2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

The 2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in Vikingskipet, Hamar, on 20–21 January 2007. They were the 36th World Championships, and it was the third time the Championships were held in Hamar. Several of the world's top skaters, including the top two from the 2006 men's and women's standings, did not take part in the competition, while Lee Kang-seok (men), Lee Sang-hwa and Wang Beixing (women), all among the top three in the 500 meter World Cup rankings, did not take part as they are competing in other colliding tournaments.

World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
Vikingskipet (Hamar)
VenueVikingskipet
Dates20–21 January 2007
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lee Kyou-hyuk  KOR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pekka Koskela  FIN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shani Davis  USA
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anni Friesinger  GER
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ireen Wüst  NED
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cindy Klassen  CAN

Three-time world allround champion Anni Friesinger entered for the second time, after winning silver in 2004, and won gold by more than one samalog point, the greatest margin of victory since Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt's last title in 2003. She thus became the fourth woman to become world champion in both allround and sprint.

Conversely, the men's competition was the closest since Bae Ki-tae won South Korea's first title, in 1990. The men's title went to a Korean for the third time in the tournament's history. Finland's Pekka Koskela led the tournament until two laps remained of the 1000 metres, but despite skating a better last lap than Lee he finished 0.065 points behind the Korean.

Men championships

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Results

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Rank Name Nation 500 m (1) 1000 m (1) 500 m (2) 1000 m (2) Total
  Lee Kyou-hyuk   KOR 35.11 ( 4) 1:08.56 ( 2) 35.04 ( 3) 1:08.69 ( 2) 138.775
  Pekka Koskela   FIN 34.80 ( 1) 1:09.03 ( 7) 34.94 ( 1) 1:09.17 ( 7) 138.840
  Shani Davis   USA 35.62 (12) 1:08.41 ( 1) 35.42 ( 7) 1:08.38 ( 1) 139.435
4 Dmitry Lobkov   RUS 35.03 ( 3) 1:09.49 (10) 34.95 ( 2) 1:09.54 ( 9) 139.495
5 Beorn Nijenhuis   NED 35.31 ( 7) 1:08.96 ( 5) 35.36 ( 6) 1:08.89 ( 5) 139.565
6 Erben Wennemars   NED 35.20 ( 6) 1:08.67 ( 3) 35.69 (13) 1:08.79 ( 4) 139.620
7 Denny Morrison   CAN 35.86 (23) 1:08.68 ( 4) 35.81 (16) 1:08.78 ( 3) 140.400
8 Kip Carpenter   USA 35.34 ( 9) 1:09.86 (13) 35.55 (11) 1:09.60 (10) 140.620
9 Keiichiro Nagashima   JPN 34.97 ( 2) 1:10.09 (16) 35.35 ( 5) 1:10.62 (15) 140.675
10 Yevgeny Lalenkov   RUS 35.84 (20) 1:09.00 ( 6) 35.78 (15) 1:09.16 ( 6) 140.700
11 Even Wetten   NOR 35.18 ( 5) 1:09.39 ( 9) 35.66 (12) 1:10.72 (18) 140.895
12 Jan Bos   NED 35.69 (15) 1:09.32 ( 8) 35.97 (17) 1:09.24 ( 8) 140.940
13 Takaharu Nakajima   JPN 35.58 (11) 1:11.23 (26) 35.42 ( 7) 1:09.89 (12) 141.560
14 Tucker Fredricks   USA 35.33 ( 8) 1:11.32 (27) 35.22 ( 4) 1:10.71 (17) 141.565
15 Mika Poutala   FIN 35.62 (12) 1:10.34 (19) 35.53 ( 9) 1:10.74 (19) 141.690
16 Aleksey Proshin   RUS 35.73 (17) 1:10.28 (18) 36.16 (24) 1:10.17 (13) 142.115
17 Samuel Schwarz   GER 36.09 (24) 1:10.07 (15) 36.21 (25) 1:09.73 (11) 142.200
18 Choi Jae-bong   KOR 35.84 (20) 1:10.55 (20) 35.77 (14) 1:10.93 (22) 142.350
19 Dag Erik Kleven   NOR 35.76 (18) 1:10.68 (23) 36.08 (22) 1:10.60 (14) 142.480
20 Ermanno Ioriatti   ITA 35.85 (22) 1:10.60 (21) 35.99 (19) 1:10.69 (16) 142.485
21 Maciej Ustynowicz   POL 35.65 (14) 1:11.41 (29) 36.04 (21) 1:10.88 (20) 142.835
22 Chris Needham   USA 36.19 (26) 1:10.61 (22) 36.10 (23) 1:11.01 (23) 143.100
23 Jan Friesinger   GER 36.21 (27) 1:10.89 (24) 36.26 (27) 1:11.21 (24) 143.520
24 Aleksey Yesin   RUS 36.34 (26) 1:10.15 (17) 36.72 (31) 1:10.89 (21) 143.630
25 Pasi Koskela   FIN 36.18 (25) 1:11.91 (32) 35.98 (18) 1:11.46 (27) 143.845
26 Aleksandr Zhigin   KAZ 36.58 (30) 1:10.98 (25) 36.59 (29) 1:11.54 (28) 144.430
27 Artur Waś   POL 35.77 (19) 1:11.60 (31) 36.84 (32) 1:12.22 (29) 144.520
28 Vladimir Sherstyuk   KAZ 37.77 (31) 1:13.33 (34) 37.18 (33) 1:12.25 (30) 147.740
29 Marius Bǎcílǎ   ROM 38.16 (32) 1:14.83 (36) 38.42 (34) 1:15.06 (32) 151.525
30 Joel Eriksson   SWE 49.01 (34) 1:11.36 (28) 36.70 (30) 1:11.40 (26) 157.090
31 Sun Bing   CHN 53.37 (35) 1:12.56 (33) 36.37 (28) 1:12.59 (31) 162.315
32 Brock Miron   CAN 1:00.56 (36) 1:09.81 (12) 35.54 (10) 1:11.33 (25) 166.670
DQ1 Christoffer Fagerli Rukke   NOR DQ 1:09.79 (11) 36.02 (20)
DQ1 Risto Rosendahl   FIN DQ DQ 36.22 (26)
DQ3 Gerard van Velde   NED 35.69 (15) 1:09.94 (14) DQ
DQ3 Zhu Jianquan   CHN 36.45 (23) 1:14.50 (35) DQ
NS2 Mike Ireland   CAN 1:23.24 (37) NS
NS3 Hiroyasu Shimizu   JPN 35.34 ( 9) 1:11.47 (30) NS

