# 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships

The 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held between 9 and 12 February 2017 at the Gangneung Oval in Gangneung, South Korea.

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+9).
| Date | Time | Events |
| 9 February | 17:15 | 3000 m women |
| 9 February | 17:15 | 5000 m men |
| 10 February | 17:30 | 500 m women |
| 10 February | 17:30 | 500 m men |
| 10 February | 17:30 | Team pursuit women |
| 10 February | 17:30 | Team pursuit men |
| 11 February | 17:30 | 5000 m women |
| 11 February | 17:30 | 1000 m men |
| 11 February | 17:30 | 1000 m women |
| 11 February | 17:30 | 10,000 m men |
| 12 February | 18:00 | 1500 m women |
| 12 February | 18:00 | 1500 m men |
| 12 February | 18:00 | Mass start women |
| 12 February | 18:00 | Mass start men |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (South Korea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR)* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
* Host country highlighted.

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 m details | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 34.58 | Nico Ihle Germany | 34.66 | Ruslan Murashov Russia | 34.76 |
| 1000 m details | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:08.26 | Vincent De Haître Canada | 1:08.54 | Kai Verbij Netherlands | 1:08.78 |
| 1500 m details | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:44.36 | Denis Yuskov Russia | 1:44.67 | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 1:45.50 |
| 5000 m details | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:06.82 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 6:09.33 | Peter Michael New Zealand | 6:11.67 |
| 10,000 m details | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 12:38.89 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 12:43.95 | Patrick Beckert Germany | 12:52.76 |
| Team pursuit details | Netherlands Jorrit Bergsma Jan Blokhuijsen Douwe de Vries | 3:40.66 | New Zealand Shane Dobbin Reyon Kay Peter Michael | 3:41.08 | Norway Sindre Henriksen Simen Spieler Nilsen Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 3:41.60 |
| Mass start details | Joey Mantia United States | 7:40.16 | Alexis Contin France | 7:41.11 | Olivier Jean Canada | 7:47.62 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 m details | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.13 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.48 | Yu Jing China | 37.57 |
| 1000 m details | Heather Bergsma United States | 1:13.94 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 1:14.43 | Jorien ter Mors Netherlands | 1:14.66 |
| 1500 m details | Heather Bergsma United States | 1:54.08 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:54.19 | Miho Takagi Japan | 1:55.12 |
| 3000 m details | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 3:59.05 | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 3:59.65 | Antoinette de Jong Netherlands | 4:01.99 |
| 5000 m details | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 6:52.38 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 6:53.93 | Ivanie Blondin Canada | 6:57.14 |
| Team pursuit details | Netherlands Antoinette de Jong Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst | 2:55.85 | Japan Misaki Oshigiri Miho Takagi Nana Takagi | 2:56.49 | Russia Olga Graf Yekaterina Shikhova Natalya Voronina | 3:00.51 |
| Mass start details | Kim Bo-reum South Korea | 8:00.79 | Nana Takagi Japan | 8:00.90 | Heather Bergsma United States | 8:01.36 |