The 2011 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

The World Sprint Speed Skating Championships are annual speed skating championships. The championships are held over a two day period, with the skaters racing one 500 m and one 1,000 m each day...

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Long track speed skating

Speed skating is an Olympic sport where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as short track speedskating, inline speedskating, and quad speed skating are also called speed skating...

 event held on 22 and 23 January 2011 in Thialf

Thialf

Thialf is an ice arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands. The stadium is used for long track speed skating, short track speed skating, ice hockey, figure skating, and non-sports events. The outdoor rink was opened in 1967, and the indoor stadium was opened in 1986. Several world records were set in the...

, Heerenveen

Heerenveen

Heerenveen is a town in the Heerenveen municipality of the province of Friesland , in the north of the Netherlands.- History :The town was established in 1551 by three lords as a location for the purpose of digging peat which was used for fuel, hence the name...

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Rank	Name	Nation	500 m (1)	1000 m (1)	500 m (2)	1000 m (2)	Total	Behind
	Lee Kyu-Hyeok		34.92	1:09.65	34.77	1:09.48	139.255
	Mo Tae-Bum Mo Tae-Bum Mo Tae-Bum is a South Korean speed skater. He started speedskating while in the third grade. Prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics, Mo won two distances at the 2006 World Junior Speed Skating Championships...		35.19	1:09.38	35.01	1:08.95	139.365	+0.11
	Shani Davis Shani Davis Shani Davis is an Olympic Champion speed skater from the United States.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Davis became the first Black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport at the Olympic Winter Games . He also won the silver in the 1,500 m...		35.25	1:09.14	35.40	1:08.76	139.600
	Stefan Groothuis Stefan Groothuis Stefan Groothuis is a Dutch speed skater who is currently part of Team Telfort.Groothuis is a specialist in the middle distances, 1000 and 1500 metres and had his international breakthrough in 2005. In that year he reached a second spot during the Speed Skating World Cup meeting in Salt Lake City...		35.21	1:08.97	35.56	1:08.82	139.665	+0.41
	Kjeld Nuis Kjeld Nuis Kjeld Nuis is a Dutch speed skater-External links:*...		35.48	1:09.88	35.68	1:09.09	140.645	+1.39
	Jamie Gregg Jamie Gregg Jamie Gregg is a Canadian long track speed skater.Greg was ranked 10th in overall World Cup standings for the 2009-10 season. He is set to compete for Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the 500m...		35.53	1:10.05	35.10	1:09.99	140.650
	Denny Morrison Denny Morrison Denny Morrison is a Canadian speedskater from Fort St. John, British Columbia. His best distance, so far in his career, is the 1500-m, where he held the world record time of 1:42.01 from 14 March 2008 to 6 March 2009...		35.97	1:09.88	35.86	1:09.14	141.340	+2.09
	Mun Jun Mun Jun Mun Jun is a South Korean speed skater. He represented his country at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. In Salt Lake City where he finished in 19th position that he broke his own record to a new best time of 1.48.58.In his second Winter Olympics in 2006, Torino, he competed at 1000m and...		35.42	1:10.64	35.39	1:10.70	141.480
	Aleksey Yesin		35.74	1:10.06	35.73	1:10.07	141.535	+2.28
10	Nico Ihle		35.35	1:10.37	35.61	1:10.83	141.560	+2.31
11	Dmitry Lobkov Dmitry Lobkov Dmitry Lobkov is a Russian speedskater who specialises in the shortest distances, with the 500 metres being his favourite. At the 2004 World Single Distance Championships in Seoul he achieved the silver medal at this distance, only allowing Jeremy Wotherspoon to be faster...		35.51	1:10.59	35.46	1:10.76	141.645	+2.39
12	Jan Bos Jan Bos Jan Bos is a Dutch speedskater and sprint cyclist.In 1998 he became world champion sprint and he won the silver medal that year on the 1000 meter sprint during the Winter Olympics in Nagano....		35.71	1:10.49	35.84	1:09.80	141.695
13	Jan Smeekens Jan Smeekens Jan Smeekens is a Dutch speed skater. He is specialised in riding the 500m.Smeekens won his first international medal during the 2004 World Junior Single Distance Championships in Moscow where he won the gold medal at the 500m...		35.71	1:11.31	34.99	1:10.81	141.760
14	Pekka Koskela Pekka Koskela Pekka Koskela is a Finnish speedskater, specialising on the sprint distances 500-m and 1000-m. He is the former world record holder on the 1000-m with the time 1.07.00. In December 2001 he set a junior world record on the 500-m with the time 35.89...		35.92	1:11.12	35.32	1:11.38	142.490
15	Ryohei Haga		35.27	1:11.41	35.42	1:12.27	142.530	+3.28
16	Tucker Fredricks Tucker Fredricks Tucker Fredricks is an American speed skater who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics.Tucker is a 2002 graduate of Joseph A. Craig High School in Janesville. He began skating in 1994 when a friend of his father's took him skating in lieu of playing hockey...		35.58	1:11.84	35.11	1:11.92	142.570	+3.32
17	Daniel Greig		35.99	1:10.58	35.71	1:11.39	142.685
18	Akio Ota		35.55	1:12.13	35.03	1:12.15	142.720	+3.47
19	Christoffer Fagerli Rukke Christoffer Fagerli Rukke Christoffer Fagerli Rukke is a Norwegian speed-skater who competes for the club Hol IL. He represents Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...		36.20	1:10.46	36.09	1:10.57	142.805
20	Ermanno Ioriatti		35.81	1:11.62	35.56	1:11.28	142.820	+3.57
21	Håvard Bøkko Håvard Bøkko Håvard Bøkko is a Norwegian speedskater, widely considered to be one of the most promising talents for many years, with junior results similar to those of Sven Kramer, Gianni Romme and Eric Heiden. He is the older brother of Hege Bøkko.-Speed skating career:In 2006, Bøkko was the Junior World...		36.50	1:10.80	36.21	1:10.17	143.195	+3.94
22	Denis Kuzin		36.62	1:10.90	36.26	1:10.32	143.490
23	Konrad Niedzwiedzki Konrad Niedzwiedzki Konrad Niedźwiedzki is a Polish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games...		36.02	1:11.10	36.31	1:11.30	143.530	| +4.28
24	Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson is a Swedish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:World Sprint ChampionshipsEuropean Allround Championships...		36.46	1:11.03	36.69	1:11.01	144.170	+4.92
25	Joey Lindsey		35.80	1:11.25	35.67

