2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
# 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

The 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held between 12 and 15 February 2015 in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Events |
| - | - | - |
| 12 February | 18:00 | 3000 m women |
| 12 February | 19:33 | 10000 m men |
| 13 February | 18:00 | 1000 m women |
| 13 February | 18:53 | 1500 m men |
| 13 February | 19:53 | 5000 m women |
| 13 February | 21:29 | Team pursuit men |
| 14 February | 13:00 | 5000 m men |
| 14 February | 14:57 | 500 m women |
| 14 February | 15:41 | 1000 m men |
| 14 February | 17:24 | Team pursuit women |
| 15 February | 13:15 | 500 m men |
| 15 February | 14:00 | 1500 m women |
| 15 February | 15:54 | Mass start men |
| 15 February | 16:19 | Mass start women |

Source:schaatsen.nl

## Participating nations

161 speed skaters from 23 nations participated. The number of speed skaters per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.

* Participating nations Click on a nation to go to the nations' 2015 Championships page
* Austria (3)
* Belarus (2)
* Belgium (2)
* Canada (16)
* China (10)
* Czech Republic (3)
* Denmark (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (14)
* Italy (7)
* Japan (13)
* Kazakhstan (2)
* Latvia (1)
* Netherlands (25)
* New Zealand (1)
* Norway (6)
* Poland (10)
* Russia (19)
* South Korea (12)
* Switzerland (1)
* United States (8)

## Medal summary

### Medal table

* Host nation (Netherlands)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands (NED)* | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 m details | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 68.931 | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 69.622 | Laurent Dubreuil Canada | 69.694 |
| 1000 m details | Shani Davis United States | 1:08.57 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 1:08.61 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:08.71 |
| 1500 m details | Denis Yuskov Russia | 1:43.36 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:45.08 | Koen Verweij Netherlands | 1:45.15 |
| 5000 m details | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:09.65 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 6:11.53 | Douwe de Vries Netherlands | 6:18.24 |
| 10000 m details | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 12:54.82 | Erik Jan Kooiman Netherlands | 13:02.57 | Patrick Beckert Germany | 13:10.95 |
| Team pursuit details | Netherlands Sven Kramer Koen Verweij Douwe de Vries | 3:41.40 | Canada Ted-Jan Bloemen Denny Morrison Jordan Belchos | 3:44.09 | South Korea Lee Seung-hoon Kim Cheol-min Ko Byung-wook | 3:44.96 |
| Mass start details | Arjan Stroetinga Netherlands | | Fabio Francolini Italy | | Alexis Contin France | |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 m details | Heather Richardson United States | 75.332 | Brittany Bowe United States | 75.785 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 75.893 |
| 1000 m details | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:13.90 | Heather Richardson United States | 1:14.49 | Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic | 1:15.26 |
| 1500 m details | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:54.27 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:54.76 | Heather Richardson United States | 1:55.60 |
| 3000 m details | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 4:02.17 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 4:03.46 | Marije Joling Netherlands | 4:05.51 |
| 5000 m details | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 6:52.73 | Carlijn Achtereekte Netherlands | 6:54.49 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 6:56.53 |
| Team pursuit details | Japan Ayaka Kikuchi Miho Takagi Nana Takagi | 3:01.53 | Netherlands Marije Joling Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst | 3:01.55 | Russia Olga Graf Yuliya Skokova Natalya Voronina | 3:03.19 |
| Mass start details | Irene Schouten Netherlands | | Ivanie Blondin Canada | | Mariska Huisman Netherlands | |
