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 COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Editions

Year Date Location
2020 31 January – 2 February 2020 United States Milwaukee
2022 15–17 December 2021 Canada Calgary
2023 2–4 December 2022 Canada Quebec
2024 19–21 January 2024 United States Salt Lake City
2025 15–17 November 2024 Japan 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
Ahenaer Adake
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
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)21171856
2 United States (USA)21111143
3 South Korea (KOR)12121842
4 Kazakhstan (KAZ)711624
5 Japan (JPN)6121028
6 China (CHN)26412
7 Chinese Taipei (TPE)1113
8 Argentina (ARG)0011
Totals (8 entries)707069209

References

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