The 2006–07

ISU Speed Skating World Cup The ISU Speed Skating World Cup is a series of international speed skating competitions, organised annually by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1985–86. Every year during the winter season, a number of competitions on differe ...

was a multi-race tournament over a season of

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. The season began on 10 November 2006 and lasted until 4 March 2007. The World Cup was organised by the ISU, who also run world cups and championships in

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and

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Races

Men

Women

Men's overall results

100 m

Final standings after 4 of 4 races. Oikawa won despite missing the final race due to participation in the 2007 Asian Winter Games; Koskela opted out of the final race, though a place in the final would have won him the World Cup.

500 m

Final standings after 12 of 12 races. The top 15 skaters are listed, as well as those with a top-six placing in a race.

1000 m

Final standings after 10 of 10 races.

1500 m

Final standings after 6 of 6 races.

5000/10000 m

Final standings after 6 of 6 races.

Team pursuit

Final standings after 3 of 3 races.

Women's overall results

100 m

Final standings after 4 of 4 races.

500 m

Final standings after 12 races. The top 15 skaters are listed, as well as those with a top-six placing in a race.

1000 m

Final standings after 10 races. Many skaters skipped the races in Harbin and Nagano, where nearly 40% of the available points were up for grabs. The overall World Cup winner, Chiara Simionato, was defeated by

Anni Friesinger Anna ("Anni") Christine Friesinger-Postma (born 11 January 1977) is a German former speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina ("Jana") Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 197 ...

Ireen Wüst Irene Karlijn "Ireen" Wüst (; born 1 April 1986) is a Dutch former long track speed skater. Wüst became the most successful speed skating Olympian ever by achieving at least one gold medal in each of five consecutive Winter Olympic appearan ...

Christine Nesbitt Christine Nesbitt (born 17 May 1985) is a Canadian retired long track speed skater who currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. She won the gold medal in the 1000 metres event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. She had previously w ...

Cindy Klassen Cindy Klassen, (born August 12, 1979) is a Canadian retired long track speed skater. She is a six-time medallist having achieved one gold, two silver, three bronze at the Winter Olympics. She is the only Canadian Olympian to win five medals in ...

in all races in which the four took part. Friesinger won four of her five races during the season, taking the most wins.

1500 m

Final standings after 6 races. Due to winning the final race, Wüst finished ahead of Friesinger, though Friesinger accumulated four wins to Wüst's two during the season.

3000/5000 m

Final standings after 6 races.

Team pursuit

Final standings after 3 races.

References

External links

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