The International Skating Union organises the following World Championships in the sport of speed skating:
{| class="wikitable"
!Sport!!Discipline!!colspan=4| Championships for:
|-
| rowspan=3| Long track || Allround || Men || Women || Junior
|-
| Sprint || Men || Women
|-
| Single Distances || Men || Women
|-
| Short track || Short track || Men || Women || Junior || Team
|}
Records
World Allround
Men
{| class="wikitable"
!Skater!!!!Year!!!!
|-
| Sven Kramer || 9 || <small>2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 </small> || 0 || 3
|-
| Clas Thunberg || 5 || <small>1923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 </small> || 1 || 1
|-
| Oscar Mathisen || 5 || <small>1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914 </small> || 1 || 0
|-
| Ivar Ballangrud || 4 || <small>1926, 1932, 1936, 1938 </small> || 4 || 3
|-
| Rintje Ritsma || 4 || <small>1995, 1996, 1999, 2001 </small> || 2 || 3
|}
<small>Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com</small>
Women
{| class="wikitable"
!Skater!!!!Year!!!!
|-
| / Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann) || 8 || <small>1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 </small> || 2 || 0
|-
| Ireen Wüst || 7 || <small>2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020 </small> || 4 || 2
|-
| Martina Sáblíková || 5 || <small>2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2019 </small> || 2 || 1
|-
| Karin Kania (Enke, Busch) || 5 || <small>1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 </small> || 2 || 0
|-
| Inga Voronina (Artamonova) || 4 || <small>1957, 1958, 1962, 1965 </small> || 2 || 0
|-
| Atje Keulen-Deelstra || 4 || <small>1970, 1972, 1973, 1974 </small> || 0 || 0
|-
|}
<small>Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com</small>
Junior
; Multiple champions (overall classification)
; Boys
{| class="wikitable"
!Skater!!!!Year!!!!
|-
| Eric Heiden || 2 || <small>1977, 1978</small> || 1 || 0
|-
| Koen Verweij || 2 || <small>2009, 2010</small> || 1 || 0
|-
| Tomas Gustafson || 2 || <small>1979, 1980</small> || 0 || 0
|-
| Valeri Guk || 2 || <small>1984, 1985</small> || 0 || 0
|-
| Falko Zandstra || 2 || <small>1990, 1991</small> || 0 || 0
|-
| Bob de Jong || 2 || <small>1995, 1996</small> || 0 || 0
|-
| Sverre Lunde Pedersen || 2 || <small>2011, 2012</small> || 0 || 0
|-
| Patrick Roest || 2 || <small>2014, 2015</small> || 0 || 0
|}
; Girls
{| class="wikitable"
!Skater!!!!Year!!!!
|-
| Angela Stahnke || 3 || <small>1982, 1983, 1984</small> || 0 || 0
|-
| Beth Heiden || 2 || <small>1978, 1979</small> || 2 || 0
|-
| Monique Garbrecht || 2 || <small>1986, 1987</small> || 0 || 1
|-
| Ulrike Adeberg || 2 || <small>1989, 1990</small> || 0 || 0
|-
| Frédérique Ankoné || 2 || <small>2000, 2001</small> || 0 || 0
|-
| Miho Takagi || 2 || <small>2012, 2013</small> || 0 || 0
|-
| Femke Kok || 2 || <small>2019, 2020</small> || 0 || 0
|-
| Angel Daleman || 2 || <small>2023, 2024</small> || 0 || 0
|}
World Sprint
Men
{| class="wikitable"
!Skater!!!!Year!!!!
|-
| / / Igor Zhelezovski || 6 || <small>1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993</small> || 0 || 1
|-
| Jeremy Wotherspoon || 4 || <small>1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 </small> || 4 || 1
|-
| Lee Kyou-hyuk || 4 || <small>2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 </small> || 1 || 0
|-
| Eric Heiden || 4 || <small>1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 </small> || 0 || 0
|-
| Pavel Kulizhnikov || 3 || <small>2015, 2016, 2019 </small> || 0 || 0
|}
<small>Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com</small>
Women
{| class="wikitable"
!Skater!!!!Year!!!!
