View source for 2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

{{Short description|none}}
{{Infobox Skating event
|event        = World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
|image        = 
|caption      = [[Utah Olympic Oval]] ([[Kearns, Utah|Kearns]])
|venue        = [[Utah Olympic Oval]] ([[Kearns, Utah|Kearns]])
|dates        = March 8–11, 2007
|competitors  = 
|nations      = 
|prev         = [[2005 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2005 Inzell]]
|next         = [[2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2008 Nagano]]
}}

The '''2007 [[World Single Distance Championships|World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships]]''' were held between March 8 and March 11, 2007, in the [[Utah Olympic Oval]]. Twelve events were held, and [[List of speed skating records|world records]] were broken in five events.

==Schedule==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Date
! Events
|-
| rowspan=2|March 8
| 1500&nbsp;m women
|-
| 5000&nbsp;m men
|-
| rowspan=3|March 9
| 500&nbsp;m men (1st)
|-
| 3000&nbsp;m women
|-
| 500&nbsp;m men (2nd)
|-
| rowspan=5|March 10
| 500&nbsp;m women (1st)
|-
| 1000&nbsp;m men
|-
| 500&nbsp;m women (2nd)
|-
| 10000&nbsp;m men
|-
| Team pursuit women
|-
| rowspan=5|March 11
| 1000&nbsp;m women
|-
| 1500&nbsp;m men
|-
| 5000&nbsp;m women
|-
| Team pursuit men
|}

==Medal summary==
===Men's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|500&nbsp;m<br/>{{DetailsLink|2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 500 metres}}
|'''[[Lee Kang-seok]]'''<br/><small>{{KOR}}</small> || 68.690<br/><small>(34.44–34.25&nbsp;'''[[World record progression 500 m speed skating men|WR]]''')</small>
|[[Yuya Oikawa]]<br/><small>{{JPN}}</small> || 69.020<br/><small>(34.45–34.57)</small>
|[[Tucker Fredricks]]<br/><small>{{USA}}</small> || 69.030<br/><small>(34.48–34.55)</small>
|-
|1000&nbsp;m<br/>{{DetailsLink|2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1000 metres}}
|'''[[Shani Davis]]'''<br/><small>{{USA}}</small> || 1:07.28
|[[Denny Morrison]]<br/><small>{{CAN}}</small> || 1:07.30
|[[Lee Kyou-hyuk]]<br/><small>{{KOR}}</small> || 1:07.51
|-
|1500&nbsp;m<br/>{{DetailsLink|2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|'''[[Shani Davis]]'''<br/><small>{{USA}}</small> || 1:42.39
|[[Erben Wennemars]]<br/><small>{{NED}}</small> || 1:42.80
|[[Denny Morrison]]<br/><small>{{CAN}}</small> || 1:42.88
|-
|5000&nbsp;m<br/>{{DetailsLink|2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 5000 metres}}
|'''[[Sven Kramer]]'''<br/><small>{{NED}}</small> || 6:10.70
|[[Enrico Fabris]]<br/><small>{{ITA}}</small> || 6:12.53
|[[Carl Verheijen]]<br/><small>{{NED}}</small> || 6:15.21
|-
|10000&nbsp;m<br/>{{DetailsLink|2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 10000 metres}}
|'''[[Sven Kramer]]'''<br/><small>{{NED}}</small> || 12:41.69 '''[[World record progression 10,000 m speed skating men|WR]]'''
|[[Carl Verheijen]]<br/><small>{{NED}}</small> || 13:00.46
|[[Brigt Rykkje]]<br/><small>{{NED}}</small> || 13:06.03
|-
|Team pursuit<br/>{{DetailsLink|2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's team pursuit}}
|'''{{NED}}'''<br/><small>[[Sven Kramer]]<br/>[[Carl Verheijen]]<br/>[[Erben Wennemars]]</small> || 3:37.80 '''[[World record progression team pursuit speed skating men|WR]]'''
|{{CAN}}<br/><small>[[Arne Dankers]]<br/>[[Denny Morrison]]<br/>[[Justin Warsylewicz]]</small> || 3:38.31
|{{RUS}}<br/><small>[[Yevgeny Lalenkov]]<br/>[[Ivan Skobrev]]<br/>[[Aleksey Yunin]]</small> || 3:41.23
|-
|}

