World speed skating championship 2019

Olympic Oval venue in Calgary

The 113th All-Around World Championship (77th women) took place from March 2-3, 2019 in Calgary , Canada . The competitions were held in the Olympic Oval .

In the women’s category, the Czech Martina Sáblíková won her fifth world championship title in the all-around event and won the races over 3000 meters and 5000 meters in world record time. Patrick Roest from the Netherlands successfully defended last year's victory in the men.

Participating Nations

Women

The field of participants in the women's all-around event consisted of 24 athletes from 13 nations.

• 3 starters: Japan ↑, Canada ↑↑, Netherlands , Russia    
• 2 starters: Germany , Norway , Czech Republic ↓   
• 1 starter: Estonia ↑, Italy , Poland ↓↓, United States ↑, People's Republic of China ↓, Belarus ↑      

Athletes from Belgium were no longer represented compared to the previous edition .

Men

• 3 starters: Italy ↑, Canada , Netherlands , Norway    
• 2 starters: Germany ↑, Japan ↑, Russia ↓   
• 1 starter: Belgium , Denmark , Latvia , Switzerland ↑, United States ↑, Belarus ↑      

Compared to the previous edition, athletes from Austria, Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic were no longer represented.

competition

Women

All- around world champion Martina Sáblíková (here 2018)

The women's all-around competition was decided between the Czech Martina Sáblíková and the Japanese defending champion Miho Takagi , with Sáblíková winning two world records over the long distances of 3000 and 5000 meters and thus becoming the all-around world champion for the fifth time since 2009. One week before the all-around world championship, Takagi had won the silver medal at the sprint world championship in Heerenveen. She ran the fastest times on the two shorter courses (500 and 1500 meters) and had a lead of 15 seconds on Sáblíková, which she could not maintain, before the final 5000 meter race. After the competition, Takagi said she was completely exhausted after the Sprint World Championships and the first three stretches of the All-Around World Championships. The reigning European all- around champion Antoinette de Jong from the Netherlands took third place in the overall ranking . De Jong was dissatisfied with her own performance, but given the superiority of Sáblíková on the long distances and Takagis on the shorter distances, she was satisfied with the bronze medal.

Final result of the small four-way fight

• Shows the eight most successful female athletes of the all-around world championships (final participation over 5000 meters)
• The number in brackets indicates the position per individual route, the fastest in each case in bold.

rank	Surname	500 meters	3000 meters	1500 meters	5000 meters	Total points
01	Martina Sáblíková	39.32 s (13)	3: 53.31 min (1)	1: 53.70 min (4)	6: 42.01 min (1)	156.306
02	Miho Takagi	37.22 s (1)	4:00, 16 min (8)	1: 52.08 min (1)	7:02.72 min (8)	156.878
03	Antoinette de Jong	38.52 s (3)	3: 58.25 min (2)	1: 53.96 min (6)	6: 56.26 min (5)	157.840
04th	Carlijn eight-eects	39.25 s (12)	3: 58.70 min (4)	1: 53.93 min (5)	6: 50.12 min (3)	158.021
05	Ireen Wüst	38.46 s (2)	3: 59.79 min (6)	1: 53.48 min (2)	6: 59.80 min (7)	158.231
06th	Isabelle Weidemann	40.34 s (19)	3: 58.51 min (3)	1: 55.22 min (9)	6: 49.68 min (2)	159.465
07th	Maryna Sujewa	40.03 s (17)	3: 59.80 min (7)	1: 54.83 min (7)	6: 53.19 min (4)	159.591
08th	Natalia Voronina	39.73 s (16)	3: 59.48 min (5)	1: 55.93 min (15)	6: 59.25 min (6)	160.211
19th	Roxanne Dufter	40.37 s (20)	4: 08.57 min (17)	1: 56.64 min (17)	-	120.678
-	Claudia Pechstein	DSQ	4: 03.96 min (11)	-	-	-

500 meters

Of the 24 runners, nine set a new personal best, including Miho Takagi. In a direct duel against the second-placed Ireen Wüst, Takagi beat the Dutchman by a clear 1.24 seconds, which roughly corresponded to the gap between Wüst and the athlete who was ranked 16th. Claudia Pechstein was disqualified after accidentally pushing away a lane marker after her run.

