List of speed skating records

This list of speed skating records is an overview of the current speed skating records in its various events ratified by the International Skating Union.

World record progression

World records

Men

Event	Name	Country	Result	Date	Place	Average speed
500 meters Progression	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	34.03	November 9, 2007	Salt Lake City	52.89 km/h (32.86 mph)
500 meters × 2	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	1:08.17	November 9–11, 2007	Salt Lake City	52.81 km/h (32.81 mph)
1,000 meters Progression	Shani Davis	United States	1:06.42	March 7, 2009	Salt Lake City	54.20 km/h (33.68 mph)
1,500 meters Progression	Shani Davis	United States	1:41.04	December 11, 2009	Salt Lake City	53.44 km/h (33.21 mph)
3,000 meters Progression	Eskil Ervik	Norway	3:37.28*	November 5, 2005	Calgary	49.71 km/h (30.89 mph)
5,000 meters Progression	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	6:03.32	November 17, 2007	Calgary	49.54 km/h (30.78 mph)
10,000 meters Progression	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	12:41.69	March 10, 2007	Salt Lake City	47.26 km/h (29.37 mph)
Team pursuit (8 laps)	Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars	Netherlands	3:37.80	March 11, 2007	Salt Lake City	52.89 km/h (32.86 mph) **
Sprint combination	Michel Mulder	Netherlands	136.790 points	January 26–27, 2013	Salt Lake City
Small combination	Erben Wennemars	Netherlands	146.365 points	August 13, 2005	Calgary
Big combination	Shani Davis	United States	145.742 points	March 18–19, 2006	Calgary

• * In his Nov 17, 2007 world record 5,000 m race, Sven Kramer passed the 3,000 m mark at 3:37.15.

For comparison, the fastest known 400 m lap was skated by Jeremy Wotherspoon on 10 November 2007 in Salt Lake City during a 1000 m race in 24.32 seconds with an average speed of 59.21 km/h (36.79 mph).

Women

Event	Name	Country	Result	Date	Place	Average speed
500 meters Progression	Lee Sang-hwa	South Korea	36.80	20 January 2013	Calgary	48.91 km/h (30.39 mph)
500 meters × 2	Lee Sang-hwa	South Korea	1:13.79	19–20 January 2013	Calgary	48.79 km/h (30.32 mph)
1,000 meters Progression	Christine Nesbitt	Canada	1:12.68	January 28, 2012	Calgary	49.53 km/h (30.78 mph)
1,500 meters Progression	Cindy Klassen	Canada	1:51.79	November 20, 2005	Salt Lake City	48.30 km/h (30.01 mph)
3,000 meters Progression	Cindy Klassen	Canada	3:53.34	March 18, 2006	Calgary	46.28 km/h (28.76 mph)
5,000 meters Progression	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	6:42.66	February 18, 2011	Salt Lake City	44.70 km/h (27.78 mph)
10,000 meters Progression	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	13:48.33	March 15, 2007	Calgary	43.46 km/h (27.00 mph)
Team pursuit (6 laps)	Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler	Canada	2:55.79	December 6, 2009	Calgary	49.15 km/h (30.54 mph) **
Sprint combination	Heather Richardson	United States	147.735 points	January 19-20, 2013	Calgary
Mini combination	Cindy Klassen	Canada	155.576 points	March 15–17, 2001	Calgary
Small combination	Cindy Klassen	Canada	154.580 points	March 18–19, 2006	Calgary

For comparison, the fastest known 400 m lap was skated by Lee Sang-hwa on 20 January 2013 in Calgary during her 500 m world record race in 26.54 seconds with an average speed of 54.26 km/h (33.72 mph).

• ** The average speed for the team pursuit races is somewhat lower than shown, as the team skates 8 or 6 inner lanes, whereas the 400 m length of a speed skating oval is based on skating one inner and one outer curve.

Olympic records

Men

Event	Name	Country	Result	Date	Venue	Avg. speed
500 meters	Casey FitzRandolph	United States	34.42	February 11, 2002	Salt Lake City	52.37 km/h
1,000 meters	Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	1:07.18	February 16, 2002	Salt Lake City	53.59 km/h
1,500 meters	Derek Parra	United States	1:43.95	February 19, 2002	Salt Lake City	51.95 km/h
5,000 meters	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	6:14.60	February 13, 2010	Vancouver	48.05 km/h
10,000 meters	Lee Seung-Hoon	South Korea	12:58.55	February 23, 2010	Vancouver	46.23 km/h
Team pursuit (8 laps)	Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Mark Tuitert	Netherlands	3:39.95	February 27, 2010	Vancouver	52.38 km/h

Women

Event	Name	Country	Result	Date	Venue	Avg. speed
500 meters	Catriona LeMay Doan	Canada	37.30	February 13, 2002	Salt Lake City	48.26 km/h
1,000 meters	Christine Witty	United States	1:13.83	February 17, 2002	Salt Lake City	48.76 km/h
1,500 meters	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1:54.02	February 20, 2002	Salt Lake City	47.36 km/h
3,000 meters	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	3:57.70	February 10, 2002	Salt Lake City	45.44 km/h
5,000 meters	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	6:46.91	February 23, 2002	Salt Lake City	44.24 km/h
Team pursuit (6 laps)	Kristina Groves Cindy Klassen Christine Nesbitt	Canada	3:01.24	February 15, 2006	Turin	47.67 km/h

External links

• ISU web site
• World Records
• Speed skating statistics by Evert Stenlund