ISU Speed Skating World Cup

The ISU Speed Skating World Cup is a series of international speed skating competitions, organised annually by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1985–86. Every year during the winter season, a number of competitions on different distances and on different locations are held. Skaters can earn points at each competition, and the skater who has the most points on a given distance at the end of the series is the winner. Initially not very popular with skaters nor spectators, the World Cup has gradually become more and more popular, and this was due to the creation of the World Single Distance Championships. The results of the separate distances in the World Cup ranking are the main qualifying method for the World Single Distance Championships.

The number of races per season per distance varies, but it is usually between five and ten. Ten World Cup titles are awarded every season, five for men (the 500 m, the 1000 m, the 1500 m, the combined 5000 m / 10000 m, and the team pursuit), and five for women (the 500 m, the 1000 m, the 1500 m, the combined 3000 m / 5000 m, and the team pursuit).

The team pursuit was added to the World Cup in the 2005–06 season. Between the seasons 2003–04 and 2008–09, the 100 m was also contested for men and women, but this category is now defunct.

The mass start was re-introduced for both women and men in the World Cup in Astana in 2011.

Overall World Cup winners

Men

Season	100 m	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	5000 / 10000 m	Team pursuit	Team sprint	Mass start
1985–86		Dan Jansen	Dan Jansen	Michael Hadschieff	Dave Silk
1986–87		Nick Thometz	Nick Thometz	Hans Magnusson	Geir Karlstad
1987–88		Dan Jansen	Uwe-Jens Mey	André Hoffmann	Tomas Gustafson
1988–89		Uwe-Jens Mey	Uwe-Jens Mey	Eric Flaim Michael Hadschieff	Gerard Kemkers
1989–90		Uwe-Jens Mey	Uwe-Jens Mey (3)	Johann Olav Koss	Bart Veldkamp
1990–91		Uwe-Jens Mey (3)	Igor Zhelezovski	Johann Olav Koss (2)	Johann Olav Koss
1991–92		Dan Jansen	Igor Zhelezovski	Falko Zandstra	Geir Karlstad (2)
1992–93		Dan Jansen	Igor Zhelezovski (3)	Rintje Ritsma	Bart Veldkamp
1993–94		Dan Jansen (5)	Dan Jansen (2)	Falko Zandstra (2)	Johann Olav Koss (2)
1994–95		Hiroyasu Shimizu	Yukinori Miyabe	Neal Marshall	Rintje Ritsma
1995–96		Manabu Horii	Ådne Søndrål	Hiroyuki Noake	Rintje Ritsma
1996–97		Hiroyasu Shimizu	Manabu Horii	Rintje Ritsma (2)	Rintje Ritsma (3)
1997–98		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Ids Postma	Gianni Romme
1998–99		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Ådne Søndrål	Bart Veldkamp (3)
