1996 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

The 1996 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 15 and 17 March 1996 in the Vikingskipet, Hamar, Norway. This was the first World Single Distance championships.

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Vikingskipet (Hamar)
VenueVikingskipet (Hamar)
Dates15–17 March 1996

Schedule

Date Events
March 15 5000 m men
500 m women (1st)
500 m women (2nd)
3000 m women
March 16 500 m men (1st)
500 m men (2nd)
1500 m men
1000 m women
5000 m women
March 17 1000 m men
10000 m men
1500 m women

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 m
[1]
Hiroyasu Shimizu
 Japan
1:12.06
35.91
36.15
Sergey Klevchenya
 Russia
1:12.21
36.13
36.08
Roger Strøm
 Norway
1:12.85
36.62
36.23
1000 m
[2]
Sergey Klevchenya
 Russia
1:13.30 Ådne Søndrål
 Norway
1:13.78 Jaegal Sung-yeol
 South Korea
1:14.16
1500 m
[3]
Jeroen Straathof
 Netherlands
1:53.94 Ådne Søndrål
 Norway
1:54.14 Martin Hersman
 Netherlands
1:54.38
5000 m
[4]
Ids Postma
 Netherlands
6:47.09 Keiji Shirahata
 Japan
6:47.20 Gianni Romme
 Netherlands
6:48.21
10000 m
[5]
Gianni Romme
 Netherlands
14:05.46 Bart Veldkamp
 Belgium
14:15.20 Frank Dittrich
 Germany
14:15.33

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 m
[6]
Svetlana Zhurova
 Russia
1:19.30
39.73
39.57
Kyoko Shimazaki
 Japan
1:19.47
39.90
39.57
Tomomi Okazaki
 Japan
1:19.56
39.81
39.75
1000 m
[7]
Annamarie Thomas
 Netherlands
1:21.01 Chris Witty
 United States
1:21.25 Emese Hunyady
 Austria
1:21.53
1500 m
[8]
Annamarie Thomas
 Netherlands
2:04.46 Claudia Pechstein
 Germany
2:05.22 Sandra Zwolle
 Netherlands
2:05.26
3000 m
[9]
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
 Germany
4:13.83 Claudia Pechstein
 Germany
4:18.17 Lyudmila Prokasheva
 Kazakhstan
4:20.90
5000 m
[10]
Claudia Pechstein
 Germany
7:26.36 Carla Zijlstra
 Netherlands
7:28.79 Elena Belci-Dal Farra
 Italy
7:30.66

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands (NED)5139
2 Germany (GER)2215
3 Russia (RUS)2103
4 Japan (JPN)1214
5 Norway (NOR)0213
6 Belgium (BEL)0101
 United States (USA)0101
8 Austria (AUT)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0011
 South Korea (KOR)0011
Totals (11 nations)10101030

References

  1. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  2. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  4. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  5. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 10,000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  6. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  7. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  8. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  9. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 3000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  10. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
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