Speed ​​skating world cup 1991/92

The speed skating World Cup 1991/92 was held for women and men at eight World Cup stations in nine countries. The season began on November 22, 1991 and ended on March 14, 1992. Women ran distances from 500 to 3,000 meters and men from 500 to 10,000 meters.

See also: List of overall world cup winners in speed skating

Competitions

Women

World Cup overview

date	place	discipline	winner	Second	Third
Nov 22 to 24, 1991	Berlin ( Sportforum Hohenschönhausen )	500 m	Bonnie Blair	Ye Qiaobo	Christine Aaftink
		1,000 m	Bonnie Blair	Monique Garbrecht	Anke Baier
		1,500 m	Gunda Niemann	Emese Hunyady	Jacqueline Borner
		3,000 m	Gunda Niemann	Lia van Schie	Carla Zijlstra
Nov 30 to Dec 1, 1991	Warsaw ( Stegny Gate )	500 m (Nov. 30)	Bonnie Blair	Christine Aaftink	Angela Hauck
		1,000 m (Nov. 30)	Bonnie Blair	Christine Aaftink	Edel Therese Høiseth
		1,500 m (December 1)	Emese Hunyady	Sandra Voetelink	Emese Antal
		3,000 m (1st Dec)	Emese Hunyady	Claudia Pechstein	Emese Antal
7th to 8th Dec. 1991	Albertville ( Stade de Patinage Olympique )	500 m (December 7th)	Bonnie Blair	Christine Aaftink	Angela Hauck
		1,000 m (Dec. 7)	Ye Qiaobo	Monique Garbrecht	Angela Hauck
		1,500 m (Dec. 8)	Gunda Niemann	Emese Hunyady	Monique Garbrecht
		3,000 m (Dec. 8)	Gunda Niemann	Heike Warnicke	Emese Hunyady
Jan 11-12, 1992	Klobenstein ( Arena Ritten )	500 m (Jan. 11)	Bonnie Blair	Ye Qiaobo	Monique Garbrecht
		1,000 m (Jan. 11)	Bonnie Blair	Christine Aaftink	Monique Garbrecht
		1,500 m (Jan. 12)	Emese Hunyady	Gunda Niemann	Heike Warnicke
		3,000 m (Jan. 12)	Gunda Niemann	Heike Warnicke	Emese Hunyady
All-around European Championships in Heerenveen ( Thialf ), 17. – 19. January 1992
Olympic Winter Games in Albertville ( Stade de Patinage Olympique ), 8. – 23. February 1992
Sprint World Championship in Oslo ( Valle Hovin Kunstisbane ), February 29 - March 1, 1992
All-around world championship in Heerenveen ( Thialf ), 7. – 8. March 1992
13th to 14th March 1992	Inzell ( Inzell Ice Stadium )	1,000 m	Bonnie Blair	Ye Qiaobo	Anke Baier
		1,500 m	Gunda Niemann	Emese Hunyady	Else Ragni Yttredal
		3,000 m	Gunda Niemann	Emese Hunyady	Heike Warnicke
		5,000 m	Gunda Niemann	Carla Zijlstra	Heike Warnicke
		500 m (13 Mar)	Bonnie Blair	Ye Qiaobo	Christa Luding
		500 m (14 Mar)	Ye Qiaobo	Bonnie Blair	Angela Hauck

500 meters

(Final result: after 6 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Bonnie Blair	United States	122
2	Ye Qiaobo	People's Republic of China	116
3	Angela Hauck	Germany	92
4th	Christine Aaftink	Netherlands	90
5	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	88
6th	Christa Luding	Germany	84
7th	Susan too	Canada	71
8th	Anke Baier	Germany	65
9	Sandra Voetelink	Netherlands	51
10	Shelley Rhead	Canada	44
17th	Christina Zummack	Germany	30th
17th	Sabine Völker	Germany	30th
30th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	4th

