Individual speed skating World Championships 1996

Vikingskipet (Viking Ship)

The 1st individual distance world championships were held from March 15th to 17th in Hamar ( Vikingskipet ), Norway .

Participating Nations

• 97 athletes from 15 nations took part in the championship.

Participating Nations
Austria Canada France Germany	Italy Japan Kazakhstan South Korea	Netherlands Norway Poland Romania	Russia Sweden United States

winner

• Shows the three medal places of the individual distances

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Svetlana Schurowa	Kyoko Shimazaki	Tomomi Okazaki
1,000 meters	Annamarie Thomas	Chris Witty	Emese Hunyady
1,500 meters	Annamarie Thomas	Claudia Pechstein	Sandra Zwolle
3,000 meters	Gunda Niemann	Claudia Pechstein	Lyudmila Prokasheva
5,000 meters	Claudia Pechstein	Carla Zijlstra	Elena Belci-Dal Farra

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Sergei Klevchenya	Roger Strøm
1,000 meters	Sergei Klevchenya	Ådne Søndrål	Jaegal Seong-yeol
1,500 meters	Jeroen Straathof	Ådne Søndrål	Martin Hersman
5,000 meters	Ids Postma	Keiji Shirahata	Gianni Rummy
10,000 meters	Gianni Rummy	Bart Veldkamp	Frank Dittrich

Competitions

Women

2 × 500 meters

• The times of both 500 m runs in seconds are added up and give the total number of points

space	Surname	country	1st run 500 meters	2nd run 500 meters	Total points
1	Svetlana Schurowa	Russia	39.73 (1)	39.57 (1)	79.30
2	Kyoko Shimazaki	Japan	39.90 (3)	39.57 (1)	79.47
3	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	39.81 (2)	39.75 (3)	79.56
4th	Franziska Schenk	Germany	40.07 (5)	40.04 (4)	80.11
5	Catriona LeMay	Canada	39.94 (4)	40.23 (6)	80.17
6th	Oksana Ravilova	Russia	40.07 (5)	40.17 (5)	80.24
7th	Edel Therese Høiseth	Norway	40.1 (8)	40.27 (8)	80.37
8th	Sabine Völker	Germany	40.25 (9)	40.24 (7)	80.49
9	Susan too	Canada	40.07 (5)	40.43 (9)	80.50
10	Chris Witty	United States	40.43 (11)	40.47 (10)	80.90
13	Christina Zummack	Germany	40.78 (13)	40.74 (13)	81.52

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	1: 21.01
2	Chris Witty	United States	1: 21.25
3	Emese Hunyady	Austria	1: 21.53
4th	Sandra Zwolle	Netherlands	1: 21.58
5	Christine Aaftink	Netherlands	1: 21.66
6th	Becky Sundstrom	United States	1: 21.74
7th	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	1: 21.81
8th	Sabine Völker	Germany	1: 21.99
9	Shiho Kusunose	Japan	1: 22.01
10	Moira d'Andrea	United States	1: 22.14
18th	Christina Zummack	Germany	1: 23.20
20th	Franziska Schenk	Germany	1: 23.32

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	2: 04.46
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	2: 05.22
3	Sandra Zwolle	Netherlands	2: 05.26
4th	Mie Uehara	Japan	2: 05.50
5	Mie Shimizu	Japan	2: 05.58
6th	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	2: 05.65
7th	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	2: 05.90
8th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	2: 06.09
9	Anni Friesinger	Germany	2: 06.12
10	Chiharu Nozaki	Japan	2: 07.06

3,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Niemann	Germany	4: 13.83
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	4: 18.17
3	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	4: 20.90
4th	Anni Friesinger	Germany	4: 21.16
5	Mie Uehara	Japan	4: 21.89
6th	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	4: 22.32
7th	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	4: 23.18
8th	Elena Belci-Dal Farra	Italy	4: 23.32
9	Tonny de Jong Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	4: 23.42
11	Emese Hunyady	Austria	4: 24.31

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	7: 26.36
2	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	7: 28.79
3	Elena Belci-Dal Farra	Italy	7: 30.66
4th	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	7: 33.40
5	Mie Uehara	Japan	7: 33.44
6th	Miki Ogasawara	Japan	7: 35.38
7th	Heike Warnicke	Germany	7: 37.61
8th	Mihaela Dascălu	Romania	7: 39.70
9	Svetlana Vysokowa	Russia	7: 40.27
10	Chiharu Nozaki	Japan	7: 53.81

Men

2 × 500 meters

• The times of both 500 m runs in seconds are added up and give the total number of points

space	Surname	country	1st run 500 meters	2nd run 500 meters	Total points
1	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	35.91 (1)	36.15 (2)	72.06
2	Sergei Klevchenya	Russia	36.13 (2)	36.08 (1)	72.21
3	Roger Strøm	Norway	36.62 (6)	36.23 (3)	72.85
4th	Yasunori Miyabe	Japan	36.59 (5)	36.31 (4)	72.90
5	Jaegal Seong-yeol	South Korea	36.50 (4)	36.66 (5)	73.05
6th	Manabu Horii	Japan	36.39 (3)	36.74 (6)	73.13
7th	Vadim Shakshakbayev	Kazakhstan	36.81 (8)	36.76 (7)	73.57
8th	Grund Njøs	Norway	36.75 (7)	36.89 (8)	73.64
9	Casey Fitz Randolph	United States	36.86 (9)	36.94 (9)	73.80
10	Sylvain Bouchard	Canada	36.93 (10)	37.05 (12)	73.98
13	Matthias Pfeiffer	Germany	37.29 (15)	37.02 (11)	74.31
14th	Michael Künzel	Germany	37.07 (13)	37.68 (20)	74.75
15th	Roland Brunner	Austria	37.48 (18)	37.30 (14)	74.78