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Miho Takagi	Japan	37.22 s	37.220
02	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	38.46 s	38,460
03	Antoinette de Jong	Netherlands	38.52 s	38,520
04th	Nana Takagi	Japan	38.67 s	38.670
05	Ida Njåtun	Norway	38.69 s	38.690
06th	Han Mei	People's Republic of China	38.80 s	38,800
07th	Yelisaveta Kaselina	Russia	38.86 s	38.860
08th	Nikola Zdráhalová	Czech Republic	38.91 s	38.910
09	Ayano Sato	Japan	38.99 s	38,990
10	Ivanie Blondin	Canada	39.02 s	39.020
19th	Roxanne Dufter	Germany	40.37 s	40.370

3000 meters

On the second distance of the first day Martina Sáblíková - who had finished thirteenth over 500 meters - improved Cindy Klassen's 3000 meter world record by 0.03 seconds. In the eleventh and penultimate run she ran almost five seconds faster than Antoinette de Jong, who finished second. One week after the World Cup, Sáblíková increased her own best time again by almost 1.3 seconds on the Utah Olympic Oval .

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	3: 53.31 min	38.885
02	Antoinette de Jong	Netherlands	3: 58.25 min	39.708
03	Isabelle Weidemann	Canada	3: 58.51 min	39.751
04th	Carlijn eight-eects	Netherlands	3: 58.70 min	39.783
05	Natalia Voronina	Russia	3: 59.48 min	39.913
06th	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	3: 59.79 min	39.965
07th	Maryna Sujewa	Belarus	3: 59.80 min	39.966
08th	Miho Takagi	Japan	4:00, 16 min	40.026
09	Ivanie Blondin	Canada	4: 01.77 min	40.295
10	Valérie Maltais	Canada	4: 03.20 min	40.533
11	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	4: 03.96 min	40.660
17th	Roxanne Dufter	Germany	4: 08.57 min	41.428

1500 meters

Miho Takagi and Martina Sáblíková met in the eleventh and final 1,500 meter pairing. Takagi ran out a second lead over Sáblíková in the first 300 meters and increased it to two seconds before the beginning of the final lap. On the last 400 meters, Sáblíková was four tenths faster and ultimately lost 1.6 seconds - about half a point in the overall standings - to Takagi. In the pairing before Takagi and Sáblíková, Ireen Wüst aimed to improve the world record and was in the lead at 700 meters in the meantime; on the second half of the track she lost a lot in relation to Takagi and finally came second.

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Miho Takagi	Japan	1: 52.08 min	37,360
02	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1: 53.48 min	37.826
03	Ivanie Blondin	Canada	1: 53.59 min	37.863
04th	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	1: 53.70 min	37,900
05	Carlijn eight-eects	Netherlands	1: 53.93 min	37.976
06th	Antoinette de Jong	Netherlands	1: 53.96 min	37.986
07th	Maryna Sujewa	Belarus	1: 54.83 min	38.276
08th	Yevgenia Lalenkova	Russia	1: 55.09 min	38,363
09	Isabelle Weidemann	Canada	1: 55.22 min	38,406
10	Nana Takagi	Japan	1: 55.40 min	38,466
17th	Roxanne Dufter	Germany	1: 56.64 min	38,880

5000 meters

Martina Sáblíková ran her second world record at this all-around World Cup in the third of four pairs (against Antoinette de Jong) . She improved her own eight-year-old record by 0.65 seconds. Miho Takagi, who ran in a duel with Ireen Wüst immediately after Sáblíková, lost her lead of 1.5 points in the overall standings - the equivalent of 15 seconds - on the Czech. Takagi ran the slowest time of all eight finalists.

