN) 2005 Moscow, RUS Anni Friesinger (GER) Cindy Klassen (CAN) Claudia Pechstein (GER) 2004 Hamar, NOR Renate Groenewold (NED) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Wieteke Cramer (NED) 2003 Gothenburg, SWE Cindy Klassen (CAN) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Daniela Anschütz (GER) 2002 Heerenveen, NED Anni Friesinger (GER) Cindy Klassen (CAN) Claudia Pechstein (GER) 2001 Budapest, HUN Anni Friesinger (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Renate Groenewold (NED)

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2000 Milwaukee, USA Claudia Pechstein (GER) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Maki Tabata (JPN) 1999 Hamar, NOR Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Tonny de Jong (NED) 1998 Heerenveen, NED Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Anni Friesinger (GER) 1997 Nagano, JPN Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Tonny de Jong (NED) 1996 Inzell, GER Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Mie Uehara (JPN) 1995 Savalen, NOR Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) Lyudmila Prokasheva (KAZ) Annamarie Thomas (NED) 1994 Butte, USA Emese Hunyady (AUT) Ulrike Adeberg (GER) Mihaela Dascalu (ROU) 1993 Berlin, GER Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) Emese Hunyady (AUT) Heike Warnicke (GER) 1992 Heerenveen, NED Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) Emese Hunyady (AUT) Seiko Hashimoto (JPN) 1991 Hamar, NOR Gunda Kleemann (GER) Heike Warnicke (GER) Lia van Schie (NED) 1990 Calgary, CAN Jacqueline Börner (GDR) Seiko Hashimoto (JPN) Constanze Moser (GDR) 1989 Lake Placid, USA Constanze Moser (GDR) Gunda Kleemann (GDR) (NED) 1988 , NOR Karin Kania (GDR) Yvonne van Gennip (NED) Erwina Rys-Ferens (POL) 1987 West Allis, USA Karin Kania (GDR) Andrea Ehrig (GDR) Yvonne van Gennip (NED) 1986 , NED Karin Kania (GDR) Andrea Ehrig (GDR) Sabine Brehm (GDR) 1985 , YUG Andrea Schöne (GDR) Gabi Schönbrunn (GDR) Sabine Brehm (GDR) 1984 Deventer, NED (GDR) Andrea Schöne (GDR) Gabi Schönbrunn (GDR) 1983 Karl-Marx-Stadt, GDR Andrea Schöne (GDR) Karin Enke (GDR) Valentina Lalenkova (URS) 1982 Inzell, FRG Karin Busch (GDR) Andrea Schöne (GDR) Natalia Petruseva (URS) 1981 Sainte-Foy, CAN Natalia Petruseva (URS) Karin Enke (GDR) Sarah Docter (USA) 1980 Hamar, NOR Natalia Petruseva (URS) (USA) Bjørg Eva Jensen (NOR) 1979 The Hague, NED Beth Heiden (USA) Natalia Petruseva (URS) (CAN) 1978 Helsinki, FIN Tatiana Averina (URS) Galina Stepanskaya (URS) Marion Dittmann (GDR) 1977 Keystone, USA Vera Bryndzei (URS) Galina Stepanskaya (URS) Galina Nikitina (URS) 1976 Gjøvik, NOR Sylvia Burka (CAN) Tatiana Averina (URS) (USA) 1975 Assen, NED Karin Kessow (GDR) Tatiana Averina (URS) Sheila Young (USA) 1974 Heerenveen, NED Atje Keulen-Deelstra (NED) Tatiana Averina (URS) Nina Statkevich (URS) 1973 Strömsund, SWE Atje Keulen-Deelstra (NED) Tatyana Shelekhova (URS) Trijnie Rep (NED) 1972 Heerenveen, NED Atje Keulen-Deelstra (NED) Stien Baas-Kaiser (NED) (USA) 1971 Helsinki, FIN Nina Statkevich (URS) (NED) Lyudmila Titova (URS) 1970 West Allis, USA Atje Keulen-Deelstra (NED) Stien Kaiser (NED) Sigrid Sundby (NOR) 1969 Grenoble, FRA Lasma Kauniste (URS) Stien Kaiser (NED) Ans Schut (NED) 1968 Helsinki, FIN Stien Kaiser (NED) Ans Schut (NED) Carry Geijssen (NED) 1967 Deventer, NED Stien Kaiser (NED) Lasma Kauniste (URS) Dianne Holum (USA) 1966 Trondheim, NOR Valentina Stenina (URS) Kim Song-Soon (PRK) Stien Kaiser (NED) 1965 Oulu, FIN Inga Voronina (URS) Valentina Stenina (URS) Stien Kaiser (NED) 1964 Kristinehamn, SWE Lidia Skoblikova (URS) Inga Voronina (URS) Tamara Rylova (URS) 1963 Karuizawa, JPN Lidia Skoblikova (URS) Inga Voronina (URS) Valentina Stenina (URS) 1962 Imatra, FIN (URS) Lidia Skoblikova (URS) Albina Tuzova (URS) 1961 Tønsberg, NOR Valentina Stenina (URS) Albina Tuzova (URS) Lidia Skoblikova (URS) 1960 Östersund, SWE Valentina Stenina (URS) Tamara Rylova (URS) Lidia Skoblikova (URS) 1959 Sverdlovsk, URS Tamara Rylova (URS) Valentina Stenina (URS) Lidia Skoblikova (URS) 1958 Kristinehamn, SWE Inga Artamonova (URS) Tamara Rylova (URS) Sofia Kondakova (URS) 1957 Imatra, FIN Inga Artamonova (URS) Tamara Rylova (URS) Lidia Selikhova (URS) 1956 Kvarnsveden, SWE Sofia Kondakova (URS) Rimma Zhukova (URS) Tamara Rylova (URS) 1955 Kuopio, FIN Rimma Zhukova (URS) Tamara Rylova (URS) Sofia Kondakova (URS) 1954 Östersund, SWE Lidia Selikhova (URS) Rimma Zhukova (URS) Sofia Kondakova (URS) 1953 , NOR Khalida Schegoleyeva (URS) Rimma Zhukova (URS) Lidia Selikhova (URS) 1952 Kokkola, FIN Lidia Selikhova (URS) Maria Anikanova (URS) Randi Thorvaldsen (NOR) 1951 Eskilstuna, SWE (FIN) Randi Thorvaldsen (NOR) Ranghild Mikkelsen (NOR) 1950 Moscow, URS Maria Isakova (URS) Zinaida Krotova (URS) Rimma Zhukova (URS) 1949 , NOR Maria Isakova (URS) Zoya Kholchevnikova (URS) Rimma Zhukova (URS) 1948 Turku, FIN Maria Isakova (URS) Lidia Selikhova (URS) Zoya Kholchevnikova (URS)

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1947 Drammen, NOR Verné Lesche (FIN) Else Kristiansen (NOR) Maggi Kvestad (NOR) 1939 Tampere, FIN Verné Lesche (FIN) Liisa Salmi (FIN) Laura Tamminen (FIN) 1938 Oslo, NOR Laila Schou-Nilsen (NOR) Verné Lesche (FIN) Synnøve Lie (NOR) 1937 Davos, SUI Laila Schou-Nilsen (NOR) Synnøve Lie (NOR) Verné Lesche (FIN) 1936 Stockholm, SWE (USA) Verné Lesche (FIN) Synnøve Lie (NOR)

e. ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Men

Year Location Winner 2nd 3rd 2012 Calgary, CAN Stefan Groothuis (NED) Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR) Mo Tae-Bum (KOR) 2011 Heerenveen, NED Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR) Mo Tae-Bum (KOR) Shani Davis (USA) 2010 Obihiro, JPN Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR) Lee Kang-Seok (KOR) (JPN) 2009 Moscow, RUS Shani Davis (USA) Keiichiro Nagashima (JPN) Simon Kuipers (NED) 2008 Heerenveen, NED Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR) Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Mun Joon (KOR) 2007 Hamar, NOR Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR) Pekka Koskela (FIN) Shani Davis (USA) 2006 Heerenveen, NED Joey Cheek (USA) Dmitry Dorofeyev (RUS) Jan Bos (NED) 2005 Salt Lake City, USA Erben Wennemars (NED) Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Joey Cheek (USA) 2004 Nagano, JPN Erben Wennemars (NED) Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Mike Ireland (CAN) 2003 Calgary, CAN Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Gerard van Velde (NED) Erben Wennemars (NED) 2002 Hamar, NOR Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Casey FitzRandolph (USA) Mike Ireland (CAN) 2001 Inzell, GER Mike Ireland (CAN) Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) 2000 Seoul, KOR Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Mike Ireland (CAN) Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 1999 Calgary, CAN Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Jan Bos (NED) Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 1998 Berlin, GER Jan Bos (NED) Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) Erben Wennemars (NED) 1997 Hamar, NOR Sergey Klevchenya (RUS) Roger Strøm (NOR) Casey FitzRandolph (USA) 1996 Heerenveen, NED Sergey Klevchenya (RUS) Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) Manabu Horii (JPN) 1995 Milwaukee, USA Yoon-Man Kim (KOR) Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) Yasunori Miyabe (JPN) 1994 Calgary, CAN (USA) Sergey Klevchenya (RUS) Junichi Inoue (JPN) 1993 Ikaho, JPN Igor Zhelezovski (BLR) Yasunori Miyabe (JPN) Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 1992 Oslo, NOR Igor Zhelezovski (CIS) Dan Jansen (USA) Toshiyuki Kuroiwa (JPN) 1991 Inzell, GER Igor Zhelezovski (URS) Uwe-Jens Mey (GER) Toshiyuki Kuroiwa (JPN) 1990 Tromsø, NOR Bae Ki-Tae (KOR) Andrej Bakhvalov (URS) Igor Zhelezovski (URS) 1989 Heerenveen, NED Igor Zhelezovski (URS) Uwe-Jens Mey (GDR) Andrej Bakhvalov (URS) 1988 West Allis, USA Dan Jansen (USA) Uwe-Jens Mey (GDR) Eric Flaim (USA) 1987 Sainte-Foy, CAN (JPN) Nick Thometz (USA) Yukihiro Mitani (JPN) 1986 Karuizawa, JPN Igor Zhelezovski (URS) Dan Jansen (USA) Akira Kuroiwa (JPN) 1985 Heerenveen, NED Igor Zhelezovski (URS) Gaétan Boucher (CAN) Dan Jansen (USA) 1984 Trondheim, NOR Gaétan Boucher (CAN) Sergei Khlebnikov (URS) Kai Arne Engelstad (NOR) 1983 Helsinki, FIN Akira Kuroiwa (JPN) Pavel Pegov (URS) Hilbert van der Duim (NED) 1982 , NED Sergei Khlebnikov (URS) Gaétan Boucher (CAN) Frode Rønning (NOR) 1981 Grenoble, FRA Frode Rønning (NOR) Sergei Khlebnikov (URS) Anatoli Medennikov (URS) 1980 West Allis, USA Eric Heiden (USA) Gaétan Boucher (CAN) Tom Plant (USA) 1979 Inzell, FRG Eric Heiden (USA) Gaétan Boucher (CAN) Frode Rønning (NOR) 1978 Lake Placid, USA Eric Heiden (USA) Frode Rønning (NOR) (SWE) 1977 Alkmaar, NED Eric Heiden (USA) Peter Mueller (USA) Yevgeny Kulikov (URS) 1976 West Berlin, FRG Johan Granath (SWE) Daniel Immerfall (USA) Peter Mueller (USA) 1975 Gothenburg, SWE Aleksandr Safronov (URS) Yevgeny Kulikov (URS) Valeri Muratov (URS) 1974 Innsbruck, AUT Per Bjørang (NOR) Masaki Suzuki (JPN) Eppie Bleeker (NED) 1973 Oslo, NOR Valeri Muratov (URS) Jos Valentijn (NED) Eppie Bleeker (NED) 1972 Eskilstuna, SWE Leo Linkovesi (FIN) Valeri Muratov (URS) Ard Schenk (NED) 1971 Inzell, FRG (FRG) Ove König (SWE) Ard Schenk (NED) 1970 West Allis, USA Valeri Muratov (URS) Keiichi Suzuki (JPN) Magne Thomassen (NOR)

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f. ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Ladies

Year Location Winner 2nd 3rd 2012 Calgary, CAN Yu Jing (CHN) Christine Nesbitt (CAN) Zhang Hong (CHN) 2011 Heerenveen, NED Christine Nesbitt (CAN) Annette Gerritsen (NED) Margot Boer (NED) 2010 Obihiro, JPN Lee Sang-Hwa (KOR) Sayuri Yoshii (JPN) Jenny Wolf (GER) 2009 Moscow, RUS Wang Beixing (CHN) Jenny Wolf (GER) Yu Jing (CHN) 2008 Heerenveen, NED Jenny Wolf (GER) Anni Friesinger (GER) Annette Gerritsen (NED) 2007 Hamar, NOR Anni Friesinger (GER) Ireen Wüst (NED) Cindy Klassen (CAN) 2006 Heerenveen, NED Svetlana Zhurova (RUS) Wang Manli (CHN) Chiara Simionato (ITA) 2005 Salt Lake City, USA Jennifer Rodriguez (USA) Anzhelika Kotyuga (BLR) Sabine Völker (GER) 2004 Nagano, JPN Marianne Timmer (NED) Anni Friesinger (GER) Jennifer Rodriguez (USA) 2003 Calgary, CAN Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (GER) Cindy Klassen (CAN) Shihomi Shinya (JPN) 2002 Hamar, NOR Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) Andrea Nuyt (NED) Anzhelika Kotyuga (BLR) 2001 Inzell, GER Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (GER) Eriko Sanmiya (JPN) Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 2000 Seoul, KOR Monique Garbrecht (GER) Chris Witty (USA) Marianne Timmer (NED) 1999 Calgary, CAN Monique Garbrecht (GER) Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) Sabine Völker (GER) 1998 Berlin, GER Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) Sabine Völker (GER) Chris Witty (USA) 1997 Hamar, NOR Franziska Schenk (GER) Xue Ruihong (CHN) Chris Witty (USA) 1996 Heerenveen, NED Chris Witty (USA) Edel Therese Høiseth (NOR) Franziska Schenk (GER) 1995 Milwaukee, USA (USA) Oksana Ravilova (RUS) Franziska Schenk (GER) 1994 Calgary, CAN Bonnie Blair (USA) (GER) Xue Ruihong (CHN) 1993 Ikaho, JPN Ye Qiaobo (CHN) Bonnie Blair (USA) Oksana Ravilova (RUS) 1992 Oslo, NOR Ye Qiaobo (CHN) Bonnie Blair (USA) Christa Luding (GER) 1991 Inzell, GER Monique Garbrecht (GER) Ye Qiaobo (CHN) Christine Aaftink (NED) 1990 Tromsø, NOR Angela Hauck (GDR) Bonnie Blair (USA) Christine Aaftink (NED) 1989 Heerenveen, NED Bonnie Blair (USA) Christa Luding (GDR) Seiko Hashimoto (JPN) 1988 West Allis, USA Christa Rothenburger (GDR) Karin Kania (GDR) Bonnie Blair (USA) 1987 Sainte-Foy, CAN Karin Kania (GDR) Bonnie Blair (USA) Christa Rothenburger (GDR) 1986 Karuizawa, JPN Karin Kania (GDR) Christa Rothenburger (GDR) Bonnie Blair (USA) 1985 Heerenveen, NED Christa Rothenburger (GDR) Angela Stahnke (GDR) Erwina Rys-Ferens (POL) 1984 Trondheim, NOR Karin Enke (GDR) Valentina Lalenkova (URS) Natalya Shive (URS) 1983 Helsinki, FIN Karin Enke (GDR) Natalia Petruseva (URS) Christa Rothenburger (GDR) 1982 Alkmaar, NED Natalia Petruseva (URS) Karin Busch (GDR) Monika Holzner-Pflug (FRG) 1981 Grenoble, FRA Karin Enke (GDR) Tatjana Tarasova (URS) Natalia Petruseva (URS) 1980 West Allis, USA Karin Enke (GDR) Leah Poulos-Mueller (USA) Beth Heiden (USA) 1979 Inzell, FRG Leah Poulos-Mueller (USA) Beth Heiden (USA) Christa Rothenburger (GDR) 1978 Lake Placid, USA Lubov Sadchikova (URS) Beth Heiden (USA) Erwina Rys-Ferens (POL) 1977 Alkmaar, NED Sylvia Burka (CAN) Leah Poulos (USA) Haitske Pijlman (NED) 1976 West Berlin, FRG Sheila Young (USA) Leah Poulos (USA) Sylvia Burka (CAN) 1975 Gothenburg, SWE Sheila Young (USA) Heike Lange (GDR) Cathy Priestner (CAN) 1974 Innsbruck, AUT Leah Poulos (USA) Atje Keulen-Deelstra (NED) (FRG) 1973 Oslo, NOR Sheila Young (USA) Atje Keulen-Deelstra (NED) Monika Pflug (FRG) 1972 Eskilstuna, SWE Monika Pflug (FRG) Dianne Holum (USA) Lyudmila Titova (URS) 1971 Inzell, FRG (GDR) (USA) Dianne Holum (USA) 1970 West Allis, USA Lyudmila Titova (URS) Nina Statkevich (URS) Atje Keulen-Deelstra (NED)

