2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Thialf during the event
Venue	Thialf, Heerenveen
Dates	12–15 February 2015
Competitors	161 from 23 nations
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2015 World Speed Skating Championships Participating nations
500 m		men		women
1000 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
Team pursuit		men		women
Mass start		men		women

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

Source:schaatsen.nl^[1][2][3][4]

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

Pechstein thanking Thialf

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	5	7	5	17
2	United States	4	2	1	7
3	Russia	2	1	1	4
4	Czech Republic	2	0	1	3
5	Japan	1	0	1	2
6	Canada	0	3	1	4
7	Italy	0	1	0	1
8	Germany	0	0	2	2
9	France	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Total		14	14	14	42

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m[5]	Pavel Kulizhnikov  Russia	68.931	Michel Mulder  Netherlands	69.622	Laurent Dubreuil  Canada	69.694
1000 m[6]	Shani Davis  United States	1:08.57	Pavel Kulizhnikov  Russia	1:08.61	Kjeld Nuis  Netherlands	1:08.71
1500 m[7]	Denis Yuskov  Russia	1:43.36	Denny Morrison  Canada	1:45.08	Koen Verweij  Netherlands	1:45.15
5000 m[8]	Sven Kramer  Netherlands	6:09.65	Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands	6:11.53	Douwe de Vries  Netherlands	6:18.24
10000 m[9]	Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands	12:54.82	Erik Jan Kooiman  Netherlands	13:02.57	Patrick Beckert  Germany	13:10.95
Team pursuit[10]	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	Arjan Stroetinga  Netherlands		Fabio Francolini  Italy		Alexis Contin  France

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m[11]	Heather Richardson  United States	75.332	Brittany Bowe  United States	75.785	Nao Kodaira  Japan	75.893
1000 m[12]	Brittany Bowe  United States	1:13.90	Heather Richardson  United States	1:14.49	Karolína Erbanová  Czech Republic	1:15.26
1500 m[13]	Brittany Bowe  United States	1:54.27	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:54.76	Heather Richardson  United States	1:55.60
3000 m[14]	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	4:02.17	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	4:03.46	Marije Joling  Netherlands	4:05.51
5000 m[15]	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	6:52.73	Carlijn Achtereekte  Netherlands	6:54.49	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	6:56.53
Team pursuit[16]	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[17]	Irene Schouten  Netherlands		Ivanie Blondin  Canada		Mariska Huisman  Netherlands

References

1. "Provisional time schedule day 1" (PDF). schaatsen.nl. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
2. "Provisional time schedule day 2" (PDF). schaatsen.nl. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
3. "Provisional time schedule day 3" (PDF). schaatsen.nl. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
4. "Provisional time schedule day 4" (PDF). schaatsen.nl. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
5. Men's 500m Results
6. Men's 1000m Results
7. Men's 1500m Results
8. Men's 5000m Results
9. Men's 10000m Results
10. Men's Team pursuit Results
11. Women's 500m Results
12. Women's 1000 m Results
13. Women's 1500m Results
14. Women's 3000 metres Results
15. Women's 5000 m Results
16. Women's Team pursuit Results
17. Women's Mass start Results