World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women

Distances used

• In the years 1933-1935, three distances had to be skated: 500 m – 1,000 m – 1,500 m.
• In the years 1936-1955, four distances had to be skated: 500 m – 1,000 m – 3,000 m – 5,000 m (the old combination
  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...
  
  ).
• In the years 1956-1982, four distances had to be skated: 500 m – 1,000 m – 1,500 m – 3,000 m (the mini combination
  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...
  
  ).
• Since 1983, four distances have to be skated: 500 m – 1,500 m – 3,000 m – 5,000 m (the small combination
  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...
  
  ).

Unofficial Championships

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1933	Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...	Liselotte Landbeck Liselotte Landbeck Liselotte Landbeck is a former Austrian athlete who competed at a high level in both figure skating and speed skating in the 1930s. In figure skating, she won the bronze medal at the 1934 World Championships...	Synnøve Lie Synnøve Lie Synnøve Lie was a Norwegian speed skater.-Biography:Representing Oslo Skøiteklub , Lie became Norwegian Allround Champion in 1933 after having already won the unofficial Norwegian Allround Championships the year before...	Helen Bina Helen Bina Helen Bina was an American speed skater who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.In 1932 she competed in the women's speed skating events which were held as demonstration sport. She finished third in the 1500 metres event and sixth in the 500 metres competition. She also participated in the 1000...
1934	Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...	Undis Blikken Undis Blikken Undis Blikken was a Norwegian female speed skating pioneer.She won the unofficial World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1934, ahead of Verné Lesche from Finland. Her winning time on the 1500 metres distance was also world record for women.She participated at the official world...	Verné Lesche Verné Lesche Verné Lesche, married Vanberg, was a speed skater from Finland who twice won the World Allround Championships....	Synnøve Lie Synnøve Lie Synnøve Lie was a Norwegian speed skater.-Biography:Representing Oslo Skøiteklub , Lie became Norwegian Allround Champion in 1933 after having already won the unofficial Norwegian Allround Championships the year before...
1935	Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...	Laila Schou Nilsen Laila Schou Nilsen Laila Schou Nilsen was a Norwegian speed skater, alpine skier and tennis player. She was one of the pioneers in Norwegian as well as international speed skating for women.-Biography:...	Synnøve Lie Synnøve Lie Synnøve Lie was a Norwegian speed skater.-Biography:Representing Oslo Skøiteklub , Lie became Norwegian Allround Champion in 1933 after having already won the unofficial Norwegian Allround Championships the year before...	Kit Klein Kit Klein Catherine "Kit" Klein was an American speed skater.- Short biography :Kit Klein was born in Buffalo, New York and started competing on the local level. Later, Klein finished first in the 1500 metres event and third in the 500 metres competition at the 1932 Winter Olympics of Lake Placid, where...

Official Championships

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1936	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...	Kit Klein Kit Klein Catherine "Kit" Klein was an American speed skater.- Short biography :Kit Klein was born in Buffalo, New York and started competing on the local level. Later, Klein finished first in the 1500 metres event and third in the 500 metres competition at the 1932 Winter Olympics of Lake Placid, where...	Verné Lesche Verné Lesche Verné Lesche, married Vanberg, was a speed skater from Finland who twice won the World Allround Championships....	Synnøve Lie Synnøve Lie Synnøve Lie was a Norwegian speed skater.-Biography:Representing Oslo Skøiteklub , Lie became Norwegian Allround Champion in 1933 after having already won the unofficial Norwegian Allround Championships the year before...
1937	Davos Davos Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...	Laila Schou Nilsen Laila Schou Nilsen Laila Schou Nilsen was a Norwegian speed skater, alpine skier and tennis player. She was one of the pioneers in Norwegian as well as international speed skating for women.-Biography:...	Synnøve Lie Synnøve Lie Synnøve Lie was a Norwegian speed skater.-Biography:Representing Oslo Skøiteklub , Lie became Norwegian Allround Champion in 1933 after having already won the unofficial Norwegian Allround Championships the year before...	Verné Lesche Verné Lesche Verné Lesche, married Vanberg, was a speed skater from Finland who twice won the World Allround Championships....
1938	Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...	Laila Schou Nilsen Laila Schou Nilsen Laila Schou Nilsen was a Norwegian speed skater, alpine skier and tennis player. She was one of the pioneers in Norwegian as well as international speed skating for women.-Biography:...	Verné Lesche Verné Lesche Verné Lesche, married Vanberg, was a speed skater from Finland who twice won the World Allround Championships....	Synnøve Lie Synnøve Lie Synnøve Lie was a Norwegian speed skater.-Biography:Representing Oslo Skøiteklub , Lie became Norwegian Allround Champion in 1933 after having already won the unofficial Norwegian Allround Championships the year before...
1939	Tampere Tampere Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...	Verné Lesche Verné Lesche Verné Lesche, married Vanberg, was a speed skater from Finland who twice won the World Allround Championships....	Liisa Salmi	Laura Tamminen
1940	Not held due to World War II
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1946
1947	Drammen Drammen Drammen is a city in Buskerud County, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the eastern and most populated part of Norway.-Location:...	Verné Lesche Verné Lesche Verné Lesche, married Vanberg, was a speed skater from Finland who twice won the World Allround Championships....	Else Marie Christiansen Else Marie Christiansen Else Marie Christiansen is a former Norwegian female speed skater. She won a silver medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1947, behind Verné Lesche from Finland....	Maggi Kvestad Maggi Kvestad Maggi Kvestad is a former Norwegian female speed skater. She won a bronze medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1947, behind Verné Lesche and Else Marie Christiansen...