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g. ISU European Speed Skating Championships – Men

Year Location Winner 2nd 3rd 2012 Budapest, HUN Sven Kramer (NED) Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 2011 Collalbo, ITA Ivan Skobrev (RUS) Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) Koen Verweij (NED) 2010 Hamar, NOR Sven Kramer (NED) Enrico Fabris (ITA) Ivan Skobrev (RUS) 2009 Heerenveen, NED Sven Kramer (NED) Håvard Bøkko (NOR) Wouter Olde Heuvel (NED) 2008 Kolomna, RUS Sven Kramer (NED) Håvard Bøkko (NOR) Enrico Fabris (ITA) 2007 Collalbo, ITA Sven Kramer (NED) Enrico Fabris (ITA) Carl Verheijen (NED) 2006 Hamar, NOR Enrico Fabris (ITA) Eskil Ervik (NOR) Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 2005 Heerenveen, NED Jochem Uytdehaage (NED) Sven Kramer (NED) Carl Verheijen (NED) 2004 Heerenveen, NED Mark Tuitert (NED) Carl Verheijen (NED) Jochem Uytdehaage (NED) 2003 Heerenveen, NED Gianni Romme (NED) Rintje Ritsma (NED) Mark Tuitert (NED) 2002 Erfurt, GER Jochem Uytdehaage (NED) Carl Verheijen (NED) Dmitri Shepel (RUS) 2001 Baselga di Piné, ITA Dmitri Shepel (RUS) Bart Veldkamp (BEL) Ids Postma (NED) 2000 Hamar, NOR Rintje Ritsma (NED) Eskil Ervik (NOR) Ids Postma (NED) 1999 Heerenveen, NED Rintje Ritsma (NED) Roberto Sighel (ITA) Dmitri Shepel (RUS) 1998 Helsinki, FIN Rintje Ritsma (NED) Roberto Sighel (ITA) Vadim Sayutin (RUS) 1997 Heerenveen, NED Ids Postma (NED) Rintje Ritsma (NED) Falko Zandstra (NED) 1996 Heerenveen, NED Rintje Ritsma (NED) Ids Postma (NED) Martin Hersman (NED) 1995 Heerenveen, NED Rintje Ritsma (NED) Falko Zandstra (NED) Roberto Sighel (ITA) 1994 Hamar, NOR Rintje Ritsma (NED) Johann Olav Koss (NOR) Falko Zandstra (NED) 1993 Heerenveen, NED Falko Zandstra (NED) Johann Olav Koss (NOR) Rintje Ritsma (NED) 1992 Heerenveen, NED Falko Zandstra (NED) Johann Olav Koss (NOR) Rintje Ritsma (NED) 1991 Sarajevo, YUG Johann Olav Koss (NOR) Leo Visser (NED) Bart Veldkamp (NED) 1990 Heerenveen, NED Bart Veldkamp (NED) Tomas Gustafson (SWE) Leo Visser (NED) 1989 Gothenburg, SWE Leo Visser (NED) Gerard Kemkers (NED) Geir Karlstad (NOR) 1988 The Hague, NED Tomas Gustafson (SWE) Leo Visser (NED) Gerard Kemkers (NED) 1987 Trondheim, NOR Nikolai Guliayev (URS) Michael Hadschieff (AUT) Hein Vergeer (NED) 1986 Oslo, NOR Hein Vergeer (NED) Aleksandr Mozin (URS) Tomas Gustafson (SWE) 1985 Eskilstuna, SWE Hein Vergeer (NED) Frits Schalij (NED) Oleg Bozhev (URS) 1984 Larvik, NOR Hilbert van der Duim (NED) Rolf Falk-Larssen (NOR) Frits Schalij (NED) 1983 The Hague, NED Hilbert van der Duim (NED) Yep Kramer (NED) Bjørn Nyland (NOR) 1982 Oslo, NOR Tomas Gustafson (SWE) Rolf Falk-Larssen (NOR) Hilbert van der Duim (NED) 1981 Deventer, NED Amund Sjøbrend (NOR) Hilbert van der Duim (NED) K. ArneStenshjemmet(NOR) 1980 Trondheim, NOR Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (NOR) Jan Egil Storholt (NOR) Tom Erik Oxholm (NOR) 1979 Deventer, NED Jan Egil Storholt (NOR) Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (NOR) Sergei Martchuk (URS) 1978 Oslo, NOR Sergei Martchuk (URS) Sten Stensen (NOR) Jan Egil Storholt (NOR) 1977 Larvik, NOR Jan Egil Storholt (NOR) Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (NOR) Amund Sjøbrend (NOR) 1976 Oslo, NOR Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (NOR) Sten Stensen (NOR) Jan Egil Storholt (NOR) 1975 Heerenveen, NED Sten Stensen (NOR) Harm Kuipers (NED) Piet Kleine (NED) 1974 Eskilstuna, SWE Göran Claeson (SWE) Amund Sjøbrend (NOR) Hans van Helden (NED) 1973 Grenoble, FRA Göran Claeson (SWE) Hans van Helden (NED) Harm Kuipers (NED) 1972 Davos, SUI Ard Schenk (NED) Roar Grønvold (NOR) Jan Bols (NED) 1971 Heerenveen, NED Dag Fornæss (NOR) Ard Schenk (NED) Kees Verkerk (NED) 1970 Innsbruck, AUT Ard Schenk (NED) Dag Fornæss (NOR) Göran Claeson (SWE) 1969 Inzell, FRG Dag Fornæss (NOR) Kees Verkerk (NED) Göran Claeson (SWE) 1968 Oslo, NOR Fred Anton Maier (NOR) Eduard Matusevich (URS) Magne Thomassen (NOR) 1967 Lahti, FIN Kees Verkerk (NED) Valeri Kaplan (URS) Eduard Matusevich (URS) 1966 Deventer, NED Ard Schenk (NED) Kees Verkerk (NED) Valeri Kaplan (URS) 1965 Gothenburg, SWE Eduard Matusevich (URS) Per Ivar Moe (NOR) Viktor Kosichkin (URS) 1964 Oslo, NOR (URS) Yuri Yumasyev (URS) Per Ivar Moe (NOR) 1963 Gothenburg, SWE Nils Aaness (NOR) Knut Johannesen (NOR) Per Ivar Moe (NOR)

