World Championship Sprint

This page lists all information available on the World Championship Sprint. The subnavigation allows you to quickly retrieve the complete 'History' of the top 3 results. In the corresponding medal summary table you can click on a specific year to go to the full results of that year. The right-hand side of the subnavigation links to different 'Statistics' of the World Championship Sprint. The statistics will be updated automatically after every championship.

Medal summary World Championship Sprint Women

#	year	place		gold		silver		bronze
ISU Championship Sprint
champion: winner of three out of four distances, else skater with lowest points
1	1970	West Allis	USA	Lyudmila Titova	URS	Nina Statkevich	URS	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	NED
2	1971	Inzell	FRG	Ruth Schleiermacher	GDR	Anne Henning	USA	Dianne Holum	USA
World Championship Sprint
champion: winner of three out of four distances, else skater with lowest points
3	1972	Eskilstuna	SWE	Monika Pflug	FRG	Dianne Holum	USA	Lyudmila Titova	URS
4	1973	Oslo	NOR	Sheila Young	USA	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	NED	Monika Pflug	FRG
5	1974	Innsbruck	AUT	Leah Poulos	USA	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	NED	Monika Pflug	FRG
6	1975	Göteborg	SWE	Sheila Young	USA	Heike Lange	GDR	Cathy Priestner	CAN
7	1976	West Berlin	FRG	Sheila Young	USA	Leah Poulos	USA	Sylvia Burka	CAN
8	1977	Alkmaar	NED	Sylvia Burka	CAN	Leah Poulos	USA	Haitske Pijlman	NED
9	1978	Lake Placid	USA	Lyubov Sadchikova	URS	Beth Heiden	USA	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	POL
10	1979	Inzell	FRG	Leah Poulos-Mueller	USA	Beth Heiden	USA	Christa Rothenburger	GDR
11	1980	West Allis	USA	Karin Enke	GDR	Leah Poulos-Mueller	USA	Beth Heiden	USA
12	1981	Grenoble	FRA	Karin Enke	GDR	Tatyana Tarasova	URS	Natalya Petrusyova	URS
13	1982	Alkmaar	NED	Natalya Petrusyova	URS	Karin Busch-Enke	GDR	Monika Holzner-Pflug	FRG
14	1983	Helsinki	FIN	Karin Enke	GDR	Natalya Petrusyova	URS	Christa Rothenburger	GDR
15	1984	Trondheim	NOR	Karin Enke	GDR	Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina	URS	Natalya Glebova	URS
16	1985	Heerenveen	NED	Christa Rothenburger	GDR	Angela Stahnke	GDR	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	POL
17	1986	Karuizawa	JPN	Karin Kania-Enke	GDR	Christa Rothenburger	GDR	Bonnie Blair	USA
champion: skater with lowest points
18	1987	Sainte-Foy	CAN	Karin Kania-Enke	GDR	Bonnie Blair	USA	Christa Rothenburger	GDR
19	1988	West Allis	USA	Christa Rothenburger	GDR	Karin Kania-Enke	GDR	Bonnie Blair	USA
20	1989	Heerenveen	NED	Bonnie Blair	USA	Christa Luding-Rothenburger	GDR	Seiko Hashimoto	JPN
21	1990	Tromsø	NOR	Angela Hauck-Stahnke	GDR	Bonnie Blair	USA	Christine Aaftink	NED
22	1991	Inzell	GER	Monique Garbrecht	GER	Ye Qiaobo	CHN	Christine Aaftink	NED
23	1992	Oslo	NOR	Ye Qiaobo	CHN	Bonnie Blair	USA	Christa Luding-Rothenburger	GER
24	1993	Ikaho	JPN	Ye Qiaobo	CHN	Bonnie Blair	USA	Oksana Ravilova	RUS
25	1994	Calgary	CAN	Bonnie Blair	USA	Angela Hauck-Stahnke	GER	Xue Ruihong	CHN
26	1995	Milwaukee	USA	Bonnie Blair	USA	Oksana Ravilova	RUS	Franziska Schenk	GER
27	1996	Heerenveen	NED	Chris Witty	USA	Edel Therese Høiseth	NOR	Franziska Schenk	GER
28	1997	Hamar	NOR	Franziska Schenk	GER	Xue Ruihong	CHN	Chris Witty	USA
29	1998	Berlin	GER	Catriona Le May Doan	CAN	Sabine Völker	GER	Chris Witty	USA
30	1999	Calgary	CAN	Monique Garbrecht	GER	Catriona Le May Doan	CAN	Sabine Völker	GER
31	2000	Seoul	KOR	Monique Garbrecht	GER	Chris Witty	USA	Marianne Timmer	NED
32	2001	Inzell	GER	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	GER	Eriko Sanmiya	JPN	Catriona Le May Doan	CAN
33	2002	Hamar	NOR	Catriona Le May Doan	CAN	Andrea Nuyt	NED	Anzhelika Kotyuga	BLR
34	2003	Calgary	CAN	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	GER	Cindy Klassen	CAN	Shihomi Shinya	JPN
35	2004	Nagano	JPN	Marianne Timmer	NED	Anni Friesinger	GER	Jennifer Rodriguez	USA
36	2005	Salt Lake City	USA	Jennifer Rodriguez	USA	Anzhelika Kotyuga	BLR	Sabine Völker	GER
37	2006	Heerenveen	NED	Svetlana Zhurova	RUS	Wang Manli	CHN	Chiara Simionato	ITA
38	2007	Hamar	NOR	Anni Friesinger	GER	Ireen Wüst	NED	Cindy Klassen	CAN
39	2008	Heerenveen	NED	Jenny Wolf	GER	Anni Friesinger	GER	Annette Gerritsen	NED
40	2009	Moscow	RUS	Wang Beixing	CHN	Jenny Wolf	GER	Yu Jing	CHN
41	2010	Obihiro	JPN	Lee Sang-hwa	KOR	Sayuri Yoshii	JPN	Jenny Wolf	GER
42	2011	Heerenveen	NED	Christine Nesbitt	CAN	Annette Gerritsen	NED	Margot Boer	NED
43	2012	Calgary	CAN	Yu Jing	CHN	Christine Nesbitt	CAN	Zhang Hong	CHN
44	2013	Salt Lake City	USA	Heather Richardson	USA	Yu Jing	CHN	Lee Sang-hwa	KOR
45	2014	Nagano	JPN	Yu Jing	CHN	Zhang Hong	CHN	Heather Richardson	USA
46	2015	Astana	KAZ	Brittany Bowe	USA	Heather Richardson	USA	Karolína Erbanová	CZE
47	2016	Seoul	KOR	Brittany Bowe	USA	Heather Richardson	USA	Jorien ter Mors	NED
48	2017	Calgary	CAN	Nao Kodaira	JPN	Heather Richardson	USA	Jorien ter Mors	NED
49	2018	Changchun	CHN	Jorien ter Mors	NED	Brittany Bowe	USA	Olga Fatkulina	RUS
50	2019	Heerenveen	NED	Nao Kodaira	JPN	Miho Takagi	JPN	Brittany Bowe	USA
51	2020	Hamar	NOR	Miho Takagi	JPN	Nao Kodaira	JPN	Olga Fatkulina	RUS