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List of world records in speed skating

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For the short track speed skating world records, see Short track speed skating.

This list of speed skating records is an overview of the records currently held in various speed skating events, as ratified by the International Skating Union.

World record progression

World records

Men

Event Name Country Time Date Place Average speed Meeting Ref
500 meters
Progression		 Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia 33.61 9 March 2019 United States Salt Lake City 53.56 km/h (33.28 mph) 2018–19 World Cup Final [1]
500 meters × 2 Jeremy Wotherspoon Canada 1:08.31 15 March 2008 Canada Calgary 52.70 km/h (32.75 mph) Olympic Oval Finale 2008 [2]
1000 meters
Progression		 Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia 1:05.69 15 February 2020 United States Salt Lake City 54.80 km/h (34.05 mph) 2020 World Single Distances Championships [3]
1500 meters
Progression		 Kjeld Nuis Netherlands 1:40.17 10 March 2019 United States Salt Lake City 53.91 km/h (33.50 mph) 2018–19 World Cup Final [4]
3000 meters *
Progression		 Eskil Ervik Norway 3:37.28 5 November 2005 Canada Calgary 49.71 km/h (30.89 mph) Olympic Oval Invitational 2005 [5]
5000 meters
Progression		 Ted-Jan Bloemen Canada 6:01.86 10 December 2017 United States Salt Lake City 49.74 km/h (30.91 mph) 2017–18 World Cup [6]
10000 meters
Progression		 Nils van der Poel Sweden 12:32.95 14 February 2021 Netherlands Heerenveen 47.81 km/h (29.71 mph) 2021 World Single Distances Championships [7]
Team sprint
(3 laps)		 Vincent De Haître
Gilmore Junio
Laurent Dubreuil		 Canada 1:17.31 1 December 2017 Canada Calgary 2017–18 World Cup [8]
Team pursuit
(8 laps) **
Progression		 Douwe de Vries
Sven Kramer
Marcel Bosker		 Netherlands 3:34.68 15 February 2020 United States Salt Lake City 51.97 km/h (32.29 mph)
 2020 World Single Distances Championships [9]
Sprint combination Kai Verbij Netherlands 136.065 pts 25–26 February 2017 Canada Calgary 2017 World Sprint Championships [10]
Small combination Erben Wennemars Netherlands 146.365 pts 12–13 August 2005 Canada Calgary Summer Classic 2005 [11]
Big combination
Progression		 Patrick Roest Netherlands 145.561 pts 2–3 March 2019 Canada Calgary 2019 World Allround Championships [12]
One hour *** Erik Jan Kooiman Netherlands 43,735.94 m 9 December 2015 Germany Inzell 43.73 km/h (27.17 mph) [13]
  • * Seven skaters have a recorded a 3000m time below this world record on this irregularly competed distance, including Denis Yuskov, who recorded a 3000m time of 3:34.37 during a training race held on 2 November 2013. However, the race had a so-called 'quartet-start' (four riders on the track at the same time as opposed to the usual two), making it ineligible to be counted as a world record under Article 221(2)(i) of the rules of the International Skating Union. Several skaters have recorded 3000m split times below 3:37.28 during a 5000m race, including Sven Kramer as early as November 17, 2007, but split times do not count as world records either.
  • ** The average speed for the team pursuit race was calculated using a distance of 3098,88 meters for the men's race.[14] The skaters only utilize the inner lane and the lap distance is accordingly less than the 400 meters of a regular lap skated with one inner curve and one outer curve. For comparison, the fastest known 400m lap was skated by Pavel Kulizhnikov on 9 March 2019 in Salt Lake City during his 500-meter world record race, with a lap time of 23.94 seconds and an average speed of 60.15 km/h (37.38 mph).[15]
  • *** unofficial world best (not recognized as a world record by ISU)

Women

Event Name Country Time Date Place Average speed Meeting Ref
500 meters
Progression		 Lee Sang-hwa South Korea 36.36 16 November 2013 United States Salt Lake City 49.50 km/h (30.76 mph) 2013–14 World Cup [16]
500 meters × 2 Heather Richardson United States 1:14.19 28 December 2013 United States Salt Lake City 48.95 km/h (30.42 mph) 2017 World U.S. Olympic Trials [17]
1000 meters
Progression		 Brittany Bowe United States 1:11.61 9 March 2019 United States Salt Lake City 50.27 km/h (31.24 mph) 2018–19 World Cup Final [18]
1500 meters
Progression		 Miho Takagi Japan 1:49.83 10 March 2019 United States Salt Lake City 49.17 km/h (30.55 mph) 2018–19 World Cup Final [19]
3000 meters
Progression		 Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic 3:52.02 9 March 2019 United States Salt Lake City 46.55 km/h (28.92 mph) 2018–19 World Cup Final [20]
5000 meters
Progression		 Natalya Voronina Russia 6:39.02 15 February 2020 United States Salt Lake City 45.11 km/h (28.03 mph) 2020 World Single Distances Championships [21]
10,000 meters ***
Progression		 Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic 13:48.33 15 March 2007 Canada Calgary 43.46 km/h (27.00 mph) Olympic Oval Finale 2007 [22]
Team sprint
(3 laps)		 Femke Kok
Jutta Leerdam
Letitia de Jong		 Netherlands 1:24.02 13 February 2020 United States Salt Lake City 2020 World Single Distances Championships [23]
Team pursuit
(6 laps) **
Progression		 Nana Takagi
Ayano Sato
Miho Takagi		 Japan 2:50.76 14 February 2020 United States Salt Lake City 49.00 km/h (30.45 mph) 2020 World Single Distances Championships [24]
Sprint combination Nao Kodaira Japan 146.390 pts 25–26 February 2017 Canada Calgary 2017 World Sprint Championships [25]
Mini combination Joy Beune Netherlands 153.776 pts 9–10 March 2018 United States Salt Lake City 2018 World Junior Championships [26]
Small combination Cindy Klassen Canada 154.580 pts 18–19 March 2006 Canada Calgary 2006 World Allround Championships [27]
One hour *** Carien Kleibeuker Netherlands 40,569.56 m 9 December 2015 Germany Inzell 40.56 km/h (25.20 mph) [28]
  • ** The average speed for the team pursuit race was calculated using a distance of 2324,16 meters for the women's race.[14] The skaters only utilize the inner lane and the lap distance is accordingly less than the 400 meters of a regular lap skated with one inner curve and one outer curve. For comparison, the fastest known 400m lap was skated by Zhang Hong during a 500m race in Salt Lake City on 20 November 2015, with a lap time of 25.93 seconds and an average speed of 55.51 km/h (34.49 mph).[15]
  • *** unofficial world best (not recognized as a world record by ISU)