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1962 Oslo, NOR Robert Merkulov (URS) Andre Kouprianoff (FRA) Boris Stenin (URS) 1961 Helsinki, FIN Viktor Kosichkin (URS) Henk van der Grift (NED) Andre Kouprianoff (FRA) 1960 Oslo, NOR Knut Johannesen (NOR) Boris Stenin (URS) Roald Aas (NOR) 1959 Gothenburg, SWE Knut Johannesen (NOR) Juhani Järvinen (FIN) Toivo Salonen (FIN) 1958 Eskilstuna, SWE Oleg Gontscharenko (URS) Vladimir Shilikovski (URS) Knut Johannesen (NOR) 1957 Oslo, NOR Oleg Gontscharenko (URS) Knut Johannesen (NOR) Roald Aas (NOR) 1956 Helsinki, FIN Yevgeny Grishin (URS) Knut Johannesen (NOR) Sigvard Ericsson (SWE) 1955 Falun, SWE Sigvard Ericsson (SWE) Oleg Gontscharenko (URS) Dmitri Sakunenko (URS) 1954 Davos, SUI Boris Shilkov (URS) Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) Sigvard Ericsson (SWE) 1953 Hamar, NOR Kees Broekman (NED) Wim van der Voort (NED) Ivar Martinsen (NOR) 1952 Östersund, SWE Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) Kees Broekman (NED) Kornél Pajor (HUN) 1951 Oslo, NOR Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) Wim van der Voort (NED) Henry Wahl (NOR) 1950 Helsinki, FIN Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) (NOR) Sverre Haugli/1925 (NOR) 1949 Davos, SUI Sverre Farstad (NOR) Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) Kornél Pajor (HUN) 1948 Hamar, NOR Reidar Liaklev (NOR) Göthe Hedlund (SWE) Odd Lundberg (NOR) 1947 Stockholm, SWE Åke Seyffarth (SWE) Göthe Hedlund (SWE) Sverre Farstad (NOR) 1939 , LAT Alfons Berzins (LAT) Charles Mathiesen (NOR) Age Johansen (NOR) 1938 Oslo, NOR Charles Mathiesen (NOR) Harry Haraldsen (NOR) Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) 1937 Davos, SUI Michael Staksrud (NOR) Hans Engnestangen (NOR) Birger Wassenius (FIN) 1936 Oslo, NOR Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) Charles Mathiesen (NOR) Harry Haraldsen (NOR) 1935 Helsinki, FIN Karl Wazulek (AUT) Bernt Evensen (NOR) Birger Wassenius (FIN) 1934 Hamar, NOR Michael Staksrud (NOR) Max Stiepl (AUT) Karl Wazulek (AUT) 1933 Viipuri, FIN Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) Birger Wassenius (FIN) Kalle Paananen (FIN) 1932 Davos, SUI Clas Thunberg (FIN) Ossi Blomqvist (FIN) Rudolf Riedl (AUT) 1931 Stockholm, SWE Clas Thunberg (FIN) Ossi Blomqvist (FIN) Dolf van der Scheer (NED) 1930 Trondheim, NOR Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) Michael Staksrud (NOR) Thorstein Stenbek (NOR) 1929 Davos, SUI Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) Clas Thunberg (FIN) Roald Larsen (NOR) 1928 Oslo, NOR Clas Thunberg (FIN) Bernt Evensen (NOR) Roald Larsen (NOR) 1927 Stockholm, SWE Bernt Evensen (NOR) Clas Thunberg (FIN) Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) 1926 Chamonix, FRA Julius Skutnabb (FIN) Otto Polacsek (AUT) Uno Pietilä (FIN) 1925 St. Moritz, SUI Otto Polacsek (AUT) Roald Larsen (NOR) Oskar Olsen (NOR) 1924 Kristiania, NOR Roald Larsen (NOR) Clas Thunberg (FIN) Oskar Olsen (NOR) 1923 Hamar, NOR Harald Strøm (NOR) Clas Thunberg (FIN) Roald Larsen (NOR) 1922 Helsinki, FIN Clas Thunberg (FIN) Ole Olsen (NOR) Asser Wallenius (FIN) 1914 Berlin, GER Oscar Mathisen (NOR) Wasili Ippolitov (RUS) Bjarne Frang (NOR) 1913 St. Petersburg, RUS Wasili Ippolitov (RUS) Oscar Mathisen (NOR) Nikita Naidenov (RUS) 1912 Stockholm, SWE Oscar Mathisen (NOR) Martin Sætherhaug (NOR) Gunnar Strömsten (FIN) 1911 Hamar, NOR Nikolai Strunnikov (RUS) Thomas Bohrer (AUT) Otto Andersson (SWE) 1910 Viipuri, FIN Nikolai Strunnikov (RUS) Magnus Johansen (NOR) Oscar Mathisen (NOR) 1909 Budapest, HUN Oscar Mathisen (NOR) Thomas Bohrer (AUT) Moje Öholm (SWE) 1908 Klagenfurt, AUT Moje Öholm (SWE) Oscar Mathisen (NOR) Thomas Bohrer (AUT) 1907 Davos, SUI Moje Öholm (SWE) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1906 Davos, SUI Rudolf Gundersen (NOR) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1905 Stockholm, SWE Johan Wikander (FIN) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1904 Davos, SUI Rudolf Gundersen (NOR) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1903 Kristiania, NOR NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1902 Davos, SUI Johan Schwartz (NOR) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1901 Trondhjem, NOR Rudolf Gundersen (NOR) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1900 Budapest, HUN Peder Østlund (NOR) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1899 Davos, SUI Peder Østlund (NOR) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1898 Helsinki, FIN Gustav Estlander (FIN) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1897 Amsterdam, NED Julius Seyler (GER) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1896 Hamburg, GER Julius Seyler (GER) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED

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1895 Budapest, HUN Alfred Næss (NOR) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1894 Hamar, NOR NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1893 Berlin, GER Rudolf Ericsson (SWE) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1892 Vienna, AUT Franz Schilling (AUT) NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED 1891 Hamburg, GER NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED NOT AWARDED

h. ISU European Speed Skating Championships – Ladies

Year Location Winner 2nd 3rd 2012 Budapest, HUN Martina Sáblíková (CZE) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Ireen Wüst (NED) 2011 Collalbo, ITA Martina Sáblíková (CZE) Ireen Wüst (NED) Marrit Leenstra (NED) 2010 Hamar, NOR Martina Sáblíková (CZE) Ireen Wüst (NED) Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) 2009 Heerenveen, NED Claudia Pechstein (GER) Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 2008 Kolomna, RUS Ireen Wüst (NED) Paulien van Deutekom (NED) Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 2007 Collalbo, ITA Martina Sáblíková (CZE) Ireen Wüst (NED) Renate Groenewold (NED) 2006 Hamar, NOR Claudia Pechstein (GER) Renate Groenewold (NED) Ireen Wüst (NED) 2005 Heerenveen, NED Anni Friesinger (GER) Daniela Anschütz (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) 2004 Heerenveen, NED Anni Friesinger (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Renate Groenewold (NED) 2003 Heerenveen, NED Anni Friesinger (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Renate Groenewold (NED) 2002 Erfurt, GER Anni Friesinger (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Renate Groenewold (NED) 2001 Baselga di Piné, ITA Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Wieteke Cramer (NED) 2000 Hamar, NOR Anni Friesinger (GER) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) Renate Groenewold (NED) 1999 Heerenveen, NED Tonny de Jong (NED) Claudia Pechstein (GER) Annamarie Thomas (NED) 1998 Helsinki, FIN Claudia Pechstein (GER) Anni Friesinger (GER) Svetlana Bazhanova (RUS) 1997 Heerenveen, NED Tonny de Jong (NED) Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) Barbara de Loor (NED) 1996 Heerenveen, NED Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) Annamarie Thomas (NED) Claudia Pechstein (GER) 1995 Heerenveen, NED Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) Annamarie Thomas (NED) Tonny de Jong (NED) 1994 Hamar, NOR Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) Svetlana Bazhanova (RUS) Emese Hunyady (AUT) 1993 Heerenveen, NED Emese Hunyady (AUT) Heike Warnicke (GER) Svetlana Bazhanova (RUS) 1992 Heerenveen, NED Gunda Niemann-Kleemann (GER) Emese Hunyady (AUT) Heike Warnicke (GER) 1991 Sarajevo, YUG Gunda Kleemann (GER) Heike Warnicke (GER) Yvonne van Gennip (NED) 1990 Heerenveen, NED Gunda Kleemann (GDR) Jacqueline Börner (GDR) Heike Schalling (GDR) 1989 West Berlin, FRG Gunda Kleemann (GDR) Constanze Moser (GDR) Jacqueline Börner (GDR) 1988 Kongsberg, NOR Andrea Ehrig (GDR) Gunda Kleemann (GDR) Yvonne van Gennip (NED) 1987 Groningen, NED Andrea Ehrig (GDR) Yvonne van Gennip (NED) Jacqueline Börner (GDR) 1986 Geithus, NOR Andrea Ehrig (GDR) Yvonne van Gennip (NED) Natalia Artamonova (URS) 1985 Groningen, NED Andrea Schöne (GDR) Yvonne van Gennip (NED) Sabine Brehm (GDR) 1984 Alma Ata, URS Gabi Schönbrunn (GDR) Valentina Lalenkova (URS) Olga Pleshkova (URS) 1983 Heerenveen, NED Andrea Schöne (GDR) Karin Enke (GDR) Natalia Petruseva (URS) 1982 Heerenveen, NED Natalia Petruseva (URS) Karin Busch (GDR) Natalya Glebova (URS) 1981 Heerenveen, NED Natalia Petruseva (URS) Karin Enke (GDR) Gabi Schönbrunn (GDR) 1974 Alma Ata, URS Atje Keulen-Deelstra (NED) Nina Statkevich (URS) Tatyana Shelekhova (URS) 1973 Brandbu, NOR Atje Keulen-Deelstra (NED) Trijnie Rep (NED) Nina Statkevich (URS) 1972 Inzell, FRG Atje Keulen-Deelstra (NED) Nina Statkevich (URS) Lyudmila Savrulina (URS) 1971 Leningrad, URS Nina Statkevich (URS) Lyudmila Titova (URS) Kapitolina Seregina (URS) 1970 Heerenveen, NED Nina Statkevich (URS) Stien Kaiser (NED) Ans Schut (NED)

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i. ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships - Men