|-
| Karin Kania (Enke, Busch) || 6 || <small>1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 </small> || 2 || 0
|-
| Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt || 5 || <small>1991, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 </small> || 0 || 0
|-
| Bonnie Blair || 3 || <small>1989, 1994, 1995 </small> || 4 || 2
|-
| Sheila Young || 3 || <small>1973, 1975, 1976 </small> || 0 || 0
|}
<small>Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com</small>
World Single Distances
Men
{| class="wikitable"
!Skater!!!!Year!!!!
|-
| Sven Kramer || 21 || <small>5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017<br>10000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017<br>Team pursuit: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2020</small> || 3 || 2
|-
| Shani Davis || 8 || <small>1000 m: 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015<br>1500 m: 2004, 2007, 2009<br>Team pursuit: 2011 </small>|| 4 || 3
|-
| Bob de Jong || 7 || <small>5000 m: 2001, 2011 <br>10000 m: 1999, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012</small> || 8 || 5
|-
| Gianni Romme || 7 || <small>5000 m: 1998, 1999, 2000 <br>10000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000</small> || 2 || 3
|-
| Erben Wennemars || 6 || <small>1000 m: 2003, 2004<br>1500 m: 2003<br>Team pursuit: 2005, 2007, 2008</small> || 2 || 3
|-
| Jordan Stolz || 6 || <small>500 m: 2023, 2024<br>1000 m: 2023, 2024<br>1500 m: 2023, 2024</small> || 2 || 1
|}
<small>Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com</small>
Women
{| class="wikitable"
!Skater!!!!Year!!!!
|-
| Martina Sáblíková || 16 || <small>3000 m: 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020<br>5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019</small> || 7 || 4
|-
| Ireen Wüst || 15 || <small>1000 m: 2007<br>1500 m: 2007, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020<br>3000 m: 2011, 2013, 2017<br> Team pursuit: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021 </small> || 15 || 1
|-
| Anni Friesinger-Postma || 12 || <small>1000 m: 2003, 2004, 2008<br>1500 m: 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009<br>3000 m: 2003<br>5000 m: 2005<br>Team pursuit: 2005</small> || 9 || 1
|-
| Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann || 11 || <small>1500 m: 1997<br>3000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001<br>5000 m: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 </small> || 3 || 0
|-
| Irene Schouten || 8 || <small>3000 m: 2024<br>5000 m: 2021, 2023<br>Mass start: 2015, 2019, 2024<br> Team pursuit: 2021, 2024 </small> || 2 || 5
|-
| Christine Nesbitt || 7 || <small>1000 m: 2009, 2011, 2012<br>1500 m: 2012<br>Team pursuit: 2007, 2009, 2011 </small> || 2 || 3
|-
| Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong || 6 || <small>1500 m: 2023<br>3000 m: 2021<br>Team pursuit: 2016, 2017, 2021, 2025 </small> || 5 || 2
|-
| Miho Takagi || 6 || <small>1000 m: 2024, 2025<br>1500 m: 2024<br>Team pursuit: 2015, 2019, 2020 </small> || 4 || 6
|}
<small>Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com</small>
World Short Track (Overall)
Men
{| class="wikitable"
!Skater!!!!Year!!!!
|-
| Ahn Hyun-soo / Viktor An || 6 || <small>2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 </small> || 1 || 0
|-
| Marc Gagnon || 4 || <small>1993, 1994, 1996, 1998 </small> || 2 || 1
|}
Women
{| class="wikitable"
!Skater!!!!Year!!!!
|-
| Yang Yang (A) || 6 || <small>1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 </small> || 1 || 0
|-
| Sylvie Daigle || 5 || <small>1979, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990 </small> || 2 || 1
|-
| Choi Min-jeong || 4 || <small>2015, 2016, 2018, 2022 </small> || 1 || 0
|-
| Wang Meng || 3 || <small>2008, 2009, 2013 </small> || 3 || 0
|-
| Nathalie Lambert || 3 || <small>1991, 1993, 1994 </small> || 2 || 2
|-
| Chun Lee-kyung || 3 || <small>1995, 1996, 1997 </small> || 2 || 0
|-
| Jin Sun-yu || 3 || <small>2005, 2006, 2007 </small> || 0 || 0
|}
Combined all-time medal count
Updated after the 2026 World Allround Speed Skating Championships.