1999–2000		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Ådne Søndrål	Gianni Romme
2000–01		Hiroyasu Shimizu (3)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Aleksandr Kibalko	Gianni Romme
2001–02		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jeremy Wotherspoon (5)	Ådne Søndrål (3)	Gianni Romme (4)
2002–03		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Erben Wennemars	Yevgeny Lalenkov	Carl Verheijen
2003–04	Yu Fengtong	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Erben Wennemars	Mark Tuitert	Bob de Jong
2004–05	Yu Fengtong (2)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Erben Wennemars	Mark Tuitert (2)	Øystein Grødum	Italy
2005–06	Yūya Oikawa	Lee Kang-seok	Shani Davis	Chad Hedrick	Chad Hedrick	Canada
2006–07	Yūya Oikawa	Tucker Fredricks	Erben Wennemars (4)	Erben Wennemars	Sven Kramer	Netherlands
2007–08	Lee Kang-seok	Jeremy Wotherspoon (8)	Shani Davis	Shani Davis	Håvard Bøkko	Netherlands
2008–09	Yūya Oikawa (3)	Yu Fengtong	Shani Davis	Shani Davis	Sven Kramer	Canada (2)
2009–10		Tucker Fredricks (2)	Shani Davis	Shani Davis	Håvard Bøkko (2)	Norway
2010–11		Lee Kang-seok (2)	Stefan Groothuis	Shani Davis (4)	Bob de Jong	Norway
2011–12		Mo Tae-bum	Shani Davis	Håvard Bøkko	Bob de Jong (3)	Netherlands		Alexis Contin
2012–13		Jan Smeekens	Kjeld Nuis	Zbigniew Bródka	Jorrit Bergsma	Netherlands		Arjan Stroetinga
2013–14		Ronald Mulder	Shani Davis (6)	Koen Verweij	Jorrit Bergsma	Netherlands		Bob de Vries
2014–15		Pavel Kulizhnikov	Pavel Kulizhnikov	Denny Morrison	Jorrit Bergsma	South Korea		Lee Seung-hoon
2015–16		Pavel Kulizhnikov	Kjeld Nuis	Denis Yuskov	Sven Kramer (3)	Netherlands	Netherlands	Arjan Stroetinga (2)
2016–17		Dai Dai N'tab	Kjeld Nuis	Kjeld Nuis	Jorrit Bergsma (4)	Netherlands (7)	Canada	Lee Seung-hoon (2)
2017–18		Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen	Kjeld Nuis	Denis Yuskov	Ted-Jan Bloemen	Norway	Norway	Bart Swings
2018–19		Pavel Kulizhnikov (3)	Kjeld Nuis (5)	Denis Yuskov (3)	Aleksandr Rumyantsev	Norway	Netherlands	Um Cheon-ho
2019–20		Tatsuya Shinhama	Thomas Krol	Kjeld Nuis	Patrick Roest	Russia	Netherlands	Bart Swings
2020–21		Dai Dai N'tab (2)	Kai Verbij	Thomas Krol	Patrick Roest (2)	Norway (5)		Bart Swings
2021–22		Laurent Dubreuil	Thomas Krol (2)	Joey Mantia	Nils van der Poel	United States	China	Bart Swings
2022–23		Laurent Dubreuil (2)	Hein Otterspeer	Kjeld Nuis (3)	Beau Snellink	United States	Netherlands (4)	Bart Swings (5)
2023–24		Wataru Morishige	Ning Zhongyan	Ning Zhongyan	Davide Ghiotto	United States (3)	United States	Andrea Giovannini

