List of speed skating records: Information from Answers.com

This list of speed skating records is an overview of the current speed skating records in its various events.

World records

Men

Event	Name	Country	Result	Date	Place	Avg. Speed
500 meters	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	34.03	November 9, 2007	Salt Lake City	52.89 km/h
500 meters x 2	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	68.17	November 9–11, 2007	Salt Lake City	52.81 km/h
1,000 meters	Shani Davis	United States	1:06.42	March 7, 2009	Salt Lake City	54.20 km/h
1,500 meters	Shani Davis	United States	1:41.04	December 11, 2009	Salt Lake City	53.44 km/h
3,000 meters	Eskil Ervik	Norway	3:37.28*	November 5, 2005	Calgary	49.71 km/h
5,000 meters	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	6:03.32	November 17, 2007	Calgary	49.54 km/h
10,000 meters	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	12:41.69	March 10, 2007	Salt Lake City	47.26 km/h
Team pursuit (8 laps)	Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars	Netherlands	3:37.80	March 11, 2007	Salt Lake City	52.89 km/h
Sprint combination	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	135.355 pts	November 9-11, 2007	Salt Lake City
Small combination	Erben Wennemars	Netherlands	146.365 pts	August 13, 2005	Calgary
Big combination	Shani Davis	United States	145.742 pts	March 18–19, 2006	Calgary

* In his Nov 17, 2007 world record 5,000 m race, Sven Kramer passed the 3,000 m mark at 3:37.15 mins.

Women

Event	Name	Country	Result	Date	Place	Avg. Speed
500 meters	Jenny Wolf	Germany	37.00 secs	December 11, 2009	Salt Lake City	48.65 km/h
500 meters x 2	Jenny Wolf	Germany	74.17 secs	November 16-17, 2007	Calgary	48.54 km/h
1,000 meters	Cindy Klassen	Canada	1:13.11 min	March 25, 2006	Calgary	49.24 km/h
1,500 meters	Cindy Klassen	Canada	1:51.79 min	November 20, 2005	Salt Lake City	48.30 km/h
3,000 meters	Cindy Klassen	Canada	3:53.34 mins	March 18, 2006	Calgary	46.28 km/h
5,000 meters	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	6:45.61 mins	March 11, 2007	Salt Lake City	44.38 km/h
10,000 meters	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	13:48.33 mins	March 15, 2007	Calgary	43.46 km/h
Team pursuit (6 laps)	Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler	Canada	2:55.79 mins	December 06, 2009	Calgary	49.15 km/h
Sprint combination	Beixing Wang	China	148.855 pts	November 9-11, 2007	Salt Lake City
Mini combination	Cindy Klassen	Canada	155.576 pts	March 15-17, 2001	Calgary
Small combination	Cindy Klassen	Canada	154.580 pts	March 18-19, 2006	Calgary

Olympic records

Men

Event	Name	Country	Result	Date	Venue	Avg. Speed
500 meters	Casey FitzRandolph	United States	34.42 secs	February 11, 2002	Salt Lake City	52.30 km/h
1,000 meters	Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	1:07.18 min	February 16, 2002	Salt Lake City	53.59 km/h
1,500 meters	Derek Parra	United States	1:43.95 min	February 19, 2002	Salt Lake City	51.95 km/h
5,000 meters	Jochem Uytdehaage	Netherlands	6:14.66 mins	February 9, 2002	Salt Lake City	48.04 km/h
10,000 meters	Jochem Uytdehaage	Netherlands	12:58.92 mins	February 20, 2002	Salt Lake City	46.22 km/h
Team pursuit (8 laps)	Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello	Italy	3:43.64 mins	February 15, 2006	Turin	51.51 km/h

Women

Event	Name	Country	Result	Date	Venue	Avg. Speed
500 meters	Catriona LeMay Doan	Canada	37.30 secs	February 13, 2002	Salt Lake City	48.26 km/h
1,000 meters	Christine Witty	United States	1:13.83 min	February 17, 2002	Salt Lake City	48.76 km/h
1,500 meters	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1:54.02 min	February 20, 2002	Salt Lake City	47.36 km/h
3,000 meters	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	3:57.70 mins	February 10, 2002	Salt Lake City	45.44 km/h
5,000 meters	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	6:46.91 mins	February 23, 2002	Salt Lake City	44.24 km/h
Team pursuit (6 laps)	Kristina Groves Cindy Klassen Christine Nesbitt	Canada	3:01.24 mins	February 15, 2006	Turin	47.67 km/h

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