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| 26 ||align=left| Roman Krech||align=left| || 35.79 || 1:11.68 || 35.60 || || ||
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| 27 ||align=left| Takaharu Nakajima||align=left| || 35.87 || 1:11.30 || 35.96 || || ||
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| 28 ||align=left| Sergey Chadayev||align=left| || 35.96 || 1:11.50 || 36.03 || || ||
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| 29 ||align=left| Yuji Kamijo||align=left| || 35.78 || 1:12.96 || 35.73 || || ||
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| 30 ||align=left| Samuel Schwarz||align=left| || 36.12 || 1:11.56 || 36.20 || || ||
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| 31 ||align=left| Denny Ihle||align=left| || 35.80 || 1:12.76 || 36.29 || || ||
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| 32 ||align=left| Wang Nan

Wang Nan (speed skater)

Wang Nan is a Chinese male speed skater.He competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in 500m and 1000m events.-References:...

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| 33 ||align=left| Matteo Anesi

Matteo Anesi

Matteo Anesi is an Italian speed skater who won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He placed 29th in the 1500 m event.-References:...

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| 34 ||align=left| Artur Was||align=left| || 36.39 || 1:13.74 || 36.48 || || ||
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| 35 ||align=left| Haralds Silovs

Haralds Silovs

Haralds Silovs is a Latvian short track and long track speed skater who became the 2008 European champion in short track. During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, he gained worldwide media attention after competing in the 1500m short track and 5000m long track speed skating events in...

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| 36 ||align=left| Philip Brojaka||align=left| || 37.04 || 1:13.98 || 37.24 || || ||
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| 37 ||align=left| Marius Paraschivoiu||align=left| || 37.38 || 1:14.27 || 36.80 || || ||
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| 38 ||align=left| Vitaly Mikhailov

Vitaly Mikhailov

Vitaly Mikhailov is a Belarusian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:European Allround Championships*...

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| 39 ||align=left| Mika Poutala

Mika Poutala

Mika Poutala is a Finnish speed skater who held a Finnish record in the sport. He finished 22nd at Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres. He has a business education and is set to represent Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...

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| 40 ||align=left| Even Johansen||align=left| || 1:08.83 || 1:11.37 || 36.41 || || ||
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| 41 ||align=left| Pascal Briand

Pascal Briand

Pascal Briand is a French long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:European Allround Championships-External links:* *...

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| 42 ||align=left| Nan Minghao||align=left| || 36.91 || || || || ||
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| 43 ||align=left| Zhang Yaolin||align=left| || 36.93 || || || || ||
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Women

rank	name	nation	500m(1)	1000m(1)	500m(2)	1000m(2)	total	behind
	Christine Nesbitt Christine Nesbitt Christine Nesbitt is a Canadian long track speed skater who currently resides in Calgary, Alberta. Her personal best in the 1000m is the second fastest of all time, right after Cindy Klassen's world record. Nesbitt won the Gold Medal in the 1000 m event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics...		38.57	1.15.01	38.45	1.15.39	152.220
	Annette Gerritsen Annette Gerritsen Annette Gerritsen is a Dutch speed skater. She specialises in the 500 m and 1000 m distances, and won a silver medal in the 1000 metres at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She is the current Dutch Junior record holder in the 500 m and her personal best used to be the World Junior record...		38.53	1.16.89	38.47	1.17.14	154.015	+1.80
	Margot Boer Margot Boer Margot Boer is a Dutch speed skater. She is specialised in riding the 500 m, 1000 m and 1500 m.After spending a few years at local teams in the Zuid-Holland area Margot Boer was seen as one of the Netherlands main future talents and was offered a contract at the KNSB Youth Development Team for the...		38.28	1.17.47	38.44	1.17.14	154.025	+1.81
	Heather Richardson Heather Richardson Heather Richardson is an American speed skater who has competed since 2006. She represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where she finished 6th in 500 metres, 9th in the 1000 metres, and 16th in the 1500 metres.At the 2011 World Single Distance Speed Skating...		38.51	1.17.46	38.46	1.16.67	154.035	+1.82
	Nao Kodaira Nao Kodaira Nao Kodaira is a long-track speed skater from Japan. She will compete for Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the 500m and 1000m.- Results :...		38.28	1.17.40	38.80	1.17.25	154.405	+2.19
	Laurine van Riessen Laurine van Riessen Laurine van Riessen is a long track speed skater who competed for the Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Olympics at the 500, 1000, and 1500 metre races where she won the bronze medal in the 1000 m.-External links:...		38.93	1.17.23	38.62	1.16.61	154.470	+2.25
	Ireen Wust Ireen Wüst Ireen Wüst is a Dutch long track allround speed skater. At the age of 19, on February 12, 2006, Wüst won the gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000-meter event...		39.08	1.16.49	39.21	1.15.93	154.500	+2.28
	Jenny Wolf Jenny Wolf Jenny Wolf is a German ice speed skater who is the current world record holder, at 37.00 seconds, for the women's 500 m and, 74.42 seconds for women's 500 m x 2 in long track speed skating...		38.21	1.17.36	38.33	1.19.07	154.755	+2.54
	Hong Zhang		38.86	1.17.96	38.96	1.18.29	155.915	+3.70
	Maki Tsuji		38.78	1.18.56	38.89	1.18.13	156.015	+3.80
	Judith Hesse Judith Hesse Judith Hesse is a speed-skater She competed for Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics and is set to compete for Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...		38.93	1.18.33	39.02	1.17.98	156.105	+3.89
	Yekaterina Aydova		39.40	1.18.13	39.17	1.17.17	156.220	+4.00
	Shannon Rempel Shannon Rempel Shannon Rempel is a Canadian speed skater. Most notably, Rempel is known for her win as the 2003 World Junior Speed Skating Championships and participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics which won her team a silver in the team pursuit.Rempel was a silver medalist in the 1000m at the 2004 World Cup in...		39.12	1.18.20	39.11	1.17.81	156.235	+4.02
	Peiyu Jin		38.94	1.18.86	38.79	1.18.82	156.570	+4.35
	Yekaterina Lobysheva Yekaterina Lobysheva Yekaterina Alexandrovna Lobysheva is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She's specialized in the distances of 1000 m, 1500 m and Team Pursuit....		39.35	1.18.28	39.44	1.17.72	156.790	+4.57
	Bo-Ra Lee		39.14	1.19.59	38.94	1.18.75	157.250	+5.03
	Chiara Simionato Chiara Simionato Chiara Simionato is an Italian long-track speed skater who competed in 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics. She is set compete for Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the women's 500m, 1000m, and 1500m....		39.26	1.19.07	39.65	1.18.53	157.710	+5.49
	Olga Fatkulina Olga Fatkulina Olga Fatkulina is a Russian long-track speed skater. She is set to compete for Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the Ladies' 500 m and Ladies' 1000 m.- References :...		39.38	1.19.37	39.38	1.18.81	157.850	+5.63
	Miho Tagaki		39.61	1.18.39	39.68	1.18.99	157.980	+5.76
	Gabriele Hirschbichler		39.79	1.18.75	39.72	1.18.38	158.075	+5.86
	Shuai Qi	}	39.00	1.20.92	39.18	1.19.59	158.435	+6.22
	Alla Shabanova		39.78	1.19.18	39.68	1.18.93	158.515	+6.30
	Hege Bokko		40.070	1.18.56	40.28	1.19.20	159.230	+7.01