Four Continents Speed Skating Championships

Four Continents Speed Skating Championships is an annual speed skating competition. It was established by the International Skating Union in 2019 to allow athletes from outside Europe to compete at the event. Its inaugural event was held in 2020, while its second editions were cancelled in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[1]

Editions

Year	Date	Location
2020	January 31–February 2, 2020	Milwaukee
2022	15–17 December, 2021	Calgary
2023	2–4 December, 2022	Quebec
2024	19–21 January, 2024	Salt Lake City
2025	15–17 November, 2024	Hachinohe

Medal holders

Men's events

500 metres

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020^[2]	Kim Jun-ho South Korea	Alex Boisvert-Lacroix Canada	Roman Krech Kazakhstan
2022^[3]	Austin Kleba United States	Cha Min-kyu South Korea	Yevgeniy Koshkin Kazakhstan
2023^[4]	Laurent Dubreuil Canada	Yuma Murakami Japan	Kim Jun-ho South Korea
2024^[5]	Laurent Dubreuil Canada	Wataru Morishige Japan	Tatsuya Shinhama Japan
2025^[6]	Jordan Stolz United States	Laurent Dubreuil Canada	Tatsuya Shinhama Japan

1000 metres

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020^[2]	Koki Kubo Japan	Laurent Dubreuil Canada	Kim Jin-su South Korea
2022^[3]	Denis Kuzin Kazakhstan	Austin Kleba United States	Tai Wei-lin Chinese Taipei
2023^[4]	Laurent Dubreuil Canada	Park Seong-hyeon South Korea	Kim Tae-yun South Korea
2024^[5]	Jordan Stolz United States	Taiyo Nonomura Japan	Tatsuya Shinhama Japan
2025^[6]	Jordan Stolz United States	Tatsuya Shinhama Japan	Laurent Dubreuil Canada

1500 metres

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020^[2]	Kim Min-seok South Korea	Jess Neufeld Canada	Jake Weidemann Canada
2022^[3]	Dmitry Morozov Kazakhstan	Ted-Jan Bloemen Canada	Kim Min-seok South Korea
2023^[4]	Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Canada	Dmitry Morozov Kazakhstan	Jake Weidemann Canada
2024^[5]	Connor Howe Canada	Emery Lehman United States	Ryota Kojima Japan
2025^[6]	Jordan Stolz United States	Ning Zhongyan China	Taiyo Nonomura Japan

5000 metres

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020^[2]	Vitaliy Schigolev Kazakhstan	Dmitry Morozov Kazakhstan	Emery Lehman United States
2022^[3]	Ted-Jan Bloemen Canada	Kaleb Muller Canada	Bakdaulet Sagatov Kazakhstan
2023^[4]	Vitaliy Chshigolev Kazakhstan	Lee Seung-hoon South Korea	Jordan Belchos Canada
2024^[5]	Casey Dawson United States	Graeme Fish Canada	Ted-Jan Bloemen Canada
2025^[6]	Graeme Fish Canada	Riku Tsuchiya Japan	Seitaro Ichinohe Japan

Mass start

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020^[2]	Um Cheon-ho South Korea	Chung Jae-won South Korea	Ian Quinn United States
2022^[3]	Um Cheon-ho South Korea	Hayden Mayeur Canada	Zach Stoppelmoor United States
2023^[4]	Chung Jae-won South Korea	Lee Seung-hoon South Korea	Shen Hanyang China
2024^[5]	Chung Jae-won South Korea	Shomu Sasaki Japan	Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Canada
2025^[6]	Vitaliy Chshigolev Kazakhstan	David La Rue Canada	Hayden Mayeur Canada

Team pursuit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020^[2]	Canada Hayden Mayeur Kaleb Muller Jake Weidemann	South Korea Chung Jae-won Kim Min-seok Um Cheon-ho	Kazakhstan Demyan Gavrilov Dmitry Morozov Vitaliy Schigolev
2022^[3]	Canada Ted-Jan Bloemen Hayden Mayeur Kaleb Muller	Kazakhstan Vitaliy Chshigolev Demyan Gavrilov Bakdaulet Sagatov	South Korea Chung Yang-hun Park Seong-hyeon Um Cheon-ho
2023^[4]	South Korea Chung Jae-won Um Cheon-ho Yang Ho-jun	Canada Jake Weidemann Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Max Halyk	China Shen Hanyang Wang Hongli Wang Shiwei
2024^[5]	United States Ethan Cepuran Casey Dawson Emery Lehman	Canada Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Connor Howe Hayden Mayeur	Japan Seitaro Ichinohe Shomu Sasaki Riku Tsuchiya
2025^[6]	United States Ethan Cepuran Emery Lehman Jordan Stolz	Japan Seitaro Ichinohe Shomu Sasaki Riku Tsuchiya	Canada Ted-Jan Bloemen Connor Howe Hayden Mayeur

Team sprint

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020^[2]	South Korea Cha Min-kyu Kim Jin-su Kim Jun-ho	China Hou Kaibo Wang Haotian Xu Fu	Kazakhstan Alexander Klenko Roman Krech Stanislav Palkin
2022^[3]	United States Austin Kleba Brett Perry Zach Stoppelmoor	South Korea Cha Min-kyu Jeong Seon-kyo Park Seong-hyeon	Not awarded
2023^[4]	Canada Christopher Fiola Laurent Dubreuil David La Rue	South Korea Kim Jun-ho Kim Tae-yun Park Seong-hyeon	United States Tanner Worley Zach Stoppelmoor Conor McDermott-Mostowy
2024^[5]	Canada Laurent Dubreuil Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Anders Johnson	Kazakhstan Artur Galiyev Nikita Vazhenin Altaj Zjardembekuly	South Korea Cho Sang-hyeok Kim Tae-yun Yang Ho-jun
2025^[6]	United States Austin Kleba Cooper McLeod Zach Stoppelmoor	China Deng Zhihan Lian Ziwen Liu Bin	Canada Laurent Dubreuil Anders Johnson Yankun Zhao

Women's events

500 metres

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020^[2]	Kim Min-sun South Korea	Brooklyn McDougall Canada	Kim Hyun-yung South Korea
2022^[3]	Yekaterina Aidova Kazakhstan	Huang Yu-ting Chinese Taipei	María Victoria Rodríguez Argentina
2023^[4]	Kim Min-sun South Korea	Konami Soga Japan	Yukino Yoshida Japan
2024^[5]	Erin Jackson United States	Kimi Goetz United States	Kim Min-sun South Korea
2025^[6]	Erin Jackson United States	Kurumi Inagawa Japan	Kim Min-sun South Korea

1000 metres

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020^[2]	Brianna Bocox United States	Rio Yamada Japan	Mia Kilburg United States
2022^[3]	Huang Yu-ting Chinese Taipei	Yekaterina Aidova Kazakhstan	Kali Christ Canada
2023^[4]	Kim Min-sun South Korea	Yekaterina Aydova Kazakhstan	Béatrice Lamarche Canada
2024^[5]	Miho Takagi Japan	Kimi Goetz United States	Kim Min-sun South Korea
2025^[6]	Brittany Bowe United States	Nadezhda Morozova Kazakhstan	Kimi Goetz United States

1500 metres

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020^[2]	Brianna Bocox United States	Nadezhda Morozova Kazakhstan	Park Ji-woo South Korea
2022^[3]	Kali Christ Canada	Sarah Warren United States	Jamie Jurak United States
2023^[4]	Nadezhda Morozova Kazakhstan	Yekaterina Aydova Kazakhstan	Alison Desmarais Canada
2024^[5]	Miho Takagi Japan	Mia Manganello United States	Greta Myers United States
2025^[6]	Miho Takagi Japan	Han Mei China	Ivanie Blondin Canada

3000 metres

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020^[2]	Mia Kilburg United States	Nadezhda Morozova Kazakhstan	Nana Takahashi Japan
2022^[3]	Jamie Jurak United States	Laura Hall Canada	Park Chae-won South Korea
2023^[4]	Valérie Maltais Canada	Nadezhda Morozova Kazakhstan	Béatrice Lamarche Canada
2024^[5]	Valérie Maltais Canada	Isabelle Weidemann Canada	Mia Manganello United States
2025^[6]	Momoka Horikawa Japan	Isabelle Weidemann Canada	Ivanie Blondin Canada

Mass start

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020^[2]	Mia Kilburg United States	Kim Bo-reum South Korea	Park Ji-woo South Korea
2022^[3]	Park Chae-won South Korea	Jamie Jurak United States	Dessie Weigel United States
2023^[4]	Valérie Maltais Canada	Yang Binyu China	Park Ji-woo South Korea
2024^[5]	Ivanie Blondin Canada	Giorgia Birkeland United States	Kyoko Nitta Japan
2025^[6]	Ivanie Blondin Canada	Mia Manganello United States	Park Ji-woo South Korea

Team pursuit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020^[2]	United States Brianna Bocox Mia Kilburg Paige Schwartzburg	Canada Lindsey Kent Maddison Pearman Alexa Scott	China Adake Ahena Er Chen Xiangyu Ma Yuhan
2022^[3]	United States Giorgia Birkeland Jamie Jurak Dessie Weigel	Canada Kali Christ Laura Hall Lindsey Kent	South Korea Kim Min-ji Park Chae-eun Park Chae-won
2023^[4]	Canada Béatrice Lamarche Maddison Pearman Valérie Maltais	China Chen Xiangyu Li Leming Yang Binyu	South Korea Hwang Hyun-sun Park Chae-won Park Ji-woo
2024^[5]	Canada Ivanie Blondin Valérie Maltais Isabelle Weidemann	Japan Momoka Horikawa Sumire Kikuchi Yuna Onodera	United States Giorgia Birkeland Greta Myers Anna Quinn
2025^[6]	China Ahenaer Adake Jin Wenjing Yang Binyu	Japan Rin Kosaka Hana Noake Yuka Takahashi	South Korea Kim Yoon-ji Jeong Yu-na Park Ji-woo

Team sprint

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020^[2]	Canada Noémie Fiset Maddison Pearman Brooklyn McDougall	South Korea Kim Hyun-yung Kim Min-ji Kim Min-sun	China Chen Xiangyu Lin Xue Zhang Lina
2022^[3]	United States McKenzie Browne Chrysta Rands Sarah Warren	South Korea Kim Min-ji Lee Na-hyun Park Chae-eun	Canada Kali Christ Carolina Hiller Lindsey Kent
2023^[4]	China Zhang Lina Pei Chong Yang Binyu	United States Chrysta Rands-Evans Anna Quinn Sarah Warren	Canada Rose Laliberté-Roy Alison Desmarais Abigail McCluskey
2024^[5]	Japan Kurumi Inagawa Ayano Sato Miho Takagi	United States Brittany Bowe Erin Jackson Sarah Warren	Canada Ivanie Blondin Carolina Hiller Maddison Pearman
2025^[6]	Canada Ivanie Blondin Carolina Hiller Béatrice Lamarche	South Korea Kim Min-ji Kim Min-sun Lee Na-hyun	Kazakhstan Nadezhda Morozova Kristina Silaeva Darja Vazhenina

Accumulative medal summary

As of the 2025 Four Continents Speed Skating Championships


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada (CAN)	21	17	18	56
2	United States (USA)	21	11	11	43
3	South Korea (KOR)	12	12	18	42
4	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	7	11	6	24
5	Japan (JPN)	6	12	10	28
6	China (CHN)	2	6	4	12
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	1	1	3
8	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		70	70	69	209

References

^ Berkeley, Geoff. "ISU cancels three Four Continents Championships in 2021 over COVID-19 impact". insidethegames.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "ISU Four Continents Championships". ISU. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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