Year Event Location Winner 2nd 3rd 2012 500m Obihiro, JPN Laurent Dubreuil (CAN) Tsubasa Hasegawa (JPN) Kim Woo-Jin (KOR) 2012 1000m Obihiro, JPN Håvard Lorentzen (NOR) Tommi Pulli (FIN) Laurent Dubreuil (CAN) 2012 1500m Obihiro, JPN (NOR) (NED) Håvard Lorentzen (NOR) 2012 5000m Obihiro, JPN Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) (NOR) Kim Cheol-Min (KOR) 2012 Overall Obihiro, JPN Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) Thomas Krol (NED) Simen Spieler Nilsen (NOR) 2012 T.P. 8 L Obihiro, JPN Norway (NOR) Korea (KOR) Netherlands (NED) 2011 500m Seinäjoki, FIN Kim Seong-Kyu (KOR) Laurent Dubreuil (CAN) Tsubasa Hasegawa (JPN) 2011 1000m Seinäjoki, FIN Kim Seong-Kyu (KOR) Tommi Pulli (FIN) Maurice Vriend (NED) 2011 1500m Seinäjoki, FIN Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) Li Bailin (CHN) Håvard Lorentzen (NOR) 2011 5000m Seinäjoki, FIN Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) Kristian Fredriksen (NOR) Simen Spieler Nilsen (NOR) 2011 Overall Seinäjoki, FIN Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) Simen Spieler Nilsen (NOR) Kristian Fredriksen (NOR) 2011 T.P. 8 L Seinäjoki, FIN Netherlands (NED) Norway (NOR) Japan (JPN) 2010 500m Moscow, RUS Artur Nogal (POL) Richard MacLennan (CAN) Aleksey Bondarchuk (KAZ) 2010 1000m Moscow, RUS Brian Hansen (USA) Richard MacLennan (CAN) Laurent Dubreuil (CAN) 2010 1500m Moscow, RUS Brian Hansen (USA) Koen Verweij (NED) Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu (CAN) 2010 5000m Moscow, RUS Koen Verweij (NED) Brian Hansen (USA) Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu (CAN) 2010 Overall Moscow, RUS Koen Verweij (NED) Brian Hansen (USA) Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu (CAN) 2010 T.P. 8 L Moscow, RUS Norway (NOR) Korea (KOR) Netherlands (NED) 2009 500m Zakopane, POL Mitchell Whitmore (USA) Richard MacLennan (CAN) Guillaume Blais Dufour (CAN) 2009 1000m Zakopane, POL Jan Daldossi (ITA) Jonathan Kuck (USA) Roman Krech (KAZ) 2009 1500m Zakopane, POL Pim Cazemier (NED) Roman Krech (KAZ) Jan Daldossi (ITA) 2009 5000m Zakopane, POL Koen Verweij (NED) Brian Hansen (USA) Jonathan Kuck (USA) 2009 Overall Zakopane, POL Koen Verweij (NED) Jonathan Kuck (USA) Brian Hansen (USA) 2009 T.P. 8 L Zakopane, POL Netherlands (NED) Germany (GER) United States (USA) 2008 Overall Changchun, CHN Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) Koen Verweij (NED) Berden de Vries (NED) 2008 T.P. 8 L Changchun, CHN Netherlands (NED) Italy (ITA) United States (USA) 2007 Overall Innsbruck, AUT Sjoerd de Vries (NED) Tim Roelofsen (NED) Trevor Marsicano (USA) 2006 Overall Erfurt, GER Håvard Bøkko (NOR) Wouter Olde Heuvel (NED) Shingo Hashibama (JPN) 2005 Overall Seinäjoki, FIN Sven Kramer (NED) Wouter Olde Heuvel (NED) Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 2004 Overall Roseville, USA (CAN) Sven Kramer (NED) Yeo Sang-Yeop (KOR) 2003 Overall Kushiro, JPN Remco Olde Heuvel (NED) Robert Lehmann (GER) Lee Seung-Hwan (KOR) 2002 Overall Collalbo, ITA Beorn Nijenhuis (NED) Ivan Skobrev (RUS) Remco Olde Heuvel (NED) 2001 Overall Groningen, NED Shingo Doi (JPN) Mun Joon (KOR) Yeo Sang-Yeop (KOR) 2000 Overall Seinäjoki, FIN Johan Röjler (SWE) Takaharu Nakajima (JPN) Jan Friesinger (GER) 1999 Overall Geithus, NOR Mark Tuitert (NED) Yuri Solinger (NED) Choi Jae-Bong (KOR) 1998 Overall Roseville, USA Dmitri Shepel (RUS) Mark Tuitert (NED) Bjarne Rykkje (NED) 1997 Overall Butte, USA Jelmer Beulenkamp (NED) André Vreugdenhil (NED) Gijs Buitelaar (NED) 1996 Overall Calgary, CAN Bob de Jong (NED) Mark Knoll (CAN) Mitsuru Watanabe (JPN) 1995 Overall Seinäjoki, FIN Bob de Jong (NED) Mark Knoll (CAN) Yusuke Imai (JPN) 1994 Overall Berlin, GER Jan Bos (NED) Marco Kramer (NED) Shinya Tanaka (JPN) 1993 Overall Baselga di Piné, ITA Brian Smith (USA) Ids Postma (NED) Keiji Shirahata (JPN) 1992 Overall Warsaw, POL Jeroen Straathof (NED) Hiroyuki Noake (JPN) Jakko Jan Leeuwangh (NED) 1991 Overall Calgary, CAN Falko Zandstra (NED) Sergej Barysjev (URS) Keiji Shirahata (JPN) 1990 Overall Obihiro, JPN Falko Zandstra (NED) Ådne Søndrål (NOR) Arjan Schreuder (NED) 1989 Overall Kiev, URS Andrei Anufriyenko (URS) Rintje Ritsma (NED) Naoki Kotake (JPN) 1988 Overall Seoul, KOR Michael Spielmann (GDR) Cor-Jan Smulders (NED) Naoki Kotake (JPN) 1987 Overall Strömsund, SWE Masahiko Omura (JPN) Naoki Kotake (JPN) Michael Spielmann (GDR) 1986 Overall Sainte-Foy, CAN Bronislav Snetkov (URS) Ildar Garayev (URS) Takuya Nakamura (JPN) 1985 Overall Røros, NOR Valeri Guk (URS) Ildar Garayev (URS) Bronislav Snetkov (URS) 1984 Overall Assen, NED Valeri Guk (URS) Aleksandr Klimov (URS) Bronislav Snetkov (URS) 1983 Overall Sarajevo, YUG Andrei Bobrov (URS) Viacheslav Vidov (URS) Hansjörg Baltes (FRG) 1982 Overall Innsbruck, AUT Geir Karlstad (NOR) Igor Zhelezovski (URS) Jean Pichett (CAN) 1981 Overall , NOR Bjørn Nyland (NOR) Jean Pichett (CAN) Jorg Mademann (INA) 1980 Overall Assen, NED Tomas Gustafson (SWE) Craig Kressler (USA) Sergei Berezin (URS) 1979 Overall Grenoble, FRA Tomas Gustafson (SWE) Andreas Ehrig (GDR) Craig Kressler (USA)

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1978 Overall Montreal, CAN Eric Heiden (USA) Vitali Zazerskij (URS) Tom Erik Oxholm (NOR) 1977 Overall Inzell, FRG Eric Heiden (USA) Jan Junell (SWE) Hilbert van der Duim (NED) 1976 Overall Madonna di Campiglio, Lee Young-Ha (KOR) Eric Heiden (USA) Jan Alex de Vries (NED) ITA 1975 Overall Strömsund, SWE Masayuki Kawahara (JPN) Jan Alex de Vries (NED) Joop Pasman (NED) 1974 Overall Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA Manfred Winter (GDR) Jan Alex de Vries (NED) Jan Mietus (POL) 1973 Overall Assen, NED Jan Heida (NED) Nikolai Kuzmenko (URS) Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (NOR) 1972 Overall Lisleby, NOR Yuri Kondakov (URS) Nikolai Kuzmenko (URS) Terje Andersen (NOR)

j. ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships – Ladies

Year Event Location Winner 2nd 3rd 2012 500m Obihiro, JPN Karolína Erbanová (CZE) Kim Hyun-Yung (KOR) Miho Takagi (JPN) 2012 1000m Obihiro, JPN Miho Takagi (JPN) Karolína Erbanová (CZE) Kate Hanly (CAN) 2012 1500m Obihiro, JPN Karolína Erbanová (CZE) Kim Bo-Reum (KOR) Pien Keulstra (NED) 2012 3000m Obihiro, JPN Do-Yeong Park (KOR) Kim Bo-Reum (KOR) Pien Keulstra (NED) 2012 Overall Obihiro, JPN Miho Takagi (JPN) Karolína Erbanová (CZE) Kim Bo-Reum (KOR) 2012 T.P. 6 L Obihiro, JPN Korea (KOR) Japan (JPN) Russia (RUS) 2011 500m Seinäjoki, FIN Karolína Erbanová (CZE) Yekaterina Aydova (KAZ) Kim Hyeon-Yeong (KOR) 2011 1000m Seinäjoki, FIN Karolína Erbanová (CZE) Hege Bøkko (NOR) Kali Christ (CAN) 2011 1500m Seinäjoki, FIN Karolína Erbanová (CZE) Pien Keulstra (NED) Hege Bøkko (NOR) 2011 3000m Seinäjoki, FIN Do-Yeong Park (KOR) Kim Bo-Reum (KOR) Pien Keulstra (NED) 2011 Overall Seinäjoki, FIN Karolína Erbanová (CZE) Pien Keulstra (NED) (NED) 2011 T.P. 6 L Seinäjoki, FIN Korea (KOR) Japan (JPN) Canada (CAN) 2010 500m Moscow, RUS Yekaterina Aydova (KAZ) Lotte van Beek (NED) Janine Smit (NED) 2010 1000m Moscow, RUS Lotte van Beek (NED) Hege Bøkko (NOR) Karolína Erbanová (CZE) 2010 1500m Moscow, RUS Lotte van Beek (NED) Hege Bøkko (NOR) Karolína Erbanová (CZE) 2010 3000m Moscow, RUS Lotte van Beek (NED) Yvonne Nauta (NED) Yelena Sokhryakova (RUS) 2010 Overall Moscow, RUS Lotte van Beek (NED) Hege Bøkko (NOR) Karolína Erbanová (CZE) 2010 T.P. 6 L Moscow, RUS Netherlands (NED) Japan (JPN) Korea (KOR) 2009 500m Zakopane, POL (RUS) Ahn Jee-Min (KOR) Yukana Nishina (JPN) 2009 1000m Zakopane, POL Roxanne van Hemert (NED) Hege Bøkko (NOR) Olga Fatkulina (RUS) 2009 1500m Zakopane, POL Roxanne van Hemert (NED) Yvonne Nauta (NED) Olga Fatkulina (RUS) 2009 3000m Zakopane, POL Yvonne Nauta (NED) Do-Yeong Park (KOR) Roxanne van Hemert (NED) 2009 Overall Zakopane, POL Roxanne van Hemert (NED) Yvonne Nauta (NED) Katarzyna Wozniak (POL) 2009 T.P. 6 L Zakopane, POL Netherlands (NED) Japan (JPN) Korea (KOR) 2008 Overall Changchun, CHN Marrit Leenstra (NED) Justine L'Heureux (CAN) Jorieke van der Geest (NED) 2008 T.P. 6 L Changchun, CHN Netherlands (NED) Germany (GER) China (CHN) 2007 Overall Innsbruck, AUT Noh Seon-Yeong (KOR) Laurine van Riessen (NED) Fu Chunyan (CHN) 2006 Overall Erfurt, GER Kim You-Lim (KOR) Martina Sáblíková (CZE) Lee Ju-Youn (KOR) 2005 Overall Seinäjoki, FIN Ireen Wüst (NED) Annette Gerritsen (NED) Lee Sang-Hwa (KOR) 2004 Overall Roseville, USA Eriko Ishino (JPN) Ireen Wüst (NED) (CAN) 2003 Overall Kushiro, JPN Shannon Rempel (CAN) Eriko Ishino (JPN) Maria Lamb (USA) 2002 Overall Collalbo, ITA Elma de Vries (NED) Eriko Ishino (JPN) Judith Hesse (GER) 2001 Overall Groningen, NED Frédérique Ankoné (NED) Heike Hartmann (GER) Elma de Vries (NED) 2000 Overall Seinäjoki, FIN Frédérique Ankoné (NED) Wieteke Cramer (NED) Heike Hartmann (GER) 1999 Overall Geithus, NOR Helen van Goozen (NED) Yuri Obara (JPN) Keiko Taguchi (JPN) 1998 Overall Roseville, USA Aki Tonoike (JPN) Catherine Raney (USA) Frijke Schaafsma (NED) 1997 Overall Butte, USA Kirstin Holum (USA) Bak Eun-Bi (KOR) Kanae Kobayashi (JPN) 1996 Overall Calgary, CAN Anni Friesinger (GER) Renate Groenewold (NED) Aki Tonoike (JPN) 1995 Overall Seinäjoki, FIN Becky Sundstrom (USA) Anni Friesinger (GER) Chris Scheels (USA) 1994 Overall Berlin, GER Mie Shimizu (JPN) Anni Friesinger (GER) Marianne Timmer (NED) 1993 Overall Baselga di Piné, ITA Franziska Schenk (GER) Mie Shimizu (JPN) Maki Tabata (JPN) 1992 Overall Warsaw, POL Nami Nemoto (JPN) Sabine Völker (GER) Tatyana Trapeznikova (RUS) 1991 Overall Calgary, CAN Anke Baier (GER) Svetlana Bazhanova (URS) Sabine Völker (GER) 1990 Overall Obihiro, JPN Ulrike Adeberg (GDR) Anke Baier (GDR) Takako Tetsuda (JPN) 1989 Overall Kiev, URS Ulrike Adeberg (GDR) Anke Baier (GDR) Sandra Zwolle (NED) 1988 Overall Seoul, KOR Emi Tanaka (JPN) Claudia Pechstein (GDR) Shiho Kusunose (JPN)

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1987 Overall Strömsund, SWE Monique Garbrecht (GDR) Anja Ulbricht (INA) Sylke Luding (URS) 1986 Overall Sainte-Foy, CAN Monique Garbrecht (GDR) Anja Ulbricht (INA) Ludmila Tuberozova (URS) 1985 Overall Røros, NOR Cornelia Dick (GDR) Ludmila Tuberozova (URS) Monique Garbrecht (GDR) 1984 Overall Assen, NED Angela Stahnke (GDR) Galina Voilochnikova (URS) Son Hwa-Son (PRK) 1983 Overall Sarajevo, YUG Angela Stahnke (GDR) Seiko Hashimoto (JPN) Sjouke Hoffmann (URS) 1982 Overall Innsbruck, AUT Angela Stahnke (GDR) Yvonne van Gennip (NED) Seiko Hashimoto (JPN) 1981 Overall Elverum, NOR Sarah Docter (USA) Elke Wirsing (INA) Yvonne van Gennip (NED) 1980 Overall Assen, NED Bjørg Eva Jensen (NOR) Sarah Docter (USA) Ria Visser (NED) 1979 Overall Grenoble, FRA Beth Heiden (USA) Bjørg Eva Jensen (NOR) Ria Visser (NED) 1978 Overall Montreal, CAN Beth Heiden (USA) Bjørg Eva Jensen (NOR) Ines Bautzmann (GDR) 1977 Overall Inzell, FRG Kim Kostron (USA) Beth Heiden (USA) Bjørg Eva Jensen (NOR) 1976 Overall Madonna di Campiglio, Elisabeth Appleby (CAN) Beth Heiden (USA) Katrin Lorenz (INA) ITA 1975 Overall Strömsund, SWE Heike Lange (GDR) Erwina Rys (POL) Pietie Postma (NED) 1974 Overall Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA Erwina Rys (POL) Tatiana Fradina (URS) Tatiana Timoshina (URS) 1973 Overall Assen, NED Sylvia Burka (CAN) Froukje Jongsma (NED) Kay Lunda (USA)

12. Season 2011/12 Results

a. ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2011/12 – Final Classification per distance

Results from individual ISU World Cup Speed Skating Events are available here.

Men 500m Ladies 500m Rank Points Rank Points 1 Tae-Bum Mo (KOR) 702 1 Jing Yu (CHN) 960 2 Pekka Koskela (FIN) 674 2 Sang-Hwa Lee (KOR) 890 3 Tucker Fredricks (USA) 646 3 Jenny Wolf (GER) 869 4 Jan Smeekens (NED) 625 4 Margot Boer (NED) 555 5 Joji Kato (JPN) 547 5 Thijsje Oenema (NED) 534 6 Michel Mulder (NED) 517 6 (JPN) 507 7 Jamie Gregg (CAN) 511 7 Beixing Wang (CHN) 485 8 Keiichiro Nagashima (JPN) 505 8 Maki Tsuji (JPN) 474 9 Yuya Oikawa (JPN) 461 9 Heather Richardson (USA) 451 10 Dmitry Lobkov (RUS) 457 10 Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 412

Men 1000m Ladies 1000m Rank Points Rank Points 1 Shani Davis (USA) 600 1 Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 550 2 Stefan Groothuis (NED) 580 2 Heather Richardson (USA) 459 3 Kjeld Nuis (NED) 486 3 Marrit Leenstra (NED) 420 4 Denny Morrison (CAN) 394 4 Margot Boer (NED) 365 5 Sjoerd de Vries (NED) 359 5 Ireen Wüst (NED) 314 6 Tae-Bum Mo (KOR) 306 6 Laurine Van Riessen (NED) 300 7 Samuel Schwarz (GER) 240 7 Yekaterina Shikhova (RUS) 219 8 Jamie Gregg (CAN) 208 8 Hong Zhang (CHN) 211 9 Pekka Koskela (FIN) 201 9 Jing Yu (CHN) 206 10 Aleksey Yesin (RUS) 196 10 (USA) 181

