1997 World Speed ​​Skating Individual Distance Championships

The 2nd Single Distance World Championships were from 7 to 9 March at the Polish Mokotów , Warsaw ( Tor Stegny discharged).

Participating Nations

• 107 athletes from 19 nations took part in the championship

Participating Nations
Austria Belgium Belarus Canada	People's Republic of China Finland Germany Japan	Kazakhstan South Korea Netherlands Norway	Poland Romania Russia Switzerland	Sweden Ukraine United States

winner

• Shows the three medal places of the individual distances

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Xue Ruihong	Sabine Völker	Franziska Schenk
1,000 meters	Marianne Timmer	Sandra Zwolle	Franziska Schenk
1,500 meters	Gunda Niemann	Anni Friesinger	Marianne Timmer
3,000 meters	Gunda Niemann	Anni Friesinger	Carla Zijlstra
5,000 meters	Gunda Niemann	Carla Zijlstra	Claudia Pechstein

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Manabu Horii	Roger Strøm	Hiroyasu Shimizu
1,000 meters	Ådne Søndrål	Jan Bos	Martin Hersman
1,500 meters	Rintje Ritsma	Ådne Søndrål	Neal Marshall
5,000 meters	Rintje Ritsma	Gianni Rummy	Frank Dittrich
10,000 meters	Gianni Rummy	Rintje Ritsma	Bob de Jong

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	Xue Ruihong	People's Republic of China	40.75 (3)	40.31 (1)	81.06
2	Sabine Völker	Germany	40.61 (1)	40.72 (2)	81.33
3	Franziska Schenk	Germany	40.7 (2)	41.21 (6)	81.91
4th	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	40.95 (4)	41.19 (4)	82.14
5	Svetlana Schurowa	Russia	41.56 (7)	40.81 (3)	82.37
6th	Kyoko Shimazaki	Japan	41.28 (5)	41.44 (10)	82.72
7th	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	41.65 (10)	41.22 (7)	82.87
8th	Susan too	Canada	41.59 (8)	41.44 (10)	83.03
9	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	41.87 (11)	41.22 (7)	83.09
10	Becky Sundstrom	United States	41.64 (9)	41.55 (13)	83.19

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1: 21.31
2	Sandra Zwolle	Netherlands	1: 21.92
3	Franziska Schenk	Germany	1: 22.10
4th	Shiho Kusunose	Japan	1: 22.22
5	Chris Witty	United States	1: 22.79
6th	Anke Baier	Germany	1: 22.86
7th	Sabine Völker	Germany	1: 23.00
8th	Moira d'Andrea	United States	1: 23.07
9	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	1: 23.12
10	Emese Hunyady	Austria	1: 23.23

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Niemann	Germany	2: 04.43
2	Anni Friesinger	Germany	2: 06.18
3	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	2: 07.54
4th	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	2: 07.71
5	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	2: 07.87
6th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	2: 08.63
7th	Mihaela Dascălu	Romania	2: 09.91
8th	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	2: 10.23
9	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	2: 10.42
10	Mie Uehara	Japan	2: 10.55

3,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Niemann	Germany	4: 20.34
2	Anni Friesinger	Germany	4: 24.18
3	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	4: 28.46
4th	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	4: 29.56
5	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	4: 31.25
6th	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	4: 31.91
7th	Anette Tønsberg	Norway	4: 32.42
8th	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	4: 33.30
9	Mie Uehara	Japan	4: 33.40
10	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	4: 35.04

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Niemann	Germany	7: 19.85
2	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	7: 25.80
3	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	7: 30.84
4th	Heike Warnicke	Germany	7: 32.14
5	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	7: 34.22
6th	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	7: 35.58
7th	Mie Uehara	Japan	7: 39.57
8th	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	7: 42.00
9	Mihaela Dascălu	Romania	7: 47.96
10	Anette Tønsberg	Norway	7: 48.05

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	Manabu Horii	Japan	37.08 (3)	36.47 (1)	73.55
2	Roger Strøm	Norway	37.00 (1)	36.58 (2)	73.58
3	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	37.28 (6)	36.69 (3)	73.97
4th	Sergei Klevchenya	Russia	37.01 (2)	36.98 (4)	73.99
5	Mike Ireland	Canada	37.16 (4)	37.41 (7)	74.57
6th	Casey Fitz Randolph	United States	37.71 (12)	37.16 (5)	74.87
7th	Vadim Shakshakbayev	Kazakhstan	37.65 (11)	37.28 (6)	74.93
8th	Jan Bos	Netherlands	37.26 (5)	37.72 (11)	74.98
9	Patrick Bouchard	Canada	37.48 (7)	37.57 (9)	75.05
10	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	37.76 (14)	37.44 (8)	75.2
12	Michael Künzel	Germany	37.56 (9)	37.84 (15)	75.4
19th	Matthias Pfeiffer	Germany	37.92 (15)	38.26 (19)	76.18
21st	Roland Brunner	Austria	38.75 (22)	38.69 (21)	77.44