1948	Turku Turku Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...	Maria Isakova Maria Isakova Maria Grigoryevna Isakova , nicknamed Cinderella of Vyatka, was a World Champion speed skater. She was born in Vyatka , Russian SFSR, and competed for the Soviet Union....	Lidia Selikhova	Zoya Kholshevnikova
1949	Kongsberg Kongsberg is a town and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is located at the southern end of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsberg....	Maria Isakova Maria Isakova Maria Grigoryevna Isakova , nicknamed Cinderella of Vyatka, was a World Champion speed skater. She was born in Vyatka , Russian SFSR, and competed for the Soviet Union....	Zoya Kholshevnikova	Rimma Zhukova Rimma Zhukova Rimma Mikhaylovna Zhukova was a speed skater. She was born in Sverdlovsk, Russia.Rimma Zhukova competed for the Soviet Union and after having become Soviet Allround Champion three times and having won the prestigious Kirov prize four times, she became World Allround Champion in 1955. Zhukova was...
1950	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	Maria Isakova Maria Isakova Maria Grigoryevna Isakova , nicknamed Cinderella of Vyatka, was a World Champion speed skater. She was born in Vyatka , Russian SFSR, and competed for the Soviet Union....	Zinaida Krotova	Rimma Zhukova Rimma Zhukova Rimma Mikhaylovna Zhukova was a speed skater. She was born in Sverdlovsk, Russia.Rimma Zhukova competed for the Soviet Union and after having become Soviet Allround Champion three times and having won the prestigious Kirov prize four times, she became World Allround Champion in 1955. Zhukova was...
1951	Eskilstuna Eskilstuna Eskilstuna is a city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 60,185 inhabitants in 2005. Eskilstuna has a large Sweden Finn population....	Eevi Huttunen Eevi Huttunen Eevi Huttunen, married Pirinen, is a former speed skater from Finland.Being for a decade almost the only female skater able to compete against the Soviet ladies on the longer distances, Eevi Huutunen made a comeback specially for the 1960 Winter Olympics , where she managed to win the...	Randi Thorvaldsen Randi Thorvaldsen Randi Thorvaldsen was a former Norwegian speedskater, silver medalist from the allround World Championship, and a previous World Record holder in 1,500 metres. She was the dominating female speedskater in Norway from the end of the Second World War to 1954...	Ragnhild Mikkelsen Ragnhild Mikkelsen Ragnhild Mikkelsen is a former Norwegian female speed skater. She won a bronze medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1951, behind Eevi Huttunen and Randi Thorvaldsen....
1952	Kokkola Kokkola Kokkola is a town and municipality of Finland.The town is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...	Lidia Selikhova	Maria Anikanova	Randi Thorvaldsen Randi Thorvaldsen Randi Thorvaldsen was a former Norwegian speedskater, silver medalist from the allround World Championship, and a previous World Record holder in 1,500 metres. She was the dominating female speedskater in Norway from the end of the Second World War to 1954...
1953	Lillehammer Lillehammer is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...	Khalida Shchegoleyeva	Rimma Zhukova Rimma Zhukova Rimma Mikhaylovna Zhukova was a speed skater. She was born in Sverdlovsk, Russia.Rimma Zhukova competed for the Soviet Union and after having become Soviet Allround Champion three times and having won the prestigious Kirov prize four times, she became World Allround Champion in 1955. Zhukova was...	Lidia Selikhova
1954	Östersund Östersund Municipality Östersund Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Östersund, which is also the county seat of Jämtland County....	Lidia Selikhova	Rimma Zhukova Rimma Zhukova Rimma Mikhaylovna Zhukova was a speed skater. She was born in Sverdlovsk, Russia.Rimma Zhukova competed for the Soviet Union and after having become Soviet Allround Champion three times and having won the prestigious Kirov prize four times, she became World Allround Champion in 1955. Zhukova was...	Sofya Kondakova
1955	Kuopio Kuopio Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland. A population of makes it the ninth biggest city in the country. The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest...	Rimma Zhukova Rimma Zhukova Rimma Mikhaylovna Zhukova was a speed skater. She was born in Sverdlovsk, Russia.Rimma Zhukova competed for the Soviet Union and after having become Soviet Allround Champion three times and having won the prestigious Kirov prize four times, she became World Allround Champion in 1955. Zhukova was...	Tamara Rylova Tamara Rylova Tamara Nikolayevna Rylova is a former speed skater.After World War II had ended, Soviet women started dominating speed skating and would continue do so for at least 20 years. Tamara Rylova was one of them. She trained at Burevestnik in Leningrad...	Sofya Kondakova
1956	Kvarnsveden Borlänge Municipality Borlänge Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden, with an area of 586.4 km². The municipality has a population of 47,640...	Sofya Kondakova	Rimma Zhukova Rimma Zhukova Rimma Mikhaylovna Zhukova was a speed skater. She was born in Sverdlovsk, Russia.Rimma Zhukova competed for the Soviet Union and after having become Soviet Allround Champion three times and having won the prestigious Kirov prize four times, she became World Allround Champion in 1955. Zhukova was...	Tamara Rylova Tamara Rylova Tamara Nikolayevna Rylova is a former speed skater.After World War II had ended, Soviet women started dominating speed skating and would continue do so for at least 20 years. Tamara Rylova was one of them. She trained at Burevestnik in Leningrad...