DQ = disqualified
NS = Not Started

Women championships

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Results

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Rank Name Nation 500 m (1) 1000 m (1) 500 m (2) 1000 m (2) Total
  Anni Friesinger   GER 38.42 ( 5) 1:15.12 ( 1) 38.39 ( 5) 1:15.13 ( 1) 151.935
  Ireen Wüst   NED 38.96 (14) 1:15.29 ( 2) 38.79 (10) 1:15.20 ( 2) 152.995
  Cindy Klassen   CAN 39.08 (16) 1:15.57 ( 3) 38.76 ( 8) 1:15.49 ( 3) 153.370
4 Shihomi Shinya   JPN 38.29 ( 2) 1:17.19 (11) 38.14 ( 2) 1:17.31 (10) 153.680
5 Chiara Simionato   ITA 38.50 ( 6) 1:16.54 ( 6) 38.73 ( 7) 1:16.48 ( 5) 153.785
6 Margot Boer   NED 38.67 ( 9) 1:16.79 ( 8) 38.81 (11) 1:16.55 ( 6) 154.150
7 Annette Gerritsen   NED 38.88 (13) 1:16.99 ( 9) 38.61 ( 6) 1:16.36 ( 4) 154.165
8 Svetlana Kaykan   RUS 38.32 ( 3) 1:17.73 (16) 38.29 ( 4) 1:18.41 (20) 154.680
9 Sayuri Osuga   JPN 38.35 ( 4) 1:17.74 (17) 38.26 ( 3) 1:18.47 (21) 154.715
10 Shannon Rempel   CAN 38.85 (11) 1:16.40 ( 5) 39.11 (15) 1:17.12 ( 8) 154.720
11 Sayuri Yoshii   JPN 38.77 (10) 1:17.13 (10) 38.99 (13) 1:17.64 (12) 155.145
12 Zhang Shuang   CHN 38.52 ( 7) 1:18.42 (21) 38.76 ( 8) 1:17.74 (13) 155.360
13 Yekaterina Lobysheva   RUS 39.15 (18) 1:16.78 ( 7) 39.40 (21) 1:17.14 ( 9) 155.510
14 Elli Ochowicz   USA 39.04 (15) 1:17.47 (12) 38.97 (12) 1:17.59 (11) 155.540
15 Kristina Groves   CAN 39.39 (22) 1:16.13 ( 4) 39.80 (24) 1:16.64 ( 7) 155.575
16 Tomomi Okazaki   JPN 38.66 ( 8) 1:17.75 (18) 39.09 (14) 1:18.12 (17) 155.685
17 Pamela Zöllner   GER 39.08 (16) 1:17.51 (14) 39.15 (16) 1:18.11 (16) 156.040
18 Judith Hesse   GER 39.16 (19) 1:17.84 (19) 39.39 (20) 1:18.18 (19) 156.560
19 Kim Yoo-rim   KOR 39.56 (24) 1:17.69 (15) 39.48 (22) 1:18.07 (15) 156.920
20 Yekaterina Abramova   RUS 39.42 (23) 1:18.71 (24) 39.23 (18) 1:17.86 (14) 156.935
21 Jin Peiyu   CHN 39.24 (20) 1:18.84 (25) 39.25 (19) 1:19.40 (25) 157.610
22 Chris Witty   USA 39.64 (25) 1:18.17 (20) 39.88 (25) 1:18.14 (18) 157.675
23 Paulina Wallin   SWE 39.24 (20) 1:20.07 (28) 39.21 (17) 1:20.34 (27) 158.665
24 Sofia Albertsson   SWE 39.92 (27) 1:18.50 (22) 40.08 (26) 1:18.87 (23) 158.685
25 Svetlana Radkevich   BLR 39.74 (26) 1:19.25 (27) 39.72 (23) 1:19.47 (26) 158.820
26 Hedvig Bjelkevik   NOR 40.19 (29) 1:18.69 (23) 40.39 (28) 1:18.84 (22) 159.345
27 Maren Haugli   NOR 40.75 (30) 1:18.99 (26) 40.96 (29) 1:19.36 (24) 160.885
28 Jessica Smith   USA 40.14 (28) 1:21.13 (29) 40.33 (27) 1:22.80 (29) 162.435
29 Daniela Oltean   ROM 41.59 (31) 1:21.66 (30) 41.55 (30) 1:21.77 (28) 164.855
DQ2 Jenny Wolf   GER 37.88 ( 1) DQ 38.07 ( 1)
NS3 Marianne Timmer   NED 38.85 (11) 1:17.49 (13) NS

DQ = disqualified
NS = Not Started

Rules

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All participating skaters are allowed to skate the two 500 meters and two 1000 meters.

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References

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