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1: 14.40
2	Jan Bos	Netherlands	1: 14.81
3	Martin Hersman	Netherlands	1: 15.07
4th	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	1: 15.33
5	Sylvain Bouchard	Canada	1: 15.72
6th	Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	1: 15.74
7th	Kevin Overland	Canada	1: 15.79
8th	Manabu Horii	Japan	1: 15.82
9	Jaegal Seong-yeol	South Korea	1: 15.84
10	Casey Fitz Randolph	United States	1: 16.06
16	Matthias Pfeiffer	Germany	1: 17.51
17th	Michael Künzel	Germany	1: 17.57
21st	Roland Brunner	Austria	1: 18.20
22nd	Peter Adeberg	Germany	1: 18.53

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	1: 53.58
2	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1: 55.16
3	Neal Marshall	Canada	1: 55.65
4th	Martin Hersman	Netherlands	1: 55.91
5	Jeroen Straathof	Netherlands	1: 56.57
6th	Steinar Johansen	Norway	1: 56.58
7th	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	1: 56.93
8th	KC Boutiette	United States	1: 57.08
9	Uwe Tonat	Germany	1: 58.54
10	Marnix ten Kortenaar	Austria	1: 58.58
11	Christian Breuer	Germany	1: 58.78
19th	Peter Adeberg	Germany	2: 01.05

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	7: 02.34
2	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	7: 03.22
3	Frank Dittrich	Germany	7: 12.12
4th	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	7: 13.07
5	Leave Sætre	Norway	7: 14.16
6th	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	7: 14.85
7th	Vadim Sajutin	Russia	7: 15.56
8th	KC Boutiette	United States	7: 15.65
9	Ids Postma	Netherlands	7: 16.24
10	Martin Feigenwinter	Switzerland	7: 17.83
15th	Uwe Tonat	Germany	7: 25.66

10,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	14: 18.75
2	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	14: 30.60
3	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	14: 33.82
4th	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	14: 37.73
5	KC Boutiette	United States	14: 38.19
6th	Yuri Kokhanets	Russia	14: 40.01
7th	Kjell Storelid	Norway	14: 40.10
8th	Frank Dittrich	Germany	14: 42.19
9	Vadim Sajutin	Russia	14: 47.96
10	Leave Sætre	Norway	14: 52.83

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.	Gunda Niemann	Germany	3	0	0	3
2.	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	2	1	0	3
3.	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
3.	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1	1	0	2
5.	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
6th	Xue Ruihong	People's Republic of China	1	0	0	1
6th	Manabu Horii	Japan	1	0	0	1
8th.	Anni Friesinger	Germany	0	2	0	2
9.	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
10.	Sabine Völker	Germany	0	1	0	1
10.	Jan Bos	Netherlands	0	1	0	1

Nations ranking

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

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Netherlands	4th	5	4th	13
2.	Germany	3	3	4th	10
3.	Norway	1	2	0	3
4th	Japan	1	0	1	2
5.	People's Republic of China	1	0	0	1
6th	Canada	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.	Gunda Niemann	Germany	3	0	0	3
2.	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
3.	Xue Ruihong	People's Republic of China	1	0	0	1
4th	Anni Friesinger	Germany	0	2	0	2
5.	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
6th	Sabine Völker	Germany	0	1	0	1
6th	Sandra Zwolle	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
8th.	Franziska Schenk	Germany	0	0	2	2
9.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

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

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Germany	3	3	3	9
2.	Netherlands	1	2	2	5
3.	People's Republic of China	1	0	0	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.	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	2	1	0	3
2.	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
2.	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1	1	0	2
4th	Manabu Horii	Japan	1	0	0	1
5.	Jan Bos	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
5.	Roger Strøm	Norway	0	1	0	1
7th	Neal Marshall	Canada	0	0	1	1
7th	Frank Dittrich	Germany	0	0	1	1
7th	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	0	0	1	1
7th	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
7th	Martin Hersman	Netherlands	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

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

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Netherlands	3	3	2	8th
2.	Norway	1	2	0	3
3.	Japan	1	0	1	2
4th	Canada	0	0	1	1
4th	Germany	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Results overview on speedskatingnews.info