1957	Imatra Imatra Imatra is a town and municipality in eastern Finland, founded in 1948 around three industrial settlements near the Finnish–Russian border. In the course of the last 50 years, this amorphous group of settlements has grown into a modern industrial town dominated by Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River and...	Inga Artamonova Inga Artamonova Inga Grigoryevna Artamonova was a Soviet speed skater, the first four-time Allround World Champion in women's speed skating history. After her marriage in 1959 to fellow speed skater Gennady Voronin , she was also known as Inga Voronina ....	Tamara Rylova Tamara Rylova Tamara Nikolayevna Rylova is a former speed skater.After World War II had ended, Soviet women started dominating speed skating and would continue do so for at least 20 years. Tamara Rylova was one of them. She trained at Burevestnik in Leningrad...	Lidia Selikhova
1958	Kristinehamn Kristinehamn Kristinehamn is a locality and the seat of Kristinehamn Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 17,836 inhabitants in 2005.- Geography :Kristinehamn is situated by the shores of lake Vänern...	Inga Artamonova Inga Artamonova Inga Grigoryevna Artamonova was a Soviet speed skater, the first four-time Allround World Champion in women's speed skating history. After her marriage in 1959 to fellow speed skater Gennady Voronin , she was also known as Inga Voronina ....	Tamara Rylova Tamara Rylova Tamara Nikolayevna Rylova is a former speed skater.After World War II had ended, Soviet women started dominating speed skating and would continue do so for at least 20 years. Tamara Rylova was one of them. She trained at Burevestnik in Leningrad...	Sofya Kondakova
1959	Sverdlovsk Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...	Tamara Rylova Tamara Rylova Tamara Nikolayevna Rylova is a former speed skater.After World War II had ended, Soviet women started dominating speed skating and would continue do so for at least 20 years. Tamara Rylova was one of them. She trained at Burevestnik in Leningrad...	Valentina Stenina Valentina Stenina Valentina Sergeyevna Stenina is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.Born Valentina Miloslavova in Babruysk , she fled to Sverdlovsk – taken by her mother – in 1941 because of World War II...	Lidia Skoblikova Lidia Skoblikova Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova is a Russia former speed skater. Representing the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 and 1964, she won a total of six gold medals, still a record number for a speed skater. She also won 25 gold medals at the World Championships and 15 gold medals...
1960	Östersund Östersund Municipality Östersund Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Östersund, which is also the county seat of Jämtland County....	Valentina Stenina Valentina Stenina Valentina Sergeyevna Stenina is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.Born Valentina Miloslavova in Babruysk , she fled to Sverdlovsk – taken by her mother – in 1941 because of World War II...	Tamara Rylova Tamara Rylova Tamara Nikolayevna Rylova is a former speed skater.After World War II had ended, Soviet women started dominating speed skating and would continue do so for at least 20 years. Tamara Rylova was one of them. She trained at Burevestnik in Leningrad...	Lidia Skoblikova Lidia Skoblikova Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova is a Russia former speed skater. Representing the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 and 1964, she won a total of six gold medals, still a record number for a speed skater. She also won 25 gold medals at the World Championships and 15 gold medals...
1961	Tønsberg Tønsberg is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around north-east of Sandefjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg....	Valentina Stenina Valentina Stenina Valentina Sergeyevna Stenina is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.Born Valentina Miloslavova in Babruysk , she fled to Sverdlovsk – taken by her mother – in 1941 because of World War II...	Albina Tuzova	Lidia Skoblikova Lidia Skoblikova Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova is a Russia former speed skater. Representing the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 and 1964, she won a total of six gold medals, still a record number for a speed skater. She also won 25 gold medals at the World Championships and 15 gold medals...
1962	Imatra Imatra Imatra is a town and municipality in eastern Finland, founded in 1948 around three industrial settlements near the Finnish–Russian border. In the course of the last 50 years, this amorphous group of settlements has grown into a modern industrial town dominated by Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River and...	Inga Voronina-Artamonova	Lidia Skoblikova Lidia Skoblikova Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova is a Russia former speed skater. Representing the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 and 1964, she won a total of six gold medals, still a record number for a speed skater. She also won 25 gold medals at the World Championships and 15 gold medals...	Albina Tuzova
1963	Karuizawa	Lidia Skoblikova Lidia Skoblikova Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova is a Russia former speed skater. Representing the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 and 1964, she won a total of six gold medals, still a record number for a speed skater. She also won 25 gold medals at the World Championships and 15 gold medals...	Inga Voronina-Artamonova	Valentina Stenina Valentina Stenina Valentina Sergeyevna Stenina is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.Born Valentina Miloslavova in Babruysk , she fled to Sverdlovsk – taken by her mother – in 1941 because of World War II...
1964	Kristinehamn Kristinehamn Kristinehamn is a locality and the seat of Kristinehamn Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 17,836 inhabitants in 2005.- Geography :Kristinehamn is situated by the shores of lake Vänern...	Lidia Skoblikova Lidia Skoblikova Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova is a Russia former speed skater. Representing the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 and 1964, she won a total of six gold medals, still a record number for a speed skater. She also won 25 gold medals at the World Championships and 15 gold medals...	Inga Voronina-Artamonova	Tamara Rylova Tamara Rylova Tamara Nikolayevna Rylova is a former speed skater.After World War II had ended, Soviet women started dominating speed skating and would continue do so for at least 20 years. Tamara Rylova was one of them. She trained at Burevestnik in Leningrad...
