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Speed Skating World Championships
Historical Time Line
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A timeline of speed roller skating world championships
from the very first event in 1937 to the present. Send
updates and corrections to
kathiefry@skatelog.com.
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1937
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1937
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France and Italy
1938
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United Kingdom and Italy
1939
- No speed skating worlds
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1940
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1940-1947
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No speed skating worlds
1948
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Italy
1949
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Portugal and Italy
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1950
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1950-1952
- No speed skating worlds
1953
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Italy
1954
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Italy and Spain
1955
- Unknown
1956
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Barcelona
1955
- Unknown
1958
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Italy
1959
- No speed skating worlds
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1960
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1960-1963
- Unknown
1964
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Spain
1965
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Belgium
1966
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Argentina
1967
- Unknown
1968
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Italy
1969
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Argentina
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1970
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1970-1974
- Unknown
1975
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Argentina and Italy
1976
- No speed skating worlds
1977
- No speed skating worlds
1978
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Argentina
1979
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Italy
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1980
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1980
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New Zealand
1981
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Belgium
1982
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Italy
1983
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Argentina
1984
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Colombia
1985
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United States
1986
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Australia
1987
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France
1988
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Italy
1989
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New Zealand
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1990
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1990
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Colombia
1991
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Belgium
1992
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Italy
1993
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United States
1994
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France
1995
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Australia
1996
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Italy
1997
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Argentina
1998
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Spain
1999
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Chile
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2000
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2000
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?
2001
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France
2002
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Belgium
2003
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Venezuela
2004
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Italy
2005
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Australia and China are candidates
2006
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Chinese Taipei is a candidate
2007
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Spain is a candidate
2008
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To be determined
2009
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To be determined
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Thank You Skaters and Coaches!
Many thanks to all of the skaters, coaches, sports historians, and federation
members who helped to build this list including:
Bill Begg of New Zealand
Jason Isaacs of the United States
Lieve Lissens of Belgium
Ryanne Shaw of Australia
Ture Widlund of Sweden
Vicci King of the United States
Skating Federations Around the World
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Related Links
Medal Winners at the Speed Worlds
Sports History at Sport-Komplett.de
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Official Skating Federations
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