Speed ​​skating world cup 1996/97

The Speed ​​Skating World Cup 1996/97 was held for women and men at ten World Cup stations in ten countries. The season began on November 23, 1996 and ended on March 2, 1997. Women ran distances from 500 to 5,000 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 23 to 24, 1996	Berlin ( Sportforum Hohenschönhausen )	1,500 m	Gunda Niemann	Tonny de Jong	Kirstin Holum
		3,000 m	Tonny de Jong	Carla Zijlstra	Gunda Niemann
Nov 30 to Dec 1, 1996	Heerenveen ( Thialf )	1,500 m	Tonny de Jong	Gunda Niemann	Barbara de Loor
		3,000 m	Tonny de Jong	Barbara de Loor	Gunda Niemann
7th to 8th Dec. 1996	Jeonju ( Jeonju Ice Rink )	500 m (December 7th)	Xue Ruihong	Svetlana Shurova	Franziska Schenk
		1,000 m (Dec. 7)	Franziska Schenk	Shiho Kusunose	Marianne Timmer
		500 m (Dec. 8)	Kyoko Shimazaki	Franziska Schenk	Tomomi Okazaki
		1,000 m (Dec. 8)	Franziska Schenk	Marianne Timmer	Chris Witty
14 to 15 Dec. 1996	Hamar ( Vikingskipet )	3,000 m	Tonny de Jong	Gunda Niemann	Svetlana Bashanova
		5,000 m	Tonny de Jong	Gunda Niemann	Carla Zijlstra
14 to 15 Dec. 1996	Shibukawa ( Machiyama Highland Skating Center )	500 m (Dec. 14)	Kyoko Shimazaki	Xue Ruihong	Franziska Schenk
		1,000 m (Dec. 14)	Franziska Schenk	Shiho Kusunose	Chris Witty
		500 m (Dec. 15)	Tomomi Okazaki	Kyoko Shimazaki	Xue Ruihong
		1,000 m (Dec. 15)	Franziska Schenk	Kyoko Shimazaki	Tomomi Okazaki
3rd to 4th Jan. 1997	Calgary ( Olympic Oval )	500 m (Jan. 3)	Franziska Schenk	Tomomi Okazaki	Svetlana Shurova
		1,000 m (Jan. 3)	Franziska Schenk	Sabine Völker	Chris Witty
		500 m (Jan. 4)	Tomomi Okazaki	Franziska Schenk	Xue Ruihong
		1,000 m (Jan. 4)	Sabine Völker	Chris Witty	Franziska Schenk
All-around European Championship in Heerenveen ( Thialf ), 10. – 12. January 1997
Jan. 11 to Jan. 12, 1997	Milwaukee ( Pettit National Ice Center )	500 m (Jan. 11)	Xue Ruihong	Franziska Schenk	Svetlana Schurowa Chris Witty
		1,000 m (Jan. 11)	Chris Witty	Sabine Völker	Becky Sundstrom
		500 m (Jan. 12)	Xue Ruihong	Franziska Schenk	Svetlana Shurova
		1,000 m (Jan. 12)	Chris Witty	Sabine Völker	Franziska Schenk
Jan. 18 to 19, 1997	Baselga di Pinè ( Stadio del Ghiaccio )	1,500 m	Tonny de Jong	Claudia Pechstein	Svetlana Bashanova
		5,000 m	Carla Zijlstra	Kirstin Holum	Claudia Pechstein
Sprint World Championship in Hamar ( Vikingskipet ), 1st – 2nd February 1997
25 to 26 Jan. 1997	Davos ( Ice Stadium Davos )	1,500 m	Gunda Niemann	Svetlana Bashanova	Claudia Pechstein
		3,000 m	Gunda Niemann	Claudia Pechstein	Anni Friesinger
All around world championship in Nagano ( M-Wave ), 14. – 16. February 1997
22. To 23. Feb. 1997	Innsbruck ( Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck )	500 m (Feb. 22)	Xue Ruihong	Marianne Timmer	Jin Hua
		1,000 m (Feb. 22)	Marianne Timmer	Franziska Schenk	Chris Witty
		500 m (Feb. 23)	Xue Ruihong	Sabine Völker	Catriona LeMay
		1,000 m (Feb. 23)	Marianne Timmer	Sabine Völker	Chris Witty
Feb. 28 to Mar. 2 1997	Inzell ( Ludwig Schwabl Stadium )	3,000 m	Gunda Niemann	Claudia Pechstein	Anni Friesinger
		1,000 m	Marianne Timmer	Sabine Völker	Franziska Schenk
		1,500 m	Gunda Niemann	Svetlana Bashanova	Anni Friesinger
		500 m	Kyoko Shimazaki	Marianne Timmer	Tomomi Okazaki
		500 m	Xue Ruihong	Tomomi Okazaki	Kyoko Shimazaki
Individual Distance World Championships in Warsaw ( Tor Stegny ), 7th – 9th March 1997

500 meters

(Final result: after 12 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Xue Ruihong	People's Republic of China	385
2	Franziska Schenk	Germany	345
3	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	340
4th	Kyoko Shimazaki	Japan	287
5	Svetlana Shurova	Russia	272
6th	Sabine Völker	Germany	244
7th	Catriona LeMay	Canada	235
8th	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	205
9	Jin Hua	People's Republic of China	197
10	Chris Witty	United States	160
11	Anke Baier	Germany	119
15th	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	97

1,000 meters

(Final result: after 11 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Franziska Schenk	Germany	335
2	Chris Witty	United States	305
3	Sabine Völker	Germany	292
4th	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	280
5	Shiho Kusunose	Japan	230
6th	Becky Sundstrom	United States	230
7th	Xue Ruihong	People's Republic of China	220
8th	Anke Baier	Germany	173
9	Oksana Ravilova	Russia	155
10	Kyoko Shimazaki	Japan	151
12	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	148
18th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	45

1,500 meters

(Final result: after 5 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Gunda Niemann	Germany	195
2	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	170
3	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	150
4th	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	135
5	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	112
6th	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	106
7th	Kirstin Holum	United States	91
8th	Mie Uehara	Japan	87
9	Anni Friesinger	Germany	77
10	Ulrike Adeberg	Germany	75
14th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	47
26th	Daniela Anschütz	Germany	9

3,000 / 5,000 meters

(Final result: after 7 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	200
2	Gunda Niemann	Germany	190
3	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	160
4th	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	160
5	Kirstin Holum	United States	150
6th	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	140
7th	Anni Friesinger	Germany	135
8th	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	110
9	Mie Uehara	Japan	105
10	Heike Warnicke	Germany	97
22nd	Emese Hunyady	Austria	33
30th	Ulrike Adeberg	Germany	7th

