The Women competition at the 2026 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held on 5 and 6 March 2026.
Background Outgoing 2024 champion Miho Takagi does not defend her title and 2026 Olympic gold medalist Jutta Leerdam cancelled for the event. Olympic gold medalists Femke Kok and Erin Jackson registered for the event.
Results 500 m The race was started on 5 March at 19:00.
Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Diff 1 12 O Femke Kok 36.67TR 2 9 I Suzanne Schulting 37.30 +0.63 3 12 I Kaja Ziomek-Nogal 37.41 +0.74 4 14 O Marrit Fledderus 37.50 +0.83 5 14 I Lee Na-hyun 37.82 +1.15 6 11 I Béatrice Lamarche 37.91 +1.24 7 13 I Erin Jackson 38.02 +1.35 8 10 O Martyna Baran 38.03 +1.36 9 11 O Tian Ruining 38.07 +1.40 10 10 I Kim Min-sun 38.15 +1.48 11 7 I Julie Nistad Samsonsen 38.37 +1.70 11 9 O Rio Yamada 38.37 +1.70 13 4 O Yu Shihui 38.58 +1.91 14 5 I Anna Kubo 38.69 +2.02 15 13 O Chen Ying-chu 38.71 +2.04 16 8 O Fran Vanhoutte 38.76 +2.09 17 7 O Sofia Thorup 38.78 +2.11 18 4 I Ellia Smeding 38.81 +2.14 19 6 I Anna Ostlender 38.88 +2.21 20 3 I Maybritt Vigl 38.92 +2.25 21 5 O Arina Ilyachshenko 38.98 +2.31 22 8 I Karolina Bosiek 39.11 +2.44 23 6 O Sarah Warren 39.28 +2.61 24 1 I Sumire Kikuchi 39.34 +2.67 25 2 O Isabelle van Elst 39.68 +3.01 26 2 I Katja Franzen 39.85 +3.18 27 3 O Maddison Pearman 40.04 +3.37
1000 m The race was started on 5 March at 20:28.
Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Diff 1 12 I Femke Kok 1:13.10 2 14 I Suzanne Schulting 1:14.19 +1.09 3 12 O Béatrice Lamarche 1:14.75 +1.65 4 13 O Marrit Fledderus 1:15.16 +2.06 5 3 O Kaja Ziomek-Nogal 1:15.59 +2.49 6 9 I Kim Min-sun 1:15.60 +2.50 7 9 O Lee Na-hyun 1:16.10 +3.00 8 14 O Rio Yamada 1:16.12 +3.02 9 11 I Ellia Smeding 1:16.51 +3.41 10 7 I Anna Ostlender 1:16.78 +3.68 11 11 O Isabelle van Elst 1:16.94 +3.84 12 10 I Karolina Bosiek 1:17.08 +3.98 13 3 I Anna Kubo 1:17.18 +4.08 14 8 I Fran Vanhoutte 1:17.27 +4.17 15 3 O Arina Ilyachshenko 1:17.36 +4.26 16 10 O Sofia Thorup 1:17.45 +4.35 17 5 O Maybritt Vigl 1:17.66 +4.56 18 4 I Julie Nistad Samsonsen 1:17.69 +4.59 19 6 O Tian Ruining 1:17.96 +4.86 20 8 O Sumire Kikuchi 1:18.08 +4.98 21 2 I Martyna Baran 1:18.53 +5.43 21 13 I Erin Jackson 1:18.53 +5.43 23 7 O Maddison Pearman 1:18.96 +5.86 24 6 I Sarah Warren 1:19.19 +6.09 25 1 I Katja Franzen 1:20.56 +7.46 26 5 I Chen Ying-chu 1:20.60 +7.50 27 2 O Yu Shihui 1:21.69 +8.59
500 m The race was started on 6 March at 19:00.
Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Diff 1 13 I Femke Kok 36.76 2 13 O Suzanne Schulting 37.48 +0.72 3 12 O Kaja Ziomek-Nogal 37.59 +0.83 4 12 I Marrit Fledderus 37.69 +0.93 5 11 O Béatrice Lamarche 37.86 +1.10 6 10 O Lee Na-hyun 38.00 +1.24 7 9 I Martyna Baran 38.04 +1.28 8 7 O Julie Nistad Samsonsen 38.05 +1.29 9 9 O Kim Min-sun 38.19 +1.43 10 11 I Rio Yamada 38.25 +1.49 11 10 I Tian Ruining 38.35 +1.59 12 3 I Chen Ying-chu 38.44 +1.68 13 7 I Sofia Thorup 38.47 +1.71 14 2 I Yu Shihui 38.64 +1.88 15 5 O Anna Kubo 38.89 +2.13 15 6 I Arina Ilyachshenko 38.89 +2.13 17 6 O Anna Ostlender 38.95 +2.19 18 3 O Sumire Kikuchi 38.97 +2.21 19 8 I Fran Vanhoutte 39.18 +2.42 20 5 I Isabelle van Elst 39.29 +2.53 21 4 I Sarah Warren 39.40 +2.64 22 4 O Karolina Bosiek 39.64 +2.88 23 2 O Katja Franzen 40.04 +3.28 24 1 I Maddison Pearman 40.33 +3.57 8 O Ellia Smeding
1000 m The race was started on 6 March at 20:25.
Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Diff 1 12 O Femke Kok 1:13.38 2 11 O Suzanne Schulting 1:14.12 +0.74 3 12 I Marrit Fledderus 1:15.07 +1.69 4 10 I Béatrice Lamarche 1:15.10 +1.72 5 8 I Rio Yamada 1:15.19 +1.81 6 11 I Kaja Ziomek-Nogal 1:15.53 +2.15 7 6 I Sofia Thorup 1:15.92 +2.54 8 9 I Lee Na-hyun 1:16.14 +2.76 9 10 O Kim Min-sun 1:16.55 +3.17 10 7 O Anna Kubo 1:17.09 +3.71 11 3 I Isabelle van Elst 1:17.28 +3.90 12 5 I Arina Ilyachshenko 1:17.57 +4.19 13 5 O Fran Vanhoutte 1:17.80 +4.42 14 6 O Anna Ostlender 1:17.84 +4.46 15 7 I Tian Ruining 1:17.89 +4.51 16 4 I Sumire Kikuchi 1:17.90 +4.52 17 9 O Julie Nistad Samsonsen 1:18.46 +5.08 18 8 O Martyna Baran 1:18.59 +5.21 19 3 O Sarah Warren 1:19.71 +6.33 20 2 I Yu Shihui 1:19.78 +6.40 21 2 O Katja Franzen 1:19.86 +6.48 22 4 O Chen Ying-chu 1:20.13 +6.75 23 1 I Maddison Pearman 1:20.62 +7.24
Overall standings After all events.
Rank Name Country 500m 1000m 500m 1000m Points Diff Femke Kok 36.67 1:13.10 36.76 1:13.38 146.670 Suzanne Schulting 37.30 1:14.19 37.48 1:14.12 148.935 +4.53 Marrit Fledderus 37.50 1:15.16 37.69 1:15.07 150.305 +7.27 4 Kaja Ziomek-Nogal 37.41 1:15.59 37.59 1:15.53 150.560 +7.78 5 Béatrice Lamarche 37.91 1:14.75 37.86 1:15.10 150.695 +8.05 6 Lee Na-hyun 37.82 1:16.10 38.00 1:16.14 151.940 +10.54 7 Rio Yamada 38.37 1:16.12 38.25 1:15.19 152.275 +11.21 8 Kim Min-sun 38.15 1:15.60 38.19 1:16.55 152.415 +11.49 9 Sofia Thorup 38.78 1:17.45 38.47 1:15.92 153.935 +14.53 10 Tian Ruining 38.07 1:17.96 38.35 1:17.89 154.345 +15.35 11 Julie Nistad Samsonsen 38.37 1:17.69 38.05 1:18.46 154.495 +15.65 12 Martyna Baran 38.03 1:18.53 38.04 1:18.59 154.630 +15.92 13 Anna Kubo 38.69 1:17.18 38.89 1:17.09 154.715 +16.09 14 Anna Ostlender 38.88 1:16.78 38.95 1:17.84 155.140 +16.94 15 Arina Ilyachshenko 38.98 1:17.36 38.89 1:17.57 155.335 +17.33 16 Fran Vanhoutte 38.76 1:17.27 39.18 1:17.80 155.475 +17.61 17 Isabelle van Elst 39.68 1:16.94 39.29 1:17.28 156.080 +18.82 18 Sumire Kikuchi 39.34 1:18.08 38.97 1:17.90 156.300 +19.26 19 Chen Ying-chu 38.71 1:20.60 38.44 1:20.13 157.515 +21.69 20 Yu Shihui 38.58 1:21.69 38.64 1:19.78 157.955 +22.57 21 Sarah Warren 39.28 1:19.19 39.40 1:19.71 158.130 +22.92 22 Katja Franzen 39.85 1:20.56 40.04 1:19.86 160.100 +26.86 23 Maddison Pearman 40.04 1:18.96 40.33 1:20.62 160.160 +26.98 Karolina Bosiek 39.11 1:17.08 39.64 117.290Ellia Smeding 38.81 1:16.51 77.065Erin Jackson 38.02 1:18.53 77.285Maybritt Vigl 38.92 1:17.66 77.750
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