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	6: 42.01 min	40,201
02	Isabelle Weidemann	Canada	6: 49.68 min	40.968
03	Carlijn eight-eects	Netherlands	6: 50.12 min	41.012
04th	Maryna Sujewa	Belarus	6: 53.19 min	41,319
05	Antoinette de Jong	Netherlands	6: 56.26 min	41.626
06th	Natalia Voronina	Russia	6: 59.25 min	41.925
07th	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	6: 59.80 min	41.980
08th	Miho Takagi	Japan	7: 02.72 min	42.272

Men

World Champion Patrick Roest (here 2013)

As in the previous year, the Dutchman Patrick Roest won the world title in the all-around competition in front of Sverre Lunde Pedersen from Norway. At 23 years old, Roest was the youngest of the eight finalists. He won the 5000-meter and 10,000-meter races and came second on the other two courses. Pedersen was also one of the three fastest athletes on all four distances and in the end was almost one point ahead of third-placed Sven Kramer . Kramer - with nine all-around titles since 2007, record world champion - was disappointed, but stated that the inconsistency of the results corresponded to the course of the season.

Final result of the Grand Fourfight

• Shows the eight most successful athletes of the all-around world championship (final participation over 10,000 meters)
• The number in brackets indicates the position per individual route, the fastest in each case in bold.

rank	Surname	500 meters	5000 meters	1500 meters	10,000 meters	Total points
01	Patrick Roest	35.74 s (2)	6: 08.27 min (1)	1: 43.31 min (2)	12: 51.17 min (1)	145.561
02	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	35.85 s (3)	6: 10.10 min (3)	1: 43.11 min (1)	12: 56.91 min (3)	146.075
03	Sven Kramer	36.41 s (9)	6: 08.83 min (2)	1: 43.87 min (3)	13:00, 93 min (4)	146.962
04th	Douwe de Vries	36.46 s (10)	6: 12.72 min (4)	1: 44.24 min (5)	13:01.44 min (5)	147.550
05	Ted-Jan Bloemen	37.31 s (19)	6: 13.20 min (5)	1: 46.03 min (12)	12: 53.15 min (2)	148.630
06th	Sindre Henriksen	36.12 s (6)	6: 26.64 min (18)	1: 44.18 min (4)	13: 30.71 min (7)	150.045
07th	Danila Semerikov	37.48 s (20)	6: 13.75 min (6)	1: 47.96 min (20)	13: 18.92 min (6)	150.787
08th	Haralds Silovs	36.00 s (5)	6: 24.80 min (15)	1: 45.24 min (9)	13: 54.14 min (8)	151.267
09	Livio Wenger	36.52 s (11)	6: 22.00 min (11)	1: 45.04 min (8)	-	109.733
15th	Patrick Beckert	37.59 s (22)	6: 16.00 min (7)	1: 46.24 min (13)	-	110,603
21st	Lukas Mann	36.86 s (13)	6: 36.46 min (22)	1: 47.07 min (18)	-	112.196

500 meters

Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu ran the fastest time over 500 meters in the second of twelve pairs. Later in the competition, both Patrick Roest and Sverre Lunde Pedersen set personal bests and took second and third place. Roest faced Sven Kramer in a direct duel and beat him by 0.67 seconds. Kramer saw the reason for the defeat in his bad start. He thought he had caused a false start and was briefly irritated that the race was not stopped.

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu	Canada	35.53 s	35,530
02	Patrick Roest	Netherlands	35.74 s	35.740
03	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Norway	35.85 s	35,850
04th	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	35.88 s	35,880
05	Haralds Silovs	Latvia	36.00 s	36,000
06th	Sindre Henriksen	Norway	36.12 s	36,120
07th	Francesco Betti	Italy	36.15 s	36,150
08th	Riku Tsuchiya	Japan	36.18 s	36,180
09	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	36.41 s	36,410
10	Douwe de Vries	Netherlands	36.46 s	36,460
11	Livio Wenger	Switzerland	36.52 s	36,520
13	Lukas Mann	Germany	36.86 s	36,860
22nd	Patrick Beckert	Germany	37.59 s	37.590

5000 meters

In the ninth pair, Sverre Lunde Pedersen - individual distance world champion over the 5000 meters - set the temporary best time, but could not keep his lap times, which were long under 29 seconds, on the last 800 meters (with a final lap of 31.4 seconds). At first Sven Kramer undercut Pedersen's time, in the eleventh pair Patrick Roest was again half a second faster. The 500 meter winner Gélinas-Beaulieu finished 23rd and penultimate place.