Men

World Cup overview

date	place	discipline	winner	Second	Third
Nov 23 to 24, 1996	Berlin ( Sportforum Hohenschönhausen )	1,500 m	Ids Postma	Neal Marshall	Rintje Ritsma
		5,000 m	Gianni Rummy	Rintje Ritsma	Kjell Storelid
Nov 30 to Dec 1, 1996	Heerenveen ( Thialf )	1,500 m	Ids Postma	Rintje Ritsma	Neal Marshall
		5,000 m	Rintje Ritsma	Gianni Rummy	Kjell Storelid
7th to 8th Dec. 1996	Muju-Jeonju ( Jeonju Indoor Ice Rinks )	500 m (December 7th)	Manabu Horii	Jaegal Seong-yeol	Grund Njøs
		1,000 m (Dec. 7)	Sylvain Bouchard	Sergej Klevtsjenija	Jan Bos
		500 m (Dec. 8)	Manabu Horii	Sergej Klevtsjenija	Grund Njøs
		1,000 m (Dec. 8)	Gerard van Velde	Manabu Horii	Lee Kyu-hyeok
14 to 15 Dec. 1996	Hamar ( Vikingskipet )	5,000 m	Rintje Ritsma	Gianni Rummy	Keiji Shirahata
		10,000 m	Andrej Krivotsjejev	Kjell Storelid	Bob de Jong
14 to 15 Dec. 1996	Shibukawa ( Machiyama Highland Skating Center )	500 m (Dec. 14)	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Manabu Horii	Sergej Klevtsjenija
		1,000 m (Dec. 14)	Kim Yoon-man	Sergej Klevtsjenija	Manabu Horii
		500 m (Dec. 15)	Manabu Horii	Sergej Klevtsjenija	Jaegal Seong-yeol
		1,000 m (Dec. 15)	Jaegal Seong-yeol	Manabu Horii	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa
3rd to 4th Jan. 1997	Calgary ( Olympic Oval )	500 m (Jan. 3)	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Sergej Klevtsjenija	Jaegal Seong-yeol
		1,000 m (Jan. 3)	Casey Fitzrandolph	Junichi Inoue	Jaegal Seong-yeol
		500 m (Jan. 4)	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Manabu Horii	Casey Fitzrandolph
		1,000 m (Jan. 4)	Casey Fitzrandolph	Jaegal Seong-yeol	Yasunori Miyabe
All-around European Championship in Heerenveen ( Thialf ), 10. – 12. January 1997
Jan. 11 to Jan. 12, 1997	Milwaukee ( Pettit National Ice Center )	500 m (Jan. 11)	Grund Njøs	Casey Fitzrandolph	Manabu Horii
		1,000 m (Jan. 11)	Manabu Horii	Jan Bos	Casey Fitzrandolph
		500 m (Jan. 12)	Sergej Klevtsjenija	Manabu Horii	Hiroyasu Shimizu
		1,000 m (Jan. 12)	Manabu Horii	Casey Fitzrandolph	Sergej Klevtsjenija
Jan. 18 to 19, 1997	Baselga di Pinè ( Stadio del Ghiaccio )	1,500 m	Keiji Shirahata	Jeroen Straathof	Hiroyuki Noake
		10,000 m	Bob de Jong	Bart Veldkamp	Frank Dittrich
25 to 26 Jan. 1997	Davos ( Ice Stadium Davos )	1,500 m	Jeroen Straathof	Hiroyuki Noake	Jason Parker
		5,000 m	Bob de Jong	Gianni Rummy	Frank Dittrich
Sprint World Championship in Hamar ( Vikingskipet ), 1st – 2nd February 1997
All around world championship in Nagano ( M-Wave ), 14. – 16. February 1997
22. To 23. Feb. 1997	Innsbruck ( Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck )	500 m (Feb. 22)	Junichi Inoue	Manabu Horii	Hiroyasu Shimizu
		1,000 m (Feb. 22)	Ådne Søndrål	Jan Bos	Kevin Overland
		500 m (Feb. 23)	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Jaegal Seong-yeol	Roger Strøm
		1,000 m (Feb. 23)	Ådne Søndrål	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jan Bos
Feb. 28 to Mar. 2 1997	Inzell ( Ludwig Schwabl Stadium )	5,000 m	Rintje Ritsma	Gianni Rummy	Ids Postma
		1,000 m	Manabu Horii	Ådne Søndrål	Jan Bos
		1,500 m	Rintje Ritsma	Martin Hersman	Keiji Shirahata
		500 m	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Manabu Horii	Sergej Klevtsjenija
		500 m	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Manabu Horii Sergej Klevtsjenija
Individual Distance World Championships in Warsaw ( Tor Stegny ), 7th – 9th March 1997

500 meters

(Final result: after 12 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	380
2	Manabu Horii	Japan	375
3	Sergei Klevchenya	Russia	345
4th	Jaegal Seong-yeol	South Korea	285
5	Junichi Inoue	Japan	275
6th	Casey Fitzrandolph	United States	245
7th	Yasunori Miyabe	Japan	215
8th	Mike Ireland	Canada	193
9	Hiroaki Yamakage	Japan	159
10	Grund Njøs	Norway	157
17th	Michael Künzel	Germany	85
23	Matthias Pfeiffer	Germany	32

1,000 meters

(Final result: after 11 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Manabu Horii	Japan	315
2	Casey Fitzrandolph	United States	275
3	Sergei Klevchenya	Russia	255
4th	Jan Bos	Netherlands	253
5	Jaegal Seong-yeol	South Korea	228
6th	Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	220
7th	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	204
8th	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	198
9	Junichi Inoue	Japan	190
10	Kim Yoon-man	South Korea	159
14th	Matthias Pfeiffer	Germany	110
20th	Michael Künzel	Germany	52
25th	Roland Brunner	Austria	30th

1,500 meters

(Final result: after 5 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	165
2	Neal Marshall	Canada	155
3	Hiroyuki Noake	Japan	150
4th	Jeroen Straathof	Netherlands	147
5	Ids Postma	Netherlands	136
6th	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	125
7th	KC Boutiette	United States	120
8th	Martin Hersman	Netherlands	117
9	Jason Parker	Canada	92
10	Vadim Sajutin	Russia	63
16	Peter Adeberg	Germany	34
27	Christian Breuer	Germany	11

