# 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

The 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships took place between 21 and 24 March 2013 in the Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia. It was a test event for the 2014 Olympic Games.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Events |
| 21 March | 16:35 | 1500 m men |
| 21 March | 17:30 | 3000 m women |
| 22 March | 15:00 | 1000 m men |
| 22 March | 15:51 | 1500 m women |
| 22 March | 16:53 | 5000 m men |
| 23 March | 13:30 | 1000 m women |
| 23 March | 14:25 | 10000 m men |
| 23 March | 17:35 | 5000 m women |
| 24 March | 15:00 | 500 m women |
| 24 March | | 500 m men |
| 24 March | 18:06 | Team pursuit women |
| 24 March | | Team pursuit men |
Source: schaatsen.nl& ISU.org

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 m details | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 69.760 TR | Joji Kato Japan | +0.06 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | +0.10 |
| 1000 m details | Denis Kuzin Kazakhstan | 1:09.14 TR | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | +0.10 | Shani Davis United States | +0.16 |
| 1500 m details | Denis Yuskov Russia | 1:46.32 TR | Shani Davis United States | +0.51 | Ivan Skobrev Russia | +0.65 |
| 5000 m details | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:14.41 TR | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | +3.53 | Ivan Skobrev Russia | +3.90 |
| 10000 m details | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 12:57.69 TR | Sven Kramer Netherlands | +2.02 | Bob de Jong Netherlands | +2.57 |
| Team pursuit details | Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij | 3:42.03 TR | South Korea Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min Lee Seung-hoon | +2.57 | Poland Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański | +3.19 |
Source: ISU

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 m details | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 75.347 TR | Wang Beixing China | +0.70 | Olga Fatkulina Russia | +0.75 |
| 1000 m details | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 1:15.44 TR | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | +0.27 | Brittany Bowe United States | +0.43 |
| 1500 m details | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:55.38 TR | Lotte van Beek Netherlands | +2.64 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | +2.69 |
| 3000 m details | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 4:02.43 TR | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | +2.37 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | +5.32 |
| 5000 m details | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 6:54.31 TR | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | +8.65 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | +9.76 |
| Team pursuit details | Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Diane Valkenburg Ireen Wüst | 3:00.02 TR | Poland Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Natalia Czerwonka Luiza Złotkowska | +4.89 | South Korea Kim Bo-reum Noh Seon-yeong Park Do-yeong | +5.30 |
Source: ISU

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |