# 2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

The 2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in Vikingskipet, Hamar, on 20–21 January 2007. They were the 36th World Championships, and it was the third time the Championships were held in Hamar. Several of the world's top skaters, including the top two from the 2006 men's and women's standings, did not take part in the competition, while Lee Kang-seok (men), Lee Sang-hwa and Wang Beixing (women), all among the top three in the 500 meter World Cup rankings, did not take part as they are competing in other colliding tournaments.
Three-time world allround champion Anni Friesinger entered for the second time, after winning silver in 2004, and won gold by more than one samalog point, the greatest margin of victory since Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt's last title in 2003. She thus became the fourth woman to become world champion in both allround and sprint.
Conversely, the men's competition was the closest since Bae Ki-tae won South Korea's first title, in 1990. The men's title went to a Korean for the third time in the tournament's history. Finland's Pekka Koskela led the tournament until two laps remained of the 1000 metres, but despite skating a better last lap than Lee he finished 0.065 points behind the Korean.

## Men championships
### Results

| Rank | Name | Nation | 500 m (1) | 1000 m (1) | 500 m (2) | 1000 m (2) | Total |
| | Lee Kyou-hyuk | KOR | 35.11 ( 4) | 1:08.56 ( 2) | 35.04 ( 3) | 1:08.69 ( 2) | 138.775 |
| | Pekka Koskela | FIN | 34.80 ( 1) | 1:09.03 ( 7) | 34.94 ( 1) | 1:09.17 ( 7) | 138.840 |
| | Shani Davis | USA | 35.62 (12) | 1:08.41 ( 1) | 35.42 ( 7) | 1:08.38 ( 1) | 139.435 |
| 4 | Dmitry Lobkov | RUS | 35.03 ( 3) | 1:09.49 (10) | 34.95 ( 2) | 1:09.54 ( 9) | 139.495 |
| 5 | Beorn Nijenhuis | NED | 35.31 ( 7) | 1:08.96 ( 5) | 35.36 ( 6) | 1:08.89 ( 5) | 139.565 |
| 6 | Erben Wennemars | NED | 35.20 ( 6) | 1:08.67 ( 3) | 35.69 (13) | 1:08.79 ( 4) | 139.620 |
| 7 | Denny Morrison | CAN | 35.86 (23) | 1:08.68 ( 4) | 35.81 (16) | 1:08.78 ( 3) | 140.400 |
| 8 | Kip Carpenter | USA | 35.34 ( 9) | 1:09.86 (13) | 35.55 (11) | 1:09.60 (10) | 140.620 |
| 9 | Keiichiro Nagashima | JPN | 34.97 ( 2) | 1:10.09 (16) | 35.35 ( 5) | 1:10.62 (15) | 140.675 |
| 10 | Yevgeny Lalenkov | RUS | 35.84 (20) | 1:09.00 ( 6) | 35.78 (15) | 1:09.16 ( 6) | 140.700 |
| 11 | Even Wetten | NOR | 35.18 ( 5) | 1:09.39 ( 9) | 35.66 (12) | 1:10.72 (18) | 140.895 |
| 12 | Jan Bos | NED | 35.69 (15) | 1:09.32 ( 8) | 35.97 (17) | 1:09.24 ( 8) | 140.940 |
| 13 | Takaharu Nakajima | JPN | 35.58 (11) | 1:11.23 (26) | 35.42 ( 7) | 1:09.89 (12) | 141.560 |
| 14 | Tucker Fredricks | USA | 35.33 ( 8) | 1:11.32 (27) | 35.22 ( 4) | 1:10.71 (17) | 141.565 |
| 15 | Mika Poutala | FIN | 35.62 (12) | 1:10.34 (19) | 35.53 ( 9) | 1:10.74 (19) | 141.690 |
| 16 | Aleksey Proshin | RUS | 35.73 (17) | 1:10.28 (18) | 36.16 (24) | 1:10.17 (13) | 142.115 |
| 17 | Samuel Schwarz | GER | 36.09 (24) | 1:10.07 (15) | 36.21 (25) | 1:09.73 (11) | 142.200 |
| 18 | Choi Jae-bong | KOR | 35.84 (20) | 1:10.55 (20) | 35.77 (14) | 1:10.93 (22) | 142.350 |
| 19 | Dag Erik Kleven | NOR | 35.76 (18) | 1:10.68 (23) | 36.08 (22) | 1:10.60 (14) | 142.480 |
| 20 | Ermanno Ioriatti | ITA | 35.85 (22) | 1:10.60 (21) | 35.99 (19) | 1:10.69 (16) | 142.485 |
| 21 | Maciej Ustynowicz | POL | 35.65 (14) | 1:11.41 (29) | 36.04 (21) | 1:10.88 (20) | 142.835 |
| 22 | Chris Needham | USA | 36.19 (26) | 1:10.61 (22) | 36.10 (23) | 1:11.01 (23) | 143.100 |
| 23 | Jan Friesinger | GER | 36.21 (27) | 1:10.89 (24) | 36.26 (27) | 1:11.21 (24) | 143.520 |
| 24 | Aleksey Yesin | RUS | 36.34 (26) | 1:10.15 (17) | 36.72 (31) | 1:10.89 (21) | 143.630 |
| 25 | Pasi Koskela | FIN | 36.18 (25) | 1:11.91 (32) | 35.98 (18) | 1:11.46 (27) | 143.845 |
| 26 | Aleksandr Zhigin | KAZ | 36.58 (30) | 1:10.98 (25) | 36.59 (29) | 1:11.54 (28) | 144.430 |
| 27 | Artur Waś | POL | 35.77 (19) | 1:11.60 (31) | 36.84 (32) | 1:12.22 (29) | 144.520 |
| 28 | Vladimir Sherstyuk | KAZ | 37.77 (31) | 1:13.33 (34) | 37.18 (33) | 1:12.25 (30) | 147.740 |
| 29 | Marius Bǎcílǎ | ROM | 38.16 (32) | 1:14.83 (36) | 38.42 (34) | 1:15.06 (32) | 151.525 |
| 30 | Joel Eriksson | SWE | 49.01 (34) | 1:11.36 (28) | 36.70 (30) | 1:11.40 (26) | 157.090 |
| 31 | Sun Bing | CHN | 53.37 (35) | 1:12.56 (33) | 36.37 (28) | 1:12.59 (31) | 162.315 |
| 32 | Brock Miron | CAN | 1:00.56 (36) | 1:09.81 (12) | 35.54 (10) | 1:11.33 (25) | 166.670 |
| DQ1 | Christoffer Fagerli Rukke | NOR | DQ | 1:09.79 (11) | 36.02 (20) | | |
| DQ1 | Risto Rosendahl | FIN | DQ | DQ | 36.22 (26) | | |
| DQ3 | Gerard van Velde | NED | 35.69 (15) | 1:09.94 (14) | DQ | | |
| DQ3 | Zhu Jianquan | CHN | 36.45 (23) | 1:14.50 (35) | DQ | | |
| NS2 | Mike Ireland | CAN | 1:23.24 (37) | NS | NS | NS | |
| NS3 | Hiroyasu Shimizu | JPN | 35.34 ( 9) | 1:11.47 (30) | NS | NS | |
DQ = disqualified NS = Not Started

## Women championships
### Results

| Rank | Name | Nation | 500 m (1) | 1000 m (1) | 500 m (2) | 1000 m (2) | Total |
| | Anni Friesinger | GER | 38.42 ( 5) | 1:15.12 ( 1) | 38.39 ( 5) | 1:15.13 ( 1) | 151.935 |
| | Ireen Wüst | NED | 38.96 (14) | 1:15.29 ( 2) | 38.79 (10) | 1:15.20 ( 2) | 152.995 |
| | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 39.08 (16) | 1:15.57 ( 3) | 38.76 ( 8) | 1:15.49 ( 3) | 153.370 |
| 4 | Shihomi Shinya | JPN | 38.29 ( 2) | 1:17.19 (11) | 38.14 ( 2) | 1:17.31 (10) | 153.680 |
| 5 | Chiara Simionato | ITA | 38.50 ( 6) | 1:16.54 ( 6) | 38.73 ( 7) | 1:16.48 ( 5) | 153.785 |
| 6 | Margot Boer | NED | 38.67 ( 9) | 1:16.79 ( 8) | 38.81 (11) | 1:16.55 ( 6) | 154.150 |
| 7 | Annette Gerritsen | NED | 38.88 (13) | 1:16.99 ( 9) | 38.61 ( 6) | 1:16.36 ( 4) | 154.165 |
| 8 | Svetlana Kaykan | RUS | 38.32 ( 3) | 1:17.73 (16) | 38.29 ( 4) | 1:18.41 (20) | 154.680 |
| 9 | Sayuri Osuga | JPN | 38.35 ( 4) | 1:17.74 (17) | 38.26 ( 3) | 1:18.47 (21) | 154.715 |
| 10 | Shannon Rempel | CAN | 38.85 (11) | 1:16.40 ( 5) | 39.11 (15) | 1:17.12 ( 8) | 154.720 |
| 11 | Sayuri Yoshii | JPN | 38.77 (10) | 1:17.13 (10) | 38.99 (13) | 1:17.64 (12) | 155.145 |
| 12 | Zhang Shuang | CHN | 38.52 ( 7) | 1:18.42 (21) | 38.76 ( 8) | 1:17.74 (13) | 155.360 |
| 13 | Yekaterina Lobysheva | RUS | 39.15 (18) | 1:16.78 ( 7) | 39.40 (21) | 1:17.14 ( 9) | 155.510 |
| 14 | Elli Ochowicz | USA | 39.04 (15) | 1:17.47 (12) | 38.97 (12) | 1:17.59 (11) | 155.540 |
| 15 | Kristina Groves | CAN | 39.39 (22) | 1:16.13 ( 4) | 39.80 (24) | 1:16.64 ( 7) | 155.575 |
| 16 | Tomomi Okazaki | JPN | 38.66 ( 8) | 1:17.75 (18) | 39.09 (14) | 1:18.12 (17) | 155.685 |
| 17 | Pamela Zöllner | GER | 39.08 (16) | 1:17.51 (14) | 39.15 (16) | 1:18.11 (16) | 156.040 |
| 18 | Judith Hesse | GER | 39.16 (19) | 1:17.84 (19) | 39.39 (20) | 1:18.18 (19) | 156.560 |
| 19 | Kim Yoo-rim | KOR | 39.56 (24) | 1:17.69 (15) | 39.48 (22) | 1:18.07 (15) | 156.920 |
| 20 | Yekaterina Abramova | RUS | 39.42 (23) | 1:18.71 (24) | 39.23 (18) | 1:17.86 (14) | 156.935 |
| 21 | Jin Peiyu | CHN | 39.24 (20) | 1:18.84 (25) | 39.25 (19) | 1:19.40 (25) | 157.610 |
| 22 | Chris Witty | USA | 39.64 (25) | 1:18.17 (20) | 39.88 (25) | 1:18.14 (18) | 157.675 |
| 23 | Paulina Wallin | SWE | 39.24 (20) | 1:20.07 (28) | 39.21 (17) | 1:20.34 (27) | 158.665 |
| 24 | Sofia Albertsson | SWE | 39.92 (27) | 1:18.50 (22) | 40.08 (26) | 1:18.87 (23) | 158.685 |
| 25 | Svetlana Radkevich | BLR | 39.74 (26) | 1:19.25 (27) | 39.72 (23) | 1:19.47 (26) | 158.820 |
| 26 | Hedvig Bjelkevik | NOR | 40.19 (29) | 1:18.69 (23) | 40.39 (28) | 1:18.84 (22) | 159.345 |
| 27 | Maren Haugli | NOR | 40.75 (30) | 1:18.99 (26) | 40.96 (29) | 1:19.36 (24) | 160.885 |
| 28 | Jessica Smith | USA | 40.14 (28) | 1:21.13 (29) | 40.33 (27) | 1:22.80 (29) | 162.435 |
| 29 | Daniela Oltean | ROM | 41.59 (31) | 1:21.66 (30) | 41.55 (30) | 1:21.77 (28) | 164.855 |
| DQ2 | Jenny Wolf | GER | 37.88 ( 1) | DQ | 38.07 ( 1) | | |
| NS3 | Marianne Timmer | NED | 38.85 (11) | 1:17.49 (13) | NS | NS | |
DQ = disqualified NS = Not Started

## Rules

All participating skaters are allowed to skate the two 500 meters and two 1000 meters.