2016 World Speed Skating Individual Distance Championships
The 17th individual speed skating world championships were held from February 11-14, 2016 in Kolomna , Russia . Here Sven Kramer won his world championship number 23 and 24 and thus expanded his supremacy.
Balance sheet
Medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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6th | 5 | 5 | 16 | 
| 2 | 
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3 | 2 | 1 | 6th | 
| 3 | 
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2 | 1 | - | 3 | 
| 4th | 
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2 | - | - | 2 | 
| 5 | 
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1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | 
| 6th | 
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- | 3 | 2 | 5 | 
| 7th | 
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| 7th | 
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| 9 | 
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- | - | 1 | 1 | 
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- | - | 1 | 1 | |
| total | 14th | 14th | 14th | 42 | |
Medalist
Shows the three medal winners of the individual distances.
Women
| distance | gold | silver | bronze | 
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| 2 × 500 meters | 
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| 1000 meters | 
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| 1500 meters | 
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| 3000 meters | 
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| 5000 meters | 
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| Mass start | 
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| Team tracking | 
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Men
| distance | gold | silver | bronze | 
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| 2 × 500 meters | 
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| 1000 meters | 
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| 1500 meters | 
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| 5000 meters | 
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| 10,000 meters | 
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| Mass start | 
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| Team tracking | 
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Results
Women
2 × 500 meters
The times of both 500 m runs were converted into points, added up and resulted in the total number of points.
| space | Surname | country | 1st run  500 meters  | 
2nd run  500 meters  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Sang-Hwa | 
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37.42 s | 37.43 s | 
| 2 | Brittany Bowe | 
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37.92 s | 37.74 s | 
| 3 | Zhang Hong | 
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37.78 s | 37.90 s | 
| 4th | Jorien ter Mors | 
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37.82 s | 37.96 s | 
| 5 | Heather Richardson | 
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37.81 s | 37.96 s | 
| 6th | Nao Kodaira | 
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37.90 s | 38.08 s | 
| 7th | Olga Fatkulina | 
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38.00 s | 37.99 s | 
| 8th | Yu Jing | 
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38.00 s | 38.04 s | 
1000 meters
| space | Surname | country | time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jorien ter Mors | 
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1: 14.73 min | 
| 2 | Heather Richardson | 
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1: 14.94 min | 
| 3 | Brittany Bowe | 
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1: 15.01 min | 
| 4th | Vanessa Bittner | 
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1: 15.51 min | 
| 5 | Zhang Hong | 
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1: 15.70 min | 
| 6th | Ireen Wüst | 
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1: 15.71 min | 
| 7th | Marrit Leenstra | 
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1: 15.74 min | 
| 8th | Miho Takagi | 
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1: 15.85 min | 
1500 meters
| space | Surname | country | time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jorien ter Mors | 
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1: 53.92 min | 
| 2 | Heather Richardson | 
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1: 54.67 min | 
| 3 | Brittany Bowe | 
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1: 55.09 min | 
| 4th | Ireen Wüst | 
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1: 55.93 min | 
| 5 | Martina Sáblíková | 
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1: 56.06 min | 
| 6th | Marrit Leenstra | 
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1: 56.25 min | 
| 7th | Olga Graf | 
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1: 56.52 min | 
| 8th | Miho Takagi | 
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1: 56.83 min | 
3000 meters
| space | Surname | country | time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martina Sáblíková | 
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4: 03.05 min | 
| 2 | Ireen Wüst | 
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4: 03.13 min | 
| 3 | Antoinette de Jong | 
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4: 04.25 min | 
| 4th | Claudia Pechstein | 
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4: 05.09 min | 
| 5 | Marije Joling | 
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4: 06.62 min | 
| 6th | Miho Takagi | 
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4: 07.26 min | 
| 7th | Kim Bo-Reum | 
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4: 08.14 min | 
| 8th | Olga Graf | 
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4: 09.10 min | 
5000 meters
| space | Surname | country | time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martina Sáblíková | 
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6: 51.09 min | 
| 2 | Carien Kleibeuker | 
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6: 54.96 min | 
| 3 | Irene Schouten | 
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6: 55.93 min | 
| 4th | Claudia Pechstein | 
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6: 58.99 min | 
| 5 | Isabelle Weidemann | 
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7: 08.35 min | 
| 6th | Anna Jurakova | 
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7: 08.84 min | 
| 7th | Bente Kraus | 
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7: 09.47 min | 
| 8th | Natalia Voronina | 
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7: 11.95 min | 
Mass start
| space | Surname | country | 
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| 1 | Ivanie Blondin | 
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| 2 | Kim Bo-Reum | 
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| 3 | Miho Takagi | 
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| 4th | Francesca Lollobrigida | 
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| 5 | Jelena Peeters | 
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| 6th | Liu Jing | 
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| 7th | Janneke Ensing | 
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| 8th | Vanessa Bittner | 
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Team competition
