World Speed ​​Skating Individual Distance Championships 2001

The 6th Individual Distance World Championships were held from March 9th to 11th in Salt Lake City ( Utah Olympic Oval ), USA .

Participating Nations

• 123 athletes from 18 nations took part in the championship

Participating Nations
Austria Belgium Canada People's Republic of China	Finland France Germany Italy	Japan Kazakhstan South Korea Latvia	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	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	Svetlana Schurowa
1,000 meters	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	Sabine Völker	Catriona LeMay-Doan
1,500 meters	Anni Friesinger	Maki Tabata	Cindy classes
3,000 meters	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Anni Friesinger	Claudia Pechstein
5,000 meters	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Maki Tabata

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Casey Fitzrandolph
1,000 meters	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Ådne Søndrål	Sergei Klevchenya
1,500 meters	Ådne Søndrål	Derek Parra	Wennemar's heirs
5,000 meters	Bob de Jong	Carl Verheijen	Gianni Rummy
10,000 meters	Carl Verheijen	Bob de Jong	Vadim Sajutin

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	37.43 (1)	37.29 (1)	74.72
2	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	Germany	37.71 (3)	37.49 (2)	75.20
3	Svetlana Schurowa	Russia	37.69 (2)	37.55 (3)	75.24
4th	Sabine Völker	Germany	37.72 (4)	37.62 (4)	75.34
5	Andrea Nuyt	Netherlands	38.37 (8)	37.98 (5)	76.35
6th	Yukari Watanabe	Japan	38.39 (9)	38.13 (6)	76.52
7th	Susan too	Canada	38.36 (7)	38.19 (8)	76.55
8th	Sayuri Ōsuga	Japan	38.40 (10)	38.18 (7)	76.58
9	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	38.34 (6)	38.29 (10)	76.63
10	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	38.31 (5)	38.35 (11)	76.66
13	Jenny Wolf	Germany	38.59 (13)	38.65 (14)	77.24
21st	Emese Hunyady	Austria	39.38 (22)	39.23 (20)	78.61

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	Germany	1: 14.13
2	Sabine Völker	Germany	1: 14.14
3	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	1: 14.50
4th	Chris Witty	United States	1: 14.59
5	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1: 14.75
6th	Svetlana Schurowa	Russia	1: 15.16
7th	Cindy classes	Canada	1: 15.27
8th	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1: 15.36
9	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	1: 15.44
10	Aki Tonoike	Japan	1: 15.49

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1: 54.58
2	Maki Tabata	Japan	1: 54.76
3	Cindy classes	Canada	1: 55.08
4th	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	1: 55.68
5	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	1: 55.78
6th	Song Li	People's Republic of China	1: 55.79
7th	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	1: 55.83
8th	Chris Witty	United States	1: 56.05
9	Natalia Polozkova-Kozlova	Russia	1: 56.25
10	Varvara Barysheva	Russia	1: 56.32
14th	Marion Wohlrab	Germany	1: 58.00
15th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	1: 58.04
19th	Emese Dörfler-Antal	Austria	2: 00.04

3,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	4: 00.34
2	Anni Friesinger	Germany	4: 01.98
3	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	4: 02.13
4th	Cindy classes	Canada	4: 02.41
5	Maki Tabata	Japan	4: 03.74
6th	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	4: 04.56
7th	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	4: 05.64
8th	Varvara Barysheva	Russia	4: 05.73
9	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	4: 06.63
10	Song Li	People's Republic of China	4: 07.01
21st	Emese Dörfler-Antal	Austria	4: 18.23

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	6: 52.44
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	6: 58.11
3	Maki Tabata	Japan	7: 05.49
4th	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	7: 06.53
5	Wieteke Cramer	Netherlands	7: 09.29
6th	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	7: 09.42
7th	Kristina Groves	Canada	7: 10.52
8th	Eriko Seo	Japan	7: 12.16
9	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	7: 13.60
10	Nami Nemoto	Japan	7: 13.86
11	Daniela Anschütz	Germany	7: 19.01

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	34.64 (1)	34.32 (1)	68.96
2	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	34.77 (2)	34.52 (2)	69.29
3	Casey Fitzrandolph	United States	35.04 (5)	34.72 (3)	69.76
4th	Manabu Horii	Japan	34.92 (3)	34.90 (5)	69.82
5	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	35.23 (8)	34.84 (4)	70.07
6th	Sergei Klevchenya	Russia	35.23 (8)	35.00 (8)	70.23
7th	Toyoki Takeda	Japan	35.03 (4)	35.21 (10)	70.24
8th	Joey Cheek	United States	35.28 (11)	34.98 (7)	70.26
9	Mike Ireland	Canada	35.48 (15)	34.94 (6)	70.42
10	Janne Hänninen	Finland	35.21 (6)	35.23 (12)	70.44
19th	Andreas Behr	Germany	35.64 (19)	35.53 (22)	71.17