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Patrick Roest	Netherlands	6: 08.27 min	36.827
02	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	6: 08.83 min	36.883
03	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Norway	6: 10.10 min	37.010
04th	Douwe de Vries	Netherlands	6: 12.72 min	37.272
05	Ted-Jan Bloemen	Canada	6: 13.20 min	37,320
06th	Danila Semerikov	Russia	6: 13.75 min	37.375
07th	Patrick Beckert	Germany	6: 15.99 min	37,599
08th	Jordan Belchos	Canada	6: 17.90 min	37.790
09	Viktor Hald Thorup	Denmark	6: 18.25 min	37.825
10	Ryosuke Tsuchiya	Japan	6: 19.76 min	37.976
11	Livio Wenger	Switzerland	6: 22.00 min	38,200
22nd	Lukas Mann	Germany	6: 36.46 min	39.646

1500 meters

In the last run there was a direct encounter between the two overall leaders Sverre Lunde Pedersen and Patrick Roest. Pedersen crossed the finish line two tenths of a second ahead of the Dutchman, which meant that Roest only lost a small part of his points lead in the ranking. All other athletes, including Sven Kramer, were already well behind in the overall standings at this point.

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Norway	1: 43.11 min	34,370
02	Patrick Roest	Netherlands	1: 43.31 min	34,436
03	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	1: 43.87 min	34.623
04th	Sindre Henriksen	Norway	1: 44.18 min	34.726
05	Douwe de Vries	Netherlands	1: 44.24 min	34.746
06th	Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu	Canada	1: 44.93 min	34.976
07th	Beard swings	Belgium	1: 44.96 min	34.986
08th	Livio Wenger	Switzerland	1: 45.04 min	35.013
09	Haralds Silovs	Latvia	1: 45.24 min	35,080
10	Riko Tsuchiya	Japan	1: 45.44 min	35,146
13	Patrick Beckert	Germany	1: 46.24 min	35,413
18th	Lukas Mann	Germany	1: 47.07 min	35.690

10,000 meters

Patrick Roest had a lead of 4.5 seconds over Sverre Lunde Pedersen before the final 10,000 meter race. The first best time was set by Ted-Jan Bloemen. Pedersen, who ran against Douwe de Vries in the third run, missed Bloemen's time. Roest - in the fourth and final duel with Sven Kramer - was still behind Pedersen on the first eight laps, but increased his split times towards the middle of the race and ultimately undercut the previous record. With his second track win, Roest also won the all-around title.

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Patrick Roest	Netherlands	12: 51.17 min	38.558
02	Ted-Jan Bloemen	Canada	12: 53.15 min	38.657
03	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Norway	12: 56.91 min	38.845
04th	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	13:00, 93 min	39,046
05	Douwe de Vries	Netherlands	13: 01.44 min	39,072
06th	Danila Semerikov	Russia	13: 18.92 min	39.946
07th	Sindre Henriksen	Norway	13: 30.71 min	40.535
08th	Haralds Silovs	Latvia	13: 54.14 min	41.707

Web links

• Results on speedskatingnews.info
• Results on isuresults.eu: All-around men , all-around women , complete log of all individual results
• ISU press releases:
  • Two horse race between Takagi and Sáblíková on isu.org, March 2, 2019
  • Records tumble as Sáblíková and Roest reign supreme at World Allround Championships on isu.org, March 3, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Records tumble as Sáblíková and Roest reign supreme at World Allround Championships on isu.org, March 3, 2019.
2. ↑ sid: Speed ​​skating: Pechstein after disqualification without a final chance on ran.de, March 3, 2019, accessed on May 2, 2020.