2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
# 2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

The 2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 28 February to 1 March 2015.

## Schedule

The schedule of events:

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Saturday, 28 February 2015 | 17:30 | 500 m women |
| Saturday, 28 February 2015 | 17:30 | 500 m men |
| Saturday, 28 February 2015 | 17:30 | 1000 m women |
| Saturday, 28 February 2015 | 17:30 | 1000 m men |
| Sunday, 1 March 2015 | 18:30 | 500 m women |
| Sunday, 1 March 2015 | 18:30 | 500 m men |
| Sunday, 1 March 2015 | 18:30 | 1000 m women |
| Sunday, 1 March 2015 | 18:30 | 1000 m men |

All times are local (UTC+6).

## Participating nations

59 speed skaters from 16 nations participated. The number of speed skaters per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.

* Participating nations
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (2)
* Canada (6)
* China (5)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Finland (3)
* Germany (3)
* Italy (3)
* Japan (5)
* Kazakhstan (4)
* Netherlands (6)
* Norway (3)
* Poland (2)
* Russia (6)
* South Korea (3)
* United States (6)

## Medal summary

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men details | Pavel Kulizhnikov RUS | 138.325 | Hein Otterspeer NED | 139.335 | Aleksey Yesin RUS | 139.855 |
| Women details | Brittany Bowe USA | 149.600 | Heather Richardson USA | 150.815 | Karolína Erbanová CZE | 152.625 |
