List of world records in speed skating

This list of speed skating records is an overview of the records currently held in various speed skating events, as ratified by the International Skating Union.

World record progression
For the short track speed skating world records, see Short track speed skating.

World records

Men
Event Name Country Time Date Place Average speed Meeting Ref
500 meters
Progression		Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia33.619 March 2019 Salt Lake City53.56 km/h (33.28 mph)2018–19 World Cup Final[1]
500 meters × 2Jeremy Wotherspoon Canada1:08.3115 March 2008 Calgary52.70 km/h (32.75 mph)Olympic Oval Finale 2008[2]
1000 meters
Progression		Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia1:05.6915 February 2020 Salt Lake City54.80 km/h (34.05 mph)2020 World Single Distances Championships[3]
1500 meters
Progression		Kjeld Nuis Netherlands1:40.1710 March 2019 Salt Lake City53.91 km/h (33.50 mph)2018–19 World Cup Final[4]
3000 meters *
Progression		Eskil Ervik Norway3:37.285 November 2005 Calgary49.71 km/h (30.89 mph)Olympic Oval Invitational 2005[5]
5000 meters
Progression		Ted-Jan Bloemen Canada6:01.8610 December 2017 Salt Lake City49.74 km/h (30.91 mph)2017–18 World Cup[6]
10000 meters
Progression		Graeme Fish Canada12:33.8614 February 2020 Salt Lake City47.75 km/h (29.67 mph)2020 World Single Distances Championships[7]
Team sprint
(3 laps)		Vincent De Haître
Gilmore Junio
Laurent Dubreuil		 Canada1:17.311 December 2017 Calgary2017–18 World Cup[8]
Team pursuit
(8 laps) **
Progression		Douwe de Vries
Sven Kramer
Marcel Bosker		 Netherlands3:34.6815 February 2020 Salt Lake City51.97 km/h (32.29 mph)
2020 World Single Distances Championships[9]
Sprint combinationKai Verbij Netherlands136.065 pts25–26 February 2017 Calgary2017 World Sprint Championships[10]
Small combinationErben Wennemars Netherlands146.365 pts12–13 August 2005 CalgarySummer Classic 2005[11]
Big combination
Progression		Patrick Roest Netherlands145.561 pts2–3 March 2019 Calgary2019 World Allround Championships[12]
One hour ***Erik Jan Kooiman Netherlands43,735.94 m 9 December 2015 Inzell43.73 km/h (27.17 mph)[13]
  • * Five skaters have a recorded a 3000m time below this world record on this irregularly competed distance, including Denis Yuskov, who recorded a 3000m time of 3:34.37 during a training race held on 2 November 2013. However, the race had a so-called 'quartet-start' (four riders on the track at the same time as opposed to the usual two), making it ineligible to be counted as a world record under Article 221(2)(i) of the rules of the International Skating Union. Several skaters have recorded 3000m split times below 3:37.28 during a 5000m race, including Sven Kramer as early as November 17, 2007, but split times do not count as world records either.
  • ** The average speed for the team pursuit race was calculated using a distance of 3098,88 meters for the men's race.[14] The skaters only utilize the inner lane and the lap distance is accordingly less than the 400 meters of a regular lap skated with one inner curve and one outer curve. For comparison, the fastest known 400m lap was skated by Pavel Kulizhnikov on 9 March 2019 in Salt Lake City during his 500-meter world record race, with a lap time of 23.94 seconds and an average speed of 60.15 km/h (37.38 mph).[15]
  • *** unofficial world best (not recognized as a world record by ISU)

