List of world records in speed skating
This list of speed skating records is an overview of the current speed skating records in its various events ratified by the International Skating Union.
World records
Men
Event | Name | Country | Result | Date | Place | Average speed | Meeting | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
500 meters Progression |
Pavel Kulizhnikov | Russia | 33.98 | 20 November 2015 | Salt Lake City | 52.97 km/h (32.91 mph) | World Cup | [1] |
500 meters × 2 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | Canada | 68.31 | 15 March 2008 | Calgary | 52.70 km/h (32.75 mph) | Olympic Oval Final | [2] |
1000 meters Progression |
Shani Davis | United States | 1:06.42 | 7 March 2009 | Salt Lake City | 54.20 km/h (33.68 mph) | World Cup | [3] |
1500 meters Progression |
Denis Yuskov | Russia | 1:41.02 | 9 December 2017 | Salt Lake City | 53.57 km/h (33.29 mph) | World Cup | [4] |
3000 meters Progression |
Eskil Ervik | Norway | 3:37.28** | 5 November 2005 | Calgary | 49.71 km/h (30.89 mph) | Olympic Oval Invitational | [5] |
5000 meters Progression |
Ted-Jan Bloemen | Canada | 6:01.86 | 10 December 2017 | Salt Lake City | 49.74 km/h (30.91 mph) | World Cup | [6] |
10000 meters Progression |
Ted-Jan Bloemen | Canada | 12:36.30 | 21 November 2015 | Salt Lake City | 47.60 km/h (29.58 mph) | World Cup | [7] |
Team sprint (3 laps) |
Vincent De Haître Gilmore Junio Laurent Dubreuil |
Canada | 1:17.31 | 1 December 2017 | Calgary | World Cup | [8] | |
Team pursuit (8 laps) Progression |
Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij |
Netherlands | 3:35.60 | 16 November 2013 | Salt Lake City | 51.73 km/h (32.14 mph) *** |
World Cup | [9] |
Sprint combination | Kai Verbij | Netherlands | 136.065 pts | 25–26 February 2017 | Calgary | World Sprint Championships | [10] | |
Small combination | Erben Wennemars | Netherlands | 146.365 pts | 12–13 August 2005 | Calgary | Summer Classic | [11] | |
Big combination | Shani Davis | United States | 145.742 pts | 18–19 March 2006 | Calgary | World Allround Championships | [12] | |
One hour * | Erik Jan Kooiman | Netherlands | 43,735.94 m | 9 December 2015 | Inzell | 43.73 km/h (27.17 mph) | [13] |
- * unofficial world best
- ** During the course of a 5000 m race on 17 November 2013 in Salt Lake City, Russian skater Denis Yuskov recorded a 3000 m split time at 3:36.40. Yuskov also recorded a 3000 m time of 3:34.37 during a training race held on 2 November 2013. However, neither of these times count as the world record. The former because it was a split time, and not an official 3000 m race, the latter because it was ridden in a so-called 'quartet-start' (four riders on the track at the same time as opposed to the usual two) which means the time is ineligible to be counted as a world record under Article 221(2)(i) of the rules of the International Skating Union.
For comparison, the fastest known 400 m lap was skated by Pavel Kulizhnikov on 20 November 2015 in Salt Lake City during his 500-meter world record race in 24.31 seconds with an average speed of 59.23 km/h (36.80 mph).
