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 . 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 . Between the seasons 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
		Dan Jansen	Dan Jansen	Michael Hadschieff	Dave Silk
		Nick Thometz	Nick Thometz	Hans Magnusson	Geir Karlstad
		Dan Jansen	Uwe-Jens Mey	André Hoffmann	Tomas Gustafson
		Uwe-Jens Mey	Uwe-Jens Mey	Eric Flaim Michael Hadschieff	Gerard Kemkers
		Uwe-Jens Mey	Uwe-Jens Mey (3)	Johann Olav Koss	Bart Veldkamp
		Uwe-Jens Mey (3)	Igor Zhelezovski	Johann Olav Koss (2)	Johann Olav Koss
		Dan Jansen	Igor Zhelezovski	Falko Zandstra	Geir Karlstad (2)
		Dan Jansen	Igor Zhelezovski (3)	Rintje Ritsma	Bart Veldkamp (2)
		Dan Jansen (5)	Dan Jansen (2)	Falko Zandstra (2)	Johann Olav Koss (2)
		Hiroyasu Shimizu	Yukinori Miyabe	Neal Marshall	Rintje Ritsma
		Manabu Horii	Ådne Søndrål	Hiroyuki Noake	Rintje Ritsma
		Hiroyasu Shimizu	Manabu Horii	Rintje Ritsma (2)	Rintje Ritsma (3)
		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Ids Postma	Gianni Romme
		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Ådne Søndrål	Bart Veldkamp
		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Ådne Søndrål	Gianni Romme
		Hiroyasu Shimizu (3)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Aleksandr Kibalko	Gianni Romme
		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jeremy Wotherspoon (5)	Ådne Søndrål (3)	Gianni Romme (4)
		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Erben Wennemars	Yevgeny Lalenkov	Carl Verheijen
	Yu Fengtong	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Erben Wennemars	Mark Tuitert	Bob de Jong
	Yu Fengtong (2)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Erben Wennemars	Mark Tuitert (2)	Øystein Grødum	Italy
	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 Ntab	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 (2)	Um Cheon-ho
2019–20		Tatsuya Shinhama	Thomas Krol	Kjeld Nuis (2)	Patrick Roest	Russia	Netherlands (3)	Bart Swings
2020–21		Dai Dai Ntab (2)	Kai Verbij	Thomas Krol	Patrick Roest (2)	Norway (5)		Bart Swings (3)

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[1]

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	403	372	359	1134
2	United States (USA)	162	150	131	443
3	Japan (JPN)	149	161	154	464
4	Canada (CAN)	119	125	126	370
5	Russia (RUS)	119	91	97	307
6	Norway (NOR)	108	106	97	311
7	South Korea (KOR)	58	88	93	239
8	East Germany (GDR)	47	15	23	85
9	Soviet Union (URS)	23	21	28	72
10	Germany (GER)	22	23	44	89
11	Finland (FIN)	19	19	25	63
12	Italy (ITA)	15	20	25	60
13	China (CHN)	14	25	11	50
14	Belgium (BEL)	10	13	16	39
15	Sweden (SWE)	9	20	13	42
16	Austria (AUT)	9	10	14	33
17	Belarus (BLR)	9	8	2	19
18	Poland (POL)	8	16	24	48
19	CIS (CIS)	5	1	1	7
20	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	3	0	2	5
21	New Zealand (NZL)	2	4	6	12
22	France (FRA)	2	4	4	10
23	West Germany (FRG)	0	3	3	6
24	Latvia (LAT)	0	3	0	3
25	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	2	4
26	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 nations)		1315	1300	1301	3916

Women[]

