2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Utah Olympic Oval (Kearns)
Dates	March 8–11, 2007

The 2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between March 8 and March 11, 2007, in the Utah Olympic Oval. Twelve events were held, and world records were broken in five events.

Schedule

Date	Events
March 8	1500 m women
	5000 m men
March 9	500 m men (1st)
	3000 m women
	500 m men (2nd)
March 10	500 m women (1st)
	1000 m men
	500 m women (2nd)
	10000 m men
	Team pursuit women
March 11	1000 m women
	1500 m men
	5000 m women
	Team pursuit men

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m	Lee Kang-seok South Korea	68.690 (34.44–34.25 WR)	Yuya Oikawa Japan	69.020 (34.45–34.57)	Tucker Fredricks United States	69.030 (34.48–34.55)
1000 m	Shani Davis United States	1:07.28	Denny Morrison Canada	1:07.30	Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea	1:07.51
1500 m	Shani Davis United States	1:42.39	Erben Wennemars Netherlands	1:42.80	Denny Morrison Canada	1:42.88
5000 m	Sven Kramer Netherlands	6:10.70	Enrico Fabris Italy	6:12.53	Carl Verheijen Netherlands	6:15.21
10000 m	Sven Kramer Netherlands	12:41.69 WR	Carl Verheijen Netherlands	13:00.46	Brigt Rykkje Netherlands	13:06.03
Team pursuit	Netherlands Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars	3:37.80 WR	Canada Arne Dankers Denny Morrison Justin Warsylewicz	3:38.31	Russia Yevgeny Lalenkov Ivan Skobrev Aleksey Yunin	3:41.23

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m	Jenny Wolf Germany	74.420 (37.38–37.04 WR)	Wang Beixing China	74.530 (37.24–37.29)	Sayuri Osuga Japan	75.200 (37.69–37.51)
1000 m	Ireen Wüst Netherlands	1:13.83	Anni Friesinger Germany	1:14.26	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:14.44
1500 m	Ireen Wüst Netherlands	1:52.71	Cindy Klassen Canada	1:53.40	Kristina Groves Canada	1:54.39
3000 m	Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic	3:58.09	Renate Groenewold Netherlands	3:58.41	Cindy Klassen Canada	3:58.50
5000 m	Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic	6:45.61 WR	Claudia Pechstein Germany	6:50.79	Kristina Groves Canada	6:58.41
Team pursuit	Canada Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Shannon Rempel	2:58.15	Netherlands Ireen Wüst Renate Groenewold Paulien van Deutekom	2:59.18	Germany Claudia Pechstein Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Lucille Opitz	2:59.38

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	5	4	2	11
2	United States (USA)	2	0	1	3
3	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	0	0	2
4	Canada (CAN)	1	3	5	9
5	Germany (GER)	1	2	1	4
6	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	1	2
7	Japan (JPN)	0	1	1	2
8	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
10	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		12	12	12	36

References

• Official results