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	403	372	359	1,134
2	United States	162	150	131	443
3	Japan	149	161	154	464
4	Canada	119	125	126	370
5	Russia	119	91	97	307
6	Norway	108	106	97	311
7	South Korea	58	88	93	239
8	East Germany	47	15	23	85
9	Soviet Union	23	21	28	72
10	Germany	22	23	44	89
11	Finland	19	19	25	63
12	Italy	15	20	25	60
13	China	14	25	11	50
14	Belgium	10	13	16	39
15	Sweden	9	20	13	42
16	Austria	9	10	14	33
17	Belarus	9	8	2	19
18	Poland	8	16	24	48
19	CIS	5	1	1	7
20	Kazakhstan	3	0	2	5
21	New Zealand	2	4	6	12
22	France	2	4	4	10
23	West Germany	0	3	3	6
24	Latvia	0	3	0	3
25	Switzerland	0	2	2	4
26	Australia	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 entries)		1,315	1,300	1,301	3,916

Women

Season	100 m	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 / 5000 m	Team pursuit	Team sprint	Mass start
1985–86		Christa Rothenburger	Karin Kania	Annette Carlén-Karlsson	Andrea Ehrig
1986–87		Bonnie Blair	Bonnie Blair	Yvonne van Gennip	Yvonne van Gennip
1987–88		Christa Rothenburger	Christa Rothenburger	Bonnie Blair	Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn
1988–89		Christa Luding-Rothenburger (3)	Angela Hauck-Stahnke	Constanze Moser-Scandolo	Heike Schalling
1989–90		Bonnie Blair Angela Stahnke	Seiko Hashimoto	Jacqueline Börner	Gunda Kleemann
1990–91		Kyoko Shimazaki	Monique Garbrecht	Gunda Kleemann	Heike Warnicke-Schalling
1991–92		Bonnie Blair	Bonnie Blair	Gunda Niemann	Gunda Niemann
1992–93		Ye Qiaobo	Bonnie Blair	Gunda Niemann	Gunda Niemann
1993–94		Bonnie Blair	Bonnie Blair	Emese Hunyady	Gunda Niemann
1994–95		Bonnie Blair (5)	Bonnie Blair (5)	Gunda Niemann	Gunda Niemann
1995–96		Svetlana Zhurova	Chris Witty	Gunda Niemann	Gunda Niemann
1996–97		Xue Ruihong	Franziska Schenk	Gunda Niemann	Tonny de Jong
1997–98		Catriona Le May Doan	Monique Garbrecht	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
1998–99		Catriona Le May Doan	Monique Garbrecht	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
1999–2000		Monique Garbrecht	Monique Garbrecht	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (9)	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
2000–01		Catriona Le May Doan	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	Anni Friesinger	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (9)
2001–02		Catriona Le May Doan (4)	Sabine Völker	Anni Friesinger	Anni Friesinger
2002–03		Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (2)	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (5)	Cindy Klassen	Claudia Pechstein
2003–04	Shihomi Shinya	Wang Manli	Jennifer Rodriguez	Anni Friesinger (3)	Claudia Pechstein
2004–05	Sayuri Osuga	Wang Manli (2)	Chiara Simionato	Cindy Klassen	Claudia Pechstein (3)	Japan
2005–06	Jenny Wolf	Jenny Wolf	Anni Friesinger	Cindy Klassen (3)	Cindy Klassen (3)	Germany
2006–07	Jenny Wolf	Jenny Wolf	Chiara Simionato (2)	Ireen Wüst	Martina Sáblíková	Netherlands
2007–08	Jenny Wolf	Jenny Wolf	Anni Friesinger (2)	Kristina Groves	Martina Sáblíková	Canada
2008–09	Jenny Wolf (4)	Jenny Wolf	Christine Nesbitt	Kristina Groves	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic
2009–10		Jenny Wolf	Christine Nesbitt	Kristina Groves (3)	Martina Sáblíková	Canada
2010–11		Jenny Wolf (6)	Heather Richardson	Christine Nesbitt	Martina Sáblíková	Netherlands
2011–12		Yu Jing	Christine Nesbitt (3)	Christine Nesbitt (2)	Martina Sáblíková	Canada		Mariska Huisman
2012–13		Lee Sang-hwa	Heather Richardson	Marrit Leenstra	Martina Sáblíková	Netherlands		Kim Bo-reum
2013–14		Olga Fatkulina	Heather Richardson	Ireen Wüst	Martina Sáblíková	Netherlands		Francesca Lollobrigida
2014–15		Nao Kodaira	Brittany Bowe	Marrit Leenstra (2)	Martina Sáblíková	Netherlands (5)		Ivanie Blondin
2015–16		Heather Richardson-Bergsma	Brittany Bowe	Brittany Bowe	Martina Sáblíková	Japan	China	Irene Schouten
2016–17		Nao Kodaira	Heather Bergsma (4)	Heather Bergsma	Martina Sáblíková	Japan	Japan	Kim Bo-reum
2017–18		Vanessa Herzog	Yekaterina Shikhova	Miho Takagi	Antoinette de Jong	Japan	Russia	Francesca Lollobrigida
2018–19		Vanessa Herzog (2)	Brittany Bowe	Brittany Bowe	Martina Sáblíková	Japan	Russia (2)	Kim Bo-reum (3)
2019–20		Nao Kodaira (3)	Brittany Bowe	Ireen Wüst (3)	Martina Sáblíková (13)	Canada	Netherlands	Ivanie Blondin
2020–21		Femke Kok	Brittany Bowe	Brittany Bowe (3)	Irene Schouten	Canada		Irene Schouten (2)
2021–22		Erin Jackson	Brittany Bowe (6)	Miho Takagi	Irene Schouten (2)	Canada	Poland	Francesca Lollobrigida (3)
2022–23		Kim Min-sun	Miho Takagi	Miho Takagi	Ragne Wiklund	Canada (7)	United States	Ivanie Blondin (3)
2023–24		Erin Jackson (2)	Miho Takagi (2)	Miho Takagi (4)	Ragne Wiklund (2)	Japan (6)	Netherlands (2)	Valérie Maltais

