World Speed ​​Skating Individual Distance Championships 1999

Thialf Hall

The 4th individual distance world championships were held from March 12th to 14th in Heerenveen ( Thialf ) in the Netherlands .

Participating Nations

• 111 athletes from 20 nations took part in the championship

Participating Nations
Austria Belgium Belarus Canada	People's Republic of China Czech Republic Finland France	Germany Hungary Italy Japan	Kazakhstan South Korea Netherlands Norway	Poland Russia 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 Marianne Timmer
1,000 meters	Marianne Timmer	Monique Garbrecht	Catriona LeMay-Doan
1,500 meters	Emese Hunyady	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Tonny de Jong
3,000 meters	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Tonny de Jong Claudia Pechstein
5,000 meters	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Tonny de Jong

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Wennemar's heirs	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh
1,000 meters	Jan Bos	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh
1,500 meters	Ids Postma	Ådne Søndrål	Rintje Ritsma
5,000 meters	Gianni Rummy	Bart Veldkamp	Bob de Jong
10,000 meters	Bob de Jong	Gianni Rummy	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	38.48 (2)	38.39 (1)	76.87
2	Svetlana Schurowa	Russia	38.04 (1)	38.89 (4)	76.93
3	Tomomi Okazaki Marianne Timmer	Japan Netherlands	38.62 (4) 38.69 (5)	38.64 (3) 38.57 (2)	77.26
5	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	38.59 (3)	39.17 (7)	77.76
6th	Sabine Völker	Germany	38.84 (6)	39.00 (5)	77.84
7th	Mayumi Kagawa	Japan	38.97 (7)	39.01 (6)	77.98
8th	Eriko Sanmiya	Japan	39.14 (8)	39.28 (9)	78.42
9	Chiara Simionato	Italy	39.34 (11)	39.20 (8)	78.54
10	Edel Therese Høiseth	Norway	39.19 (9)	39.61 (11)	78.80
11	Christina Zummack	Germany	39.28 (10)	39.70 (12)	78.98

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1: 16.21
2	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	1: 16.75
3	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	1: 16.97
4th	Sabine Völker	Germany	1: 17.04
5	Aki Tonoike	Japan	1: 17.74
6th	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	1: 18.05
7th	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	1: 18.39
8th	Svetlana Schurowa	Russia	1: 18.41
9	Edel Therese Høiseth	Norway	1: 18.50
10	Chiara Simionato	Italy	1: 18.61
13	Franziska Schenk	Germany	1: 18.96

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Emese Hunyady	Austria	1: 58.29
2	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	1: 58.43
3	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	1: 59.17
4th	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	1: 59.46
5	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	1: 59.51
6th	Varvara Barysheva	Russia	2: 00.42
7th	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	2: 00.59
8th	Maki Tabata	Japan	2: 00.71
9	Marieke Wijsman	Netherlands	2: 02.28
10	Chiara Simionato	Italy	2: 02.39
15th	Daniela Anschütz	Germany	2: 03.51
24	Emese Dörfler-Antal	Austria	2: 06.68

3,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	4: 04.88
2	Tonny de Jong Claudia Pechstein	Netherlands Germany	4: 07.49
4th	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	4: 09.93
5	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	4: 12.26
6th	Maki Tabata	Japan	4: 12.72
7th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	4: 12.75
8th	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	4: 13.79
9	Ulrike Adeberg	Germany	4: 15.45
10	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	4: 15.86
22nd	Emese Dörfler-Antal	Austria	4: 24.63

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	7: 01.88
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	7: 04.24
3	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	7: 05.16
4th	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	7: 11.93
5	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	7: 13.39
6th	Maki Tabata	Japan	7: 15.54
7th	Eriko Seo	Japan	7: 19.87
8th	Cindy Overland	Canada	7: 22.78
9	Ulrike Adeberg	Germany	7: 23.39
10	Yayoi Nagaoka	Japan	7: 25.44

