World Speed ​​Skating Individual Distance Championships 2000

Claudia Pechstein - with 2 × gold and 1 × silver, the most successful female athlete in the individual distance World Championships

The 5th Single Distance World Championships were from 3 to 5 March at the Japanese Nagano ( M-Wave discharged).

Participating Nations

• 120 athletes from 21 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 Switzerland	Sweden United States

winner

• Shows the three medal places of the individual distances

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Monique Garbrecht	Svetlana Schurowa	Catriona LeMay-Doan
1,000 meters	Monique Garbrecht	Marianne Timmer	Chris Witty
1,500 meters	Claudia Pechstein	Anni Friesinger	Emese Hunyady
3,000 meters	Claudia Pechstein	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Maki Tabata
5,000 meters	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Tonny de Jong

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Mike Ireland	Jeremy Wotherspoon
1,000 meters	Ådne Søndrål	Jan Bos	Mike Ireland
1,500 meters	Ids Postma	Ådne Søndrål	Jan Bos
5,000 meters	Gianni Rummy	Bob de Jong	Keiji Shirahata
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	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	38.78 (2)	38.70 (1)	77.48
2	Svetlana Schurowa	Russia	38.79 (3)	38.85 (6)	77.64
3	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	38.96 (5)	38.82 (4)	77.78
4th	Sayuri Ōsuga	Japan	38.93 (4)	38.88 (7)	77.81
5	Eriko Sanmiya	Japan	39.07 (8)	38.81 (3)	77.88
6th	Susan too	Canada	39.01 (6)	38.92 (8)	77.93
7th	Chris Witty	United States	39.01 (6)	38.96 (10)	77.97
8th	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	39.16 (9)	38.82 (4)	77.98
9	Andrea Nuyt	Netherlands	38.68 (1)	39.35 (12)	78.03
10	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	39.44 (12)	38.80 (2)	78.24
12	Sabine Völker	Germany	39.28 (10)	39.22 (11)	78.50
16	Jenny Wolf	Germany	39.94 (18)	39.55 (16)	79.49
18th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	39.82 (16)	39.95 (18)	79.77

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	1: 16.59
2	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1: 16.71
3	Chris Witty	United States	1: 17.28
4th	Andrea Nuyt	Netherlands	1: 17.36
5	Edel Therese Høiseth	Norway	1: 17.38
6th	Sabine Völker	Germany	1: 17.52
7th	Eriko Sanmiya	Japan	1: 17.94
8th	Susan too	Canada	1: 18.27
9	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	1: 18.32
10	Aki Tonoike	Japan	1: 18.34
17th	Marion Wohlrab	Germany	1: 19.70

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	1: 58.43
2	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1: 58.62
3	Emese Hunyady	Austria	1: 58.97
4th	Song Li	People's Republic of China	1: 59.38
5	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	1: 59.46
6th	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	1: 59.61
7th	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	1: 59.99
8th	Chris Witty	United States	2: 00.15
9	Maki Tabata	Japan	2: 00.38
10	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	2: 00.42

3,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	4: 05.68
2	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	4: 05.75
3	Maki Tabata	Japan	4: 09.18
4th	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	4: 09.20
5	Anni Friesinger	Germany	4: 09.34
6th	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	4: 10.46
7th	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	4: 12.02
8th	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	4: 13.47
9	Varvara Barysheva	Russia	4: 13.78
10	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	4: 13.91

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	6: 58.71
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	7: 00.68
3	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	7: 06.30
4th	Carien Kleibeuker	Netherlands	7: 09.15
5	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	7: 13.12
6th	Anni Friesinger	Germany	7: 13.23
7th	Maki Tabata	Japan	7: 13.75
8th	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	7: 15.47
9	Eriko Seo	Japan	7: 17.99
10	Svetlana Vysokowa	Russia	7: 25.23

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	35.30 (1)	35.19 (1)	70.49
2	Mike Ireland	Canada	35.80 (4)	35.34 (2)	71.14
3	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	35.75 (2)	35.62 (3)	71.38
4th	Grund Njøs	Norway	35.76 (3)	35.81 (4)	71.56
5	Jan Bos	Netherlands	35.84 (5)	36.04 (10)	71.88
5	Casey Fitzrandolph	United States	35.89 (6)	35.99 (6)	71.88
7th	Michael Künzel	Germany	36.00 (7)	36.00 (7)	72.00
7th	Toyoki Takeda	Japan	36.05 (8)	35.95 (5)	72.00
9	Patrick Bouchard	Canada	36.06 (10)	36.02 (8)	72.08
10	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	36.17 (11)	36.14 (12)	72.31
21st	Jan Waterstradt	Germany	36.96 (24)	36.41 (17)	73.37

