The 2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in Vikingskipet, Hamar, on 20–21 January 2007. They were the 36th World Championships, and it was the third time the Championships were held in Hamar. Several of the world's top skaters, including the top two from the 2006 men's and women's standings, did not take part in the competition, while Lee Kang-seok (men), Lee Sang-hwa and Wang Beixing (women), all among the top three in the 500 meter World Cup rankings, did not take part as they are competing in other colliding tournaments.

Three-time world allround champion Anni Friesinger entered for the second time, after winning silver in 2004, and won gold by more than one samalog point, the greatest margin of victory since Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt's last title in 2003. She thus became the fourth woman to become world champion in both allround and sprint.

Conversely, the men's competition was the closest since Bae Ki-tae won South Korea's first title, in 1990. The men's title went to a Korean for the third time in the tournament's history. Finland's Pekka Koskela led the tournament until two laps remained of the 1000 metres, but despite skating a better last lap than Lee he finished 0.065 points behind the Korean.

Men championships Results Rank Name Nation 500 m (1) 1000 m (1) 500 m (2) 1000 m (2) Total Lee Kyou-hyuk 35.11 ( 4) 1:08.56 ( 2) 35.04 ( 3) 1:08.69 ( 2) 138.775 Pekka Koskela 34.80 ( 1) 1:09.03 ( 7) 34.94 ( 1) 1:09.17 ( 7) 138.840 Shani Davis 35.62 (12) 1:08.41 ( 1) 35.42 ( 7) 1:08.38 ( 1) 139.435 4 Dmitry Lobkov 35.03 ( 3) 1:09.49 (10) 34.95 ( 2) 1:09.54 ( 9) 139.495 5 Beorn Nijenhuis 35.31 ( 7) 1:08.96 ( 5) 35.36 ( 6) 1:08.89 ( 5) 139.565 6 Erben Wennemars 35.20 ( 6) 1:08.67 ( 3) 35.69 (13) 1:08.79 ( 4) 139.620 7 Denny Morrison 35.86 (23) 1:08.68 ( 4) 35.81 (16) 1:08.78 ( 3) 140.400 8 Kip Carpenter 35.34 ( 9) 1:09.86 (13) 35.55 (11) 1:09.60 (10) 140.620 9 Keiichiro Nagashima 34.97 ( 2) 1:10.09 (16) 35.35 ( 5) 1:10.62 (15) 140.675 10 Yevgeny Lalenkov 35.84 (20) 1:09.00 ( 6) 35.78 (15) 1:09.16 ( 6) 140.700 11 Even Wetten 35.18 ( 5) 1:09.39 ( 9) 35.66 (12) 1:10.72 (18) 140.895 12 Jan Bos 35.69 (15) 1:09.32 ( 8) 35.97 (17) 1:09.24 ( 8) 140.940 13 Takaharu Nakajima 35.58 (11) 1:11.23 (26) 35.42 ( 7) 1:09.89 (12) 141.560 14 Tucker Fredricks 35.33 ( 8) 1:11.32 (27) 35.22 ( 4) 1:10.71 (17) 141.565 15 Mika Poutala 35.62 (12) 1:10.34 (19) 35.53 ( 9) 1:10.74 (19) 141.690 16 Aleksey Proshin 35.73 (17) 1:10.28 (18) 36.16 (24) 1:10.17 (13) 142.115 17 Samuel Schwarz 36.09 (24) 1:10.07 (15) 36.21 (25) 1:09.73 (11) 142.200 18 Choi Jae-bong 35.84 (20) 1:10.55 (20) 35.77 (14) 1:10.93 (22) 142.350 19 Dag Erik Kleven 35.76 (18) 1:10.68 (23) 36.08 (22) 1:10.60 (14) 142.480 20 Ermanno Ioriatti 35.85 (22) 1:10.60 (21) 35.99 (19) 1:10.69 (16) 142.485 21 Maciej Ustynowicz 35.65 (14) 1:11.41 (29) 36.04 (21) 1:10.88 (20) 142.835 22 Chris Needham 36.19 (26) 1:10.61 (22) 36.10 (23) 1:11.01 (23) 143.100 23 Jan Friesinger 36.21 (27) 1:10.89 (24) 36.26 (27) 1:11.21 (24) 143.520 24 Aleksey Yesin 36.34 (26) 1:10.15 (17) 36.72 (31) 1:10.89 (21) 143.630 25 Pasi Koskela 36.18 (25) 1:11.91 (32) 35.98 (18) 1:11.46 (27) 143.845 26 Aleksandr Zhigin 36.58 (30) 1:10.98 (25) 36.59 (29) 1:11.54 (28) 144.430 27 Artur Waś 35.77 (19) 1:11.60 (31) 36.84 (32) 1:12.22 (29) 144.520 28 Vladimir Sherstyuk 37.77 (31) 1:13.33 (34) 37.18 (33) 1:12.25 (30) 147.740 29 Marius Bǎcílǎ 38.16 (32) 1:14.83 (36) 38.42 (34) 1:15.06 (32) 151.525 30 Joel Eriksson 49.01 (34) 1:11.36 (28) 36.70 (30) 1:11.40 (26) 157.090 31 Sun Bing 53.37 (35) 1:12.56 (33) 36.37 (28) 1:12.59 (31) 162.315 32 Brock Miron 1:00.56 (36) 1:09.81 (12) 35.54 (10) 1:11.33 (25) 166.670 DQ1 Christoffer Fagerli Rukke DQ 1:09.79 (11) 36.02 (20) DQ1 Risto Rosendahl DQ DQ 36.22 (26) DQ3 Gerard van Velde 35.69 (15) 1:09.94 (14) DQ DQ3 Zhu Jianquan 36.45 (23) 1:14.50 (35) DQ NS2 Mike Ireland 1:23.24 (37) NS NS3 Hiroyasu Shimizu 35.34 ( 9) 1:11.47 (30) NS DQ = disqualifiedNS = Not Started