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	35.43 (1)	35.26 (1)	70.69
2	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	35.61 (3)	35.77 (3)	71.38
3	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Netherlands	35.81 (4)	36.02 (7)	71.83
4th	Ermanno Ioriatti	Italy	35.87 (6)	36.10 (8)	71.97
5	Grund Njøs	Norway	36.12 (9)	35.87 (4)	71.99
6th	Paweł Abratkiewicz	Poland	36.17 (11)	35.99 (6)	72.16
7th	Tomasz Swist	Poland	35.84 (5)	36.34 (12)	72.18
8th	Junichi Inoue	Japan	36.13 (10)	36.12 (9)	72.25
9	Mike Ireland	Canada	36.31 (13)	36.12 (9)	72.43
10	Janne Hänninen	Finland	36.08 (8)	36.36 (13)	72.44
10	Yukinori Miyabe	Japan	36.57 (16)	35.87 (4)	72.44
14th	Michael Künzel	Germany	36.25 (12)	36.66 (18)	72.91
15th	Andreas Behr	Germany	36.65 (18)	36.49 (15)	73.14
16	Roland Brunner	Austria	36.62 (17)	36.61 (17)	73.23

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Jan Bos	Netherlands	1: 10.41
2	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	1: 10.75
3	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Netherlands	1: 10.79
4th	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	1: 11.02
5	Paweł Abratkiewicz	Poland	1: 11.26
6th	Jason Parker	Canada	1: 11.52
7th	Christian Breuer	Germany	1: 11.57
8th	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1: 11.61
9	Grund Njøs	Norway	1: 12.03
10	Dino Gillarduzzi	Italy	1: 12.10
13	Roland Brunner	Austria	1: 12.28

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Ids Postma	Netherlands	1: 47.92
2	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1: 48.25
3	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	1: 49.28
4th	Cédric Kuentz	France	1: 49.39
5	Steven Elm	Canada	1: 49.84
6th	Vadim Sajutin	Russia	1: 49.96
7th	Roberto Sighel	Italy	1: 50.21
8th	Kevin Marshall	Canada	1: 50.37
9	Christian Breuer	Germany	1: 50.38
10	Yusuke Imai Eskil Ervik	Japan Norway	1: 50.42
16	Michael Spielmann	Germany	1: 51.46
20th	Oliver Arlt	Germany	1: 52.18
22nd	Marnix ten Kortenaar	Austria	1: 52.22

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	6: 29.39
2	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	6: 29.75
3	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	6: 29.88
4th	Eskil Ervik	Norway	6: 30.28
5	Frank Dittrich	Germany	6: 32.72
6th	Vadim Sajutin	Russia	6: 33.61
7th	Roberto Sighel	Italy	6: 34.22
8th	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	6: 35.73
9	Uwe Tonat	Germany	6: 35.98
10	René Taubenrauch	Germany	6: 36.86
17th	Marnix ten Kortenaar	Austria	6: 43.60

10,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	13: 26.61
2	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	13: 29.83
3	Frank Dittrich	Germany	13: 30.22
4th	Vadim Sajutin	Russia	13: 32.78
5	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	13: 37.22
6th	Brigt Rykkje	Norway	13: 37.34
7th	René Taubenrauch	Germany	13: 46.33
8th	Leave Sætre	Norway	13: 48.66
9	Kjell Storelid	Norway	13: 49.77
10	Uwe Tonat	Germany	13: 55.37

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.	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	1	1	0	2
2.	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
4th	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	1	0	1	2
4th	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
4th	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
7th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	1	0	0	1
7th	Ids Postma	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
7th	Jan Bos	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
10.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	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	3	7th	15th
2.	Germany	2	4th	1	7th
3.	Japan	1	1	1	3
4th	Canada	1	0	1	2
5.	Austria	1	0	0	1
6th	Belgium	0	1	0	1
6th	Norway	0	1	0	1
6th	Russia	0	1	0	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	0	1	2
3.	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
4th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	1	0	0	1
5.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	0	2	0	2
6th	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	0	1	2	3
7th	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	0	1	0	1
7th	Svetlana Schurowa	Russia	0	1	0	1
9.	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

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

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Germany	2	4th	0	6th
2.	Netherlands	1	1	3	5
3.	Canada	1	0	1	2
4th	Austria	1	0	0	1
5.	Russia	0	1	0	1
6th	Japan	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.	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	1	1	0	2
1.	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
3.	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
4th	Ids Postma	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
4th	Jan Bos	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
6th	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	0	1	0	1
6th	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
6th	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	0	1	0	1
9.	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Netherlands	0	0	2	2
10.	Frank Dittrich	Germany	0	0	1	1
10.	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

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

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Netherlands	4th	2	4th	10
2.	Japan	1	1	0	2
3.	Belgium	0	1	0	1
3.	Norway	0	1	0	1
5.	Germany	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Results overview on speedskatingnews.info