Season	100 m	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 / 5000 m	Team pursuit	Team sprint	Mass start
		Christa Rothenburger	Karin Kania	Annette Carlén-Karlsson	Andrea Ehrig
		Bonnie Blair	Bonnie Blair	Yvonne van Gennip	Yvonne van Gennip
		Christa Rothenburger	Christa Rothenburger	Bonnie Blair	Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn
		Christa Luding-Rothenburger (3)	Angela Hauck-Stahnke	Constanze Moser-Scandolo	Heike Schalling
		Bonnie Blair Angela Stahnke	Seiko Hashimoto	Jacqueline Börner	Gunda Kleemann
		Kyoko Shimazaki	Monique Garbrecht	Gunda Kleemann	Heike Warnicke-Schalling
		Bonnie Blair	Bonnie Blair	Gunda Niemann	Gunda Niemann
		Ye Qiaobo	Bonnie Blair	Gunda Niemann	Gunda Niemann
		Bonnie Blair	Bonnie Blair	Emese Hunyady	Gunda Niemann
		Bonnie Blair (5)	Bonnie Blair (5)	Gunda Niemann	Gunda Niemann
		Svetlana Zhurova	Chris Witty	Gunda Niemann	Gunda Niemann
		Xue Ruihong	Franziska Schenk	Gunda Niemann	Tonny de Jong
		Catriona Le May Doan	Monique Garbrecht	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
		Catriona Le May Doan	Monique Garbrecht	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
		Monique Garbrecht	Monique Garbrecht	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (9)	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
		Catriona Le May Doan	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	Anni Friesinger	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (9)
		Catriona Le May Doan (4)	Sabine Völker	Anni Friesinger	Anni Friesinger
		Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (2)	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (5)	Cindy Klassen	Claudia Pechstein
	Shihomi Shinya	Wang Manli	Jennifer Rodriguez	Anni Friesinger (3)	Claudia Pechstein
	Sayuri Osuga	Wang Manli (2)	Chiara Simionato	Cindy Klassen	Claudia Pechstein (3)	Japan
	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 (3)		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	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 (2)
2018–19		Vanessa Herzog (2)	Brittany Bowe	Brittany Bowe	Martina Sáblíková	Japan (5)	Russia (2)	Kim Bo-reum (3)
2019–20		Nao Kodaira (3)	Brittany Bowe	Ireen Wüst (3)	Martina Sáblíková (13)	Canada	Netherlands	Ivanie Blondin (2)
2020–21		Femke Kok	Brittany Bowe (5)	Brittany Bowe (3)	Irene Schouten	Canada (5)		Irene Schouten (2)

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[2]

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	309	245	190	744
2	United States (USA)	185	131	115	431
3	Netherlands (NED)	153	244	254	651
4	Canada (CAN)	124	118	118	360
5	Japan (JPN)	120	122	153	395
6	China (CHN)	76	73	63	212
7	East Germany (GDR)	74	63	42	179
8	Czech Republic (CZE)	61	29	24	114
9	South Korea (KOR)	50	45	41	136
10	Russia (RUS)	43	81	113	237
11	Austria (AUT)	19	27	31	77
12	Italy (ITA)	14	13	34	61
13	Belarus (BLR)	5	14	7	26
14	Norway (NOR)	3	13	22	38
15	Poland (POL)	1	8	14	23
16	Sweden (SWE)	1	2	1	4
17	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	5	4	9
18	West Germany (FRG)	0	2	2	4
19	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	6	7
20	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
21	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 nations)		1238	1237	1235	3710

Most World Cup victories[]

The skaters with the highest number of individual World Cup victories as of 9 February 2020. 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^[3]

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	13	2	51
6	Lee Sang-hwa	1	36						37
7	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt		17	19					36
	Ireen Wüst			4	26	6			36
9	Catriona Le May Doan	1	27	6					34
	Heather Richardson Bergsma		6	21	7				34

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[4]

All-time medal count[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	556	615	613	1784
2	United States (USA)	347	281	246	874
3	Germany (GER)	331	268	234	833
4	Japan (JPN)	269	283	307	859
5	Canada (CAN)	243	243	244	730
6	Russia (RUS)	162	172	210	544
7	East Germany (GDR)	121	78	65	264
8	Norway (NOR)	111	119	119	349
9	South Korea (KOR)	108	133	134	375
10	China (CHN)	90	98	74	262
11	Czech Republic (CZE)	61	29	24	114
12	Italy (ITA)	29	33	59	121
13	Austria (AUT)	28	37	45	110
14	Soviet Union (URS)	23	22	34	79
15	Finland (FIN)	16	19	25	60
16	Belarus (BLR)	14	22	9	45
17	Sweden (SWE)	10	22	14	46
18	Belgium (BEL)	10	13	16	39
19	Poland (POL)	9	24	38	71
20	CIS (CIS)	5	1	1	7
21	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	3	5	0	8
22	France (FRA)	2	4	4	10
23	New Zealand (NZL)	2	0	6	8
24	West Germany (FRG)	0	5	5	10
25	Latvia (LAT)	0	3	0	3
26	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	2	4
27	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
28	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (29 nations)		2550	2532	2530	7612

See also[]

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

References[]