World Championship Sprint
This page lists all information available on the World Championship Sprint. The subnavigation allows you to quickly retrieve the complete 'History' of the top 3 results. In the corresponding medal summary table you can click on a specific year to go to the full results of that year. The right-hand side of the subnavigation links to different 'Statistics' of the World Championship Sprint. The statistics will be updated automatically after every championship.
Youngest champion World Championship Sprint Men
# | name | age (days) | year | |
1 | Eric Heiden | USA | 6833 d = 18 y 258 d | 1977 |
2 | Eric Heiden | USA | 7183 d = 19 y 243 d | 1978 |
3 | Eric Heiden | USA | 7554 d = 20 y 249 d | 1979 |
4 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | RUS | 7620 d = 20 y 315 d | 2015 |
5 | Akira Kuroiwa | JPN | 7844 d = 21 y 174 d | 1983 |
6 | Frode Rønning | NOR | 7901 d = 21 y 230 d | 1981 |
7 | Igor Zhelezovsky | URS | 7909 d = 21 y 238 d | 1985 |
8 | Eric Heiden | USA | 7911 d = 21 y 241 d | 1980 |
9 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | RUS | 7984 d = 21 y 314 d | 2016 |
10 | Kim Yoon-man | KOR | 8029 d = 21 y 359 d | 1995 |
11 | Aleksandr Safronov | URS | 8131 d = 22 y 95 d | 1975 |
12 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 8153 d = 22 y 117 d | 1999 |
13 | Kai Verbij | NED | 8190 d = 22 y 154 d | 2017 |
14 | Dan Jansen | USA | 8270 d = 22 y 235 d | 1988 |
15 | Igor Zhelezovsky | URS | 8273 d = 22 y 237 d | 1986 |
16 | Jan Bos | NED | 8338 d = 22 y 302 d | 1998 |
17 | Tatsuya Shinhama | JPN | 8514 d = 23 y 114 d | 2020 |
18 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 8524 d = 23 y 123 d | 2000 |
19 | Valery Muratov | URS | 8698 d = 23 y 297 d | 1970 |
20 | Bae Ki-tae | KOR | 9064 d = 24 y 298 d | 1990 |
21 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | RUS | 9076 d = 24 y 310 d | 2019 |
22 | Leo Linkovesi | FIN | 9091 d = 24 y 325 d | 1972 |
23 | Sergey Klevchenya | RUS | 9159 d = 25 y 28 d | 1996 |
24 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 9217 d = 25 y 85 d | 2002 |
25 | Akira Kuroiwa | JPN | 9279 d = 25 y 148 d | 1987 |
26 | Håvard Lorentzen | NOR | 9284 d = 25 y 152 d | 2018 |
27 | Igor Zhelezovsky | URS | 9372 d = 25 y 240 d | 1989 |
28 | Gaétan Boucher | CAN | 9430 d = 25 y 299 d | 1984 |
29 | Johan Granath | SWE | 9500 d = 26 y 4 d | 1976 |
30 | Sergey Klevchenya | RUS | 9509 d = 26 y 12 d | 1997 |
31 | Per Bjørang | NOR | 9514 d = 26 y 17 d | 1974 |
32 | Erhard Keller | FRG | 9555 d = 26 y 58 d | 1971 |
33 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 9581 d = 26 y 84 d | 2003 |
34 | Shani Davis | USA | 9655 d = 26 y 158 d | 2009 |
35 | Sergey Khlebnikov | URS | 9661 d = 26 y 164 d | 1982 |
36 | Joey Cheek | USA | 9711 d = 26 y 214 d | 2006 |
37 | Valery Muratov | URS | 9776 d = 26 y 279 d | 1973 |
38 | Michel Mulder | NED | 9831 d = 26 y 334 d | 2013 |
39 | Mike Ireland | CAN | 9880 d = 27 y 18 d | 2001 |
40 | Igor Zhelezovsky | URS | 10100 d = 27 y 238 d | 1991 |
41 | Michel Mulder | NED | 10188 d = 27 y 326 d | 2014 |
42 | Erben Wennemars | NED | 10305 d = 28 y 78 d | 2004 |
43 | Dan Jansen | USA | 10454 d = 28 y 227 d | 1994 |
44 | Igor Zhelezovsky | CIS | 10471 d = 28 y 244 d | 1992 |
45 | Lee Kyou-hyuk | KOR | 10538 d = 28 y 311 d | 2007 |
46 | Erben Wennemars | NED | 10676 d = 29 y 83 d | 2005 |
47 | Igor Zhelezovsky | BLR | 10835 d = 29 y 242 d | 1993 |
48 | Lee Kyou-hyuk | KOR | 10902 d = 29 y 310 d | 2008 |
49 | Stefan Groothuis | NED | 11024 d = 30 y 67 d | 2012 |
50 | Lee Kyou-hyuk | KOR | 11630 d = 31 y 307 d | 2010 |