1965	Oulu Oulu Oulu is a city and municipality of inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world....	Inga Voronina-Artamonova	Valentina Stenina Valentina Stenina Valentina Sergeyevna Stenina is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.Born Valentina Miloslavova in Babruysk , she fled to Sverdlovsk – taken by her mother – in 1941 because of World War II...	Stien Kaiser Stien Kaiser Christina Wilhelmina Baas-Kaiser is a former speed skater from the Netherlands....
1966	Trondheim Trondheim Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...	Valentina Stenina Valentina Stenina Valentina Sergeyevna Stenina is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.Born Valentina Miloslavova in Babruysk , she fled to Sverdlovsk – taken by her mother – in 1941 because of World War II...	Kim Song-Sun	Stien Kaiser Stien Kaiser Christina Wilhelmina Baas-Kaiser is a former speed skater from the Netherlands....
1967	Deventer Deventer Deventer is a municipality and city in the Salland region of the Dutch province of Overijssel. Deventer is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, but also has a small part of its territory on the west bank. In 2005 the municipality of Bathmen Deventer is a municipality and city in...	Stien Kaiser Stien Kaiser Christina Wilhelmina Baas-Kaiser is a former speed skater from the Netherlands....	Lāsma Kauniste Lasma Kauniste Lāsma Kauniste , née Avotiņa , is a Latvian speed skater.Lāsma Avotiņa married Estonian speed skater Toivo Kauniste in 1962 and they settled in Riga. Competing for the Soviet Union as Lāsma Kauniste, she won bronze at the Soviet Allround Championships in 1967 and silver at the World Allround...	Dianne Holum Dianne Holum Dianne Mary Holum is a former speed skater.In 1967, at the age of 15, Dianne Holum won bronze at the World Allround Championships. At the age of 16, Holum earned a silver medal in the 500 meter race at the 1968 Winter Olympics, finishing in a three way tie for second place...
1968	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...	Stien Kaiser Stien Kaiser Christina Wilhelmina Baas-Kaiser is a former speed skater from the Netherlands....	Ans Schut Ans Schut Johanna Schut is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands.Ans Schut had her best year in 1968 when, after winning silver at the World Allround Championships, she became Olympic Champion on the 3,000 m at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble...	Carry Geijssen Carry Geijssen Carolina Cornelia Catharina Geijssen is a former speed skater from the Netherlands....
1969	Grenoble Grenoble Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...	Lāsma Kauniste Lasma Kauniste Lāsma Kauniste , née Avotiņa , is a Latvian speed skater.Lāsma Avotiņa married Estonian speed skater Toivo Kauniste in 1962 and they settled in Riga. Competing for the Soviet Union as Lāsma Kauniste, she won bronze at the Soviet Allround Championships in 1967 and silver at the World Allround...	Stien Kaiser Stien Kaiser Christina Wilhelmina Baas-Kaiser is a former speed skater from the Netherlands....	Ans Schut Ans Schut Johanna Schut is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands.Ans Schut had her best year in 1968 when, after winning silver at the World Allround Championships, she became Olympic Champion on the 3,000 m at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble...
1970	West Allis West Allis, Wisconsin West Allis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The population was 61,254 at the 2000 census. Its name derives from Edward P. Allis, who started the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company in the 19th century. The site of the town was...	Atje Keulen-Deelstra Atje Keulen-Deelstra Atje Keulen-Deelstra is a former speed skater.Keulen-Deelstra was born in Grouw, the Netherlands. When she was 16 years old, Deelstra already won a junior title of Friesland. She practised many sports during those days, but speed skating was her favourite and she won many cash prizes in the...	Stien Kaiser Stien Kaiser Christina Wilhelmina Baas-Kaiser is a former speed skater from the Netherlands....	Sigrid Sundby Sigrid Sundby Sigrid Sundby was a Norwegian speed skater who competed internationally in the 1960s and 1970s.She competed at the Winter Olympics in 1968, 1972 and 1976. Her best Olympic results were 4th in the 1500 metres, 6th in 500 metres, and 6th in 1000 metres at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble...
1971	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...	Nina Statkevich Nina Statkevich Nina Andreyevna Statkevich is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.Nina Statkevich trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad. She won many titles – she was World Allround Champion, European Allround Champion twice, Soviet Allround Champion four times, and Soviet Sprint Champion...	Stien Kaiser Stien Kaiser Christina Wilhelmina Baas-Kaiser is a former speed skater from the Netherlands....	Lyudmila Titova Lyudmila Titova Lyudmila Evgenevna Titova is a former speed skater.-Short biography:She trained at Burevestnik and later at Zenit sports societies. Skating for the Soviet Union, Lyudmila Titova made her international debut at the World Allround Championships of 1966...
