2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

{{Short description|Sporting competition}}

{{Infobox Skating event

|event = World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

|image = Sportforum Berlin-Hohenschönhausen.jpg

|caption = Sportforum Hohenschönhausen (Berlin)

|venue = Sportforum Hohenschönhausen (Berlin)

|dates = 14–16 March 2003

|competitors =

|nations =

|prev = 2001 Kearns

|next = 2004 Seoul

}}

The 2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held 14–16 March 2003 in the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen, Berlin, Germany.

Schedule

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Date

! Events

rowspan=4|March 14

| 500 m men (1st)

500 m men (2nd)
5000 m men
1500 m women
rowspan=4|March 15

| 1500 m men

500 m women (1st)
500 m women (2nd)
3000 m women
rowspan=4|March 16

| 1000 m men

10000 m men
1000 m women
5000 m women

Medal summary

=Men's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
500 m
{{DetailsLink|2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 500 metres}}

|Jeremy Wotherspoon
{{CAN}}

1:09.97
35.12
34.85

|Hiroyasu Shimizu
{{JPN}}

1:10.36
35.19
35.17

|Erben Wennemars
{{NED}}

1:10.54
35.53
35.01
1000 m
{{DetailsLink|2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1000 metres}}

|Erben Wennemars
{{NED}}

1:09.71

|Gerard van Velde
{{NED}}

1:10.52

|Joey Cheek
{{USA}}

1:10.94
1500 m
{{DetailsLink|2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}

|Erben Wennemars
{{NED}}

1:47.80

|Ralf van der Rijst
{{NED}}

1:48.46

|Joey Cheek
{{USA}}

1:48.56
5000 m
{{DetailsLink|2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 5000 metres}}

|Jochem Uytdehaage
{{NED}}

6:25.29

|Bob de Jong
{{NED}}

6:25.76

|Carl Verheijen
{{NED}}

6:30.46
10000 m
{{DetailsLink|2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 10000 metres}}

|Bob de Jong
{{NED}}

13:21,33

|Carl Verheijen
{{NED}}

13:31,53

|Lasse Sætre
{{NOR}}

13:40.69

=Women's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
500 m
{{DetailsLink|2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres}}

|Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt
{{GER}}

1:17.17
38.67
38.50

|Wang Manli
{{CHN}}

1:17.29
38.54
38.75

|Anzhelika Kotyuga
{{BLR}}

1:17.30
38.51
38.79
1000 m
{{DetailsLink|2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1000 metres}}

|Anni Friesinger
{{GER}}

1:16.85

|Jennifer Rodriguez
{{USA}}

1:17.28

|Cindy Klassen
{{CAN}}

1:17.36
1500 m
{{DetailsLink|2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}

|Anni Friesinger
{{GER}}

1:57.43

|Maki Tabata
{{JPN}}

1:59.30

|Jennifer Rodriguez
{{USA}}

1:59.31
3000 m
{{DetailsLink|2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|Anni Friesinger
{{GER}}

4:06.07

|Claudia Pechstein
{{GER}}

4:07.99

|Gretha Smit
{{NED}}

4:08.91
5000 m
{{DetailsLink|2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 5000 metres}}

|Claudia Pechstein
{{GER}}

7:04.52

|Clara Hughes
{{CAN}}

7:06.31

|Gretha Smit
{{NED}}

7:06.34

=Medal table=

{{Medals table

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| host =

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

| gold_GER = 5 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 0

| gold_NED = 4 | silver_NED = 4 | bronze_NED = 4

| gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 1

| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 2 | bronze_JPN = 0

| gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 3

| gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 0

| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 1

| gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 0 | bronze_BLR = 1

}}