SPEED SKATING
ISU Speed Skating World Champions Sprint/Allround: Complete List by Year : 2001–2026
26 May 2026
The ISU Speed Skating World Championships Sprint/Allround have crowned some of the sport’s most complete and versatile athletes for generations. From explosive sprint specialists to endurance masters, these championships reward consistency across multiple distances and remain among speed skating’s most prestigious titles. Explore the complete list of the ISU Speed Skating World Champions Sprint/Allround and revisit the athletes who shaped the history of the sport.
ISU Speed World Skating Champions Sprint
ISU Speed Skating World Champions Sprint Women
- 2026 – Femke Kok (NED)
- 2025 – Not held
- 2024 – Miho Takagi (JPN)
- 2023 – Not held
- 2022 – Jutta Leerdam (NED)
- 2021 – Not held
- 2020 – Miho Takagi (JPN)
- 2019 – Martina Sáblíková (CZE)
- 2018 – Jorien ter Mors (NED)
- 2017 – Nao Kodaira (JPN)
- 2016 – Brittany Bowe (USA)
- 2015 – Brittany Bowe (USA)
- 2014 – Yu Jing (CHN)
- 2013 – Heather Bergsma (USA)
- 2012 – Yu Jing (CHN)
- 2011 – Christine Nesbitt (CAN)
- 2010 – Lee Sang-Hwa (KOR)
- 2009 – Wang Beixing (CHN)
- 2008 – Jenny Wolf (GER)
- 2007 – Anni Friesinger (GER)
- 2006 – Svetlana Zhurova (RUS)
- 2005 – Jennifer Rodriguez (USA)
- 2004 – Marianne Timmer (NED)
- 2003 – Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (GER)
- 2002 – Catriona Le May Doan (CAN)
- 2001 – Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (GER)
Lee Sang-Hwa skates in the 500m Ladies at the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating Championships 2013 in Heerenveen, Netherlands © Getty Images
ISU Speed Skating World Champions Sprint Men
- 2026 – Jenning De Boo (NED)
- 2025 – Not held
- 2024 – Ning Zhongyan (CHN)
- 2023 – Not held
- 2022 – Thomas Krol (NED)
- 2021 – Not held
- 2020 – Tatsuya Shinhama (JPN)
- 2019 – Patrick Roest (NED)
- 2018 – Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen (NOR)
- 2017 – Kai Verbij (NED)
- 2016 – Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS)
- 2015 – Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS)
- 2014 – Michel Mulder (NED)
- 2013 – Michel Mulder (NED)
- 2012 – Stefan Groothuis (NED)
- 2011 – Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR)
- 2010 – Aleksandr Lebedev (RUS)
- 2009 – Shani Davis (USA)
- 2008 – Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR)
- 2007 – Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR)
- 2006 – Joey Cheek (USA)
- 2005 – Erben Wennemars (NED)
- 2004 – Erben Wennemars (NED)
- 2003 – Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN)
- 2002 – Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN)
- 2001 – Mike Ireland (CAN)
Jenning De Boo poses during flower ceremony at the ISU Speed Skating World Championships Allround/Sprint 2026 in Heerenveen, Netherlands © ISU
(Left to right) Ivanie Blondin, Ireen Wüst and Antoinette de Jong pose in the Ladies Allround medal ceremony at the ISU World Speed Skating Championships Sprint & World Allround 2020 in Hamar, Norway © ISU
ISU Speed Skating World Champions Allround
ISU Speed Skating World Champions Allround Women
- 2026 – Ragne Wiklund (NOR)
- 2025 – Not held
- 2024 – Joy Beune (NED)
- 2023 – Not held
- 2022 – Irene Schouten (NED)
- 2021 – Not held
- 2020 – Ireen Wüst (NED)
- 2019 – Martina Sáblíková (CZE)
- 2018 – Miho Takagi (JPN)
- 2017 – Ireen Wüst (NED)
- 2016 – Martina Sáblíková (CZE)
- 2015 – Martina Sáblíková (CZE)
- 2014 – Ireen Wüst (NED)
- 2013 – Ireen Wüst (NED)
- 2012 – Ireen Wüst (NED)
- 2011 – Ireen Wüst (NED)
- 2010 – Martina Sáblíková (CZE)
- 2009 – Martina Sáblíková (CZE)
- 2008 – Paulien van Deutekom (NED)
- 2007 – Ireen Wüst (NED)
- 2006 – Cindy Klassen (CAN
- 2005 – Anni Friesinger (GER)
- 2004 – Renate Groenewold (NED)
- 2003 – Cindy Klassen (CAN)
- 2002 – Anni Friesinger (GER)
- 2001 – Anni Friesinger (GER)
Sven Kramer celebrates after winning the ISU Speed Skating World Championships Allround 2008 in Berlin, Germany © Getty Images
ISU Speed Skating World Champions Allround Men
- 2026 – Sander Eitrem (NOR)
- 2025 – Not held
- 2024 – Jordan Stolz (USA)
- 2023 – Not held
- 2022 – Nils van der Poel (SWE)
- 2021 – Not held
- 2020 – Patrick Roest (NED)
- 2019 – Patrick Roest (NED)
- 2018 – Patrick Roest (NED)
- 2017 – Sven Kramer (NED)
- 2016 – Sven Kramer (NED)
- 2015 – Sven Kramer (NED)
- 2014 – Koen Verweij (NED)
- 2013 – Sven Kramer (NED)
- 2012 – Sven Kramer (NED)
- 2011 – Ivan Skobrev (RUS)
- 2010 – Sven Kramer (NED)
- 2009 – Sven Kramer (NED)
- 2008 – Sven Kramer (NED)
- 2007 – Sven Kramer (NED)
- 2006 – Shani Davis (USA)
- 2005 – Shani Davis (USA)
- 2004 – Chad Hedrick (USA)
- 2003 – Gianni Romme (NED)
- 2002 – Jochem Uytdehaage (NED)
- 2001 – Rintje Ritsma (NED)
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