Professional Speed Skating World Championships

Around the foundation of the International Skating Union (ISU) in 1892, both amateur and professional skating competitions were command, and the first skaters claiming themselves to be World Champions were all professionals. While the ISU also created a championship for pros, this was only held once, in 1894.

Due to the absence of a governing body, there is no official list of championships. We have attempted to list those competitions that in contemporary sources or later statistical works are most commonly listed as of world championship level. However, the inclusion or exclusion of events to this list is contestable.

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1885 Professional Speed Skating World Championships	Oslo	NOR	26 February 1885	1	2	2
1886 Professional Speed Skating World Championships	Oslo	NOR	12 December 1886	1	2	1
1888 Professional Speed Skating World Championships	Oslo	NOR	4 March 1888	1	2	1
1890 Professional Speed Skating World Championships	Minneapolis / Eau Claire	USA	1 January – 1 February 1890	1	2	2
1892 Professional Speed Skating World Championships	Minneapolis	USA	20 December 1892 – 1 January 1893	1	2	2
1894 Professional Speed Skating World Championships	Zwolle	NED	10 – 11 January 1894	1	10	2
1897 Professional Speed Skating World Championships	Montréal	CAN	5 – 6 February 1897	1	4	1
1920 Professional Speed Skating World Championships	Oslo	NOR	7 – 8 February 1920	1	2	2

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Norway	NOR	6	3	0	9
2	Canada	CAN	1	1	0	2
=	United States	USA	1	1	0	2
4	Netherlands	NED	0	1	0	1