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	1: 08.28
2	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1: 08.50
3	Sergei Klevchenya	Russia	1: 08.59
4th	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	1: 08.61
5	Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	1: 08.70
6th	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	1: 08.76
7th	Yusuke Imai	Japan	1: 08.78
8th	Sean Ireland	Canada	1: 08.86
9	Casey Fitzrandolph	United States	1: 09.10
10	Jan Bos	Netherlands	1: 09.24
14th	Michael Künzel	Germany	1: 09.78

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1: 46.10
2	Derek Parra	United States	1: 46.20
3	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	1: 46.22
4th	Alexander Kibalko	Russia	1: 46.42
5	Yusuke Imai	Japan	1: 46.94
6th	Vadim Sajutin Petter Andersen	Russia Norway	1: 46.99
8th	Hiroyuki Noake	Japan	1: 47.04
9	Sergei Tsybenko	Kazakhstan	1: 47.14
10	KC Boutiette	United States	1: 47.30
14th	Christian Breuer	Germany	1: 48.47
19th	Jörg Dallmann	Germany	1: 49.30

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	6: 19.58
2	Carl Verheijen	Netherlands	6: 22.43
3	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	6: 25.00
4th	Vadim Sajutin	Russia	6: 25.60
5	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	6: 26.04
6th	Frank Dittrich	Germany	6: 28.34
7th	Leave Sætre	Norway	6: 29.54
8th	KC Boutiette	United States	6: 31.93
9	Alexander Kibalko	Russia	6: 32.56
10	Dustin Molicki	Canada	6: 33.56
16	Rayk Fritzsche	Germany	6: 35.50
20th	Alexander Baumgartel	Germany	6: 39.42

10,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Carl Verheijen	Netherlands	13: 12.49
2	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	13: 13.81
3	Vadim Sajutin	Russia	13: 17.83
4th	Frank Dittrich	Germany	13: 19.09
5	Leave Sætre	Norway	13: 19.33
6th	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	13: 19.92
7th	Jochem Uytdehaage	Netherlands	13: 23.02
8th	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	13: 32.81
9	Øystein Grødum	Norway	13: 33.53
10	Stian Bjørge	Norway	13: 38.75
13	Alexander Baumgartel	Germany	13: 47.44
16	Knut Morgenstern	Germany	13: 57.07

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	0	0	2
2.	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	1	1	0	2
2.	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	Germany	1	1	0	2
2.	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
2.	Carl Verheijen	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
2.	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1	1	0	2
7th	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	1	0	1	2
8th.	Aki Tonoike	Japan	1	0	0	1
8th.	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	1	0	0	1
10.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	0	1	1	2
10.	Maki Tabata	Japan	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	4th	1	8th
2.	Netherlands	2	2	2	6th
3.	Canada	2	1	2	5
4th	Japan	2	1	1	4th
5.	Norway	1	1	0	2
6th	United States	0	1	1	2
7th	Russia	0	0	3	3

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	0	0	2
2.	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	Germany	1	1	0	2
3.	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	1	0	1	2
4th	Aki Tonoike	Japan	1	0	0	1
5.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	0	1	1	2
5.	Maki Tabata	Japan	0	1	1	2
7th	Anni Friesinger	Germany	0	1	0	1
7th	Sabine Völker	Germany	0	1	0	1
9.	Cindy classes	Canada	0	0	1	1
9.	Svetlana Schurowa	Russia	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

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

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Germany	3	4th	1	8th
2.	Japan	1	1	1	3
3.	Canada	1	0	2	3
4th	Russia	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.	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	1	1	0	2
1.	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
1.	Carl Verheijen	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
1.	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	1	1	0	2
5.	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	1	0	0	1
6th	Derek Parra	United States	0	1	0	1
7th	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
7th	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
7th	Sergei Klevchenya	Russia	0	0	1	1
7th	Vadim Sajutin	Russia	0	0	1	1
7th	Casey Fitzrandolph	United States	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

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

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Netherlands	2	2	2	6th
2.	Canada	1	1	0	2
2.	Norway	1	1	0	2
4th	Japan	1	0	0	1
5.	United States	0	1	1	2
6th	Russia	0	0	2	2

Web links

• Results overview on speedskatingnews.info