Women championships Results Rank Name Nation 500 m (1) 1000 m (1) 500 m (2) 1000 m (2) Total Anni Friesinger 38.42 ( 5) 1:15.12 ( 1) 38.39 ( 5) 1:15.13 ( 1) 151.935 Ireen Wüst 38.96 (14) 1:15.29 ( 2) 38.79 (10) 1:15.20 ( 2) 152.995 Cindy Klassen 39.08 (16) 1:15.57 ( 3) 38.76 ( 8) 1:15.49 ( 3) 153.370 4 Shihomi Shinya 38.29 ( 2) 1:17.19 (11) 38.14 ( 2) 1:17.31 (10) 153.680 5 Chiara Simionato 38.50 ( 6) 1:16.54 ( 6) 38.73 ( 7) 1:16.48 ( 5) 153.785 6 Margot Boer 38.67 ( 9) 1:16.79 ( 8) 38.81 (11) 1:16.55 ( 6) 154.150 7 Annette Gerritsen 38.88 (13) 1:16.99 ( 9) 38.61 ( 6) 1:16.36 ( 4) 154.165 8 Svetlana Kaykan 38.32 ( 3) 1:17.73 (16) 38.29 ( 4) 1:18.41 (20) 154.680 9 Sayuri Osuga 38.35 ( 4) 1:17.74 (17) 38.26 ( 3) 1:18.47 (21) 154.715 10 Shannon Rempel 38.85 (11) 1:16.40 ( 5) 39.11 (15) 1:17.12 ( 8) 154.720 11 Sayuri Yoshii 38.77 (10) 1:17.13 (10) 38.99 (13) 1:17.64 (12) 155.145 12 Zhang Shuang 38.52 ( 7) 1:18.42 (21) 38.76 ( 8) 1:17.74 (13) 155.360 13 Yekaterina Lobysheva 39.15 (18) 1:16.78 ( 7) 39.40 (21) 1:17.14 ( 9) 155.510 14 Elli Ochowicz 39.04 (15) 1:17.47 (12) 38.97 (12) 1:17.59 (11) 155.540 15 Kristina Groves 39.39 (22) 1:16.13 ( 4) 39.80 (24) 1:16.64 ( 7) 155.575 16 Tomomi Okazaki 38.66 ( 8) 1:17.75 (18) 39.09 (14) 1:18.12 (17) 155.685 17 Pamela Zöllner 39.08 (16) 1:17.51 (14) 39.15 (16) 1:18.11 (16) 156.040 18 Judith Hesse 39.16 (19) 1:17.84 (19) 39.39 (20) 1:18.18 (19) 156.560 19 Kim Yoo-rim 39.56 (24) 1:17.69 (15) 39.48 (22) 1:18.07 (15) 156.920 20 Yekaterina Abramova 39.42 (23) 1:18.71 (24) 39.23 (18) 1:17.86 (14) 156.935 21 Jin Peiyu 39.24 (20) 1:18.84 (25) 39.25 (19) 1:19.40 (25) 157.610 22 Chris Witty 39.64 (25) 1:18.17 (20) 39.88 (25) 1:18.14 (18) 157.675 23 Paulina Wallin 39.24 (20) 1:20.07 (28) 39.21 (17) 1:20.34 (27) 158.665 24 Sofia Albertsson 39.92 (27) 1:18.50 (22) 40.08 (26) 1:18.87 (23) 158.685 25 Svetlana Radkevich 39.74 (26) 1:19.25 (27) 39.72 (23) 1:19.47 (26) 158.820 26 Hedvig Bjelkevik 40.19 (29) 1:18.69 (23) 40.39 (28) 1:18.84 (22) 159.345 27 Maren Haugli 40.75 (30) 1:18.99 (26) 40.96 (29) 1:19.36 (24) 160.885 28 Jessica Smith 40.14 (28) 1:21.13 (29) 40.33 (27) 1:22.80 (29) 162.435 29 Daniela Oltean 41.59 (31) 1:21.66 (30) 41.55 (30) 1:21.77 (28) 164.855 DQ2 Jenny Wolf 37.88 ( 1) DQ 38.07 ( 1) NS3 Marianne Timmer 38.85 (11) 1:17.49 (13) NS DQ = disqualifiedNS = Not Started

Rules All participating skaters are allowed to skate the two 500 meters and two 1000 meters.

External links Tournament homepage ISU website

References Results of the 2007 World Championship Sprint Men, from SpeedSkatingStats.com Results of the 2007 World Championship Sprint Women, from SpeedSkatingStats.com Fakta: Sprint-VM skøyter, from hamar-dagblad.no