World Championship Single Distances

This page lists all information available on the World Championship Single Distances. The subnavigation allows you to quickly retrieve the complete 'History' of the top 3 results. In the corresponding medal summary table you can click on a specific year to go to the full results of that year. The right-hand side of the subnavigation links to different 'Statistics' of the World Championship Single Distances. The statistics will be updated automatically after every championship.

Biggest difference between nr.1 and nr.2 at the World Championship Single Distances Men

#	diff.	discipline (year)	time diff.	skater #1		time #1	skater #2		time #2
1	1.055	10,000 meters (2008)	21.10	Sven Kramer	NED	12:57.71	Enrico Fabris	ITA	13:18.81
2	0.938	10,000 meters (2007)	18.77	Sven Kramer	NED	12:41.69	Carl Verheijen	NED	13:00.46
3	0.821	10,000 meters (2011)	16.42	Bob de Jong	NED	12:48.20	Bob de Vries	NED	13:04.62
4	0.696	10,000 meters (1998)	13.93	Gianni Romme	NED	13:08.71	Bob de Jong	NED	13:22.64
5	0.691	2x500 meters (2015)	0.691	Pavel Kulizhnikov	RUS	68.931	Michel Mulder	NED	69.622
6	0.690	2x500 meters (1999)	0.690	Hiroyasu Shimizu	JPN	70.690	Erben Wennemars	NED	71.380
7	0.654	2x500 meters (2016)	0.654	Pavel Kulizhnikov	RUS	69.026	Ruslan Murashov	RUS	69.680
8	0.650	2x500 meters (2000)	0.650	Hiroyasu Shimizu	JPN	70.490	Mike Ireland	CAN	71.140
9	0.645	10,000 meters (2021)	12.91	Nils van der Poel	SWE	12:32.95	Jorrit Bergsma	NED	12:45.86
10	0.592	10,000 meters (1997)	11.85	Gianni Romme	NED	14:18.75	Rintje Ritsma	NED	14:30.60
11	0.573	1500 meters (2015)	1.72	Denis Yuskov	RUS	1:43.36	Denny Morrison	CAN	1:45.08
12	0.557	10,000 meters (2020)	11.15	Graeme Fish	CAN	12:33.86	Ted-Jan Bloemen	CAN	12:45.01
13	0.550	2x500 meters (2008)	0.550	Jeremy Wotherspoon	CAN	69.460	Lee Kyou-hyuk	KOR	70.010
14	0.526	1500 meters (1997)	1.58	Rintje Ritsma	NED	1:53.58	Ådne Søndrål	NOR	1:55.16
15	0.520	1000 meters (2020)	1.04	Pavel Kulizhnikov	RUS	1:05.69	Kjeld Nuis	NED	1:06.73
16	0.510	10,000 meters (2003)	10.20	Bob de Jong	NED	13:21.33	Carl Verheijen	NED	13:31.53
	0.510	1500 meters (2016)	1.53	Denis Yuskov	RUS	1:44.13	Kjeld Nuis	NED	1:45.66
18	0.500	2x500 meters (1998)	0.500	Hiroyasu Shimizu	JPN	70.180	Sylvain Bouchard	CAN	70.680
19	0.492	5000 meters (2005)	4.92	Chad Hedrick	USA	6:25.61	Bob de Jong	NED	6:30.53
20	0.487	10,000 meters (1996)	9.74	Gianni Romme	NED	14:05.46	Bart Veldkamp	BEL	14:15.20
21	0.473	10,000 meters (2000)	9.47	Gianni Romme	NED	13:12.27	Bob de Jong	NED	13:21.74