5,000 / 10,000 meters

(Final result: after 7 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	195
2	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	185
3	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	170
4th	Kjell Storelid	Norway	155
5	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	150
6th	Frank Dittrich	Germany	150
7th	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	125
8th	Vadim Sajutin	Russia	107
9	Andrej Krivotsjejev	Russia	95
10	Ids Postma	Netherlands	87
11	Martin Feigenwinter	Switzerland	70
15th	René Taubenrauch	Germany	50
22nd	Uwe Tonat	Germany	31
27	Alexander Baumgartel	Germany	15th

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 1996/97

space	Surname	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Manabu Horii	Japan	6th	8th	2	16
2.	Franziska Schenk	Germany	6th	5	5	16
3.	Xue Ruihong	People's Republic of China	6th	1	2	9
4th	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	6th	1	0	7th
5.	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	6th	0	2	8th
6th	Gunda Niemann	Germany	5	3	2	10
7th	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	4th	2	1	7th
8th.	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	3	3	1	7th
9.	Kyoko Shimazaki	Japan	3	2	1	6th
10.	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	2	2	3	7th

Women

space	Surname	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Franziska Schenk	Germany	6th	5	5	16
2.	Xue Ruihong	People's Republic of China	6th	1	2	9
3.	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	6th	1	0	7th
4th	Gunda Niemann	Germany	5	3	2	10
5.	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	3	3	1	7th
6th	Kyoko Shimazaki	Japan	3	2	1	6th
7th	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	2	2	3	7th
8th.	Chris Witty	United States	2	1	6th	9
9.	Sabine Völker	Germany	1	6th	0	7th
10.	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	1	1	1	3
11.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	0	3	2	5
12.	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	0	2	2	4th
13.	Shiho Kusunose	Japan	0	2	0	2
14th	Svetlana Shurova	Russia	0	1	3	4th
15th	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
15th	Kirstin Holum	United States	0	1	1	2
17th	Anni Friesinger	Germany	0	0	3	3
18th	Becky Sundstrom	United States	0	0	1	1
18th	Catriona LeMay	Canada	0	0	1	1
18th	Jin Hua	People's Republic of China	0	0	1	1

Men

space	Surname	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Manabu Horii	Japan	6th	8th	2	16
2.	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	6th	0	2	8th
3.	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	4th	2	1	7th
4th	Casey Fitzrandolph	United States	2	2	2	6th
5.	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	2	1	0	3
6th	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	2	0	1	3
6th	Ids Postma	Netherlands	2	0	1	3
8th.	Sergej Klevtsjenija	Russia	1	6th	3	10
9.	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	1	4th	0	5
10.	Jaegal Seong-yeol	South Korea	1	3	3	7th
11.	Jeroen Straathof	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
11.	Junichi Inoue	Japan	1	1	0	2
13.	Grund Njøs	Norway	1	0	2	3
13.	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	1	0	2	3
15th	Andrej Krivotsjejev	Russia	1	0	0	1
15th	Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
15th	Kim Yoon-man	South Korea	1	0	0	1
15th	Sylvain Bouchard	Canada	1	0	0	1
19th	Jan Bos	Netherlands	0	2	3	5
20th	Kjell Storelid	Norway	0	1	2	3
21st	Hiroyuki Noake	Japan	0	1	1	2
21st	Neal Marshall	Canada	0	1	1	2
23.	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	0	1	0	1
23.	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	0	1	0	1
23.	Martin Hersman	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
26th	Frank Dittrich	Germany	0	0	2	2
27.	Jason Parker	Canada	0	0	1	1
27.	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	0	0	1	1
27.	Roger Strøm	Norway	0	0	1	1
27.	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Japan	0	0	1	1
27.	Yasunori Miyabe	Japan	0	0	1	1
27.	Kevin Overland	Canada	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

• The nation ranking shows the most successful nations (athletes) of the speed skating world cup 1996/97

space	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Netherlands	21st	16	9	46
2.	Japan	19th	16	13	48
3.	Germany	12	17th	14th	43
4th	People's Republic of China	6th	1	3	10
5.	United States	4th	4th	10	18th
6th	Norway	3	2	5	10
7th	Russia	2	9	8th	19th
8th.	South Korea	2	3	4th	9
9.	Canada	1	2	4th	7th
10.	Belgium	0	1	0	1

Web links

• Results of the overall World Cup 1996/97 (DESG)