ISU Speed Skating World Cup
Template:Short description 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 1985–86. 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 2005–06 season. Between the seasons 2003–04 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
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]
Women
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]
Most World Cup victories
The skaters with the highest number of individual World Cup victories as of 19 February 2023. Active skaters in bold.
Men
| Pos | Athlete | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | 10000 m | Mass start | Total wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Jeremy Wotherspoon | 49 | 18 | 67 | |||||
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Shani Davis | 40 | 18 | 58 | |||||
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Uwe-Jens Mey | 36 | 12 | 48 | |||||
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Dan Jansen | 32 | 14 | 46 | |||||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Sven Kramer | 3 | 34 | 5 | 42 | ||||
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Pavel Kulizhnikov | 24 | 12 | 36 | |||||
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Hiroyasu Shimizu | 1 | 34 | 35 | |||||
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Jordan Stolz | 10 | 11 | 10 | 31 | ||||
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Ådne Søndrål | 1 | 11 | 18 | 30 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Igor Zhelezovsky | 4 | 24 | 2 | 30 |
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[3]
Women
| Pos | Athlete | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 3000 m | 5000 m | Mass start | Total wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Gunda Niemann | 2 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 98 | |||
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Bonnie Blair | 39 | 27 | 3 | 69 | ||||
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Jenny Wolf | 12 | 49 | 61 | |||||
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Anni Friesinger | 19 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 56 | |||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Martina Sáblíková | 1 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 52 | |||
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Lee Sang-hwa | 1 | 36 | 37 | |||||
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt | 17 | 19 | 36 | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Miho Takagi | 12 | 23 | 1 | 36 | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Ireen Wüst | 4 | 26 | 6 | 36 | |||||
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Nao Kodaira | 28 | 6 | 34 | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Catriona Le May Doan | 1 | 27 | 6 | 34 | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Heather Richardson Bergsma | 6 | 21 | 7 | 34 |
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[4]
All-time medal count
Update after 2024–25 ISU Speed Skating World Cup result.
See also
- ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating
- Cup Ranking - Country Medal Table
- World Speed Skating Championships
References
Template:Main world cups Template:ISU Speed Skating World Cup seasons