The International Skating Union has organised the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1996.
Locations 1996: Hamar, Norway 1997: Warsaw, Poland 1998: Calgary, Canada 1999: Heerenveen, Netherlands 2000: Nagano, Japan 2001: Salt Lake City, United States 2002 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games 2003: Berlin, Germany 2004: Seoul, South Korea 2005: Inzell, Germany 2006 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games 2007: Salt Lake City, United States 2008: Nagano, Japan 2009: Vancouver, Canada 2010 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games 2011: Inzell, Germany 2012: Heerenveen, Netherlands 2013: Sochi, Russia 2014 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games 2015: Heerenveen, Netherlands 2016: Kolomna, Russia 2017: Gangneung, South Korea 2018 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games 2019: Inzell, Germany 2020: Salt Lake City, United States 2021: Heerenveen, Netherlands 2022 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games 2023: Heerenveen, Netherlands 2024: Calgary, Canada 2025: Hamar, Norway
Medal winners Numbers in brackets denotes number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Boldface denotes record number of victories.
500 m Year Gold Silver Bronze1996 Hiroyasu Shimizu Sergey Klevchenya Roger Strøm1997 Manabu Horii Roger Strøm Hiroyasu Shimizu1998 Hiroyasu Shimizu Sylvain Bouchard Jeremy Wotherspoon1999 Hiroyasu Shimizu Erben Wennemars Jakko Jan Leeuwangh2000 Hiroyasu Shimizu Mike Ireland Jeremy Wotherspoon2001 Hiroyasu Shimizu (5) Jeremy Wotherspoon Casey FitzRandolph2003 Jeremy Wotherspoon Hiroyasu Shimizu Erben Wennemars2004 Jeremy Wotherspoon Dmitry Lobkov Mike Ireland2005 Joji Kato Hiroyasu Shimizu Jeremy Wotherspoon2007 Lee Kang-seok Yuya Oikawa Tucker Fredricks2008 Jeremy Wotherspoon (3) Lee Kyou-hyuk Joji Kato2009 Lee Kang-seok (2) Lee Kyou-hyuk Yu Fengtong2011 Lee Kyou-hyuk Joji Kato Jan Smeekens2012 Mo Tae-bum Michel Mulder Pekka Koskela2013 Mo Tae-bum (2) Joji Kato Jan Smeekens2015 Pavel Kulizhnikov Michel Mulder Laurent Dubreuil2016 Pavel Kulizhnikov Ruslan Murashov Alex Boisvert-Lacroix2017 Jan Smeekens Nico Ihle Ruslan Murashov2019 Ruslan Murashov Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen Viktor Mushtakov2020 Pavel Kulizhnikov (3) Ruslan Murashov Tatsuya Shinhama2021 Laurent Dubreuil RSU Pavel Kulizhnikov Dai Dai N'tab2023 Jordan Stolz Laurent Dubreuil Wataru Morishige2024 Jordan Stolz (2) Laurent Dubreuil Damian Żurek2025 Jenning de Boo Jordan Stolz Cooper McLeod Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl
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1,000 m Year Gold Silver Bronze1996 Sergey Klevchenya Ådne Søndrål Jaegal Sung-yeol1997 Ådne Søndrål Jan Bos Martin Hersman1998 Sylvain Bouchard Jeremy Wotherspoon Hiroyasu Shimizu1999 Jan Bos Hiroyasu Shimizu Jakko Jan Leeuwangh2000 Ådne Søndrål (2) Jan Bos Mike Ireland2001 Jeremy Wotherspoon Ådne Søndrål Sergey Klevchenya2003 Erben Wennemars Gerard van Velde Joey Cheek2004 Erben Wennemars (2) Jeremy Wotherspoon Masaaki Kobayashi2005 Even Wetten Jan Bos Petter Andersen Pekka Koskela2007 Shani Davis Denny Morrison Lee Kyou-hyuk2008 Shani Davis Yevgeny Lalenkov Denny Morrison2009 Trevor Marsicano Denny Morrison Shani Davis2011 Shani Davis Kjeld Nuis Stefan Groothuis2012 Stefan Groothuis Kjeld Nuis Shani Davis2013 Denis Kuzin Mo Tae-bum Shani Davis2015 Shani Davis (4) Pavel Kulizhnikov Kjeld Nuis2016 Pavel Kulizhnikov Denis Yuskov Kjeld Nuis2017 Kjeld Nuis Vincent De Haître Kai Verbij2019 Kai Verbij Thomas Krol Kjeld Nuis2020 Pavel Kulizhnikov (2) Kjeld Nuis Laurent Dubreuil2021 Kai Verbij (2) RSU Pavel Kulizhnikov Laurent Dubreuil2023 Jordan Stolz Thomas Krol Cornelius Kersten2024 Jordan Stolz (2) Ning Zhongyan Kjeld Nuis2025 Joep Wennemars Jenning de Boo Jordan Stolz Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl
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1,500 m Year Gold Silver Bronze1996 Jeroen Straathof Ådne Søndrål Martin Hersman1997 Rintje Ritsma Ådne Søndrål Neal Marshall1998 Ådne Søndrål Ids Postma Roberto Sighel1999 Ids Postma Ådne Søndrål Rintje Ritsma2000 Ids Postma (2) Ådne Søndrål Jan Bos2001 Ådne Søndrål (2) Derek Parra Erben Wennemars2003 Erben Wennemars Ralf van der Rijst Joey Cheek2004 Shani Davis Mark Tuitert Erben Wennemars2005 Rune Stordal Mark Tuitert Even Wetten2007 Shani Davis Erben Wennemars Denny Morrison2008 Denny Morrison Shani Davis Sven Kramer none awarded2009 Shani Davis (3) Trevor Marsicano Denny Morrison2011 Håvard Bøkko Shani Davis Lucas Makowsky2012 Denny Morrison (2) Ivan Skobrev Håvard Bøkko2013 Denis Yuskov Shani Davis Ivan Skobrev2015 Denis Yuskov Denny Morrison Koen Verweij2016 Denis Yuskov (3) Kjeld Nuis Thomas Krol2017 Kjeld Nuis Denis Yuskov Sven Kramer2019 Thomas Krol Sverre Lunde Pedersen Denis Yuskov2020 Kjeld Nuis (2) Thomas Krol Joey Mantia2021 Thomas Krol (2) Kjeld Nuis Patrick Roest2023 Jordan Stolz Kjeld Nuis Thomas Krol2024 Jordan Stolz (2) Kjeld Nuis Peder Kongshaug2025 Peder Kongshaug Jordan Stolz Connor Howe Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl
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5,000 m Year Gold Silver Bronze1996 Ids Postma Keiji Shirahata Gianni Romme1997 Rintje Ritsma Gianni Romme Frank Dittrich1998 Gianni Romme Rintje Ritsma Bart Veldkamp1999 Gianni Romme Bart Veldkamp Bob de Jong2000 Gianni Romme (3) Bob de Jong Keiji Shirahata2001 Bob de Jong Carl Verheijen Gianni Romme2003 Jochem Uytdehaage Bob de Jong Carl Verheijen2004 Chad Hedrick Carl Verheijen Gianni Romme2005 Chad Hedrick (2) Bob de Jong Carl Verheijen2007 Sven Kramer Enrico Fabris Carl Verheijen2008 Sven Kramer Enrico Fabris Wouter olde Heuvel2009 Sven Kramer Håvard Bøkko Trevor Marsicano2011 Bob de Jong (2) Lee Seung-hoon Ivan Skobrev2012 Sven Kramer Bob de Jong Jonathan Kuck2013 Sven Kramer Jorrit Bergsma Ivan Skobrev2015 Sven Kramer Jorrit Bergsma Douwe de Vries2016 Sven Kramer Jorrit Bergsma Sverre Lunde Pedersen2017 Sven Kramer (8) Jorrit Bergsma Peter Michael2019 Sverre Lunde Pedersen Patrick Roest Sven Kramer2020 Ted-Jan Bloemen Sven Kramer Graeme Fish2021 Nils van der Poel Patrick Roest RSU Sergey Trofimov2023 Patrick Roest Davide Ghiotto Bart Swings2024 Patrick Roest (2) Davide Ghiotto Sander Eitrem2025 Sander Eitrem Beau Snellink Vladimir Semirunniy Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl
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10,000 m Year Gold Silver Bronze1996 Gianni Romme Bart Veldkamp Frank Dittrich1997 Gianni Romme Rintje Ritsma Bob de Jong1998 Gianni Romme Bob de Jong Frank Dittrich1999 Bob de Jong Gianni Romme Frank Dittrich2000 Gianni Romme (4) Bob de Jong Frank Dittrich2001 Carl Verheijen Bob de Jong Vadim Sayutin2003 Bob de Jong Carl Verheijen Lasse Sætre2004 Carl Verheijen (2) Bob de Jong Chad Hedrick2005 Bob de Jong Carl Verheijen Chad Hedrick2007 Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Brigt Rykkje2008 Sven Kramer Enrico Fabris Bob de Jong2009 Sven Kramer Håvard Bøkko Bob de Jong2011 Bob de Jong Bob de Vries Ivan Skobrev2012 Bob de Jong (5) Jorrit Bergsma Jonathan Kuck2013 Jorrit Bergsma Sven Kramer Bob de Jong2015 Jorrit Bergsma Erik Jan Kooiman Patrick Beckert2016 Sven Kramer Ted-Jan Bloemen Erik Jan Kooiman2017 Sven Kramer (5) Jorrit Bergsma Patrick Beckert2019 Jorrit Bergsma (3) Patrick Roest Danila Semerikov2020 Graeme Fish Ted-Jan Bloemen Patrick Beckert2021 Nils van der Poel Jorrit Bergsma RSU Aleksandr Rumyantsev2023 Davide Ghiotto Jorrit Bergsma Ted-Jan Bloemen2024 Davide Ghiotto Ted-Jan Bloemen Graeme Fish2025 Davide Ghiotto (3) Vladimir Semirunniy Metoděj Jílek Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl
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Mass start Year Gold Silver Bronze2015 Arjan Stroetinga Fabio Francolini Alexis Contin2016 Lee Seung-hoon Arjan Stroetinga Alexis Contin2017 Joey Mantia Alexis Contin Olivier Jean2019 Joey Mantia Um Cheon-ho Chung Jae-won2020 Jorrit Bergsma Jordan Belchos Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu2021 Joey Mantia (3) Arjan Stroetinga Bart Swings2023 Bart Swings Bart Hoolwerf Andrea Giovannini2024 Bart Swings (2) Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Livio Wenger2025 Andrea Giovannini Lee Seung-hoon Bart Swings Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl
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Team pursuit Year Gold Silver Bronze2005 Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello Petter Andersen Odd Borgersen Eskil Ervik2007 Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars Arne Dankers Denny Morrison Justin Warsylewicz Yevgeny Lalenkov Ivan Skobrev Alexey Yunin2008 Sven Kramer Wouter olde Heuvel Erben Wennemars (3) Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Luca Stefani Jörg Dallmann Stefan Heythausen Marco Weber2009 Sven Kramer Wouter olde Heuvel (2) Carl Verheijen (3) Joel Eriksson Daniel Friberg Johan Röjler Ryan Bedford Brian Hansen Trevor Marsicano2011 Shani Davis Jonathan Kuck Trevor Marsicano Mathieu Giroux Lucas Makowsky Denny Morrison Jan Blokhuijsen Bob de Vries Koen Verweij2012 Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij Shani Davis Brian Hansen Jonathan Kuck Yevgeny Lalenkov Ivan Skobrev Denis Yuskov2013 Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min Lee Seung-hoon Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański2015 Douwe de Vries Sven Kramer Koen Verweij (3) Jordan Belchos Ted-Jan Bloemen Denny Morrison Kim Cheol-min Ko Byung-wook Lee Seung-hoon2016 Jan Blokhuijsen Douwe de Vries Arjan Stroetinga Håvard Bøkko Simen Spieler Nilsen Sverre Lunde Pedersen Jordan Belchos Ted-Jan Bloemen Benjamin Donnelly2017 Jorrit Bergsma Jan Blokhuijsen (4) Douwe de Vries Shane Dobbin Reyon Kay Peter Michael Sindre Henriksen Simen Spieler Nilsen Sverre Lunde Pedersen2019 Marcel Bosker Douwe de Vries Sven Kramer Håvard Bøkko Sindre Henriksen Sverre Lunde Pedersen Aleksandr Rumyantsev Danila Semerikov Sergey Trofimov2020 Marcel Bosker Douwe de Vries (5) Sven Kramer (8) Seitaro Ichinohe Riku Tsuchiya Shane Williamson Danila Semerikov Sergey Trofimov Ruslan Zakharov2021 Marcel Bosker Patrick Roest Beau Snellink Jordan Belchos Ted-Jan Bloemen Connor Howe Russian Skating Union Danila Semerikov Sergey Trofimov Ruslan Zakharov2023 Marcel Bosker (4) Patrick Roest (2) Beau Snellink (2) Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Connor Howe Hayden Mayeur Allan Dahl Johansson Peder Kongshaug Sverre Lunde Pedersen2024 Davide Ghiotto Andrea Giovannini Michele Malfatti Sander Eitrem Peder Kongshaug Sverre Lunde Pedersen Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Connor Howe Hayden Mayeur2025 Ethan Cepuran Casey Dawson Emery Lehman Davide Ghiotto Andrea Giovannini Michele Malfatti Marcel Bosker Chris Huizinga Beau Snellink Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl
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Team sprint Year Gold Silver Bronze2019 Ronald Mulder Kai Verbij Kjeld Nuis Kim Jun-ho Cha Min-kyu Kim Tae-yun Ruslan Murashov Pavel Kulizhnikov Viktor Mushtakov2020 Dai Dai N'tab Kai Verbij (2) Thomas Krol Gao Tingyu Wang Shiwei Ning Zhongyan Bjørn Magnussen Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen Odin By Farstad2021 Not included in the program2022 Held during the 2022 World Sprint Championships2023 Christopher Fiola Laurent Dubreuil Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Merijn Scheperkamp Hein Otterspeer Wesly Dijs Bjørn Magnussen Henrik Fagerli Rukke Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen2024 Anders Johnson Laurent Dubreuil (2) Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu (2) Janno Botman Jenning de Boo Tim Prins Henrik Fagerli Rukke Bjørn Magnussen Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen2025 Xue Zhiwen Lian Ziwen Ning Zhongyan Janno Botman Jenning de Boo Tim Prins Austin Kleba Cooper McLeod Zach Stoppelmoor Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl
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Medal summary Updated after the 2025 World Championships.
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