Women
Event | Name | Country | Result | Date | Place | Average speed | Meeting | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
500 meters Progression |
Lee Sang-hwa | South Korea | 36.36 | 16 November 2013 | Salt Lake City | 49.50 km/h (30.76 mph) | World Cup | [14] |
500 meters × 2 | Heather Richardson | United States | 74.19 | 28 December 2013 | Salt Lake City | 48.52 km/h (30.15 mph) | US Olympic Trials | [15] |
1000 meters Progression |
Nao Kodaira | Japan | 1:12.09 | 10 December 2017 | Salt Lake City | 49.93 km/h (31.03 mph) | World Cup | [16] |
1500 meters Progression |
Heather Richardson-Bergsma | United States | 1:50.85 | 21 November 2015 | Salt Lake City | 48.35 km/h (30.04 mph) | World Cup | [17] |
3000 meters Progression |
Cindy Klassen | Canada | 3:53.34 | 18 March 2006 | Calgary | 46.28 km/h (28.76 mph) | World Allround Championships | [18] |
5000 meters Progression |
Martina Sáblíková | Czech Republic | 6:42.66 | 18 February 2011 | Salt Lake City | 44.70 km/h (27.78 mph) | World Cup | [19] |
10000 meters * Progression |
Martina Sáblíková | Czech Republic | 13:48.33 | 15 March 2007 | Calgary | 43.46 km/h (27.00 mph) | Olympic Oval Final | [20] |
Team sprint (3 laps) |
Li Qishi Yu Jing Zhang Hong |
China | 1:24.65 | 22 November 2015 | Salt Lake City | World Cup | [21] | |
Team pursuit (6 laps) Progression |
Miho Takagi Ayano Sato Nana Takagi |
Japan | 2:50.87 | 8 December 2017 | Salt Lake City | 48.97 km/h (30.43 mph) *** |
World Cup | [22] |
Sprint combination | Nao Kodaira | Japan | 146.390 pts | 25–26 February 2017 | Calgary | World Sprint Championships | [23] | |
Mini combination | Cindy Klassen | Canada | 155.576 pts | 15–17 March 2001 | Calgary | Olympic Oval Final | [24] | |
Small combination | Cindy Klassen | Canada | 154.580 pts | 18–19 March 2006 | Calgary | World Allround Championships | [25] | |
One hour * | Carien Kleibeuker | Netherlands | 40,569.56 m | 9 December 2015 | Inzell | 40.56 km/h (25.20 mph) | [26] |
For comparison, the fastest known 400 m lap of 25.93 s was skated by Zhang Hong during a 500 m race in Salt Lake City on 20 November 2015 with an average speed of 55.51 km/h (34.49 mph).
- * unofficial world best
- *** The average speed for the team pursuit races was calculated using a distance of 3098,88 meters for the men's race and 2324,16 meters for the women's race.[27] 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.
Sea level world bests
Salt Lake City and Calgary, where all current world records were set, are at relatively high altitudes. Since speed skating is easier at high altitudes,[28] skating statisticians keep separate lists for skating at (or close to) sea level, where times in Salt Lake City and Calgary are excluded.
Men
Event | Name | Country | Result | Date | Place | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
500 meters | Michel Mulder Jeremy Wotherspoon |
Netherlands Canada |
34.31 | 29 December 2013 26 January 2008 |
Heerenveen Hamar |
[29] [30] |
500 meters × 2 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | Russia | 1:08.931 | 15 February 2015 | Heerenveen | [31] |
1000 meters | Pavel Kulizhnikov | Russia | 1:07.97 | 12 November 2017 | Heerenveen | [32] |
1500 meters | Denis Yuskov | Russia | 1:43.36 | 13 February 2015 | Heerenveen | [30] |
3000 meters | Sven Kramer | Netherlands | 3:38.78 | 21 December 2016 | Heerenveen | [30] |
5000 meters | Sven Kramer | Netherlands | 6:06.82 | 9 February 2017 | Gangneung | [33] |
10000 meters | Sven Kramer | Netherlands | 12:38.89 | 11 February 2017 | Gangneung | [34] |
Team sprint (3 laps) |
Laurent Dubreuil Alexandre St-Jean Vincent De Haître |
Canada | 1:19.55 | 12 November 2017 | Heerenveen | [35] |
Women
Event | Name | Country | Result | Date | Place | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
500 meters | Nao Kodaira | Japan | 37.07 | 18 November 2017 | Stavanger | [36] |
500 meters × 2 | Lee Sang-hwa | South Korea | 1:14.59 | 30 November 2013 | Astana | [37] |
1000 meters | Brittany Bowe | United States | 1:13.81 | 11 January 2015 | Milwaukee | [30] |
1500 meters | Ireen Wüst | Netherlands | 1:53.31 | 30 December 2013 | Heerenveen | [29] |
3000 meters | Martina Sáblíková | Czech Republic | 3:58.11 | 5 March 2016 | Berlin | [38] |
5000 meters | Martina Sáblíková | Czech Republic | 6:49.31 | 11 February 2007 | Heerenveen | [30] |
Team sprint (3 laps) |
Angelina Golikova Olga Fatkulina Elizaveta Kazelina |
Russia | 1:26.62 | 12 November 2017 | Heerenveen | [39] |
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