Sea-level world bests

Salt Lake City and Calgary, where most of the current world records were set (see above), are at comparatively high altitudes (greater than 1 km above sea level). Performance is better at these high altitudes because the lower oxygen levels are compensated by the reduced air resistance.[29] Skating statisticians therefore record separate lists of "sea-level world bests" for speed skating records that are set at (or close to) sea level, where results in Salt Lake City and Calgary are excluded.

Men

Event Name Country Time Date Place Meeting Ref
500 meters Tatsuya Shinhama Japan 34.07 8 March 2020 Netherlands Heerenveen 2019–20 World Cup [30]
500 meters × 2 Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia 68.931 15 February 2015 Netherlands Heerenveen 2015 World Single Distance Championships [31]
1000 meters Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia 1:07.09 12 January 2020 Netherlands Heerenveen 2020 European Championships [32]
1500 meters Kjeld Nuis Netherlands 1:43.00 8 March 2020 Netherlands Heerenveen 2019–20 World Cup [33]
3000 meters Sven Kramer Netherlands 3:37.39 20 December 2019 Netherlands Heerenveen [34]
5000 meters Patrick Roest Netherlands 6:05.14 24 January 2021 Netherlands Heerenveen 2020–21 World Cup [35]
10000 meters Nils van der Poel Sweden 12:32.95 14 February 2021 Netherlands Heerenveen 2021 World Single Distances Championships [7]
Team sprint
(3 laps)		 Pavel Kulizhnikov
Ruslan Murashov
Viktor Mushtakov		 Russia 1:18.92 10 January 2020 Netherlands Heerenveen 2020 European Championships [36]
Team pursuit
(8 laps)		 Håvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen		 Norway 3:37.08 21 February 2018 South Korea Gangneung 2018 Winter Olympics [37]
Sprint combination Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia 137.390 pts 23–24 February 2019 Netherlands Heerenveen 2019 World Sprint Championships
Small combination Koen Verweij Netherlands 148.517 pts 12–13 March 2010 Russia Moscow 2010 World Junior Championships [38]
Big combination Sven Kramer Netherlands 147.567 pts 7–8 February 2009 Norway Hamar 2009 World Allround Championships [39]

Women

Event Name Country Time Date Place Meeting Ref
500 meters Nao Kodaira Japan 36.94 18 February 2018 South Korea Gangneung 2018 Winter Olympics [40]
500 meters × 2 Femke Kok Netherlands 74.44 27 December 2020 Netherlands Heerenveen Dutch Qualification Tournament [41]
1000 meters Miho Takagi Japan 1:13.21 12 February 2021 Japan Nagano 2020/2021 All Japan Selected Nagano Tournament [42]
1500 meters Miho Takagi Japan 1:52.74 13 February 2021 Japan Nagano 2020/2021 All Japan Selected Nagano Tournament [43]
3000 meters Natalya Voronina Russia 3:56.85 31 January 2021 Netherlands Heerenveen 2020–21 World Cup [44]
5000 meters Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic 6:44.85 9 February 2019 Germany Inzell 2019 World Single Distance Championships [45]
Team sprint
(3 laps)		 Olga Fatkulina
Angelina Golikova
Daria Kachanova		 Russia 1:26.17 10 January 2020 Netherlands Heerenveen 2020 European Championships [46]
Team pursuit
(6 laps)		 Ayano Sato
Miho Takagi
Nana Takagi		 Japan 2:53.89 21 February 2018 South Korea Gangneung 2018 Winter Olympics [47]
Sprint combination Miho Takagi Japan 148.870 pts 28–29 February 2020 Norway Hamar 2020 World Sprint Championships [48]
Mini combination Cindy Klassen Canada 157.950 pts 15–17 November 2002 Germany Erfurt 2002–03 World Cup [49]
Small combination Ireen Wüst Netherlands 158.615 pts 22–23 March 2014 Netherlands Heerenveen 2014 World Allround Championships [50]

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