1972	Heerenveen Heerenveen Heerenveen is a town in the Heerenveen municipality of the province of Friesland , in the north of the Netherlands.- History :The town was established in 1551 by three lords as a location for the purpose of digging peat which was used for fuel, hence the name...	Atje Keulen-Deelstra Atje Keulen-Deelstra Atje Keulen-Deelstra is a former speed skater.Keulen-Deelstra was born in Grouw, the Netherlands. When she was 16 years old, Deelstra already won a junior title of Friesland. She practised many sports during those days, but speed skating was her favourite and she won many cash prizes in the...	Stien Baas-Kaiser	Dianne Holum Dianne Holum Dianne Mary Holum is a former speed skater.In 1967, at the age of 15, Dianne Holum won bronze at the World Allround Championships. At the age of 16, Holum earned a silver medal in the 500 meter race at the 1968 Winter Olympics, finishing in a three way tie for second place...
1973	Strömsund Strömsund Municipality Strömsund Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Strömsund.The nearest larger city is Östersund, the provincial capital of Jämtland, which is located approximately 100 km to the south.-History:...	Atje Keulen-Deelstra Atje Keulen-Deelstra Atje Keulen-Deelstra is a former speed skater.Keulen-Deelstra was born in Grouw, the Netherlands. When she was 16 years old, Deelstra already won a junior title of Friesland. She practised many sports during those days, but speed skating was her favourite and she won many cash prizes in the...	Tatyana Shelekova-Rastopshina	Trijnie Rep
1974	Heerenveen Heerenveen Heerenveen is a town in the Heerenveen municipality of the province of Friesland , in the north of the Netherlands.- History :The town was established in 1551 by three lords as a location for the purpose of digging peat which was used for fuel, hence the name...	Atje Keulen-Deelstra Atje Keulen-Deelstra Atje Keulen-Deelstra is a former speed skater.Keulen-Deelstra was born in Grouw, the Netherlands. When she was 16 years old, Deelstra already won a junior title of Friesland. She practised many sports during those days, but speed skating was her favourite and she won many cash prizes in the...	Tatyana Averina Tatyana Averina Tatyana Borisovna Averina was a Soviet Russian speed skater. After getting married, her name would also appear as Tatyana Barabash .-Short biography:...	Nina Statkevich Nina Statkevich Nina Andreyevna Statkevich is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.Nina Statkevich trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad. She won many titles – she was World Allround Champion, European Allround Champion twice, Soviet Allround Champion four times, and Soviet Sprint Champion...
1975	Assen Assen Assen is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. It received city rights in 1809. Assen's main claim to fame is the TT Circuit Assen the motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Saturday in June the Dutch TT is run...	Karin Kessow	Tatyana Averina Tatyana Averina Tatyana Borisovna Averina was a Soviet Russian speed skater. After getting married, her name would also appear as Tatyana Barabash .-Short biography:...	Sheila Young Sheila Young Sheila Grace Young-Ochowicz is a former speed skater and track cyclist from the United States.-Short biography:...
1976	Gjøvik Gjøvik is a town and a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Gjøvik.In 1861, the village of Gjøvik in the municipality of Vardal was granted town status and was separated from Vardal to form a separate municipality...	Sylvia Burka Sylvia Burka Sylvia Burka is a former ice speed skater from Canada of Latvian descent, who represented her native country at three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan....	Tatyana Averina Tatyana Averina Tatyana Borisovna Averina was a Soviet Russian speed skater. After getting married, her name would also appear as Tatyana Barabash .-Short biography:...	Sheila Young Sheila Young Sheila Grace Young-Ochowicz is a former speed skater and track cyclist from the United States.-Short biography:...
1977	Keystone Keystone, Colorado Keystone is a census-designated place in Summit County, Colorado, United States. The population was 825 at the 2000 census. The Dillon Post Office serves Keystone postal addresses....	Vera Bryndzei Vera Bryndzei Vera Vladimirovna Bryndzei is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union....	Galina Stepanskaya Galina Stepanskaya Galina Andreyevna Stepanskaya is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union....	Galina Nikitina
1978	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...	Tatyana Averina Tatyana Averina Tatyana Borisovna Averina was a Soviet Russian speed skater. After getting married, her name would also appear as Tatyana Barabash .-Short biography:...	Galina Stepanskaya Galina Stepanskaya Galina Andreyevna Stepanskaya is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union....	Marion Dittmann
1979	The Hague The Hague The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...	Beth Heiden Beth Heiden Elizabeth Lee "Beth" Heiden Reid is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing and bicycle racing. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin. Her brother Eric was a five-time gold-medalist speedskater at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics...	Natalya Petrusyova	Sylvia Burka Sylvia Burka Sylvia Burka is a former ice speed skater from Canada of Latvian descent, who represented her native country at three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan....
1980	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...	Natalya Petrusyova	Beth Heiden Beth Heiden Elizabeth Lee "Beth" Heiden Reid is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing and bicycle racing. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin. Her brother Eric was a five-time gold-medalist speedskater at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics...	Bjørg Eva Jensen Bjørg Eva Jensen Bjørg Eva Jensen is a speed skater from Norway.-Biography:Jensen had her best year in 1980 when, while still a junior, she became Junior World Allround Champion, won bronze at the World Allround Championships, and won gold on the 3,000 m at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.Although...
1981	Sainte-Foy Sainte-Foy, Quebec Sainte-Foy is a former city in central Quebec, Canada on the Saint Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into Quebec City on January 1, 2002. Most of Sainte-Foy is in the Borough of Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge....	Natalya Petrusyova	Karin Enke Karin Enke Karin Enke , also known as Karin Busch, Karin Kania, and Karin Enke-Richter, is a former speed skater, one of the most dominant ones of the 1980s.-Short biography:...	Sarah Docter Sarah Docter Sarah Docter is a former athlete in the speed skating competition who representated the United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. She would win several national championships in the 1970s, including 1978 when she won championships in both the short track and long track...