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Men 1500m Ladies 1500m Rank Points Rank Points 1 Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 472 1 Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 510 2 Kjeld Nuis (NED) 430 2 Ireen Wüst (NED) 450 3 Shani Davis (USA) 425 3 Marrit Leenstra (NED) 401 4 Denny Morrison (CAN) 312 4 Martina Sábliková (CZE) 276 5 Ivan Skobrev (RUS) 301 5 Diane Valkenburg (NED) 265 6 Stefan Groothuis (NED) 300 6 Yekaterina Shikhova (RUS) 234 7 Mark Tuitert (NED) 216 7 Yuliya Skokova (RUS) 185 8 Brian Hansen (USA) 212 8 Yekaterina Lobysheva (RUS) 182 9 Konrad Niedzwiedzki (POL) 192 9 Ida Njåtun (NOR) 180 10 Benjamin Macé (FRA) 165 10 (CAN) 156

Men 5000/10000m Ladies 3000/5000m Rank Points Rank Points 1 Bob de Jong (NED) 510 1 Martina Sábliková (CZE) 650 2 Sven Kramer (NED) 440 2 Stephanie Beckert (GER) 410 3 Jorrit Bergsma (NED) 435 3 Claudia Pechstein (GER) 405 4 Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 308 4 Diane Valkenburg (NED) 295 5 Alexis Contin (FRA) 300 5 Linda DE Vries (NED) 246 6 Tae-Bum Mo (KOR) 306 6 Masako Hozumi (JPN) 225 7 Samuel Schwarz (GER) 240 7 Cindy Klassen (CAN) 225 8 Jamie Gregg (CAN) 208 8 Ireen Wüst (NED) 210 9 Pekka Koskela (FIN) 201 9 Olga Graf (RUS) 176 10 Aleksey Yesin (RUS) 196 10 Yevgenia Dmitrieva (RUS) 154

Men Team Pursuit Ladies Team Pursuit Rank Points Rank Points 1 Netherlands 374 1 Canada 390 2 Korea 340 2 Russia 355 3 Germany 300 3 Korea 320 4 USA 281 4 Poland 265 5 Russia 150 5 Japan 150 6 Poland 141 6 Germany 122 7 Canada 132 7 United States 108 8 Norway 113 8 Norway 90 9 Italy 109 9 Germany 122 10 Czech Republic 81

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b. Essent ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships 2012

Men 500m after 2 races Ladies 500m after 2 races Rank Time Rank Time 1 Tae-Bum Mo (KOR) 1:09.64 1 Sang-Hwa Lee (KOR) 1:15.69 2 Michel Mulder (NED) 1:09.65 2 Jing Yu (CHN) 1:16.12 3 Pekka Koskela (FIN) 1:09.82 3 Thijsje Oenema (NED) 1:16.28 4 Joji Kato (JPN) 1:10.00 4 Heather Richardson (USA) 1:16.49 5 Tucker Fredricks (USA) 1:10.04 5 Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 1:16.70 6 (NED) 1:10.07 6 Jenny Wolf (GER) 1:16.78 7 Mika Poutala (FIN) 1:10.16 7 Wang Beixing (CHN) 1:16.80 8 Dmitry Lobkov (RUS) 1:10.18 8 Karolína Erbanová (CZE) 1:16.89 9 Jamie Gregg (CAN) 1:10.21 9 Margot Boer (NED) 1:17.07 10 Yuya Oikawa (JPN) 1:10.27 10 Maki Tsuji (JPN) 1:17.11

Men 1000m Ladies 1000m Rank Time Rank Time 1 Stefan Groothuis (NED) 1:08.57 1 Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 1:15.16 2 Kjeld Nuis (NED) 1:08.79 2 Jing Yu (CHN) 1:15.98 3 Shani Davis (USA) 1:08.83 3 Margot Boer (NED) 1:16.16 4 Denny Morrison (CAN) 1:09.04 4 Heather Richardson (USA) 1:16.30 5 Tae-Bum Mo (KOR) 1:09.09 5 Ireen Wüst (NED) 1:16.33 6 Hein Otterspeer (NED) 1:09.55 6 Yekaterina Shikhova (RUS) 1:16.50 7 Jamie Gregg (CAN) 1:09.73 7 Hong Zhang (CHN) 1:16.50 8 Samuel Schwarz (GER) 1:09.75 8 Brittany Bowe (USA) 1:17.12 9 Aleksey Yesin (RUS) 1:09.84 9 Kali Christ (CAN) 1:17.15 10 Yevgeny Lalenkov (RUS) 1:09.94 10 Yekaterina Aydova (KAZ) 1:17.35

Men 1500m Ladies 1500m Rank Time Rank Time 1 Denny Morrison (CAN) 1:46.44 1 Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 1:56.07 2 Ivan Skobrev (RUS) 1:46.49 2 Ireen Wüst (NED) 1:56.40 3 Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 1:46.50 3 Linda de Vries (NED) 1:57.08 4 Shani Davis (USA) 1:46.64 4 Cindy Klassen (CAN) 1:57.30 5 Stefan Groothuis (NED) 1:46.65 5 Yekaterina Lobysheva (RUS) 1:58.13 6 (RUS) 1:46.81 6 Diane Valkenburg (NED) 1:58.37 7 Jonathan Kuck (USA) 1:46.83 7 Yekaterina Shikhova (RUS) 1:58.48 8 Kjeld Nuis (NED) 1:47.06 8 Yuliya Skokova (RUS) 1:58.66 9 Zbigniew Brodka (POL) 1:47.10 9 Miho Takagi (JPN) 1:58.84 10 Konrad Niedzwiedzki (POL) 1:47.12 10 (POL) 1:58.88

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Men 5000m Ladies 3000m Rank Time Rank Time 1 Sven Kramer (NED) 6:13.87 1 Martina Sábliková (CZE) 4:01.88 2 Bob de Jong (NED) 6:15.26 2 Stephanie Beckert (GER) 4:04.09 3 Jonathan Kuck (USA) 6:16.28 3 Ireen Wüst (NED) 4:04.87 4 Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) 6:16.82 4 Claudia Pechstein (GER) 4:04.99 5 Alexis Contin (FRA) 6:21.44 5 Linda de Vries (NED) 4:06.33 6 Ivan Skobrev (RUS) 6:24.05 6 Cindy Klassen (CAN) 4:07.14 7 Denis Yuskov (RUS) 6:24.74 7 Yevgenia Dmitrieva (RUS) 4:09.51 8 Patrick Beckert (GER) 6:26.25 8 Diane Valkenburg (NED) 4:09.53 9 Moritz Geisreiter (GER) 6:26.64 9 Brittany Schussler (CAN) 4:09.53 10 Bart Swings (BEL) 6:28.07 10 Olga Graf (RUS) 4:09.90

Men 10000m Ladies 5000m Rank Time Rank Time 1 Bob de Jong (NED) 12:53.91 1 Martina Sábliková (CZE) 6:50.46 2 Jorrit Bergsma (NED) 12:57.71 2 Stephanie Beckert (GER) 6:56.64 3 Jonathan Kuck (USA) 13:12.66 3 Claudia Pechstein (GER) 7:04.01 4 Moritz Geisreiter (GER) 13:21.10 4 Olga Graf (RUS) 7:10.22 5 Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 13:23.70 5 Diane Valkenburg (NED 7:13.61 6 Bob de Vries (NED) 13:25.74 6 Cindy Klassen (CAN) 4:07.14 7 Marco Weber (GER) 13:28.44 7 Yevgenia Dmitrieva (RUS) 4:09.51 8 Shane Dobbin (NZL) 13:28.84 8 Diane Valkenburg (NED) 4:09.53 9 Alexej Baumgärtner (GER) 13:29.02 9 Brittany Schussler (CAN) 4:09.53 10 Alexis Contin (FRA) 13:29.92 10 Olga Graf (RUS) 4:09.90

Men Team Pursuit Ladies Team Pursuit Rank Time Rank Time 1 Netherlands 3:41.43 1 Netherlands 2:59.70 2 USA 3:43.42 2 Canada 3:00.51 3 Russia 3:43.62 3 Poland 3:03.32 4 Canada 3:44.38 4 Russia 3:03.45 5 Norway 3:46.33 5 Germany 3:03.63 6 Germany 3:46.48 6 Korea 3:03.86 7 Korea 3:47.18 7 Japan 3:04.10 8 Poland 3:47.72 8 USA 3:07.22

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c. Essent ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships 2012