1,000 meters

(Final result: after 5 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Bonnie Blair	United States	100
2	Ye Qiaobo	People's Republic of China	83
3	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	80
4th	Christine Aaftink	Netherlands	73
5	Anke Baier	Germany	70
6th	Angela Hauck	Germany	67
7th	Christa Luding	Germany	57
8th	Edel Therese Høiseth	Norway	54
9	Michelle Kline	United States	46
10	Sandra Voetelink	Netherlands	46
14th	Sabine Völker	Germany	29
17th	Christina Zummack	Germany	18th
22nd	Emese Antal	Austria	15th

1,500 meters

(Final result: after 5 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Gunda Niemann	Germany	97
2	Emese Hunyady	Austria	94
3	Bonnie Blair	United States	62
4th	Jacqueline Borner	Germany	60
5	Lia van Schie Else Ragni Yttredal	Netherlands Norway	56
7th	Heike Warnicke	Germany	54
8th	Jasmin Krohn	Sweden	50
9	Sandra Voetelink	Netherlands	48
10	Emese Antal	Austria	46
12	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	38
14th	Sabine Völker	Germany	28
26th	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	10
27	Ulrike Adeberg	Germany	10

3,000 meters

(Final result: after 6 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Gunda Niemann	Germany	125
2	Emese Hunyady	Austria	103
3	Heike Warnicke	Germany	102
4th	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	92
5	Lia van Schie	Netherlands	82
6th	Jasmin Krohn	Sweden	72
7th	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	65
8th	Mihaela Dascălu Anette Tonsberg	Romania Norway	63
10	Elena Belci-Dal Farra	Italy	46
12	Emese Antal	Austria	35
14th	Jacqueline Borner	Germany	34
25th	Ulrike Adeberg	Germany	12
26th	Stefanie Teeuwen	Germany	11

Men

World Cup overview

date	place	discipline	winner	Second	Third
Nov 22 to 24, 1991	Berlin ( Sportforum Hohenschönhausen )	1,000 m	Igor Shelesovsky	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Peter Adeberg
		1,500 m	Falko Zandstra	Johann Olav Koss	Peter Adeberg
		5,000 m	Johann Olav Koss	Geir Karlstad	Bart Veldkamp
		500 m	Uwe-Jens Mey	Dan Jansen	Igor Shelesovsky
		500 m	Dan Jansen Uwe-Jens Mey		Toshiyuki Kuroiwa
Nov 30 to Dec 1, 1991	Heerenveen ( Thialf )	500 m (Nov. 30)	Dan Jansen	Uwe-Jens Mey	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa
		5,000 m (Nov. 30)	Geir Karlstad	Johann Olav Koss	Bart Veldkamp
		1,000 m	Igor Shelesovsky	Andrei Bachvalov	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa
		500 m (December 1st)	Uwe-Jens Mey	Dan Jansen	Yasunori Miyabe
		1,500 m (December 1)	Rintje Ritsma	Ådne Søndrål	Michael Hadschieff
		10,000 m (December 1st)	Robert Vunderink	Bart Veldkamp	Geir Karlstad
Jan 11-12, 1992	Davos ( Ice Stadium Davos )	500 m (Jan. 11)	Dan Jansen	Uwe-Jens Mey	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa
		1,000 m	Eric Flaim	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Uwe-Jens Mey
		1,500 m	Falko Zandstra	Rintje Ritsma	Johann Olav Koss
		5,000 m	Geir Karlstad	Bart Veldkamp	Johann Olav Koss
		500 m (Jan. 12)	Uwe-Jens Mey	Dan Jansen	Yasunori Miyabe
All-around European Championships in Heerenveen ( Thialf ), 17. – 19. January 1992
Olympic Winter Games in Albertville ( Stade de Patinage Olympique ), 8. – 23. February 1992
Sprint World Championship in Oslo ( Valle Hovin Kunstisbane ), February 29 - March 1, 1992
7. to 8. Mar. 1992	Savalen ( Savalen Kunstis )	500 m (7th Mar.)	Dan Jansen	Yasunori Miyabe	Masahiro Yuki
		1,000 m (March 7th)	Igor Shelesovsky	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Yukinori Miyabe
		500 m (March 8)	Igor Shelesovsky	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Dan Jansen
		1,000 m (March 8)	Igor Shelesovsky	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Yasunori Miyabe
14th to 15th March 1992	Québec ( Gaétan Boucher Oval )	1,500 m	Johann Olav Koss	Falko Zandstra	Ådne Søndrål
		5,000 m	Bart Veldkamp	Johann Olav Koss	Geir Karlstad
All around world championship in Calgary ( Olympic Oval ), 21. – 22. March 1992
27. to 28. Mar. 1992	Butte ( US High Mountain Altitude Rink )	1,000 m	Yasunori Miyabe	Yuji Fujimoto	Nick Thometz
		1,500 m	Peter Adeberg	Falko Zandstra	Arjan Schreuder
		5,000 m	Rintje Ritsma	Falko Zandstra	Thomas Bos
		10,000 m	Thomas Bos	Kazuhiro Satō	Falko Zandstra
		500 m	Yasunori Miyabe	Dan Jansen	Masahiro Yuki
		500 m	Dan Jansen	Yasunori Miyabe	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa

500 meters

(Final result: after 10 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Dan Jansen	United States	213
2	Yasunori Miyabe Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Japan	174
4th	Uwe-Jens Mey	Germany	144
5	Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	121
6th	Igor Shelesovsky	Soviet Union / from 1992 Belarus	109
7th	Yuji Fujimoto	Japan	101
8th	Guy Thibault	Canada	96
9	Nick Thometz	United States	95
10	Alexander Golubev	Soviet Union	88
15th	Jörg Wichmann	Germany	46
20th	Peter Adeberg	Germany	34
22nd	Roland Brunner	Austria	30th

1,000 meters

(Final result: after 6 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Igor Shelesovsky	Soviet Union / from 1992 Belarus	100
2	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Japan	97
3	Yasunori Miyabe	Japan	81
4th	Dan Jansen	United States	78
5	Eric Flaim	United States	77
6th	Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	71
7th	Nick Thometz	United States	70
8th	Olaf Zinke	Germany	63
9	Peter Adeberg	Germany	60
10	Yuji Fujimoto	Japan	49
13	Roland Brunner	Austria	41
16	Uwe-Jens Mey	Germany	30th
21st	Jörg Wichmann	Germany	18th

1,500 meters

(Final result: after 5 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Falko Zandstra	Netherlands	94
2	Johann Olav Koss	Norway	85
3	Peter Adeberg	Germany	77
4th	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	76
5	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	74
6th	Roberto Sighel	Italy	56
7th	Olaf Zinke Michael Hadschieff	Germany Austria	49
9	Eric Flaim Markus Tröger	United States Germany	40
16	Zsolt Zakarias	Austria	28
28	Michael Spielmann	Germany	5
30th	Hubert Kreutz	Austria	4th

5,000 / 10,000 meters

(Final result: after 7 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Geir Karlstad	Norway	126
2	Johann Olav Koss	Norway	118
3	Falko Zandstra	Netherlands	114
4th	Bart Veldkamp	Netherlands	110
5	Thomas Bos	Netherlands	108
6th	Kazuhiro Satō	Japan	93
7th	Per Bengtsson	Sweden	78
8th	Markus Tröger	Germany	77
9	Michael Hadschieff	Austria	62
10	Jaromir Radke	Poland	52
11	Rudolf Jeklic	Germany	47
17th	Frank Dittrich	Germany	30th
25th	Zsolt Zakarias	Austria	8th
27	Rene Flade Roland Niedermayer	Germany Austria	5
30th	Christian Eminger	Austria	4th

total

• Place: Indicates the order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of World Cup victories. If the number is the same, the 2nd placements are compared, then the 3rd placements
• Name: gives the name of the athlete
• Country: Name the country for which the athlete started
• Victories: states the number of World Cup victories
• 2nd places: states the number of 2nd places achieved
• 3rd places: states the number of 3rd places achieved
• Total: states the number of all medals won