1982	Inzell Inzell Inzell is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for the Eisstadion Inzell, an outdoor artificial ice rink that has been used for many international speed skating championships....	Karin Busch Karin Enke Karin Enke , also known as Karin Busch, Karin Kania, and Karin Enke-Richter, is a former speed skater, one of the most dominant ones of the 1980s.-Short biography:...	Andrea Schöne Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich is a former German Speed skater. Born Andrea Mitscherlich, she competed for East Germany...	Natalya Petrusyova
1983	Karl-Marx-Stadt	Andrea Schöne Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich is a former German Speed skater. Born Andrea Mitscherlich, she competed for East Germany...	Karin Enke Karin Enke Karin Enke , also known as Karin Busch, Karin Kania, and Karin Enke-Richter, is a former speed skater, one of the most dominant ones of the 1980s.-Short biography:...	Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina
1984	Deventer Deventer Deventer is a municipality and city in the Salland region of the Dutch province of Overijssel. Deventer is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, but also has a small part of its territory on the west bank. In 2005 the municipality of Bathmen Deventer is a municipality and city in...	Karin Enke Karin Enke Karin Enke , also known as Karin Busch, Karin Kania, and Karin Enke-Richter, is a former speed skater, one of the most dominant ones of the 1980s.-Short biography:...	Andrea Schöne Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich is a former German Speed skater. Born Andrea Mitscherlich, she competed for East Germany...	Gabi Schönbrunn Gabi Zange Gabriele Zange, born Schönbrunn Gabriele ("Gabi") Zange, born Schönbrunn Gabriele ("Gabi") Zange, born Schönbrunn (born June 1, 1961 in Crimmitschau, (now Free State of Saxony) is a former German speed skater. She was in the world elite on the long distances (3000 m and 5000 m). She won three...
1985	Sarajevo Sarajevo Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....	Andrea Schöne Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich is a former German Speed skater. Born Andrea Mitscherlich, she competed for East Germany...	Gabi Schönbrunn Gabi Zange Gabriele Zange, born Schönbrunn Gabriele ("Gabi") Zange, born Schönbrunn Gabriele ("Gabi") Zange, born Schönbrunn (born June 1, 1961 in Crimmitschau, (now Free State of Saxony) is a former German speed skater. She was in the world elite on the long distances (3000 m and 5000 m). She won three...	Sabine Brehm
1986	The Hague The Hague The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...	Karin Kania Karin Enke Karin Enke , also known as Karin Busch, Karin Kania, and Karin Enke-Richter, is a former speed skater, one of the most dominant ones of the 1980s.-Short biography:...	Andrea Schöne Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich is a former German Speed skater. Born Andrea Mitscherlich, she competed for East Germany...	Sabine Brehm
1987	West Allis West Allis, Wisconsin West Allis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The population was 61,254 at the 2000 census. Its name derives from Edward P. Allis, who started the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company in the 19th century. The site of the town was...	Karin Kania Karin Enke Karin Enke , also known as Karin Busch, Karin Kania, and Karin Enke-Richter, is a former speed skater, one of the most dominant ones of the 1980s.-Short biography:...	Andrea Schöne Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich is a former German Speed skater. Born Andrea Mitscherlich, she competed for East Germany...	Yvonne van Gennip Yvonne van Gennip Yvonne Maria van Gennip was one of the most successful female Dutch all-round speed skaters. Her main success dates from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where she surprisingly won three gold medals...
1988	Skien Skien ' is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Skien. Skien is also the administrative centre of Telemark county....	Karin Kania Karin Enke Karin Enke , also known as Karin Busch, Karin Kania, and Karin Enke-Richter, is a former speed skater, one of the most dominant ones of the 1980s.-Short biography:...	Yvonne van Gennip Yvonne van Gennip Yvonne Maria van Gennip was one of the most successful female Dutch all-round speed skaters. Her main success dates from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where she surprisingly won three gold medals...	Erwina Ryś-Ferens
1989	Lake Placid Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....	Constanze Moser-Scandolo Constanze Moser-Scandolo Constanze Moser-Scandolo is a former World Champion speed skating who competed for East Germany.-Short biography:Born as Constanze Scandolo in Weimar, East Germany, she started skating at the SC Turbine Erfurt skating club in Erfurt where she trained in the same group as Gunda Niemann and Heike...	Gunda Kleemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann is a former German speed skater and the most successful speed skater of all time. Born as Gunda Kleemann, she changed her name to Gunda Niemann after her marriage in 1991 to judoka Detlev Niemann. After their divorce in 1995, she kept the name Niemann...	Yvonne van Gennip Yvonne van Gennip Yvonne Maria van Gennip was one of the most successful female Dutch all-round speed skaters. Her main success dates from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where she surprisingly won three gold medals...
1990	Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...	Jacqueline Börner Jacqueline Börner Jacqueline Börner is a former speed skater.Jacqueline Börner won her first international medal when she earned bronze at the 1987 European Allround Championships. Two years later, she won bronze again...	Seiko Hashimoto Seiko Hashimoto Seiko Hashimoto is a former ice speed skater and track cycling sprinter from Japan, who represented her native country in four consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea...	Constanze Moser-Scandolo Constanze Moser-Scandolo Constanze Moser-Scandolo is a former World Champion speed skating who competed for East Germany.-Short biography:Born as Constanze Scandolo in Weimar, East Germany, she started skating at the SC Turbine Erfurt skating club in Erfurt where she trained in the same group as Gunda Niemann and Heike...