This table include all medals won at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships (1889–2026), World Sprint Speed Skating Championships (1970–2026) and World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships (1996–2025). Unofficial World Championships (not recognized by the ISU) also included
{| class="wikitable zebra sortable" style=" width:80%;"
|- style="background-color:#EDEDED;"
! class="hintergrundfarbe6" style="width:8%;" | Rank
! class="hintergrundfarbe6" style="width:27%;" | Nation
! class="hintergrundfarbe6" style="width:7%;" | From
! class="hintergrundfarbe6" style="width:7%;" | To
! style="background-color:gold;width:10%;" | Gold
! style="background-color:silver;width:10%;" | Silver
! style="background-color:#cc9966;width:10%;" | Bronze
! class="hintergrundfarbe6" style="width:10%;" | Total
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 1. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1893 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2026 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 191 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 153 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 157 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 501
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 2. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1891 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2026 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 61 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 48 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 59 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 168
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 3. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1898 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2026 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 59 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 62 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 63 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 184
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 4. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1991 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2020 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 56 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 51 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 39 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 146
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 5. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1897 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2025 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 45 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 61 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 56 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 162
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 6. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| ' || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1948 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1991 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 43 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 48 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 38 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 129
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 7. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1970 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2026 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 23 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 36 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 44 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 103
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 8. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1910 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2020 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 22 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 25 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 35 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 82
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 9. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2007 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2026 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 21 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 10 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 8 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 39
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 10. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| ' || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1960 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1990 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 20 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 17 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 9 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 46
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 11. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1990 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2025 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 17 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 16 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 12 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 45
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 12. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1901 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2013 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 13 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 16 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 7 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 36
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 13. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1991 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2026 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 10 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 17 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 11 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 38
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 14. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED" | || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1991 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2025 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 7 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 12 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 8 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 27
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 15. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1908 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2022 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 7 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 6 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 7 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 20
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 16. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED" | || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1933 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2023 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 4 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 5 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 5 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 14
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 17. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED" | || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1996 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2025 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 2 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 2 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 7 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 11
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 18. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED" | ' || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1971 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1982 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 2 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 0 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 3 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 5
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 19. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| Russian Skating Union || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2021 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2021 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 1 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 3 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 7 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 11
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 20. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED" | || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1993 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2005 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 1 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 2 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 2 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 5
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 21. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED" | || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1995 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2013 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 1 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 1 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 1 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 3
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 22. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED" | || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1939 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1940 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 1 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 1 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 0 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 2
|-style="text-align:center"
| rowspan="2" style="background:#EDEDED"| 23. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| ' || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1992 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1992 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 1 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 0 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 0 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 1
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1949 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1949 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 1 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 0 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 0 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 1
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 25. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1978 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2026 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 0 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 4 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 11 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 15
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 26. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1960 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2017 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 0 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 2 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 2 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 4
|-style="text-align:center"
| rowspan="2" style="background:#EDEDED"| 27. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1951 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2023 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 0 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 1 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 1 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 2
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2017 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2017 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 0 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 1 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 1 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 2
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| 29. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1966 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1966 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 0 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 1 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 0 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 1
|-style="text-align:center"
| rowspan="3" style="background:#EDEDED"| 30. || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2014 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2014 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 0 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 0 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 1 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 1
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1994 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1994 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 0 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 0 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 1 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 1
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2024 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 2024 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 0 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 0 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 1 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 1
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| - || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| independent || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1951 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1951 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 0 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 0 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 1 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 1
|-style="text-align:center"
| style="background:#EDEDED"| - || style="text-align:left; background:#EDEDED"| none declared || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1889 || style="background:#EDEDED"| 1907 || style="background:#F7F6A8" | 7 || style="background:#DCE5E5" | 18 || style="background:#FFDAB9" | 18 || style="background:#E7FAEC" | 43
|-
!colspan=4| Total || 609 || 601 || 597 || 1807
|}