Speed ​​skating world cup 1997/98

The Speed ​​Skating World Cup 1997/98 was held for women and men at nine World Cup stations in seven countries. The season began on November 15, 1997 and ended on March 22, 1998. 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. 15-16, 1997	Roseville ( Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval )	500 m (Nov. 15)	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Franziska Schenk	Monique Garbrecht
		1,000 m (Nov. 15)	Franziska Schenk	Anke Baier-Loef	Chris Witty
		500 m (Nov. 16)	Susan too	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Franziska Schenk
		1,000 m (Nov. 16)	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Sabine Völker	Anke Baier-Loef
22. To 23. Nov. 1997	Calgary ( Olympic Oval )	500 m (Nov. 22)	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Susan too	Sabine Völker
		1,000 m (Nov. 22)	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Franziska Schenk	Chris Witty
		500 m (Nov. 23)	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Sabine Völker	Chris Witty
		1,000 m (Nov. 23)	Chris Witty	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Franziska Schenk
Individual Distance Asian Championships in Obihiro , 23.-24. November 1997
29. By 30 Nov. 1997	Berlin ( Sportforum Hohenschönhausen )	1,500 m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Emese Hunyady
		3,000 m	Claudia Pechstein	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Heike Warnicke
6th to 7th Dec. 1997	Heerenveen ( Thialf )	1,500 m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Emese Hunyady
		3,000 m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Tonny de Jong	Svetlana Bashanova
13th to 14th Dec. 1997	Hamar ( Vikingskipet )	1,500 m	Emese Hunyady	Claudia Pechstein	Chris Witty
		3,000 m	Claudia Pechstein	Tonny de Jong	Carla Zijlstra
All-around European Championship in Helsingfors , 9. – 11. January 1998
13th to 14th Jan. 1998	Baselga di Pinè ( Stadio del Ghiaccio )	500 m (Jan. 13)	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Sabine Völker	Susan too
		1,000 m (Jan. 13)	Franziska Schenk	Sabine Völker	Catriona LeMay-Doan
		500 m (Jan. 14)	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Susan too	Sabine Völker
		1,000 m (Jan. 14)	Franziska Schenk	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Sabine Völker
Jan. 17 to 18, 1998	Innsbruck ( Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck )	1,500 m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Anni Friesinger	Emese Hunyady
		5,000 m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Elena Belci-Dal Farra
Sprint World Championship in Berlin ( Sportforum Hohenschönhausen ), 24. – 25. January 1998
Olympic Winter Games in Nagano ( M-Wave ), 7. – 22. February 1998
7. to 8. Mar. 1998	Inzell ( Ludwig Schwabl Stadium )	1,500 m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Anni Friesinger	Claudia Pechstein
		3,000 m	Claudia Pechstein	Anni Friesinger	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
All-around world championship in Heerenveen ( Thialf ), 13. – 15. March 1998
20th to 22nd Mar. 1998	Milwaukee ( Pettit National Ice Center )	3,000 m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Anni Friesinger
		1,500 m	Chris Witty	Jennifer Rodriguez	Claudia Pechstein
		500 m	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Susan too	Sabine Völker
		1,000 m	Chris Witty	Sabine Völker	Catriona LeMay-Doan
		1,000 m	Chris Witty	Sabine Völker	Catriona LeMay-Doan
		500 m	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Susan too	Sabine Völker
Individual Distance World Championships in Calgary ( Olympic Oval ), 27. – 29. March 1998

500 meters

(Final result: after 8 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	300
2	Susan too	Canada	270
3	Sabine Völker	Germany	250
4th	Franziska Schenk	Germany	215
5	Chris Witty	United States	180
6th	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	146
7th	Eriko Sanmiya	Japan	116
8th	Michelle Morton	Canada	105
9	Ruihong Xue	People's Republic of China	101
10	Svetlana Shurova	Russia	99
13	Anke Baier-Loef	Germany	81
18th	Christina Zummack	Germany	54