1991	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...	Gunda Kleemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann is a former German speed skater and the most successful speed skater of all time. Born as Gunda Kleemann, she changed her name to Gunda Niemann after her marriage in 1991 to judoka Detlev Niemann. After their divorce in 1995, she kept the name Niemann...	Heike Warnicke-Schalling	Lia van Schie
1992	Heerenveen Heerenveen Heerenveen is a town in the Heerenveen municipality of the province of Friesland , in the north of the Netherlands.- History :The town was established in 1551 by three lords as a location for the purpose of digging peat which was used for fuel, hence the name...	Gunda Niemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann is a former German speed skater and the most successful speed skater of all time. Born as Gunda Kleemann, she changed her name to Gunda Niemann after her marriage in 1991 to judoka Detlev Niemann. After their divorce in 1995, she kept the name Niemann...	Emese Hunyady Emese Hunyady Emese Hunyady is a former speed skater.At age 10, Hunyady participated at the 1977 Hungarian Sprint Championships for Juniors, finishing sixth. Representing Hungary, she had her first international competition in 1979 and in the following years, although still a junior, she entered several senior...	Seiko Hashimoto Seiko Hashimoto Seiko Hashimoto is a former ice speed skater and track cycling sprinter from Japan, who represented her native country in four consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea...
1993	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...	Gunda Niemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann is a former German speed skater and the most successful speed skater of all time. Born as Gunda Kleemann, she changed her name to Gunda Niemann after her marriage in 1991 to judoka Detlev Niemann. After their divorce in 1995, she kept the name Niemann...	Emese Hunyady Emese Hunyady Emese Hunyady is a former speed skater.At age 10, Hunyady participated at the 1977 Hungarian Sprint Championships for Juniors, finishing sixth. Representing Hungary, she had her first international competition in 1979 and in the following years, although still a junior, she entered several senior...	Heike Warnicke-Schalling
1994	Butte Butte, Montana Butte is a city in Montana and the county seat of Silver Bow County, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. As of the 2010 census, Butte's population was 34,200...	Emese Hunyady Emese Hunyady Emese Hunyady is a former speed skater.At age 10, Hunyady participated at the 1977 Hungarian Sprint Championships for Juniors, finishing sixth. Representing Hungary, she had her first international competition in 1979 and in the following years, although still a junior, she entered several senior...	Ulrike Adeberg	Mihaela Dascalu Mihaela Dascalu Mihaela Dascălu is a retired Romanian speed skater, and the most successful speed skater from that country.Dascălu was born in the city of Braşov, and first trained as a figure skater before changing to speed skating. She debuted at the 1987 World Junior Championships, where she finished seventh...
1995	Savalen Savalen Savalen is a lake in Hedmark country, Norway, in the municipalities Tynset and Alvdal, about 18 square kilometres. The river Sivilla, which connects Savalen and Glomma, is regulated and exploited by the Savalen hydropower station . A tourist resort is located at the northern end of the lake, with...	Gunda Niemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann is a former German speed skater and the most successful speed skater of all time. Born as Gunda Kleemann, she changed her name to Gunda Niemann after her marriage in 1991 to judoka Detlev Niemann. After their divorce in 1995, she kept the name Niemann...	Lyudmila Prokasheva Lyudmila Prokasheva Lyudmila Prokasheva is a former speed skater. Representing Kazakhstan, she won an Olympic bronze medal in the 1998 5000 metres. In 1995, she won a silver medal in the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women.-External links:*...	Annamarie Thomas Annamarie Thomas Annamarie Thomas is a former Dutch speed skater.-Biography:Thomas was an allround speed skater, but favored the shorter distances. The years 1995 and 1996 found her at her peak: in both those years she was Dutch allround champion as well as Dutch sprint champion and came in second at the European...
1996	Inzell Inzell Inzell is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for the Eisstadion Inzell, an outdoor artificial ice rink that has been used for many international speed skating championships....	Gunda Niemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann is a former German speed skater and the most successful speed skater of all time. Born as Gunda Kleemann, she changed her name to Gunda Niemann after her marriage in 1991 to judoka Detlev Niemann. After their divorce in 1995, she kept the name Niemann...	Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...	Mie Uehara
1997	Nagano	Gunda Niemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann is a former German speed skater and the most successful speed skater of all time. Born as Gunda Kleemann, she changed her name to Gunda Niemann after her marriage in 1991 to judoka Detlev Niemann. After their divorce in 1995, she kept the name Niemann...	Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...	Tonny de Jong Tonny de Jong Tonny de Jong is a former speed skater who was raised in Heerenveen and now lives in Calgary with Canadian speed skater Mark Knoll, whom she married in 2003....
1998	Heerenveen Heerenveen Heerenveen is a town in the Heerenveen municipality of the province of Friesland , in the north of the Netherlands.- History :The town was established in 1551 by three lords as a location for the purpose of digging peat which was used for fuel, hence the name...	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann is a former German speed skater and the most successful speed skater of all time. Born as Gunda Kleemann, she changed her name to Gunda Niemann after her marriage in 1991 to judoka Detlev Niemann. After their divorce in 1995, she kept the name Niemann...	Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...	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...
