Speed Skating
World Single Distance 1000m Men’s Champions
See a complete list of World Single Distance Speed Skating 1000 meter Men’s Champions. The 2021 World Single Distance 1000m Champion is Kai Verbij of The Netherlands. This was his first championship title.
Fast Facts:
- The 2020 Championships was held at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, United States.
- The International Skating Union (ISU) organizes the World Single Distance Championships speed skating competitions.
- Since 1999, the World Single Distance Championships were not held in the year of the Winter Olympics.
World Single Distance 1000 meter Men’s Champions
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2021 | Kai Verbij (NDL) | Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS) | Laurent Dubreuil (CAN) |
| 2020 | Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS) | Kjeld Nuis (NDL) | Laurent Dubreuil (CAN) |
| 2019 | Kai Verbij (NDL) | Thomas Krol (NDL) | Kjeld Nuis (NLD) |
| 2018 | Not held due to Olympic Winter Games | ||
| 2017 | Kjeld Nuis (NDL) | Vincent De Haître (CAN) | Kai Verbij (NLD) |
| 2016 | Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS) | Denis Yuskov (RUS) | Kjeld Nuis (NDL) |
| 2015 | Shani Davis (USA) | Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS) | Kjeld Nuis (NLD) |
| 2014 | Not held due to Olympic Winter Games | ||
| 2013 | Denis Kuzin (KAZ) | Mo Tae-bum (ROK) | Shani Davis (USA) |
| 2012 | Stefan Groothuis (NLD) | Kjeld Nuis (NLD) | Shani Davis (USA) |
| 2011 | Shani Davis (USA) | Kjeld Nuis (NLD) | Stefan Groothuis (NLD) |
| 2010 | Not held due to Olympic Winter Games | ||
| 2009 | Trevor Marsicano (USA) | Denny Morrison (CAN) | Shani Davis (USA) |
| 2008 | Shani Davis (USA) | Yevgeny Lalenkov (RUS) | Denny Morrison (CAN) |
| 2007 | Shani Davis (USA) | Denny Morrison (CAN) | Lee Kyou-hyuk (ROK) |
| 2006 | Not held due to Olympic Winter Games | ||
| 2005 | Even Wetten (NOR) | Jan Bos (NLD) | Petter Andersen (NOR) / Pekka Koskela (FIN) |
| 2004 | Erben Wennemars (NLD) | Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) | Masaaki Kobayashi (JPN) |
| 2003 | Erben Wennemars (NLD) | Gerard van Velde (NLD) | Joey Cheek (USA) |
| 2002 | Not held due to Olympic Winter Games | ||
| 2001 | Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) | Ådne Søndrål (NOR) | Sergey Klevchenya (RUS) |
| 2000 | Ådne Søndrål (NOR) | Jan Bos (NLD) | Mike Ireland (CAN) |
| 1999 | Jan Bos (NLD) | Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) | Jakko Jan Leeuwangh (NLD) |
| 1998 | Sylvain Bouchard (CAN) | Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) | Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) |
| 1997 | Ådne Søndrål (NOR) | Jan Bos (NLD) | Martin Hersman (NLD) |
| 1996 | Sergey Klevchenya (RUS) | Ådne Søndrål (NOR) | Jaegal Sung-yeol (ROK) |