The 2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

The World Sprint Speed Skating Championships are annual speed skating championships. The championships are held over a two day period, with the skaters racing one 500 m and one 1,000 m each day...

were held in Vikingskipet, Hamar

Hamar

is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849...

 on 20 January and 21 January 2007. They were the 36th World Championships, and it was the third time the Championships were held in Hamar. Several of the world's top skaters, including the top two from the 2006 men's and women's standings, did not take part in the competition, while Lee Kang-Seok

Lee Kang-Seok

Lee Kang-Seok is a speed skater from South Korea. He is the 2007 and 2009 World Champion for 500m. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the 500 m...

 (men), Lee Sang-Hwa

Lee Sang-Hwa

Lee Sang-Hwa is a South Korean long track speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances. She is an Olympic gold medalist and a World Championships medalist on the 500 metres, and on this distance she has also placed in the top three in World Cup events four times...

 and Wang Beixing

Wang Beixing

Wang Beixing is a Chinese long track speed skater, specializing in short distances . She is coached by Canadian former skater Kevin Crockett.Wang Beixing first competed in 2003...

 (women), all among the top three in the 500 meter World Cup rankings, did not take part as they are competing in other colliding tournaments.

Three-time world allround champion

World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women

The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1936. Unofficial Championships were held in the years 1933-1935.-Distances used:...

 Anni Friesinger

Anni Friesinger

Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan is a speed skater, too...

 entered for the second time, after winning silver in 2004, and won gold by more than one samalog

Samalog

Samalog is a scoring system in speed skating. It is used in allround tournaments to convert results at various distances into points in order to determine an overall champion...

 point, the greatest margin of victory since Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt's last title in 2003. She thus became the fourth woman to become world champion in both allround and sprint.

Conversely, the men's competition was the closest since Bae Ki-Tae

Bae Ki-Tae

Bae Ki-Tae is a former speed skater from South Korea. In 1990, he became the first Korean speed-skater to win a senior championship, winning gold at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships held in Tromsø, Norway...

 won South Korea's first title, in 1990. The men's title went to a Korean for the third time in the tournament's history. Finland's Pekka Koskela

Pekka Koskela

Pekka Koskela is a Finnish speedskater, specialising on the sprint distances 500-m and 1000-m. He is the former world record holder on the 1000-m with the time 1.07.00. In December 2001 he set a junior world record on the 500-m with the time 35.89...

 led the tournament until two laps remained of the 1000 metres, but despite skating a better last lap than Lee he finished 0.065 points behind the Korean.