| space | Surname | country | time | 
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| 1 | 
Ireen Wüst   Marrit Leenstra Antoinette de Jong  | 
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2: 58.12 min | 
| 2 | 
Nana Takagi   Miho Takagi Misaki Oshigiri  | 
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2: 58.31 min | 
| 3 | 
Olga Count   Natalja Voronina Jelisaveta Kaselina  | 
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3: 02.61 min | 
| 4th | 
Claudia Pechstein  Roxanne Dufter Gabriele Hirschbichler  | 
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3: 02.94 min | 
| 5 | 
Natalia Czerwonka  Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska  | 
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3: 03.77 min | 
| 6th | 
Brianne Tutt  Ivanie Blondin Josie Spence  | 
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3: 04.94 min | 
| 7th | 
Natálie Kerschbaummayr  Martina Sáblíková Nikola Zdráhalová  | 
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3: 05.44 min | 
| 8th | 
Liu Jing  Hao Jiachen Zhao Xin  | 
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3: 05.69 min | 
Men
2 × 500 meters
| space | Surname | country | 1st run  500 meters  | 
2nd run  500 meters  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel Kulischnikow | 
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34.60 s | 34.42 s | 
| 2 | Ruslan Murashov | 
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34.60 s | 35.08 s | 
| 3 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | 
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35.08 s | 34.70 s | 
| 4th | Mika Poutala | 
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34.89 s | 34.90 s | 
| 5 | Alexei Jessin | 
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34.91 s | 34.89 s | 
| 6th | Kim Tae-yoon | 
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34.92 s | 34.92 s | 
| 7th | Artur Was | 
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35.08 s | 34.86 s | 
| 8th | William Dutton | 
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35.02 s | 34.94 s | 
1000 meters
| space | Surname | country | time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel Kulischnikow | 
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1: 08.33 min | 
| 2 | Denis Yuskov | 
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1: 08.43 min | 
| 3 | Kjeld Nuis | 
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1: 08.47 min | 
| 4th | Alexei Jessin | 
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1: 08.81 min | 
| 5 | Shani Davis | 
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1: 09.01 min | 
| 6th | Alexandre St. Jean | 
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1: 09.12 min | 
| 7th | Kai Verbij | 
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1: 09.13 min | 
| 8th | Vincent De Haître | 
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1: 09.28 min | 
1500 meters
| space | Surname | country | time | 
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| 1 | Denis Yuskov | 
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1: 44.13 min | 
| 2 | Kjeld Nuis | 
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1: 45.66 min | 
| 3 | Thomas Krol | 
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1: 45.75 min | 
| 4th | Beard swings | 
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1: 46.21 min | 
| 5 | Shani Davis | 
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1: 46.49 min | 
| 6th | Vincent De Haître | 
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1: 46.82 min | 
| 7th | Sindre Henriksen | 
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1: 47.22 min | 
| 8th | Haralds Silovs | 
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1: 47.57 min | 
5000 meters
| space | Surname | country | time | 
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| 1 | Sven Kramer | 
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6: 10.31 min | 
| 2 | Jorrit Bergsma | 
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6: 10.66 min | 
| 3 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 
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6: 15.08 min | 
| 4th | Patrick Beckert | 
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6: 18.45 min | 
| 5 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | 
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6: 18.81 min | 
| 6th | Peter Michael | 
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6: 19.11 min | 
| 7th | Beard swings | 
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6: 19.13 min | 
| 8th | Alexis Contin | 
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6: 20.92 min | 
10,000 meters
| space | Surname | country | time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sven Kramer | 
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12: 56.77 min | 
| 2 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | 
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12: 59.69 min | 
| 3 | Erik Jan Kooiman | 
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13:02:15 min | 
| 4th | Patrick Beckert | 
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13: 09.42 min | 
| 5 | Jordan Belchos | 
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13: 10.99 min | 
| 6th | Moritz Geisreiter | 
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13: 12.48 min | 
| 7th | Thomas Henrik Søfteland | 
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13: 16.94 min | 
| 8th | Yevgeny Seryaev | 
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13: 19.04 min | 
Mass start
| space | Surname | country | 
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| 1 | Lee Seung-hoon | 
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| 2 | Arjan Stroetinga | 
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| 3 | Alexis Contin | 
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| 4th | Fabio Francolini | 
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| 5 | Shota Nakamura | 
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| 6th | Reyon Kay | 
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| 7th | Peter Michael | 
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| 8th | Shane Williamson | 
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Team competition
| space | Surname | country | time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Arjan Stroetinga  Douwe de Vries Jan Blokhuijsen  | 
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3: 40.04 min | 
| 2 | 
Håvard Bøkko  Simen player Nilsen Sverre Lunde Pedersen  | 
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3: 41.26 min | 
| 3 | 
Ted-Jan Bloemen  Jordan Belchos Benjamin Donnelly  | 
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3: 43.28 min | 
| 4th | 
Andrea Giovannini  Nicola Tumolero Michele Malfatti  | 
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3: 43.29 min | 
| 5 | 
Lee Seung-hoon  Kim Cheol-min Joo Hyong-Joon  | 
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3: 43.77 min | 
| 6th | 
Danil Sinitsyn   Sergei Gryazov Aleksander Rumjantsew  | 
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3: 44.81 min | 
| 7th | 
Shane Wiliamson   Shota Nakamura Ryōsuke Tsuchiya  | 
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3: 45.07 min | 
| 8th | 
Zbigniew Bródka  Jan Szymański Konrad Niedźwiedzki  | 
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3: 47.80 min |