World Speed ​​Skating Individual Distance Championships 1998

Olympic Oval Calgary

The 3rd individual distance world championships were held from March 27th to 29th in Calgary, Canada ( Olympic Oval ).

Participating Nations

• 103 athletes from 17 nations took part in the championship

Participating Nations
Austria Belgium Belarus Canada	Finland France Germany Italy	Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands Norway	Poland Russia Switzerland	Sweden United States

winner

• Shows the three medal places of the individual distances

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Svetlana Schurowa	Tomomi Okazaki
1,000 meters	Chris Witty	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Franziska Schenk
1,500 meters	Anni Friesinger	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein
3,000 meters	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Anni Friesinger
5,000 meters	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Carla Zijlstra

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Sylvain Bouchard	Jeremy Wotherspoon
1,000 meters	Sylvain Bouchard	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Hiroyasu Shimizu
1,500 meters	Ådne Søndrål	Ids Postma	Roberto Sighel
5,000 meters	Gianni Rummy	Rintje Ritsma	Bart Veldkamp
10,000 meters	Gianni Rummy	Bob de Jong	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	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	37.88 (1)	37.71 (1)	75.59
2	Svetlana Schurowa	Russia	38.30 (3)	38.35 (3)	76.65
3	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	38.27 (2)	38.41 (5)	76.68
4th	Susan too	Canada	38.52 (7)	38.23 (2)	76.75
5	Sabine Völker	Germany	38.39 (5)	38.45 (6)	76.84
6th	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	38.50 (6)	38.39 (4)	76.89
7th	Franziska Schenk	Germany	38.31 (4)	38.63 (7)	76.94
8th	Chris Witty	United States	38.73 (8)	38.90 (9)	77.63
9	Shiho Kusunose	Japan	39.02 (13)	38.89 (8)	77.91
10	Michelle Morton	Canada	39.01 (12)	38.97 (10)	77.98

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Chris Witty	United States	1: 14.96
2	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	1: 15.28
3	Franziska Schenk	Germany	1: 15.46
4th	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	1: 16.05
5	Sabine Völker	Germany	1: 16.28
6th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	1: 16.58
7th	Becky Sundstrom	United States	1: 16.65
8th	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1: 16.74
9	Shiho Kusunose	Japan	1: 17.41
10	Susan too	Canada	1: 17.53

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1: 56.95
2	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	1: 57.20
3	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	1: 57.30
4th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	1: 57.64
5	Chris Witty	United States	1: 57.68
6th	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	1: 57.82
7th	Becky Sundstrom	United States	1: 58.69
8th	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	1: 59.02
9	Anette Tønsberg	Norway	2: 00.10
10	Noriko Munekata	Japan	2: 00.65

3,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	4: 01.67
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	4: 04.78
3	Anni Friesinger	Germany	4: 05.86
4th	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	4: 06.34
5	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	4: 09.18
6th	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	4: 10.63
7th	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	4: 10.77
8th	Noriko Munekata	Japan	4: 11.67
9	Catherine Raney	United States	4: 11.83
10	Anette Tønsberg	Norway	4: 12.92

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	6: 58.63
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	7: 02.95
3	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	7: 08.94
4th	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	7: 10.39
5	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	7: 15.47
6th	Elena Belci-Dal Farra	Italy	7: 16.43
7th	Mie Uehara	Japan	7: 26.12
8th	Chiharu Nozaki	Japan	7: 27.85
9	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	7: 33.33
10	Nami Nemoto	Japan	7: 43.19

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	35.36 (1)	34.82 (1)	70.18
2	Sylvain Bouchard	Canada	35.47 (2)	35.21 (3)	70.68
3	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	35.60 (3)	35.28 (4)	70.88
4th	Casey Fitzrandolph	United States	35.66 (4)	35.42 (5)	71.08
5	Jan Bos	Netherlands	35.66 (4)	35.50 (6)	71.16
6th	Mike Ireland	Canada	36.43 (19)	35.05 (2)	71.48
7th	Grund Njøs	Norway	35.78 (6)	35.72 (8)	71.50
8th	Junichi Inoue	Japan	35.95 (9)	35.63 (7)	71.58
9	Paweł Abratkiewicz	Poland	35.89 (8)	35.89 (9)	71.78
10	Janne Hänninen	Finland	35.87 (7)	35.95 (10)	71.82
17th	Michael Künzel	Germany	36.23 (15)	36.57 (18)	72.80

