2001 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
# 2001 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

The 2001 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 9 and 11 March 2001 in the Utah Olympic Oval.

## Schedule

| Date | Events |
| - | - |
| March 9 | 1500 m men |
| March 9 | 500 m women (1st) |
| March 9 | 500 m women (2nd) |
| March 9 | 3000 m women |
| March 10 | 500 m men (1st) |
| March 10 | 500 m men (2nd) |
| March 10 | 5000 m men |
| March 10 | 1000 m women |
| March 10 | 5000 m women |
| March 11 | 1000 m men |
| March 11 | 10000 m men |
| March 11 | 1500 m women |

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 m details | Hiroyasu Shimizu Japan | 1:08.96 34.64 34.32 | Jeremy Wotherspoon Canada | 1:09.29 34.77 34.52 | Casey FitzRandolph United States | 1:09.76 35.04 34.72 |
| 1000 m details | Jeremy Wotherspoon Canada | 1:08.28 WR | Ådne Søndrål Norway | 1:08.50 | Sergey Klevchenya Russia | 1:08.59 |
| 1500 m details | Ådne Søndrål Norway | 1:46.10 | Derek Parra United States | 1:46.20 | Erben Wennemars Netherlands | 1:46.22 |
| 5000 m details | Bob de Jong Netherlands | 6:19.58 | Carl Verheijen Netherlands | 6:22.43 | Gianni Romme Netherlands | 6:25.00 |
| 10000 m details | Carl Verheijen Netherlands | 13:12.49 | Bob de Jong Netherlands | 13:13.81 | Vadim Sayutin Russia | 13:17.83 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 m details | Catriona Le May Doan Canada | 1:14.72 37.43 37.29 | Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt Germany | 1:15.20 37.71 37.49 | Svetlana Zhurova Russia | 1:15.24 37.69 37.55 |
| 1000 m details | Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt Germany | 1:14.13 WR | Sabine Völker Germany | 1:14.14 | Catriona Le May Doan Canada | 1:14.50 |
| 1500 m details | Anni Friesinger Germany | 1:54.58 | Maki Tabata Japan | 1:54.76 | Cindy Klassen Canada | 1:55.08 |
| 3000 m details | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany | 4:00.34 | Anni Friesinger Germany | 4:01.98 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 4:01.13 |
| 5000 m details | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany | 6:52.44 WR | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 6:58.11 | Maki Tabata Japan | 7:05.49 |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