Top ten

The top ten shows the ten most successful athletes of the speed skating world cup 1991/92.

space	Surname	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Bonnie Blair	United States	9	1	0	10
2.	Gunda Niemann	Germany	8th	1	0	9
3.	Dan Jansen	United States	5	4th	1	10
4th	Igor Shelesovsky	Soviet Union / from 1992 Belarus	5	0	1	6th
5.	Uwe-Jens Mey	Germany	4th	2	1	7th
6th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	3	4th	2	9
7th	Ye Qiaobo	People's Republic of China	2	4th	0	6th
8th.	Johann Olav Koss	Norway	2	3	2	7th
9.	Falko Zandstra	Netherlands	2	3	1	6th
10.	Yasunori Miyabe	Japan	2	2	3	7th

Women

space	Surname	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Bonnie Blair	United States	9	1	0	10
2.	Gunda Niemann	Germany	8th	1	0	9
3.	Emese Hunyady	Austria	3	4th	2	9
4th	Ye Qiaobo	People's Republic of China	2	4th	0	6th
5.	Christine Aaftink	Netherlands	0	4th	1	5
6th	Heike Warnicke	Germany	0	2	3	5
7th	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	0	2	3	5
8th.	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
9.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	0	1	0	1
9.	Lia van Schie Schie	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
9.	Sandra Voetelink	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
12.	Angela Hauck	Germany	0	0	4th	4th
13.	Anke Baier	Germany	0	0	2	2
13.	Emese Antal	Austria	0	0	2	2
15th	Christa Luding	Germany	0	0	1	1
15th	Edel Therese Høiseth	Norway	0	0	1	1
15th	Else Ragni Yttredal	Norway	0	0	1	1
15th	Jacqueline Borner	Germany	0	0	1	1

Men

space	Surname	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Dan Jansen	United States	5	4th	1	10
2.	Igor Shelesovsky	Soviet Union / from 1992 Belarus	5	0	1	6th
3.	Uwe-Jens Mey	Germany	4th	2	1	7th
4th	Johann Olav Koss	Norway	2	3	2	7th
5.	Falko Zandstra	Netherlands	2	3	1	6th
6th	Yasunori Miyabe	Japan	2	2	3	7th
7th	Geir Karlstad	Norway	2	1	2	5
8th.	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	2	1	0	3
9.	Bart Veldkamp	Netherlands	1	2	2	5
10.	Peter Adeberg	Germany	1	0	2	3
11.	Thomas Bos	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
12.	Eric Flaim	United States	1	0	0	1
12.	Robert Vunderink	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
14th	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Japan	0	5	5	10
15th	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	0	1	1	2
16.	Andrei Bachvalov	Soviet Union	0	1	0	1
16.	Kazuhiro Satō	Japan	0	1	0	1
16.	Yuji Fujimoto	Japan	0	1	0	1
19th	Masahiro Yuki	Japan	0	0	2	2
20th	Arjan Schreuder	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
20th	Nick Thometz	United States	0	0	1	1
20th	Michael Hadschieff	Austria	0	0	1	1
20th	Yukinori Miyabe	Japan	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

The nation ranking shows the most successful nations (athletes) of the speed skating world cup 1991/92.

space	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	United States	15th	5	2	22nd
2.	Germany	13	8th	17th	38
3.	Netherlands	7th	13	7th	27
4th	Belarus 1	3	0	0	3
5.	Soviet Union 1	2	1	1	4th
6th	Norway	4th	5	7th	16
7th	Austria	3	4th	5	12
8th.	Japan	2	9	11	22nd
9.	People's Republic of China	2	4th	0	6th

¹ Igor Schelesowski started in 1991 for the Soviet Union (GSB = 2-0-1) and from 1992 for Belarus (GSB = 3-0-0).  

Web links

• Results of the overall World Cup 1991/92 (DESG)