title: 2016 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships
text: # 2016 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships
  
  The 2016 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held between 11 and 14 February 2016 in Kolomna, Russia.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are local (UTC+3).
  
  | Date | Time | Events |
  | - | - | - |
  | 11 February | 16:45 | 10,000 m men |
  | 11 February | 16:45 | 3000 m women |
  | 12 February | 17:10 | 1000 m women |
  | 12 February | 17:10 | 1500 m men |
  | 12 February | 17:10 | 5000 m women |
  | 12 February | 17:10 | Team pursuit men |
  | 13 February | 15:00 | 5000 m men |
  | 13 February | 15:00 | 500 m women |
  | 13 February | 15:00 | 1000 m men |
  | 13 February | 15:00 | Team pursuit women |
  | 14 February | 14:30 | 500 m men |
  | 14 February | 14:30 | 1500 m women |
  | 14 February | 14:30 | Mass start men |
  | 14 February | 14:30 | Mass start women |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Medal table
  
  * Host nation (Russia)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
  | 2 | Russia (RUS)* | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
  | 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 4 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 5 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 6 | United States (USA) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
  | 7 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 9 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 500 m details | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 69.026 | Ruslan Murashov Russia | 69.680 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix Canada | 69.788 |
  | 1000 m details | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 1:08.33 | Denis Yuskov Russia | 1:08.43 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:08.47 |
  | 1500 m details | Denis Yuskov Russia | 1:44.13 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:45.66 | Thomas Krol Netherlands | 1:45.75 |
  | 5000 m details | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:10.31 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 6:10.66 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen Norway | 6:15.08 |
  | 10000 m details | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 12:56.77 | Ted-Jan Bloemen Canada | 12:59.69 | Erik Jan Kooiman Netherlands | 13:02.15 |
  | Team pursuit details | Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen Douwe de Vries Arjan Stroetinga | 3:40.04 | Norway Håvard Bøkko Simen Spieler Nilsen Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 3:41.26 | Canada Jordan Belchos Ted-Jan Bloemen Benjamin Donnelly | 3:43.28 |
  | Mass start details | Lee Seung-hoon South Korea | 7:18.26 | Arjan Stroetinga Netherlands | 7:18.32 | Alexis Contin France | 7:18.41 |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 500 m details | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 74.859 | Brittany Bowe United States | 75.663 | Zhang Hong China | 75.688 |
  | 1000 m details | Jorien ter Mors Netherlands | 1:14.73 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:14.94 | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:15.01 |
  | 1500 m details | Jorien ter Mors Netherlands | 1:53.92 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:54.67 | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:55.09 |
  | 3000 m details | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 4:03.05 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 4:03.13 | Antoinette de Jong Netherlands | 4:04.25 |
  | 5000 m details | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 6:51.09 | Carien Kleibeuker Netherlands | 6:54.96 | Irene Schouten Netherlands | 6:55.93 |
  | Team pursuit details | Netherlands Antoinette de Jong Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst | 2:58.12 | Japan Misaki Oshigiri Miho Takagi Nana Takagi | 2:58.31 | Russia Olga Graf Elizaveta Kazelina Natalya Voronina | 3:02.61 |
  | Mass start details | Ivanie Blondin Canada | 8:17.53 | Kim Bo-reum South Korea | 8:17.66 | Miho Takagi Japan | 8:17.68 |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  161 speed skaters (not all skaters at the team pursuit included) from 24 nations participated at the championships. The number of speed skaters per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.
  
  * Participating nations Click on a nation to go to the nations' 2016 Championships page
  * Austria (5)
  * Belarus (3)
  * Belgium (3)
  * Canada (19)
  * China (11)
  * Czech Republic (3)
  * Denmark (1)
  * Estonia (1)
  * Finland (3)
  * France (1)
  * Germany (8)
  * Italy (7)
  * Japan (16)
  * Kazakhstan (5)
  * Latvia (1)
  * Netherlands (22)
  * New Zealand (2)
  * Norway (11)
  * Poland (6)
  * Russia (16)
  * South Korea (7)
  * Sweden (1)
  * Switzerland (1)
  * United States (8)
  