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	500 m (1)	1000 m (1)	500 m (2)	1000 m (2)	Total
1	Lee Kyu-Hyuk Lee Kyu-Hyuk Lee Kyou-Hyuk is a South Korean long track speed skater who specializes in the 500 and 1,000 meters...	South Korea	35.11 ( 4)	1:08.56 ( 2)	35.04 ( 3)	1:08.69 ( 2)	138.775
2	Pekka Koskela Pekka Koskela Pekka Koskela is a Finnish speedskater, specialising on the sprint distances 500-m and 1000-m. He is the former world record holder on the 1000-m with the time 1.07.00. In December 2001 he set a junior world record on the 500-m with the time 35.89...	Finland	34.80 ( 1)	1:09.03 ( 7)	34.94 ( 1)	1:09.17 ( 7)	138.840
3	Shani Davis Shani Davis Shani Davis is an Olympic Champion speed skater from the United States.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Davis became the first Black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport at the Olympic Winter Games . He also won the silver in the 1,500 m...	United States	35.62 (12)	1:08.41 ( 1)	35.42 ( 7)	1:08.38 ( 1)	139.435
4	Dmitry Lobkov Dmitry Lobkov Dmitry Lobkov is a Russian speedskater who specialises in the shortest distances, with the 500 metres being his favourite. At the 2004 World Single Distance Championships in Seoul he achieved the silver medal at this distance, only allowing Jeremy Wotherspoon to be faster...	Russia	35.03 ( 3)	1:09.49 (10)	34.95 ( 2)	1:09.54 ( 9)	139.495
5	Beorn Nijenhuis Beorn Nijenhuis Beorn Enriqué Nijenhuis is a Dutch speed skater, who represented the Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics....	Netherlands	35.31 ( 7)	1:08.96 ( 5)	35.36 ( 6)	1:08.89 ( 5)	139.565
6	Erben Wennemars Erben Wennemars Egbert Rolf Wennemars is a Dutch former speed skater. He specialized in the sprint and middle distances of 500, 1000 and 1500 meters.-Speed skating career:...	Netherlands	35.20 ( 6)	1:08.67 ( 3)	35.69 (13)	1:08.79 ( 4)	139.620
7	Denny Morrison Denny Morrison Denny Morrison is a Canadian speedskater from Fort St. John, British Columbia. His best distance, so far in his career, is the 1500-m, where he held the world record time of 1:42.01 from 14 March 2008 to 6 March 2009...	Canada	35.86 (23)	1:08.68 ( 4)	35.81 (16)	1:08.78 ( 3)	140.400
8	Kip Carpenter Kip Carpenter Kip Carpenter is an American speedskater who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics, as well as the 2006 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the 500 meter race at the 2002 games, while also skating the fastest lap in Olympic history in the 500 meter race with a time of 24.87 for a 400 meter...	United States	35.34 ( 9)	1:09.86 (13)	35.55 (11)	1:09.60 (10)	140.620
9	Keiichiro Nagashima Keiichiro Nagashima Keiichiro Nagashima is a Japanese long track speed skater specialising in the sprint distances 500 and 1000 metres...	Japan	34.97 ( 2)	1:10.09 (16)	35.35 ( 5)	1:10.62 (15)	140.675
10	Yevgeny Lalenkov Yevgeny Lalenkov Yevgeny Alexeyevich Lalenkov is a Russian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games...	Russia	35.84 (20)	1:09.00 ( 6)	35.78 (15)	1:09.16 ( 6)	140.700
11	Even Wetten Even Wetten Even Gabrielsen Wetten is a Norwegian speed skater. He became World Champion on 1,000 metres in 2005 in Inzell.-References:**...	Norway	35.18 ( 5)	1:09.39 ( 9)	35.66 (12)	1:10.72 (18)	140.895
12	Jan Bos Jan Bos Jan Bos is a Dutch speedskater and sprint cyclist.In 1998 he became world champion sprint and he won the silver medal that year on the 1000 meter sprint during the Winter Olympics in Nagano....	Netherlands	35.69 (15)	1:09.32 ( 8)	35.97 (17)	1:09.24 ( 8)	140.940
13	Takaharu Nakajima	Japan	35.58 (11)	1:11.23 (26)	35.42 ( 7)	1:09.89 (12)	141.560
14	Tucker Fredricks Tucker Fredricks Tucker Fredricks is an American speed skater who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics.Tucker is a 2002 graduate of Joseph A. Craig High School in Janesville. He began skating in 1994 when a friend of his father's took him skating in lieu of playing hockey...	United States	35.33 ( 8)	1:11.32 (27)	35.22 ( 4)	1:10.71 (17)	141.565