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Sergei Klevchenya	Russia	1: 13.30
2	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1: 13.78
3	Jaegal Seong-yeol	South Korea	1: 14.16
4th	Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	1: 14.25
5	Manabu Horii	Japan	1: 14.41
6th	Peter Adeberg	Germany	1: 14.57
7th	Casey Fitz Randolph	United States	1: 14.64
8th	Sylvain Bouchard	Canada	1: 14.65
9	Neal Marshall	Canada	1: 14.76
10	Matthias Pfeiffer	Germany	1: 14.80
14th	Roland Brunner	Austria	1: 15.00
21st	Michael Künzel	Germany	1: 16.08

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Jeroen Straathof	Netherlands	1: 53.94
2	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1: 54.14
3	Martin Hersman	Netherlands	1: 54.38
4th	KC Boutiette	United States	1: 54.40
5	Peter Adeberg	Germany	1: 54.45
6th	Hiroyuki Noake	Japan	1: 54.53
7th	Toru Aoyanagi	Japan	1: 54.72
8th	Neal Marshall	Canada	1: 55.26
9	Cédric Kuentz	France	1: 55.47
10	Roberto Sighel	Italy	1: 56.33
13	Thomas Kumm	Germany	1: 56.63

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Ids Postma	Netherlands	6: 47.09
2	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	6: 47.20
3	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	6: 48.21
4th	Bart Veldkamp	Netherlands	6: 49.57
5	Frank Dittrich	Germany	6: 50.08
6th	KC Boutiette	United States	6: 52.28
7th	Toshihiko Itokawa	Japan	6: 52.78
8th	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	6: 53.14
9	Dave Tamburrino	United States	6: 55.29
10	Alexander Baumgartel	Germany	6: 56.41

10,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	14: 05.46
2	Bart Veldkamp	Netherlands	14: 15.20
3	Frank Dittrich	Germany	14: 15.33
4th	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	14: 15.95
5	Toshihiko Itokawa	Japan	14: 19.89
6th	Alexander Baumgartel	Germany	14: 21.90
7th	Toru Aoyanagi	Japan	14: 22.75
8th	Vadim Sajutin	Russia	14: 24.32
9	Jonas Schön	Sweden	14: 25.26
10	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	14: 26.27

total

The medals in the team competition are included as an individual medal in the nation ranking and in the ranking list as one medal per starter

• Place: Indicates the order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals
• Name: gives the name of the athlete
• Country: Name the country for which the athlete started
• Gold: states the number of gold medals won
• Silver: states the number of silver medals won
• Bronze: states the number of bronze medals won
• Total: states the number of all medals won

Top ten

• The top ten shows the ten most successful athletes (women / men)

space	Surname	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	2	0	0	2
2.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	1	2	0	3
3.	Sergei Klevchenya	Russia	1	1	0	2
4th	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
5.	Gunda Niemann	Germany	1	0	0	1
5.	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	1	0	0	1
5.	Ids Postma	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
5.	Jeroen Straathof	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
5.	Svetlana Schurowa	Russia	1	0	0	1
10.	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	0	2	0	2

Nations ranking

• The nation ranking shows the most successful nations (women / men)

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Netherlands	5	2	3	10
2.	Germany	2	2	1	5
3.	Russia	2	1	0	3
4th	Japan	1	2	1	4th
5.	Norway	0	2	1	3
6th	United States	0	1	0	1
7th	Austria	0	0	1	1
7th	Italy	0	0	1	1
7th	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
7th	South Korea	0	0	1	1

Women

Ranking list

• The ranking shows the most successful female athletes in the individual distance world championships

space	Surname	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	2	0	0	2
2.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	1	2	0	3
3.	Gunda Niemann	Germany	1	0	0	1
3.	Svetlana Schurowa	Russia	1	0	0	1
5.	Kyoko Shimazaki	Japan	0	1	0	1
5.	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
5.	Chris Witty	United States	0	1	0	1
8th.	Emese Hunyady	Austria	0	0	1	1
8th.	Elena Belci-Dal Farra	Italy	0	0	1	1
8th.	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	0	0	1	1
8th.	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
8th.	Sandra Zwolle	Netherlands	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

• The nations ranking shows the most successful nations (women)

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Germany	2	2	0	4th
2.	Netherlands	2	1	1	4th
3.	Russia	1	0	0	1
4th	Japan	0	1	1	2
5.	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
5.	United States	0	1	0	1
7th	Austria	0	0	1	1
7th	Italy	0	0	1	1

Men

Ranking list

• The ranking shows the most successful athletes of the individual distance world championships

space	Surname	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Sergei Klevchenya	Russia	1	1	0	2
2.	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
3.	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	1	0	0	1
3.	Ids Postma	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
3.	Jeroen Straathof	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
6th	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	0	2	0	2
7th	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	0	1	0	1
7th	Bart Veldkamp	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
9.	Frank Dittrich	Germany	0	0	1	1
9.	Jaegal Seong-yeol	South Korea	0	0	1	1
9.	Martin Hersman	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
9.	Roger Strøm	Norway	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

• The nation ranking shows the most successful nations (men)

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Netherlands	3	1	2	6th
2.	Japan	1	1	0	2
2.	Russia	1	1	0	2
4th	Norway	0	2	1	3
5.	Germany	0	0	1	1
5.	South Korea	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Results overview on speedskatingnews.info