World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women
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The International Skating Union has organised the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1970. The first two years (1970–1971), they were called the ISU Sprint Championships.
Medal winners
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 13 | 16 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 |  East Germany | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 |  Germany | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 |  China | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 |  Canada | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 |  Soviet Union | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 |  Netherlands | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 8 |  Japan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 |  Russia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | West Germany | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 |  South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Poland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 49 | 49 | 49 | 147 | |
World champions (2018)
| Skater |  |
 |
 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karin Enke |
6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
 Bonnie Blair |
3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| Sheila Young |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Leah Poulos-Mueller |
2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| / Christa Rothenburger |
2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Catriona LeMay-Doan |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Yu Jing |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Brittany Bowe |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ye Qiaobo |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Heather Richardson-Bergsma |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Anni Friesinger-Postma |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Angela Stahnke |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Chris Witty |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Natalya Petrusyova |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Jenny Wolf |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Christine Nesbitt |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Monika Pflug |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Franziska Schenk |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Jorien ter Mors |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Sylvia Burka |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lee Sang-hwa |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jennifer Rodriguez |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Marianne Timmer |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lyudmila Titova |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nao Kodaira |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lyubov Sadchikova |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ruth Schleiermacher |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wang Beixing |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Svetlana Zhurova |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |