Speed Skating
World Single Distance 1000m Women’s Champions
See a complete list of World Single Distance Speed Skating 1000 meter Women’s Champions. The 2021 World Single Distance 1000m Champion is Brittany Bowe of the United States of America. This was her third 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 Women’s Champions
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2021 | Brittany Bowe (USA) | Jutta Leerdam (NDL) | Elizaveta Golubeva (RUS) |
| 2020 | Jutta Leerdam (NDL) | Olga Fatkulina (RUS) | Miho Takagi (JPN) |
| 2019 | Brittany Bowe (USA) | Vanessa Herzog (AUS) | Nao Kodaira (JPN) |
| 2018 | Not held due to Olympic Winter Games | ||
| 2017 | Heather Bergsma (USA) | Nao Kodaira (JPN) | Jorien ter Mors (NDL) |
| 2016 | Jorien ter Mors (NDL) | Heather Richardson-Bergsma (USA) | Brittany Bowe (USA) |
| 2015 | Brittany Bowe (USA) | Heather Richardson (USA) | Karolina Erbanov (CZE) |
| 2014 | Not held due to Olympic Winter Games | ||
| 2013 | Olga Fatkulina | Ireen Wüst (NLD) | Brittany Bowe (USA) |
| 2012 | Christine Nesbitt (CAN) | Yu Jing (CHN) | Margot Boer (NLD) |
| 2011 | Christine Nesbitt (CAN) | Ireen Wüst (NLD) | Heather Richardson (USA) |
| 2010 | Not held due to Olympic Winter Games | ||
| 2009 | Christine Nesbitt (CAN) | Anni Friesinger (GER) | Margot Boer (NLD) |
| 2008 | Anni Friesinger (GER) | Kristina Groves (CAN) | Annette Gerritsen (NLD) |
| 2007 | Ireen Wüst (NLD) | Anni Friesinger (GER) | Christine Nesbitt (CAN) |
| 2006 | Not held due to Olympic Winter Games | ||
| 2005 | Barbara de Loor (NLD) | Anni Friesinger (GER) | Marianne Timmer (NLD) |
| 2004 | Anni Friesinger (GER) | Marianne Timmer (NLD) | Cindy Klassen (CAN) |
| 2003 | Anni Friesinger (GER) | Jennifer Rodriguez (USA) | Cindy Klassen (CAN) |
| 2002 | Not held due to Olympic Winter Games | ||
| 2001 | Monique Enfeldt-Garbrecht (GER) | Sabine Völker (GER) | Catriona LeMay Doan (CAN) |
| 2000 | Monique Garbrecht (GER) | Marianne Timmer (NLD) | Chris Witty (USA) |
| 1999 | Marianne Timmer (NLD) | Monique Garbrecht (GER) | Catriona LeMay Doan (CAN) |
| 1998 | Chris Witty (USA) | Catriona LeMay Doan (CAN) | Franziska Schenk (GER) |
| 1997 | Marianne Timmer (NLD) | Sandra Zwolle (NLD) | Franziska Schenk (GER) |
| 1996 | Annamarie Thomas (NLD) | Chris Witty (USA) | Emese Hunyady (AUT) |