15	Mika Poutala Mika Poutala Mika Poutala is a Finnish speed skater who held a Finnish record in the sport. He finished 22nd at Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres. He has a business education and is set to represent Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...	Finland	35.62 (12)	1:10.34 (19)	35.53 ( 9)	1:10.74 (19)	141.690
16	Aleksey Proshin	Russia	35.73 (17)	1:10.28 (18)	36.16 (24)	1:10.17 (13)	142.115
17	Samuel Schwarz	Germany	36.09 (24)	1:10.07 (15)	36.21 (25)	1:09.73 (11)	142.200
18	Choi Jae-Bong Choi Jae-Bong Choi Jae-bong is a South Korean speed skater. He represented his country at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. At that time he was the holder of the junior World record at 1500m, set in early December 1997 in Thialf, Heerenveen where he clocked 1:52.25 to break the record...	South Korea	35.84 (20)	1:10.55 (20)	35.77 (14)	1:10.93 (22)	142.350
19	Dag Erik Kleven	Norway	35.76 (18)	1:10.68 (23)	36.08 (22)	1:10.60 (14)	142.480
20	Ermanno Ioriatti	Italy	35.85 (22)	1:10.60 (21)	35.99 (19)	1:10.69 (16)	142.485
21	Maciej Ustynowicz Maciej Ustynowicz Maciej Ustynowicz is a Polish speedskater. He competed for Poland at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.-References:...	Poland	35.65 (14)	1:11.41 (29)	36.04 (21)	1:10.88 (20)	142.835
22	Chris Needham Chris Needham Chris Needham is best known for his 1992 BBC Teenage Video Diary In Bed With Chris Needham in which he and his school friends formed a thrash metal band called 'Manslaughter' .-External links:Wordwrites - In Bed with Chris Needham...	United States	36.19 (26)	1:10.61 (22)	36.10 (23)	1:11.01 (23)	143.100
23	Jan Friesinger	Germany	36.21 (27)	1:10.89 (24)	36.26 (27)	1:11.21 (24)	143.520
24	Aleksey Yesin	Russia	36.34 (26)	1:10.15 (17)	36.72 (31)	1:10.89 (21)	143.630
25	Pasi Koskela	Finland	36.18 (25)	1:11.91 (32)	35.98 (18)	1:11.46 (27)	143.845
26	Aleksandr Zhigin	Kazakhstan	36.58 (30)	1:10.98 (25)	36.59 (29)	1:11.54 (28)	144.430
27	Artur Waś	Poland	35.77 (19)	1:11.60 (31)	36.84 (32)	1:12.22 (29)	144.520
28	Vladimir Sherstyuk	Kazakhstan	37.77 (31)	1:13.33 (34)	37.18 (33)	1:12.25 (30)	147.740
29	Marius Bǎcílǎ	Romania	38.16 (32)	1:14.83 (36)	38.42 (34)	1:15.06 (32)	151.525
30	Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson is a Swedish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:World Sprint ChampionshipsEuropean Allround Championships...	Sweden	49.01 (34)	1:11.36 (28)	36.70 (30)	1:11.40 (26)	157.090
31	Sun Bing	People's Republic of China	53.37 (35)	1:12.56 (33)	36.37 (28)	1:12.59 (31)	162.315
32	Brock Miron	Canada	1:00.56 (36)	1:09.81 (12)	35.54 (10)	1:11.33 (25)	166.670
DQ1	Christoffer Fagerli Rukke Christoffer Fagerli Rukke Christoffer Fagerli Rukke is a Norwegian speed-skater who competes for the club Hol IL. He represents Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...	Norway	DSQ	1:09.79 (11)	36.02 (20)
DQ1	Risto Rosendahl	Finland	DSQ	DSQ	36.22 (26)
DQ3	Gerard van Velde Gerard van Velde Gerard Pieter Hendrik van Velde is a retired Dutch speedskater, and was specialised in sprinting....	Netherlands	35.69 (15)	1:09.94 (14)	DSQ
DQ3	Zhu Jianquan	People's Republic of China	36.45 (23)	1:14.50 (35)	DSQ
NS2	Mike Ireland Mike Ireland Michael Ireland is a long track speed skater.Mike Ireland specialises in the sprint distances...	Canada	1:23.24 (37)	DNS
NS3	Hiroyasu Shimizu Hiroyasu Shimizu Hiroyasu Shimizu is a Japanese speed skater. He has an Olympic Gold medal from 1998 in the 500m and his win made him a hero in his home country. He currently holds the world record for the 100m speed skating event in 9.43 seconds...	Japan	35.34 ( 9)	1:11.47 (30)	DNS

