The 2011

World Sprint Speed Skating Championships The World Sprint Speed Skating Championships are annual speed skating championships. The championships are held over a two-day period, with the skaters racing one 500 m and one 1,000 m each day. Since the higher speeds towards the end ...

were a

long track speed skating 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skating marathon, ...

event held on 22 and 23 January 2011 in

Thialf Thialf is an ice arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Thialf consists of the Thialf-hal (a 12,500-capacity speed skating venue) and the Elfstedenhal (a 2,500-capacity ice hockey venue). Thialf is used for long track speed skating, short track spee ...

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, fry, It Hearrenfean ) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the municipality had a population 50,859 (1 July). ...

, Netherlands.

Rules

All participating skaters are allowed to skate the two 500 meters and one 1000 meters; 24 skaters may take part on the second 1000 meters. These 24 skaters are determined by the samalog standings after the three skated distances, and comparing these lists as follows: # Skaters among the top 24 on both lists are qualified. # To make up a total of 24, skaters are then added in order of their best rank on either list.

Results

Men's championships

NQ = Not qualified for the second 1000 m (only the best 24 are qualified)
DQ = Disqualified

Women's championships

NQ = Not qualified for the second 1000 m (only the best 24 are qualified)
DQ = Disqualified

References

{{World Speed Skating Championships World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, 2011 2011 World Sprint World Sprint, 2011 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, 2011 2011 in Dutch sport