Men Ladies Rank Final Rank Final Points Points 1 Sven Kramer (NED) 149.327 1 Ireen Wüst (NED) 161.050 2 Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) 149.614 2 Martina Sábliková (CZE) 161.870 3 Koen Verweij (NED) 150.085 3 Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 162.360 4 Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 150.134 4 Linda de Vries (NED) 163.395 5 Ivan Skobrev (RUS) 150.332 5 Cindy Klassen (CAN) 163.396 6 Jonathan Kuck (USA) 152.409 6 Claudia Pechstein (GER) 164.351 7 (LAT) 152.590 7 Ida Njåtun (NOR) 165.088 8 Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) 153.949 8 Brittany Schussler (CAN) 165.345 9 Bart Swings (BEL) 154.692 9 Jorien Voorhuis (NED) 165.570 10 Patrick Beckert (GER) 152.409 10 Yekaterina Lobysheva (RUS) 165.941

d. Essent ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 2012

Men Ladies Rank Final Rank Final Points Points 1 Stefan Groothuis (NED) 136.810 1 Jing Yu (CHN) 148.610 2 Kyou-Hyuk Lee (KOR) 137.000 2 Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 148.630 3 Tae-Bum Mo (KOR) 137.080 3 Hong Zhang (CHN) 149.705 4 Mika Poutala (FIN) 137.270 4 Margot Boer (NED) 149.810 5 Shani Davis (USA) 137.360 5 Annette Gerritsen (NED) 149.920 6 Dmitry Lobkov (RUS) 137.420 6 Heather Richardson (USA) 150.190 7 Hein Otterspeer (NED 137.510 7 Wang Beixing (CHN) 150.230 8 Joji Kato (JPN) 137.790 8 Marrit Leenstra (NED) 150.465 9 Jamie Gregg (CAN) 137.855 9 Jenny Wolf (GER) 150.670 10 Muncef Ouardi (CAN) 138.045 10 Thijsje Oenema (NED) 150.765

e. ISU European Speed Skating Championships 2012

Men Ladies Rank Final Rank Final Points Points 1 Sven Kramer (NED) 156.197 1 Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 169.922 2 Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) 156.513 2 Claudia Pechstein (GER) 172.312 3 Håvard Bøkko (NOR) 158.234 3 Ireen Wüst (NED) 172.454 4 Koen Verweij (NED) 158.644 4 Linda de Vries (NED) 173.656 5 Alexis Contin 159.093 5 Diane Valkenburg (NED) 173.782 6 Haralds Silovs (KAT) 159.261 6 Yuliya Skokova (RUS) 174.805 7 Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) 159.874 7 Natalia Czerwonka (POL) 174.956 8 Denis Yuskov (RUS) 160.221 8 Olga Graf (RUS) 176.323 9 Ted-Jan Bloemen (NED) 160.634 9 Annouk van der Weijden (NED) 176.684 10 Bart Swings (BEL) 160.793 10 Isabell Ost (GER) 177.289

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f. ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships 2012

Men Overall Ladies Overall Rank Final Points Rank Final Points 1 Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) 159.261 1 Miho Takagi (JPN) 161.296 2 Thomas Krol (NED) 159.874 2 Karolina Erbanova (CZE) 162.575 3 Simen Spieler Nilsen (NOR) 160.221 3 Bo-Reum Kim (KOR) 163.096 4 David Andersson (SWE) 160.634 4 (NED) 163.151 5 Shota Nakamura (JPN) 160.793 5 Do-Yeong Park (KOR) 163.309 6 Kim Jin-Soo (KOR) 154.841 6 Pien Keulstra (NED) 164.404 7 Kim Cheol Min (KOR) 155.049 7 (JPN) 165.429 8 (NED) 155.321 8 Kate Hanly (CAN) 166.854 9 Kristian Fredriksen (NOR) 155.365 9 Vanessa Bittner (AUT) 167.471 10 Takuro Oda (JPN) 155.444 10 Bo van der Werff (NED) 167.829

Men 500m Ladies 500m Rank Time Rank Time 1 Laurent Dubreuil (CAN) 71.12 1 Karolina Erbanova (CZE) 1:18.90 2 Tsubasa Hasegawa (JPN) 71.77 2 Hyun-Yung Kim (KOR) 1:19.19 3 Kim Woo-Jin (KOR) 72.29 3 Miho Takagi (JPN) 1:19.44 4 Tommi Pulli (FIN) 72.67 4 Kako Yamane (JPN) 1:19.65 5 Cha Min Kyu (KOR) 72.79 5 Kate Hanly (CAN) 1:19.83 6 Konstantin Nikitin (RUS) 72.85 6 Tatjana Karannikova (RUS) 1:20.03 7 Håvard Lorentzen (NOR) 73.51 7 Vanessa Bittner (AUT) 1:20.10 8 Sung Ching-Yang (TPE) 73.53 8 Bo van der Werff (NED) 1:20.41 9 Niels Olivier (NED) 73.75 9 Saori Toi (JPN) 1:20.81 10 Tatsuya Ogino (JPN) 73.91 10 (NED) 1:21.19

Men 1000m Ladies 1000m Rank Time Rank Time 1 Havard Lorentzen (NOR) 1:11.24 1 Miho Takagi (JPN) 1:17.69 2 Tommi Pulli (FIN) 1:11.30 2 Karolina Erbanova (CZE) 1:18.14 3 Laurent Dubreuil (CAN) 1:11.32 3 Kate Hanly (CAN) 1:18.82 4 Kim Woo-Jin (KOR) 1:11.36 4 Antoinette de Jong (NED) 1:19.43 5 Kim Jin-Soo (KOR) 1:11.46 5 Bo van der Werff (NED) 1:19.92 6 Thomas Krol (NED) 1:11.48 6 Kim Bo-Reum (KOR) 1:19.93 7 Konstantin Nikitin (RUS) 1:11.68 7 Kim Hyun-Yung (KOR) 1:20.00 8 Takuro Oda (JPN) 1:12.20 8 Nana Takagi (JPN) 1:20.05 9 Kai Verbij (NED) 1:12.54 9 Vanessa Bittner (AUT) 1:20.18 10 Cha Min-Kyu (KOR) 1:12.57 10 Park Do-Yeong (KOR) 1:20.34

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Men 1500m Ladies 1500m Rank Time Rank Time 1 Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) 1:49.14 1 Karolina Erbanova (CZE) 2:00.45 2 Thomas Krol (NED) 1:49.80 2 Bo-Reum Kim (KOR) 2:00.67 3 Havard Lorentzen (NOR) 1:50.40 3 Pien Keulstra (NED) 2:01.03 4 Tommi Pulli (FIN) 1:50.40 4 Do-Yeong Park (KOR) 2:01.10 5 Kai Verbij (NED) 1:50.47 5 Miho Takagi (JPN) 2:01.24 6 Kim Jin-Soo (KOR) 1:50.96 6 Antoinette de Jong (NED) 2:01.80 7 Shota Nakamura (KPN) 1:51.67 7 Nana Takagi (JPN) 2:03.11 8 Yang Fan (CHN) 1:51.89 8 Reina Anema (NED) 2:03.86 9 Takuro Oda (JPN) 1:51.96 9 Kate Hanly (CAN) 2:04.81 10 David Andersson (SWE) 1:52:21 10 Vanessa Bittner (AUT) 2:05.22

Men 5000m Ladies 3000m Rank Time Rank Time 1 Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) 6:35.03 1 Do-Yeong Park (KOR) 4:08.48 2 Simen Spieler Nilsen (NOR) 6:44.50 2 Bo-Reum Kim (KOR) 4:10.07 3 Cheol-Min Kim (KOR) 6:44.61 3 Pien Keulstra (NED) 4:11.86 4 David Andersson (SWE) 6:45.91 4 Miho Takagi (JPN) 4:14.63 5 Emery Lehman (USA) 6:46.18 5 Antoinette de Jong (NED) 4:15.52 6 Andrea Giovannin (ITA) 6:50.70 6 Jung-Soo Lim (KOR ) 4:20.07 7 Thomas Krol (NED) 6:52.35 7 Anna Chernova (RUS ) 4:21.04 8 Shota Nakamura (JPN) 6:52.67 8 Nana Takagi (JPN ) 4:21.89 9 Jin-Yeong Lee (KOR) 6:55.24 9 Karolina Erbanova (CZE ) 4:22.35 10 Stefan Due Schmidt (DEN) 6:56.40 10 Josie Spence (CAN ) 4:24.30

Men Team Pursuit Ladies Team Pursuit Rank Time Rank Time 1 Norway 3:54.02 1 Republic of Korea 3:07.36 2 Republic of Korea 3:55.69 2 Japan 3:13.67 3 Netherlands 3:56.34 3 Russia 3:14.41 4 Italy 3:58.94 4 Canada 3:16.02

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