The Men competition at the 2026 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held on 5 and 6 March 2026.
Background Jordan Stolz, 2026 Olympic gold medalist at the 500 and 1000m, registered for the 2026 World Sprint Championships. He took on defending 2024 champion Ning Zhongyan and runner up Jenning de Boo, Olympic silver medalist at the 500 and 1000m.
De Boo won his first title of World Sprint Champion, winning three of four events. Stolz took second place and Ning Zhongyan won bronze.
Results 500 m The race was started on 5 March at 19:36.
Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Diff 1 13 I Jenning de Boo 33.78TR 2 12 O Jordan Stolz 34.13 +0.35 3 9 O Laurent Dubreuil 34.26 +0.48 4 1 O Ning Zhongyan 34.36 +0.58 5 13 O Damian Żurek 34.51 +0.73 6 11 I Tatsuya Shinhama 34.52 +0.74 7 6 I Joep Wennemars 34.57 +0.79 8 5 O Janno Botman 34.71 +0.93 9 6 O Piotr Michalski 34.72 +0.94 10 9 I Koo Kyung-min 34.73 +0.95 11 10 O Marten Liiv 34.74 +0.96 12 12 I Bjørn Magnussen 34.84 +1.06 13 14 I Marek Kania 34.87 +1.09 14 5 I Taiyo Nonomura 34.94 +1.16 15 10 I Cédrick Brunet 34.95 +1.17 16 11 O Cooper McLeod 35.03 +1.25 16 14 O Wataru Morishige 35.03 +1.25 18 7 I Cho Sang-hyeok 35.12 +1.34 19 8 I Nil Llop 35.24 +1.46 20 7 O Henrik Fagerli Rukke 35.40 +1.62 21 8 O Artur Galiyev 35.49 +1.71 22 4 O Hendrik Dombek 35.50 +1.72 23 4 I Moritz Klein 35.53 +1.75 24 3 O Conor McDermott-Mostowy 35.65 +1.87 25 1 I Mathias Vosté 35.74 +1.96 26 2 O Daniele Di Stefano 35.76 +1.98 27 3 I Ignaz Gschwentner 35.95 +2.17 28 2 I Botond Bejczi 36.64 +2.86
1000 m The race was started on 5 March at 21:27.
Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Diff 1 12 I Jenning de Boo 1:06.52 2 13 I Jordan Stolz 1:07.14 +0.62 3 12 O Joep Wennemars 1:07.37 +0.85 4 14 I Ning Zhongyan 1:07.61 +1.09 5 8 O Laurent Dubreuil 1:08.35 +1.83 6 11 I Marten Liiv 1:08.40 +1.88 7 5 O Janno Botman 1:08.53 +2.01 8 4 O Daniele Di Stefano 1:08.64 +2.12 9 6 I Bjørn Magnussen 1:08.69 +2.17 9 7 I Koo Kyung-min 1:08.69 +2.17 11 14 O Damian Żurek 1:08.97 +2.45 12 10 I Taiyo Nonomura 1:09.05 +2.53 13 3 O Cho Sang-hyeok 1:09.15 +2.63 14 2 O Tatsuya Shinhama 1:09.32 +2.80 14 10 O Hendrik Dombek 1:09.32 +2.80 16 9 I Piotr Michalski 1:09.46 +2.94 17 9 O Marek Kania 1:09.47 +2.95 18 13 O Cooper McLeod 1:09.49 +2.97 19 8 I Moritz Klein 1:09.74 +3.22 20 7 O Mathias Vosté 1:09.93 +3.41 21 4 I Cédrick Brunet 1:09.97 +3.45 22 11 O Conor McDermott-Mostowy 1:10.23 +3.71 23 5 I Wataru Morishige 1:10.32 +3.80 24 6 O Nil Llop 1:10.50 +3.98 25 1 I Henrik Fagerli Rukke 1:10.75 +4.23 26 3 I Artur Galiyev 1:10.83 +4.31 27 2 I Ignaz Gschwentner 1:12.65 +6.13 28 1 O Botond Bejczi 1:12.66 +6.14
500 m The race was started on 6 March at 19:36.
Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Diff 1 13 O Jenning de Boo 33.93 2 13 I Jordan Stolz 34.17 +0.24 3 11 I Laurent Dubreuil 34.32 +0.39 4 10 O Tatsuya Shinhama 34.53 +0.60 5 9 O Bjørn Magnussen 34.54 +0.61 6 12 I Ning Zhongyan 34.65 +0.72 7 8 I Piotr Michalski 34.67 +0.74 8 7 O Marek Kania 34.77 +0.84 8 12 O Joep Wennemars 34.77 +0.84 10 10 I Marten Liiv 34.87 +0.94 11 11 O Koo Kyung-min 34.98 +1.05 12 9 I Janno Botman 35.04 +1.11 13 7 I Cooper McLeod 35.09 +1.16 14 5 O Cédrick Brunet 35.16 +1.23 15 3 O Nil Llop 35.20 +1.27 16 6 O Cho Sang-hyeok 35.27 +1.34 16 8 O Taiyo Nonomura 35.27 +1.34 18 4 O Moritz Klein 35.41 +1.48 19 2 I Artur Galiyev 35.45 +1.52 20 3 I Henrik Fagerli Rukke 35.46 +1.53 21 5 I Hendrik Dombek 35.75 +1.82 22 2 O Mathias Vosté 35.84 +1.91 23 6 I Daniele Di Stefano 35.89 +1.96 24 1 O Ignaz Gschwentner 35.97 +2.04 25 4 I Conor McDermott-Mostowy 36.64 +2.71 26 1 I Botond Bejczi 36.68 +2.75
1000 m The race was started on 6 March at 21:22.
Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Diff 1 12 O Jordan Stolz 1:07.26 2 13 O Jenning de Boo 1:07.40 +0.14 3 11 O Ning Zhongyan 1:07.88 +0.62 3 12 I Joep Wennemars 1:07.88 +0.62 5 7 I Cho Sang-hyeok 1:08.82 +1.56 6 9 O Marten Liiv 1:08.87 +1.61 7 13 I Laurent Dubreuil 1:08.90 +1.64 8 10 O Bjørn Magnussen 1:08.98 +1.72 9 7 O Piotr Michalski 1:09.12 +1.86 10 8 O Koo Kyung-min 1:09.21 +1.95 11 4 I Daniele Di Stefano 1:09.28 +2.02 12 9 I Marek Kania 1:09.45 +2.19 13 11 I Tatsuya Shinhama 1:09.52 +2.26 14 6 O Taiyo Nonomura 1:09.58 +2.32 15 8 I Cooper McLeod 1:09.73 +2.47 16 5 I Hendrik Dombek 1:09.85 +2.59 17 3 I Mathias Vosté 1:09.98 +2.72 18 6 I Nil Llop 1:10.16 +2.90 19 5 O Cédrick Brunet 1:10.43 +3.17 20 2 I Conor McDermott-Mostowy 1:10.46 +3.20 21 3 O Henrik Fagerli Rukke 1:10.52 +3.26 22 2 O Artur Galiyev 1:10.73 +3.47 23 1 I Botond Bejczi 1:12.02 +4.76 24 1 O Ignaz Gschwentner 1:12.68 +5.42 25 10 I Janno Botman 2:13.85 4 O Moritz Klein
Overall standings After all events. Rank Name Country 500m 1000m 500m 1000m Points Diff Jenning de Boo 33.78 1:06.52 33.93 1:07.40 134.670 WR Jordan Stolz 34.13 1:07.14 34.17 1:07.26 135.500 +1.66 Ning Zhongyan 34.36 1:07.61 34.65 1:07.88 136.755 +4.17 4 Joep Wennemars 34.57 1:07.37 34.77 1:07.88 136.965 +4.59 5 Laurent Dubreuil 34.26 1:08.35 34.32 1:08.90 137.205 +5.07 6 Bjørn Magnussen 34.84 1:08.69 34.54 1:08.98 138.215 +7.09 7 Marten Liiv 34.74 1:08.40 34.87 1:08.87 138.245 +7.15 8 Tatsuya Shinhama 34.52 1:09.32 34.53 1:09.52 138.470 +7.60 9 Koo Kyung-min 34.73 1:08.69 34.98 1:09.21 138.660 +7.98 10 Piotr Michalski 34.72 1:09.46 34.67 1:09.12 138.680 +8.02 11 Marek Kania 34.87 1:09.47 34.77 1:09.45 139.100 +8.86 12 Cho Sang-hyeok 35.12 1:09.15 35.27 1:08.82 139.375 +9.41 13 Taiyo Nonomura 34.94 1:09.05 35.27 1:09.58 139.525 +9.71 14 Cooper McLeod 35.03 1:09.49 35.09 1:09.73 139.730 +10.12 15 Cédrick Brunet 34.95 1:09.97 35.16 1:10.43 140.310 +11.28 16 Daniele Di Stefano 35.76 1:08.64 35.89 1:09.28 140.610 +11.88 17 Nil Llop 35.24 1:10.50 35.20 1:10.16 140.770 +12.20 18 Hendrik Dombek 35.50 1:09.32 35.75 1:09.85 140.835 +12.33 19 Henrik Fagerli Rukke 35.40 1:10.75 35.46 1:10.52 141.495 +13.65 20 Mathias Vosté 35.74 1:09.93 35.84 1:09.98 141.535 +13.73 21 Artur Galiyev 35.49 1:10.83 35.45 1:10.73 141.720 +14.10 22 Conor McDermott-Mostowy 35.65 1:10.23 36.64 1:10.46 142.635 +15.93 23 Ignaz Gschwentner 35.95 1:12.65 35.97 1:12.68 144.585 +19.83 24 Botond Bejczi 36.64 1:12.66 36.68 1:12.02 145.660 +21.98 25 Janno Botman 34.71 1:08.53 35.04 2:13.85 170.940 26 Moritz Klein 35.53 1:09.74 35.41 105.810 Damian Żurek 34.51 1:08.97 68.995Wataru Morishige 35.03 1:10.32 70.190
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