22	0.454	5000 meters (2019)	4.54	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	NOR	6:07.16	Patrick Roest	NED	6:11.70
23	0.440	2x500 meters (2005)	0.440	Joji Kato	JPN	71.020	Hiroyasu Shimizu	JPN	71.460
24	0.431	10,000 meters (2009)	8.63	Sven Kramer	NED	12:55.32	Håvard Bøkko	NOR	13:03.95
25	0.418	10,000 meters (2004)	8.37	Carl Verheijen	NED	13:37.15	Bob de Jong	NED	13:45.52
26	0.406	5000 meters (1998)	4.06	Gianni Romme	NED	6:21.49	Rintje Ritsma	NED	6:25.55
27	0.405	1000 meters (2003)	0.81	Erben Wennemars	NED	1:09.71	Gerard van Velde	NED	1:10.52
28	0.390	2x500 meters (2003)	0.390	Jeremy Wotherspoon	CAN	69.970	Hiroyasu Shimizu	JPN	70.360
29	0.387	10,000 meters (2015)	7.75	Jorrit Bergsma	NED	12:54.82	Erik Jan Kooiman	NED	13:02.57
30	0.378	5000 meters (2004)	3.78	Chad Hedrick	USA	6:34.37	Carl Verheijen	NED	6:38.15
31	0.353	5000 meters (2013)	3.53	Sven Kramer	NED	6:14.41	Jorrit Bergsma	NED	6:17.94
32	0.350	2x500 meters (2004)	0.350	Jeremy Wotherspoon	CAN	70.790	Dmitry Lobkov	RUS	71.140
33	0.330	2x500 meters (2001)	0.330	Hiroyasu Shimizu	JPN	68.960	Jeremy Wotherspoon	CAN	69.290
	0.330	2x500 meters (2007)	0.330	Lee Kang-seok	KOR	68.690	Yuya Oikawa	JPN	69.020
35	0.320	2x500 meters (2011)	0.320	Lee Kyou-hyuk	KOR	69.100	Joji Kato	JPN	69.420
36	0.298	5000 meters (2008)	2.98	Sven Kramer	NED	6:17.24	Enrico Fabris	ITA	6:20.22
37	0.285	5000 meters (2001)	2.85	Bob de Jong	NED	6:19.58	Carl Verheijen	NED	6:22.43
38	0.270	500 meters (2020)	0.27	Pavel Kulizhnikov	RUS	0:33.72	Ruslan Murashov	RUS	0:33.99
39	0.253	10,000 meters (2017)	5.06	Sven Kramer	NED	12:38.89	Jorrit Bergsma	NED	12:43.95
40	0.251	5000 meters (2017)	2.51	Sven Kramer	NED	6:06.82	Jorrit Bergsma	NED	6:09.33
41	0.240	1000 meters (1996)	0.48	Sergey Klevchenya	RUS	1:13.30	Ådne Søndrål	NOR	1:13.78
42	0.230	1000 meters (2004)	0.46	Erben Wennemars	NED	1:10.66	Jeremy Wotherspoon	CAN	1:11.12
43	0.220	1500 meters (2003)	0.66	Erben Wennemars	NED	1:47.80	Ralf van der Rijst	NED	1:48.46
44	0.216	1500 meters (1998)	0.65	Ådne Søndrål	NOR	1:46.43	Ids Postma	NED	1:47.08
	0.216	1500 meters (2004)	0.65	Shani Davis	USA	1:48.64	Mark Tuitert	NED	1:49.29
46	0.210	1500 meters (2000)	0.63	Ids Postma	NED	1:47.98	Ådne Søndrål	NOR	1:48.61
47	0.209	5000 meters (2000)	2.09	Gianni Romme	NED	6:23.31	Bob de Jong	NED	6:25.40
48	0.205	1000 meters (1997)	0.41	Ådne Søndrål	NOR	1:14.40	Jan Bos	NED	1:14.81
49	0.204	5000 meters (2011)	2.04	Bob de Jong	NED	6:15.41	Lee Seung-hoon	KOR	6:17.45
50	0.200	1000 meters (2008)	0.40	Shani Davis	USA	1:08.99	Yevgeny Lalenkov	RUS	1:09.39