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Sylvain Bouchard	Canada	1: 09.60
2	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	1: 09.67
3	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	1: 09.83
4th	Jan Bos	Netherlands	1: 09.88
5	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1: 09.98
6th	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Netherlands	1: 10.03
7th	Christian Breuer	Germany	1: 10.55
8th	Casey Fitzrandolph	United States	1: 10.57
9	KC Boutiette	United States	1: 10.80
10	Janne Hänninen	Finland	1: 10.82
17th	Michael Spielmann	Germany	1: 11.46
22nd	Roland Brunner	Austria	1: 12.34

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1: 46.43
2	Ids Postma	Netherlands	1: 47.08
3	Roberto Sighel	Italy	1: 47.47
4th	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	1: 47.57
5	Christian Breuer	Germany	1: 48.15
6th	Jason Parker	Canada	1: 48.46
7th	Jeroen Straathof	Netherlands	1: 48.49
8th	Hiroyuki Noake	Japan	1: 48.53
9	KC Boutiette	United States	1: 48.55
10	Steven Elm	Canada	1: 48.70
12	Peter Adeberg	Germany	1: 48.81
19th	Michael Spielmann	Germany	1: 49.67

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	6: 21.49
2	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	6: 25.55
3	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	6: 27.58
4th	Remi Andre Hereide	Norway	6: 28.87
5	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	6: 29.59
6th	Frank Dittrich	Germany	6:30:08
7th	Roberto Sighel	Italy	6: 30.23
8th	Steven Elm	Canada	6: 32.77
9	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	6: 33.60
10	Brigt Rykkje	Norway	6: 33.93
12	Uwe Tonat	Germany	6: 36.09
13	Alexander Baumgartel	Germany	6: 36.93

10,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	13: 08.71
2	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	13: 22.64
3	Frank Dittrich	Germany	13: 30.33
4th	Remi Andre Hereide	Norway	13: 31.14
5	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	13: 32.52
6th	Roberto Sighel	Italy	13: 36.92
7th	Martin Feigenwinter	Switzerland	13: 38.04
8th	Steven Elm	Canada	13: 42.70
9	Takahiro Nozaki	Japan	13: 43.24
10	Kjell Storelid	Norway	13: 54.29
12	Uwe Tonat	Germany	14: 05.46

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-Stirnemann	Germany	2	1	0	3
2.	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	2	0	0	2
3.	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	1	1	0	2
4th	Sylvain Bouchard	Canada	1	1	0	2
5.	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1	0	1	2
6th	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	1	0	1	2
7th	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1	0	0	1
8th.	Chris Witty	United States	1	0	0	1
9.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	0	2	1	3
10.	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	0	1	1	2

Nations ranking

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

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Germany	3	3	4th	10
2.	Canada	2	3	1	6th
2.	Netherlands	2	3	1	6th
4th	Japan	1	0	2	3
5.	Norway	1	0	0	1
5.	United States	1	0	0	1
7th	Russia	0	1	0	1
8th.	Belgium	0	0	1	1
8th.	Italy	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-Stirnemann	Germany	2	1	0	3
2.	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	1	1	0	2
3.	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1	0	1	2
4th	Chris Witty	United States	1	0	0	1
5.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	0	2	1	3
6th	Svetlana Schurowa	Russia	0	1	0	1
7th	Franziska Schenk	Germany	0	0	1	1
7th	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	0	0	1	1
7th	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	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.	Canada	1	1	0	2
3.	United States	1	0	0	1
4th	Russia	0	1	0	1
5.	Japan	0	0	1	1
5.	Netherlands	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.	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	2	0	0	2
2.	Sylvain Bouchard	Canada	1	1	0	2
3.	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	1	0	1	2
4th	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1	0	0	1
5.	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	0	1	1	2
6th	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
6th	Ids Postma	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
6th	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
9.	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	0	0	1	1
9.	Frank Dittrich	Germany	0	0	1	1
9.	Roberto Sighel	Italy	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

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

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Netherlands	2	3	0	5
2.	Canada	1	2	1	4th
3.	Japan	1	0	1	2
4th	Norway	1	0	0	1
5.	Belgium	0	0	1	1
5.	Germany	0	0	1	1
5.	Italy	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Results overview on speedskatingnews.info

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