===Women's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|500&nbsp;m<br/>{{DetailsLink|2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres}}
|'''[[Jenny Wolf]]'''<br/><small>{{GER}}</small> || 74.420<br/><small>(37.38–37.04&nbsp;'''[[World record progression 500 m speed skating women|WR]]''')</small>
|[[Wang Beixing]]<br/><small>{{CHN}}</small> || 74.530<br/><small>(37.24–37.29)</small>
|[[Sayuri Osuga]]<br/><small>{{JPN}}</small> || 75.200<br/><small>(37.69–37.51)</small>
|-
|1000&nbsp;m<br/>{{DetailsLink|2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1000 metres}}
|'''[[Ireen Wüst]]'''<br/><small>{{NED}}</small> || 1:13.83
|[[Anni Friesinger-Postma|Anni Friesinger]]<br/><small>{{GER}}</small> || 1:14.26
|[[Christine Nesbitt]]<br/><small>{{CAN}}</small> || 1:14.44
|-
|1500&nbsp;m<br/>{{DetailsLink|2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|'''[[Ireen Wüst]]'''<br/><small>{{NED}}</small> || 1:52.71
|[[Cindy Klassen]]<br/><small>{{CAN}}</small> || 1:53.40
|[[Kristina Groves]]<br/><small>{{CAN}}</small> || 1:54.39
|-
|3000&nbsp;m<br/>{{DetailsLink|2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|'''[[Martina Sáblíková]]'''<br/><small>{{CZE}}</small> || 3:58.09
|[[Renate Groenewold]]<br/><small>{{NED}}</small> || 3:58.41
|[[Cindy Klassen]]<br/><small>{{CAN}}</small> || 3:58.50
|-
|5000&nbsp;m<br/>{{DetailsLink|2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 5000 metres}}
|'''[[Martina Sáblíková]]'''<br/><small>{{CZE}}</small> || 6:45.61 '''[[World record progression 5000 m speed skating women|WR]]'''
|[[Claudia Pechstein]]<br/><small>{{GER}}</small> || 6:50.79
|[[Kristina Groves]]<br/><small>{{CAN}}</small> || 6:58.41
|-
|Team pursuit<br/>{{DetailsLink|2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's team pursuit}}
|'''{{CAN}}'''<br/><small>[[Kristina Groves]]<br/>[[Christine Nesbitt]]<br/>[[Shannon Rempel]]</small> || 2:58.15
|{{NED}}<br/><small>[[Ireen Wüst]]<br/>[[Renate Groenewold]]<br/>[[Paulien van Deutekom]]</small> || 2:59.18
|{{GER}}<br/><small>[[Claudia Pechstein]]<br/>[[Daniela Anschütz-Thoms]]<br/>[[Lucille Opitz]]</small> || 2:59.38
|-
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = 
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_NED = 5 | silver_NED = 4 | bronze_NED = 2
 | gold_USA = 2 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 1
 | gold_CZE = 2 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 0
 | gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 3 | bronze_CAN = 5
 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 1
 | gold_KOR = 1 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 1
 | gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 1
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 0
 | gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 0
 | gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 0 | bronze_RUS = 1
}}

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070325130652/http://events.horses.nl/skating/2006-2007/saltlakecity/ Official results]

{{World Speed Skating Championships}}

[[Category:2007 in speed skating|World Single Distance Championships]]
[[Category:World Speed Skating Championships|2007 World Single Distance]]
[[Category:2007 in American sports|World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships, 2007]]
[[Category:International speed skating competitions hosted by the United States|World Single Distance, 2007]]
[[Category:March 2007 sports events in the United States|World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships]]
[[Category:Sports in Utah]]