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	309	245	190	744
2	United States	185	131	115	431
3	Netherlands	153	244	254	651
4	Canada	124	118	118	360
5	Japan	120	122	153	395
6	China	76	73	63	212
7	East Germany	74	63	42	179
8	Czech Republic	61	29	24	114
9	South Korea	50	45	41	136
10	Russia	43	81	113	237
11	Austria	19	27	31	77
12	Italy	14	13	34	61
13	Belarus	5	14	7	26
14	Norway	3	13	22	38
15	Poland	1	8	14	23
16	Sweden	1	2	1	4
17	Kazakhstan	0	5	4	9
18	West Germany	0	2	2	4
19	Soviet Union	0	1	6	7
20	Denmark	0	1	0	1
21	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		1,238	1,237	1,235	3,710

Most World Cup victories

The skaters with the highest number of individual World Cup victories as of 19 February 2023. Active skaters in bold.

Men

Pos	Athlete	100 m	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	5000 m	10000 m	Mass start	Total wins
1	Jeremy Wotherspoon		49	18					67
2	Shani Davis			40	18				58
3	Uwe-Jens Mey		36	12					48
4	Dan Jansen		32	14					46
5	Sven Kramer				3	34	5		42
6	Pavel Kulizhnikov		24	12					36
7	Hiroyasu Shimizu	1	34						35
8	Igor Zhelezovsky		4	24	2				30
	Ådne Søndrål		1	11	18				30
10	Rintje Ritsma				11	17	1		29

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

Women

Pos	Athlete	100 m	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 m	5000 m	Mass start	Total wins
1	Gunda Niemann			2	39	42	15		98
2	Bonnie Blair		39	27	3				69
3	Jenny Wolf	12	49						61
4	Anni Friesinger			19	26	10	1		56
5	Martina Sáblíková				1	35	14	2	52
6	Lee Sang-hwa	1	36						37
7	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt		17	19					36
	Ireen Wüst			4	26	6			36
9	Nao Kodaira		28	6					34
	Catriona Le May Doan	1	27	6					34
	Heather Richardson Bergsma		6	21	7				34

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

All-time medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	556	615	613	1,784
2	United States	347	281	246	874
3	Germany	331	268	234	833
4	Japan	269	283	307	859
5	Canada	243	243	244	730
6	Russia	162	172	210	544
7	East Germany	121	78	65	264
8	Norway	111	119	119	349
9	South Korea	108	133	134	375
10	China	90	98	74	262
11	Czech Republic	61	29	24	114
12	Italy	29	33	59	121
13	Austria	28	37	45	110
14	Soviet Union	23	22	34	79
15	Finland	16	19	25	60
16	Belarus	14	22	9	45
17	Sweden	10	22	14	46
18	Belgium	10	13	16	39
19	Poland	9	24	38	71
20	CIS	5	1	1	7
21	Kazakhstan	3	5	0	8
22	France	2	4	4	10
23	New Zealand	2	0	6	8
24	West Germany	0	5	5	10
25	Latvia	0	3	0	3
26	Switzerland	0	2	2	4
27	Denmark	0	1	0	1
28	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (29 entries)		2,550	2,532	2,530	7,612

See also

• ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating
• Cup Ranking - Country Medal Table
• World Speed Skating Championships