2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
| World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
|  Sportforum Hohenschönhausen (Berlin) | |
| Venue | Sportforum Hohenschönhausen (Berlin) | 
| Dates | 14–16 March 2003 | 
The 2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held 14–16 March 2003 in the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen, Berlin, Germany.
Schedule
| Date | Events | 
|---|---|
| March 14 | 500 m men (1st) | 
| 500 m men (2nd) | |
| 5000 m men | |
| 1500 m women | |
| March 15 | 1500 m men | 
| 500 m women (1st) | |
| 500 m women (2nd) | |
| 3000 m women | |
| March 16 | 1000 m men | 
| 10000 m men | |
| 1000 m women | |
| 5000 m women | 
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | Jeremy Wotherspoon .svg.png) Canada | 1:09.97 35.12 34.85 | Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan | 1:10.36 35.19 35.17 | Erben Wennemars  Netherlands | 1:10.54 35.53 35.01 | 
| 1000 m | Erben Wennemars  Netherlands | 1:09.71 | Gerard van Velde  Netherlands | 1:10.52 | Joey Cheek .png) United States | 1:10.94 | 
| 1500 m | Erben Wennemars  Netherlands | 1:47.80 | Ralf van der Rijst  Netherlands | 1:48.46 | Joey Cheek .png) United States | 1:48.56 | 
| 5000 m | Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands | 6:25.29 | Bob de Jong  Netherlands | 6:25.76 | Carl Verheijen  Netherlands | 6:30.46 | 
| 10000 m | Bob de Jong  Netherlands | 13:21,33 | Carl Verheijen  Netherlands | 13:31,53 | Lasse Sætre  Norway | 13:40.69 | 
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt  Germany | 1:17.17 38.67 38.50 | Wang Manli  China | 1:17.29 38.54 38.75 | Anzhelika Kotyuga  Belarus | 1:17.30 38.51 38.79 | 
| 1000 m | Anni Friesinger  Germany | 1:16.85 | Jennifer Rodriguez .png) United States | 1:17.28 | Cindy Klassen .svg.png) Canada | 1:17.36 | 
| 1500 m | Anni Friesinger  Germany | 1:57.43 | Maki Tabata  Japan | 1:59.30 | Jennifer Rodriguez .png) United States | 1:59.31 | 
| 3000 m | Anni Friesinger  Germany | 4:06.07 | Claudia Pechstein  Germany | 4:07.99 | Gretha Smit  Netherlands | 4:08.91 | 
| 5000 m | Claudia Pechstein  Germany | 7:04.52 | Clara Hughes .svg.png) Canada | 7:06.31 | Gretha Smit  Netherlands | 7:06.34 | 
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 
| 2 |  Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 
| 3 | .svg.png) Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 
| 4 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 5 | .png) United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 
| 6 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 7 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
|  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |