Four Continents Speed Skating Championships Explained

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

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

Medal holders

Men's events

500 metres

2020[2]
2022[3]
2023[4]
2024[5]
2025[6]

1000 metres

2020
2022
2023
2024
2025

1500 metres

2020
2022
2023
2024
2025

5000 metres

2020
2022
2023
2024
2025

Mass start

2020
2022
2023
2024
2025

Team pursuit

2020
Hayden Mayeur
Kaleb Muller
Jake Weidemann

Chung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
Um Cheon-ho

Demyan Gavrilov
Dmitry Morozov
Vitaliy Schigolev
2022
Ted-Jan Bloemen
Hayden Mayeur
Kaleb Muller

Vitaliy Chshigolev
Demyan Gavrilov
Bakdaulet Sagatov

Chung Yang-hun
Park Seong-hyeon
Um Cheon-ho
2023
Chung Jae-won
Um Cheon-ho
Yang Ho-jun

Jake Weidemann
Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu
Max Halyk

Shen Hanyang
Wang Hongli
Wang Shiwei
2024
Ethan Cepuran
Casey Dawson
Emery Lehman

Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu
Connor Howe
Hayden Mayeur

Seitaro Ichinohe
Shomu Sasaki
Riku Tsuchiya
2025
Ethan Cepuran
Emery Lehman
Jordan Stolz

Seitaro Ichinohe
Shomu Sasaki
Riku Tsuchiya

Ted-Jan Bloemen
Connor Howe
Hayden Mayeur

Team sprint

2020
Cha Min-kyu
Kim Jin-su
Kim Jun-ho

Hou Kaibo
Wang Haotian
Xu Fu

Alexander Klenko
Roman Krech
Stanislav Palkin
2022
Austin Kleba
Brett Perry
Zach Stoppelmoor

Cha Min-kyu
Jeong Seon-kyo
Park Seong-hyeon
Not awarded
2023
Christopher Fiola
Laurent Dubreuil
David La Rue

Kim Jun-ho
Kim Tae-yun
Park Seong-hyeon

Tanner Worley
Zach Stoppelmoor
Conor McDermott-Mostowy
2024
Laurent Dubreuil
Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu
Anders Johnson

Artur Galiyev
Nikita Vazhenin
Altaj Zjardembekuly

Cho Sang-hyeok
Kim Tae-yun
Yang Ho-jun
2025
Austin Kleba
Cooper McLeod
Zach Stoppelmoor

Deng Zhihan
Lian Ziwen
Liu Bin

Laurent Dubreuil
Anders Johnson
Yankun Zhao

Women's events

500 metres

2020[7]
2022[8]
2023[9]
2024[10]
2025[11]

1000 metres

2020
2022
2023
2024
2025

1500 metres

2020
2022
2023
2024
2025

3000 metres

2020
2022
2023
2024
2025

Mass start

2020
2022
2023
2024
2025

Team pursuit

2020
Brianna Bocox
Mia Kilburg
Paige Schwartzburg

Lindsey Kent
Maddison Pearman
Alexa Scott

Adake Ahena Er
Chen Xiangyu
Ma Yuhan
2022
Giorgia Birkeland
Jamie Jurak
Dessie Weigel

Kali Christ
Laura Hall
Lindsey Kent

Kim Min-ji
Park Chae-eun
Park Chae-won
2023
Béatrice Lamarche
Maddison Pearman
Valérie Maltais

Chen Xiangyu
Li Leming
Yang Binyu

Hwang Hyun-sun
Park Chae-won
Park Ji-woo
2024
Ivanie Blondin
Valérie Maltais
Isabelle Weidemann

Momoka Horikawa
Sumire Kikuchi
Yuna Onodera

Giorgia Birkeland
Greta Myers
Anna Quinn
2025
Ahenaer Adake
Jin Wenjing
Yang Binyu

Rin Kosaka
Hana Noake
Yuka Takahashi

Kim Yoon-ji
Jeong Yu-na
Park Ji-woo

Team sprint

2020
Noémie Fiset
Maddison Pearman
Brooklyn McDougall

Kim Hyun-yung
Kim Min-ji
Kim Min-sun

Chen Xiangyu
Lin Xue
Zhang Lina
2022
McKenzie Browne
Chrysta Rands
Sarah Warren

Kim Min-ji
Lee Na-hyun
Park Chae-eun

Kali Christ
Carolina Hiller
Lindsey Kent
2023
Zhang Lina
Pei Chong
Yang Binyu

Chrysta Rands-Evans
Anna Quinn
Sarah Warren

Rose Laliberté-Roy
Alison Desmarais
Abigail McCluskey
2024
Kurumi Inagawa
Ayano Sato
Miho Takagi

Brittany Bowe
Erin Jackson
Sarah Warren

Ivanie Blondin
Carolina Hiller
Maddison Pearman
2025
Ivanie Blondin
Carolina Hiller
Béatrice Lamarche

Kim Min-ji
Kim Min-sun
Lee Na-hyun

Nadezhda Morozova
Kristina Silaeva
Darja Vazhenina

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Berkeley . Geoff . ISU cancels three Four Continents Championships in 2021 over COVID-19 impact . insidethegames.
  2. Web site: ISU Four Continents Championships. ISU. 16 November 2024.
  3. Web site: ISU Four Continents Championships. ISU. 16 November 2024.
  4. Web site: ISU Four Continents Championships. ISU. 16 November 2024.
  5. Web site: ISU Four Continents Championships. ISU. 16 November 2024.
  6. Web site: ISU Four Continents Championships. ISU. 16 November 2024.
  7. Web site: ISU Four Continents Championships. ISU. 16 November 2024.
  8. Web site: ISU Four Continents Championships. ISU. 16 November 2024.
  9. Web site: ISU Four Continents Championships. ISU. 16 November 2024.
  10. Web site: ISU Four Continents Championships. ISU. 16 November 2024.
  11. Web site: ISU Four Continents Championships. ISU. 16 November 2024.