World Speed ​​Skating Individual Distance Championships 2007

Ireen Wüst (left) and Sven Kramer - the two most successful athletes of the individual distance World Championships

The 10th Single Distance World Championships were from 8 to 11 March 2007 at the US Salt Lake City ( Utah Olympic Oval discharged).

Participating Nations

• 134 athletes from 19 nations took part in the championship

Participating Nations
People's Republic of China Germany Finland France	Italy Japan Canada Kazakhstan	Netherlands Norway Austria Poland	Romania Russia Sweden South Korea	Czech Republic United States Belarus

winner

• Shows the three medal places of the individual distances

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Jenny Wolf	Wang Beixing	Sayuri Ōsuga
1,000 meters	Ireen Wüst	Anni Friesinger	Christine Nesbitt
1,500 meters	Ireen Wüst	Cindy classes	Kristina Groves
3,000 meters	Martina Sáblíková	Renate Groenewold	Cindy classes
5,000 meters	Martina Sáblíková	Claudia Pechstein	Kristina Groves
Team competition (6 rounds)	Canada Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Shannon Rempel	Netherlands Ireen Wüst Renate Groenewold Paulien van Deutekom	Germany Claudia Pechstein Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Lucille Opitz

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Lee Kang-seok	Yuya Oikawa	Tucker Fredricks
1,000 meters	Shani Davis	Denny Morrison	Lee Kyu-hyeok
1,500 meters	Shani Davis	Wennemar's heirs	Denny Morrison
5,000 meters	Sven Kramer	Enrico Fabris	Carl Verheijen
10,000 meters	Sven Kramer	Carl Verheijen	Brigt Rykkje
Team competition (8 rounds)	Netherlands Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen heirs of Wennemar	Canada Arne Dankers Denny Morrison Justin Warsylewicz	Russia Yevgeny Lalenkov Alexei Junin Ivan Skobrew

Competitions

Women

2 × 500 meters

• The times of both 500 m runs in seconds are added up and give the total number of points

space	Surname	country	1st run 500 meters	2nd run 500 meters	Total points
1	Jenny Wolf	Germany	37.38 (2)	37.04 (1) ( CR )	74.42 ( WR )
2	Wang Beixing	People's Republic of China	37.24 (1)	37.29 (2)	74.53
3	Sayuri Ōsuga	Japan	37.69 (3)	37.51 (3)	75.20
4th	Lee Sang-hwa	South Korea	37.81 (4) ( JWR )	38.02 (8)	75.83 ( JWR )
5	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	38.04 (6)	37.89 (5)	75.93
6th	Shihomi Shin'ya	Japan	37.98 (5)	38.03 (9)	76.01
7th	Annette Gerritsen	Netherlands	38.11 (7)	37.97 (6)	76.08
8th	Svetlana Kaikan	Russia	38.12 (8)	38.1 (11)	76.22
9	Xing Aihua	People's Republic of China	38.55 (15)	37.76 (4)	76.31
10	Margot Boer	Netherlands	38.38 (11)	37.99 (7)	76.37
14th	Judith Hesse	Germany	38.38 (11)	38.34 (14)	76.72
15th	Pamela Zoellner	Germany	38.50 (14)	38.46 (15)	76.96

CR - Competition record (competition records)

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1: 13.83 ( CR )
2	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1: 14.26
3	Christine Nesbitt	Canada	1: 14.44
4th	Chiara Simionato	Italy	1: 14.53
5	Wang Fei	People's Republic of China	1: 14.96
6th	Kristina Groves	Canada	1: 15.19
7th	Margot Boer	Netherlands	1: 15.20
8th	Annette Gerritsen	Netherlands	1: 15.27
9	Shannon Rempel	Canada	1: 15.36
10	Shihomi Shin'ya	Japan	1: 15.51
13	Judith Hesse	Germany	1: 15.91
18th	Pamela Zoellner	Germany	1: 16.08

CR - Competition record (competition records)

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1: 52.71 ( CR )
2	Cindy classes	Canada	1: 53.40
3	Kristina Groves	Canada	1: 54.39
4th	Maki Tabata	Japan	1: 54.97
5	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	1: 55.47
6th	Christine Nesbitt	Canada	1: 55.79
7th	Marja Vis	Netherlands	1: 56.28
8th	Chiara Simionato	Italy	1: 56.42
9	Wang Fei	People's Republic of China	1: 56.85
10	Lee Joo-yeon	South Korea	1: 57.58
11	Lucille Opitz	Germany	1: 58.21
18th	Anna Rokita	Austria	2: 01.53

CR - Competition record (competition records)

3,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	3: 58.09 ( CR )
2	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	3: 58.41
3	Cindy classes	Canada	3: 58.50
4th	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	3: 59.11
5	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	3: 59.74
6th	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	4: 00.50
7th	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	Germany	4: 00.66
8th	Kristina Groves	Canada	4: 01.92
9	Maki Tabata	Japan	4: 02.53
10	Maren Haugli	Norway	4: 03.33
18th	Anna Rokita	Austria	4: 11.14

CR - Competition record (competition records)

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	6: 45.61 ( CR )
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	6: 50.79
3	Kristina Groves	Canada	6: 58.41
4th	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	Germany	6: 59.05
5	Maren Haugli	Norway	6: 59.77
6th	Marja Vis	Netherlands	7: 02.51
7th	Maki Tabata	Japan	7: 04.37
8th	Gretha Smit	Netherlands	7: 05.40
9	Catherine Raney	United States	7: 05.62
10	Svetlana Vysokowa	Russia	7: 07.08
15th	Katrin Mattscherodt	Germany	7: 11.63

CR - Competition record (competition records)

Team competition

• The team competition goes over six laps (inner lane only, approx. 2,310 m)

space	Surname	country	time
1	Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Shannon Rempel	Canada	2: 58.15 ( CR )
2	Ireen Wüst Renate Groenewold Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	2: 59.18
3	Claudia Pechstein Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Lucille Opitz	Germany	2: 59.38
4th	Ekaterina Abramowa Galina Likhacheva Svetlana Vysokowa	Russia	3: 00.77
5	Maria Lamb Anna Ringsred Mia Manganello	United States	3: 06.28
6th	Hiromi Ōtsu Eriko Ishino Masako Hozumi	Japan	3: 07.44
7th	Katarzyna Wójcicka Luiza Złotkowska Karolina Ksyt	Poland	3: 10.40

CR - Competition record (competition records)

Men

2 × 500 meters

• The times of both 500 m runs in seconds are added up and give the total number of points

space	Surname	country	1st run 500 meters	2nd run 500 meters	Total points
1	Lee Kang-seok	South Korea	34.44 (2)	34.25 (1) ( CR ) (1)	74.42 ( CR )
2	Yūya Oikawa	Japan	34.45 (3)	34.57 (6)	69.02
3	Tucker Fredricks	United States	34.48 (5)	34.55 (3)	69.03 *
4th	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	34.47 (4)	34.56 (5)	69.03 *
5	Dmitri Lobkov	Russia	34.43 (1)	34.61 (7)	69.04
6th	Jōji Katō	Japan	34.69 (8)	34.55 (3)	69.24
7th	Mun Jun	South Korea	34.66 (7)	34.70 (11)	69.36
8th	Pekka Koskela	Finland	34.63 (6)	34.75 (12)	69.38
9	Mike Ireland	Canada	34.92 (15)	34.48 (2)	69.40
10	Mika Poutala	Finland	34.76 (12)	34.65 (8)	69.41
24	Anton Hahn	Germany	35.64 (24)	35.47 (22)	71.11

* If there is a tie, the time of the second run is decisive
CR - Competition record (competition records)

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Shani Davis	United States	1: 07.28 ( CR )
2	Denny Morrison	Canada	1: 07.30
3	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	1: 07.51
4th	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	1: 07.57
5	Mun Jun	South Korea	1: 07.61
6th	Pekka Koskela	Finland	1: 08.04
7th	Kip Carpenter	United States	1: 08.36
8th	Beorn Nijenhuis	Netherlands	1: 08.49
9	Alexei Proschin	Russia	1: 08.56
10	Dmitri Lobkov	Russia	1: 08.60
17th	Samuel Black	Germany	1: 09.08

CR - Competition record (competition records)

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Shani Davis	United States	1: 42.39 ( CR )
2	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	1: 42.80
3	Denny Morrison	Canada	1: 42.88
4th	Mun Jun	South Korea	1: 43.87
5	Steven Elm	Canada	1: 44.74
6th	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	1: 44.85
7th	François-Olivier Roberge	Canada	1: 45.04
8th	Simon Kuipers	Netherlands	1: 45.05
9	Even bets	Norway	1: 45.19
10	Risto Rosendahl	Finland	1: 45.46
13	Stefan Heythausen	Germany	1: 45.92
14th	Samuel Black	Germany	1: 46.24

CR - Competition record (competition records)

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	6: 10.70 ( CR )
2	Enrico Fabris	Italy	6: 12.53
3	Carl Verheijen	Netherlands	6: 15.21
4th	Arne Dankers	Canada	6: 15.39
5	Ivan Skobrew	Russia	6: 17.36
6th	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	6: 18.10
7th	Wouter Olde Heuvel	Netherlands	6: 19.09
8th	Justin Warsylewicz	Canada	6: 21.61
9	Øystein Grødum	Norway	6: 22.66
10	Shani Davis	United States	6: 23.05
12	Robert Lehmann	Germany	6: 25.98
16	Marco Weber	Germany	6: 30.18
23	Tobias Schneider	Germany	6: 47.36

CR - Competition record (competition records)