1999	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...	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann is a former German speed skater and the most successful speed skater of all time. Born as Gunda Kleemann, she changed her name to Gunda Niemann after her marriage in 1991 to judoka Detlev Niemann. After their divorce in 1995, she kept the name Niemann...	Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...	Tonny de Jong Tonny de Jong Tonny de Jong is a former speed skater who was raised in Heerenveen and now lives in Calgary with Canadian speed skater Mark Knoll, whom she married in 2003....
2000	Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...	Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann is a former German speed skater and the most successful speed skater of all time. Born as Gunda Kleemann, she changed her name to Gunda Niemann after her marriage in 1991 to judoka Detlev Niemann. After their divorce in 1995, she kept the name Niemann...	Maki Tabata Maki Tabata Maki Tabata is a speed skater.Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3,000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. The next year , she won silver on the 1,500 m and bronze on the 5,000 m...
2001	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...	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...	Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...	Renate Groenewold Renate Groenewold Renate Groenewold is a Dutch long track speed skater and road bicycle racer.Groenewold has won several Dutch Championships....
2002	Heerenveen Heerenveen Heerenveen is a town in the Heerenveen municipality of the province of Friesland , in the north of the Netherlands.- History :The town was established in 1551 by three lords as a location for the purpose of digging peat which was used for fuel, hence the name...	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...	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...	Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...
2003	Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...	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...	Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...	Daniela Anschütz
2004	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...	Renate Groenewold Renate Groenewold Renate Groenewold is a Dutch long track speed skater and road bicycle racer.Groenewold has won several Dutch Championships....	Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...	Wieteke Cramer
2005	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	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...	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...	Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...
2006 2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships The 2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena in Calgary on 18 and 19 March 2006:The Canadian Cindy Klassen and the American Shani Davis became Worldchampion.-500 meter:...	Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...	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...	Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...	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....
2007 2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships The 2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands on 9 February, 10 February and 11 February 2007. The Championships were three-day allround events, with the skaters completing four distances before the final championship standings...	Heerenveen Heerenveen Heerenveen is a town in the Heerenveen municipality of the province of Friesland , in the north of the Netherlands.- History :The town was established in 1551 by three lords as a location for the purpose of digging peat which was used for fuel, hence the name...	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...	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...	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...
2008 2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships The 2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena in Berlin on 9 and 10 February 2008. The Dutch skaters Paulien van Deutekom and the Dutch Sven Kramer became World Champions.-500 meter:-1500 meter:...	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...	Paulien van Deutekom Paulien van Deutekom Paulien van Deutekom is a Dutch speed skater who is specialised in the middle long distances, over 1000 and 1500 metres....	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...	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....
2009 2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships The 2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held at the indoor ice rink of the Vikingskipet Olympic Arena in Hamar on 7 and 8 February 2009.The Czech Martina Sáblíková and the Dutch Sven Kramer became world champion....	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...	Martina Sáblíková Martina Sáblíková Martina Sáblíková is a Czech speedskater, specializing in long distance races. She is an Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple World champion. She is the elder sister of fellow speedskater Milan Sáblík.-Career:As a junior, Sáblíková already achieved some notable results during international...	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....	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...
2010 2010 World Allround Speed Skating Championships The 2010 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held at the indoor ice rink of the Thialf in Heerenveen on 19, 20 and 21 March 2010....	Heerenveen Heerenveen Heerenveen is a town in the Heerenveen municipality of the province of Friesland , in the north of the Netherlands.- History :The town was established in 1551 by three lords as a location for the purpose of digging peat which was used for fuel, hence the name...	Martina Sáblíková Martina Sáblíková Martina Sáblíková is a Czech speedskater, specializing in long distance races. She is an Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple World champion. She is the elder sister of fellow speedskater Milan Sáblík.-Career:As a junior, Sáblíková already achieved some notable results during international...	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....	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...
2011 2011 World Allround Speed Skating Championships The 2011 World Allround Speed Skating Championships was held at the indoor ice rink of the Olympic Oval in Calgary on 12 and 13 February 2011.- Women championships :* 500m* 1500m* 3000m* 5000mSource: - Men championships :* 500m* 1500m...	Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...	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...	Christine Nesbitt Christine Nesbitt Christine Nesbitt is a Canadian long track speed skater who currently resides in Calgary, Alberta. Her personal best in the 1000m is the second fastest of all time, right after Cindy Klassen's world record. Nesbitt won the Gold Medal in the 1000 m event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics...	Martina Sáblíková Martina Sáblíková Martina Sáblíková is a Czech speedskater, specializing in long distance races. She is an Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple World champion. She is the elder sister of fellow speedskater Milan Sáblík.-Career:As a junior, Sáblíková already achieved some notable results during international...
2012	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

All-time medal count

Only official tournaments are taken into account

rank	country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	total
1	Soviet Union	24	25	20	69
2	Germany	12	12	5	29
3	German Democratic Republic	10	8	5	23
4	Netherlands	10	7	15	32
5	Canada	3	5	4	12
6	Finland	3	3	2	8
7	Norway	2	3	7	12
8	United States	2	1	5	8
9	Czech Republic	2	0	1	3
10	Austria	1	2	0	3
11	Japan	0	1	3	4
12	North Korea	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
14	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Kingdom of Romania	0	0	1	1

External links

• Results, distances, and ranking systems directly from the International Skating Union