Women

Rank	Name	Nation	500 m (1)	1000 m (1)	500 m (2)	1000 m (2)	Total
1	Anni Friesinger Anni Friesinger Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan is a speed skater, too...	Germany	38.42 ( 5)	1:15.12 ( 1)	38.39 ( 5)	1:15.13 ( 1)	151.935
2	Ireen Wüst Ireen Wüst Ireen Wüst is a Dutch long track allround speed skater. At the age of 19, on February 12, 2006, Wüst won the gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000-meter event...	Netherlands	38.96 (14)	1:15.29 ( 2)	38.79 (10)	1:15.20 ( 2)	152.995
3	Cindy Klassen Cindy Klassen Cindy Klassen, OM is a Canadian long track speed skater. Klassen is a six-time medalist at the Winter Olympics. She is tied with Clara Hughes for Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian with 6 medals each...	Canada	39.08 (16)	1:15.57 ( 3)	38.76 ( 8)	1:15.49 ( 3)	153.370
4	Shihomi Shinya	Japan	38.29 ( 2)	1:17.19 (11)	38.14 ( 2)	1:17.31 (10)	153.680
5	Chiara Simionato Chiara Simionato Chiara Simionato is an Italian long-track speed skater who competed in 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics. She is set compete for Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the women's 500m, 1000m, and 1500m....	Italy	38.50 ( 6)	1:16.54 ( 6)	38.73 ( 7)	1:16.48 ( 5)	153.785
6	Margot Boer Margot Boer Margot Boer is a Dutch speed skater. She is specialised in riding the 500 m, 1000 m and 1500 m.After spending a few years at local teams in the Zuid-Holland area Margot Boer was seen as one of the Netherlands main future talents and was offered a contract at the KNSB Youth Development Team for the...	Netherlands	38.67 ( 9)	1:16.79 ( 8)	38.81 (11)	1:16.55 ( 6)	154.150
7	Annette Gerritsen Annette Gerritsen Annette Gerritsen is a Dutch speed skater. She specialises in the 500 m and 1000 m distances, and won a silver medal in the 1000 metres at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She is the current Dutch Junior record holder in the 500 m and her personal best used to be the World Junior record...	Netherlands	38.88 (13)	1:16.99 ( 9)	38.61 ( 6)	1:16.36 ( 4)	154.165
8	Svetlana Kaykan Svetlana Kaykan Svetlana Mikhaylovna Kaykan is a Russian speed skater who specialises in sprint.-References:*...	Russia	38.32 ( 3)	1:17.73 (16)	38.29 ( 4)	1:18.41 (20)	154.680
9	Sayuri Osuga Sayuri Osuga Sayuri Osuga |Shibetsu, Hokkaido]], Japan) is a Japanese speed skater and cyclist. She is one of the few athletes who started both in the Winter Games 2002 and 2006 and in the 2004 Summer Games . Until 2006, she was a member of the professional Sankyoseiki speedskating team...	Japan	38.35 ( 4)	1:17.74 (17)	38.26 ( 3)	1:18.47 (21)	154.715
10	Shannon Rempel Shannon Rempel Shannon Rempel is a Canadian speed skater. Most notably, Rempel is known for her win as the 2003 World Junior Speed Skating Championships and participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics which won her team a silver in the team pursuit.Rempel was a silver medalist in the 1000m at the 2004 World Cup in...	Canada	38.85 (11)	1:16.40 ( 5)	39.11 (15)	1:17.12 ( 8)	154.720
11	Sayuri Yoshii Sayuri Yoshii is a Japanese speed skater. She won silver in the 1000m and bronze in the 500m during the 2008-09 World Cup season. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and became 5th in the 500m of the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...	Japan	38.77 (10)	1:17.13 (10)	38.99 (13)	1:17.64 (12)	155.145
12	Zhang Shuang Zhang Shuang Zhang Shuang is a Chinese long-track speed-skater. She is set to compete for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the Women's 500m.-References:...	People's Republic of China	38.52 ( 7)	1:18.42 (21)	38.76 ( 8)	1:17.74 (13)	155.360
13	Yekaterina Lobysheva Yekaterina Lobysheva Yekaterina Alexandrovna Lobysheva is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She's specialized in the distances of 1000 m, 1500 m and Team Pursuit....	Russia	39.15 (18)	1:16.78 ( 7)	39.40 (21)	1:17.14 ( 9)	155.510
14	Elli Ochowicz Elli Ochowicz Elli Ochowicz is an Olympic speed skater who has competed in the three Winter Olympics.Ochowicz was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to Jim Ochowicz and Sheila Young. After beginning her training in the Milwaukee area, she moved to Salt Lake City to continue training...	United States	39.04 (15)	1:17.47 (12)	38.97 (12)	1:17.59 (11)	155.540
15	Kristina Groves Kristina Groves Kristina Groves is a Canadian speedskater. She is Canada’s most decorated skater in the World Single Distances Championships with 13 career medals in this event. She won four Olympic medals: She won two silver medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, in the 1,500 meters and team pursuit....	Canada	39.39 (22)	1:16.13 ( 4)	39.80 (24)	1:16.64 ( 7)	155.575
16	Tomomi Okazaki Tomomi Okazaki Tomomi Okazaki is a Japanese speed skater who has competed in five Olympic Games. She won a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Okazaki was the oldest member of the Japanese team at the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Japan	38.66 ( 8)	1:17.75 (18)	39.09 (14)	1:18.12 (17)	155.685
17	Pamela Zöllner	Germany	39.08 (16)	1:17.51 (14)	39.15 (16)	1:18.11 (16)	156.040
18	Judith Hesse Judith Hesse Judith Hesse is a speed-skater She competed for Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics and is set to compete for Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...	Germany	39.16 (19)	1:17.84 (19)	39.39 (20)	1:18.18 (19)	156.560
19	Kim You-Lim	South Korea	39.56 (24)	1:17.69 (15)	39.48 (22)	1:18.07 (15)	156.920
20	Yekaterina Abramova Yekaterina Abramova Yekaterina Konstantinovna Abramova is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-Personal records:...	Russia	39.42 (23)	1:18.71 (24)	39.23 (18)	1:17.86 (14)	156.935
21	Jin Peiyu Jin Peiyu Jin Peiyu is a Chinese female speed skater.She competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the 500m and 1000m events.-References:...	People's Republic of China	39.24 (20)	1:18.84 (25)	39.25 (19)	1:19.40 (25)	157.610
22	Chris Witty Chris Witty Christine Diane Witty is an American speed skater and racing cyclist and participated in the Olympic Games in both sports. However, she is more successful in skating....	United States	39.64 (25)	1:18.17 (20)	39.88 (25)	1:18.14 (18)	157.675
23	Paulina Wallin	Sweden	39.24 (20)	1:20.07 (28)	39.21 (17)	1:20.34 (27)	158.665
24	Sofia Albertsson	Sweden	39.92 (27)	1:18.50 (22)	40.08 (26)	1:18.87 (23)	158.685
25	Svetlana Radkevich	Belarus	39.74 (26)	1:19.25 (27)	39.72 (23)	1:19.47 (26)	158.820
26	Hedvig Bjelkevik Hedvig Bjelkevik Hedvig Bjelkevik is a Norwegian speed skater. She was born in Arendal and is the sister of Annette Bjelkevik. She competed in the 1,500 metres and team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.-References:...	Norway	40.19 (29)	1:18.69 (23)	40.39 (28)	1:18.84 (22)	159.345
27	Maren Haugli Maren Haugli Maren Haugli is a Norwegian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.She represents the sports club Jevnaker IF and is the granddaughter of Sverre Ingolf Haugli and sister of Sverre Haugli.-Personal records:...	Norway	40.75 (30)	1:18.99 (26)	40.96 (29)	1:19.36 (24)	160.885
28	Jessica Smith	United States	40.14 (28)	1:21.13 (29)	40.33 (27)	1:22.80 (29)	162.435
29	Daniela Oltean Daniela Oltean Daniela Oltean is a Romanian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games...	Romania	41.59 (31)	1:21.66 (30)	41.55 (30)	1:21.77 (28)	164.855
DQ2	Jenny Wolf Jenny Wolf Jenny Wolf is a German ice speed skater who is the current world record holder, at 37.00 seconds, for the women's 500 m and, 74.42 seconds for women's 500 m x 2 in long track speed skating...	Germany	37.88 ( 1)	DSQ	38.07 ( 1)
NS3	Marianne Timmer Marianne Timmer Maria Aaltje Timmer is a Dutch speed skater specializing in the middle distances . At the 1998 Winter Olympics Timmer won a gold medal in both these events.- Personal life :...	Netherlands	38.85 (11)	1:17.49 (13)	DNS