10,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	12: 41.69 ( WR )
2	Carl Verheijen	Netherlands	13:00, 46
3	Brigt Rykkje	Netherlands	13: 06.03
4th	Arne Dankers	Canada	13: 11.25
5	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	13: 17.50
6th	Johan Röjler	Sweden	13: 18.89
7th	Chad Hedrick	United States	13: 20.69
8th	Marco Weber	Germany	13: 21.83
9	Robert Lehmann	Germany	13: 22.33
10	Øystein Grødum	Norway	13: 22.84

CR - Competition record (competition records)

Team competition

• The team competition lasts eight laps (only inner lane, approx. 3,080 m)

space	Surname	country	time
1	Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen heirs of Wennemar	Netherlands	3: 37.80 ( WR )
2	Arne Dankers Denny Morrison Justin Warsylewicz	Canada	3: 38.31
3	Yevgeny Lalenkov Alexei Junin Ivan Skobrew	Russia	3: 41.23
4th	Shingo Doi Hiroki Hirako Teruhiro Sugimori	Japan	3: 46.60
5	Stefan Heythausen Robert Lehmann Tobias Schneider	Germany	3: 46.74
6th	Joel Eriksson Daniel Friberg Johan Röjler	Sweden	3: 48.96
7th	Sławomir Chmura Konrad Niedźwiedzki Maciej Ustynowicz	Poland	3: 56.18
8th	Chad Hedrick Charles Leveille Trevor Marsicano	United States	DNF

CR - Competition record (competition records)

total

The medals in the team competition are included as an individual medal in the nation ranking and in the ranking list as one medal per starter

• Place: Indicates the order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals
• Name: gives the name of the athlete
• Country: Name the country for which the athlete started
• Gold: states the number of gold medals won
• Silver: states the number of silver medals won
• Bronze: states the number of bronze medals won
• Total: states the number of all medals won

Top ten

• The top ten shows the ten most successful athletes (women / men)

space	Surname	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	3	0	0	3
2.	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	2	1	0	3
3.	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2
3.	Shani Davis	United States	2	0	0	2
5.	Carl Verheijen	Netherlands	1	1	1	3
6th	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
7th	Kristina Groves	Canada	1	0	2	3
8th.	Christine Nesbitt	Canada	1	0	1	2
8th.	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	1	0	1	2
10.	Jenny Wolf	Germany	1	0	0	1
10.	Shannon Rempel	Canada	1	0	0	1

Nations ranking

• The nation ranking shows the most successful nations (women / men)

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Netherlands	5	4th	2	11
2.	United States	2	0	1	3
3.	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2
4th	Canada	1	3	5	9
5.	Germany	1	2	1	4th
6th	South Korea	1	0	1	2
7th	Japan	0	1	1	2
8th.	People's Republic of China	0	1	0	1
8th.	Italy	0	1	0	1
10.	Russia	0	0	1	1

Women

Ranking list

• The ranking shows the most successful female athletes in the individual distance world championships

space	Surname	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	2	1	0	3
2.	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2
3.	Kristina Groves	Canada	1	0	2	3
4th	Christine Nesbitt	Canada	1	0	1	2
5.	Jenny Wolf	Germany	1	0	0	1
5.	Shannon Rempel	Canada	1	0	0	1
7th	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	0	2	0	2
8th.	Cindy classes	Canada	0	1	1	2
8th.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	0	1	1	2
10.	Anni Friesinger	Germany	0	1	0	1
10.	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
10.	Wang Beixing	People's Republic of China	0	1	0	1
13.	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	Germany	0	0	1	1
13.	Lucille Opitz	Germany	0	0	1	1
13.	Sayuri Ōsuga	Japan	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

• The nations ranking shows the most successful nations (women)

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Netherlands	2	2	0	4th
2.	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2
3.	Germany	1	2	1	4th
4th	Canada	1	1	4th	6th
5.	People's Republic of China	0	1	0	1
6th	Japan	0	0	1	1

Men

Ranking list

• The ranking shows the most successful athletes of the individual distance world championships

space	Surname	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	3	0	0	3
2.	Shani Davis	United States	2	0	0	2
3.	Carl Verheijen	Netherlands	1	1	1	3
4th	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
5.	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	1	0	1	2
6th	Denny Morrison	Canada	0	2	1	3
7th	Arne Dankers	Canada	0	1	0	1
7th	Enrico Fabris	Italy	0	1	0	1
7th	Justin Warsylewicz	Canada	0	1	0	1
7th	Yūya Oikawa	Japan	0	1	0	1
11.	Alexei Junin	Russia	0	0	1	1
11.	Brigt Rykkje	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
11.	Ivan Skobrew	Russia	0	0	1	1
11.	Yevgeny Lalenkov	Russia	0	0	1	1
11.	Tucker Fredricks	United States	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

• The nation ranking shows the most successful nations (men)

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Netherlands	3	2	2	7th
2.	United States	2	0	1	3
3.	South Korea	1	0	1	2
4th	Canada	0	2	1	3
5.	Italy	0	1	0	1
5.	Japan	0	1	0	1
7th	Russia	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Results overview on speedskatingnews.info