Women
Event Name Country Time Date Place Average speed Meeting Ref
500 meters
Progression		Lee Sang-hwa South Korea36.3616 November 2013 Salt Lake City49.50 km/h (30.76 mph)2013–14 World Cup[16]
500 meters × 2Nao Kodaira Japan1:13.5525–26 February 2017 Salt Lake City48.95 km/h (30.42 mph)2017 World Sprint Championships[17]
1000 meters
Progression		Brittany Bowe United States1:11.619 March 2019 Salt Lake City50.27 km/h (31.24 mph)2018–19 World Cup Final[18]
1500 meters
Progression		Miho Takagi Japan1:49.8310 March 2019 Salt Lake City49.17 km/h (30.55 mph)2018–19 World Cup Final[19]
3000 meters
Progression		Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic3:52.029 March 2019 Salt Lake City46.55 km/h (28.92 mph)2018–19 World Cup Final[20]
5000 meters
Progression		Natalya Voronina Russia6:39.0215 February 2020 Salt Lake City45.11 km/h (28.03 mph)2020 World Single Distances Championships[21]
10,000 meters ***
Progression		Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic13:48.3315 March 2007 Calgary43.46 km/h (27.00 mph)Olympic Oval Finale 2007[22]
Team sprint
(3 laps)		Femke Kok
Jutta Leerdam
Letitia de Jong		 Netherlands1:24.0213 February 2020 Salt Lake City2020 World Single Distances Championships[23]
Team pursuit
(6 laps) **
Progression		Nana Takagi
Ayano Sato
Miho Takagi		 Japan2:50.7614 February 2020 Salt Lake City49.00 km/h (30.45 mph)2020 World Single Distances Championships[24]
Sprint combinationNao Kodaira Japan146.390 pts25–26 February 2017 Calgary2017 World Sprint Championships[25]
Mini combinationJoy Beune Netherlands153.776 pts9–10 March 2018 Salt Lake City2018 World Junior Championships[26]
Small combinationCindy Klassen Canada154.580 pts18–19 March 2006 Calgary2006 World Allround Championships[27]
One hour ***Carien Kleibeuker Netherlands40,569.56 m9 December 2015 Inzell40.56 km/h (25.20 mph)[28]
  • ** The average speed for the team pursuit race was calculated using a distance of 2324,16 meters for the women's race.[14] The skaters only utilize the inner lane and the lap distance is accordingly less than the 400 meters of a regular lap skated with one inner curve and one outer curve. For comparison, the fastest known 400m lap was skated by Zhang Hong during a 500m race in Salt Lake City on 20 November 2015, with a lap time of 25.93 seconds and an average speed of 55.51 km/h (34.49 mph).[15]
  • *** unofficial world best (not recognized as a world record by ISU)

Sea-level world bests

Salt Lake City and Calgary, where all of the current world records were set (see above), are at comparatively high altitudes (greater than 1 km above sea level). Performance is better at these high altitudes because the lower oxygen levels are compensated by the reduced air resistance.[29] Skating statisticians therefore record separate lists of "sea-level world bests" for speed skating records that are set at (or close to) sea level, where results in Salt Lake City and Calgary are excluded.

Men
Event Name Country Time Date Place Meeting Ref
500 metersTatsuya Shinhama Japan34.078 March 2020 Heerenveen2019–20 World Cup[30]
500 meters × 2Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia68.93115 February 2015 Heerenveen2015 World Single Distance Championships[31]
1000 metersPavel Kulizhnikov Russia1:07.0912 January 2020 Heerenveen2020 European Championships[32]
1500 metersKjeld Nuis Netherlands1:43.008 March 2020 Heerenveen2019–20 World Cup[33]
3000 metersSven Kramer Netherlands3:37.3920 December 2019 Heerenveen[34]
5000 metersSven Kramer Netherlands6:06.829 February 2017 Gangneung2017 World Single Distance Championships[35]
10000 metersSven Kramer Netherlands12:38.8911 February 2017 Gangneung2017 World Single Distance Championships[36]
Team sprint
(3 laps)		Pavel Kulizhnikov
Ruslan Murashov
Viktor Mushtakov		 Russia1:18.9210 January 2020 Heerenveen2020 European Championships[37]
Team pursuit
(8 laps)		Håvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen		 Norway3:37.0821 February 2018 Gangneung2018 Winter Olympics[38]
Sprint combinationPavel Kulizhnikov Russia137.390 pts23–24 February 2019 Heerenveen2019 World Sprint Championships
Small combinationKoen Verweij Netherlands148.517 pts12–13 March 2010 Moscow2010 World Junior Championships[39]
Big combinationSven Kramer Netherlands147.567 pts7–8 February 2009 Hamar2009 World Allround Championships[40]

Women
Event Name Country Time Date Place Meeting Ref
500 metersNao Kodaira Japan36.94 18 February 2018 Gangneung2018 Winter Olympics[41]
500 meters × 2Lee Sang-hwa South Korea74.70 8 February 2014 Sochi2014 Winter Olympics[42]
1000 metersBrittany Bowe United States1:13.2416 December 2018 Heerenveen2018–19 World Cup[43]
1500 metersIreen Wüst Netherlands1:53.108 March 2020 Heerenveen2019–20 World Cup[44]
3000 metersMartina Sáblíková Czech Republic3:58.115 March 2016 Berlin2016 World Allround Championships[45]
5000 metersMartina Sáblíková Czech Republic6:44.859 February 2019 Inzell2019 World Single Distance Championships[46]
Team sprint
(3 laps)		Olga Fatkulina
Angelina Golikova
Daria Kachanova		 Russia1:26.1710 January 2020 Heerenveen2020 European Championships[47]
Team pursuit
(6 laps)		Ayano Sato
Miho Takagi
Nana Takagi		 Japan2:53.8921 February 2018 Gangneung2018 Winter Olympics[48]
Sprint combinationMiho Takagi Japan148.870 pts28–29 February 2020 Hamar2020 World Sprint Championships[49]
Mini combinationCindy Klassen Canada157.950 pts15–17 November 2002 Erfurt2002–03 World Cup[50]
Small combinationIreen Wüst Netherlands158.615 pts22–23 March 2014 Heerenveen2014 World Allround Championships[51]

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