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1: 09.96
2	Jan Bos	Netherlands	1: 09.98
3	Mike Ireland	Canada	1: 10.58
4th	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	1: 10.65
5	Jason Parker	Canada	1: 10.77
6th	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	1: 10.83
7th	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	1: 10.84
8th	Casey Fitzrandolph	United States	1: 11.02
9	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Netherlands	1: 11.21
10	Christian Breuer	Germany	1: 11.26
13	Michael Künzel	Germany	1: 11.47

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Ids Postma	Netherlands	1: 47.98
2	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1: 48.61
3	Jan Bos	Netherlands	1: 48.66
4th	Hiroyuki Noake	Japan	1: 48.99
5	Jason Parker	Canada	1: 49.41
6th	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Netherlands	1: 49.47
7th	Alexander Kibalko	Russia	1: 49.65
8th	Christian Breuer	Germany	1: 49.68
9	Steven Elm	Canada	1: 49.78
10	Derek Parra	United States	1: 49.92

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	6: 23.31
2	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	6: 25.40
3	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	6: 31.16
4th	Frank Dittrich	Germany	6: 32.62
5	Sicco Janmaat	Netherlands	6: 34.18
6th	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	6: 34.33
7th	Leave Sætre	Norway	6: 36.16
8th	Roberto Sighel	Italy	6: 36.92
9	Hiroyuki Noake	Japan	6: 40.69
10	Takahiro Nozaki	Japan	6: 41.03
14th	Martin Feigenwinter	Switzerland	6: 42.23
16	Alexander Baumgartel	Germany	6: 43.89
18th	Knut Morgenstern	Germany	6: 44.17

10,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	13: 12.27
2	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	13: 21.74
3	Frank Dittrich	Germany	13: 27.93
4th	Leave Sætre	Norway	13: 35.46
5	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	13: 35.47
6th	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	13: 38.14
7th	Roberto Sighel	Italy	13: 46.10
8th	Takahiro Nozaki	Japan	13: 48.32
9	Alexander Baumgartel	Germany	13: 48.62
10	Knut Morgenstern	Germany	13: 49.12
13	Martin Feigenwinter	Switzerland	13: 54.05

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.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	2	1	0	3
2.	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	2	0	0	2
2.	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	2	0	0	2
4th	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	1	1	0	2
4th	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1	1	0	2
6th	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	1	0	0	1
6th	Ids Postma	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
8th.	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	0	2	0	2
9.	Mike Ireland	Canada	0	1	1	2
9.	Jan Bos	Netherlands	0	1	1	2

Nations ranking

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

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Germany	5	3	1	9
2.	Netherlands	3	4th	2	9
3.	Norway	1	1	0	2
4th	Japan	1	0	2	3
5.	Canada	0	1	3	4th
6th	Russia	0	1	0	1
7th	Austria	0	0	1	1
7th	United States	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.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	2	1	0	3
2.	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	2	0	0	2
3.	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	1	1	0	2
4th	Anni Friesinger	Germany	0	1	0	1
4th	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
4th	Svetlana Schurowa	Russia	0	1	0	1
7th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	0	0	1	1
7th	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	0	0	1	1
7th	Maki Tabata	Japan	0	0	1	1
7th	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

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

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Germany	5	3	0	8th
2.	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
3.	Russia	0	1	0	1
4th	Austria	0	0	1	1
4th	Canada	0	0	1	1
4th	Japan	0	0	1	1
4th	United States	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.	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1	1	0	2
3.	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	1	0	0	1
3.	Ids Postma	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
5.	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	0	2	0	2
6th	Mike Ireland	Canada	0	1	1	2
6th	Jan Bos	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
8th.	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	0	0	1	1
8th.	Frank Dittrich	Germany	0	0	1	1
8th.	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	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	1	7th
2.	Norway	1	1	0	2
3.	Japan	1	0	1	2
4th	Canada	0	1	2	3
5.	Germany	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Results overview on speedskatingnews.info