1,000 meters

(Final result: after 8 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	270
2	Franziska Schenk	Germany	270
3	Chris Witty	United States	265
4th	Sabine Völker	Germany	255
5	Anke Baier-Loef	Germany	174
6th	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	155
7th	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	131
8th	Becky Sundstrom	United States	129
9	Shiho Kusunose	Japan	121
10	Eriko Sanmiya	Japan	115
14th	Christina Zummack	Germany	57
21st	Emese Hunyady	Austria	25th
30th	Ulrike Adeberg	Germany	9

1,500 meters

(Final result: after 6 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	200
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	175
3	Emese Hunyady	Austria	170
4th	Chris Witty	United States	155
5	Anni Friesinger	Germany	140
6th	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	104
7th	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	85
8th	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	81
9	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	80
10	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	79
13	Ulrike Adeberg	Germany	64
28	Daniela Anschütz	Germany	14th
29	Heike Warnicke	Germany	11
30th	Christina Zummack	Germany	9

3,000 / 5,000 meters

(Final result: after 6 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	195
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	195
3	Anni Friesinger	Germany	137
4th	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	130
5	Elena Belci-Dal Farra	Italy	130
6th	Heike Warnicke	Germany	120
7th	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	119
8th	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	106
9	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	95
10	Mie Uehara	Japan	72
16	Emese Hunyady	Austria	52
24	Ulrike Adeberg	Germany	13

Men

World Cup overview

date	place	discipline	winner	Second	Third
Nov. 15-16, 1997	Roseville ( Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval )	500 m (Nov. 15)	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Mike Ireland	Grund Njøs
		1,000 m (Nov. 15)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Jan Bos
		500 m (Nov. 16)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Yasunori Miyabe	Grund Njøs
		1,000 m (Nov. 16)	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jan Bos
22. To 23. Nov. 1997	Calgary ( Olympic Oval )	500 m (Nov. 22)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jan Bos	Mike Ireland Kevin Overland
		1,000 m (Nov. 22)	Jan Bos Manabu Horii		Kevin Overland
		500 m (Nov. 23)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Yasunori Miyabe	Manabu Horii
		1,000 m (Nov. 23)	Lee Kyu-hyeok	Jan Bos	Manabu Horii
Individual Distance Asian Championships in Obihiro , 23.-24. November 1997
29. By 30 Nov. 1997	Berlin ( Sportforum Hohenschönhausen )	1,500 m	Ids Postma	Martin Hersman	Hiroyuki Noake
		5,000 m	Gianni Rummy	Remi Andre Hereide	Bob de Jong
6th to 7th Dec. 1997	Heerenveen ( Thialf )	1,500 m	Rintje Ritsma	Ids Postma	Jan Bos
		5,000 m	Gianni Rummy	Bob de Jong	Kjell Storelid
13th to 14th Dec. 1997	Hamar ( Vikingskipet )	1,500 m	Ådne Søndrål	Jeroen Straathof	Hiroyuki Noake
		5,000 m	Kjell Storelid	Keiji Shirahata	Gianni Rummy
All-around European Championship in Helsingfors , 9. – 11. January 1998
13th to 14th Jan. 1998	Baselga di Pinè ( Stadio del Ghiaccio )	500 m (Jan. 13)	Jan Bos	Wennemar's heirs	Sergej Klevtsjenija
		1,000 m (Jan. 13)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Jeroen Straathof
		500 m (Jan. 14)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Ermanno Ioriatti
		1,000 m (Jan. 14)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jan Bos	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa
Jan. 17 to 18, 1998	Innsbruck ( Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck )	1,500 m	Ids Postma	Rintje Ritsma	Martin Hersman
		10,000 m	Gianni Rummy	Remi Andre Hereide	Rintje Ritsma
Sprint World Championship in Berlin ( Sportforum Hohenschönhausen ), 24. – 25. January 1998
Olympic Winter Games in Nagano ( M-Wave ), 7. – 22. February 1998
7. to 8. Mar. 1998	Inzell ( Ludwig Schwabl Stadium )	1,500 m	Rintje Ritsma	Ådne Søndrål	Ids Postma
		5,000 m	Rintje Ritsma	Bob de Jong	Kjell Storelid
All-around world championship in Heerenveen ( Thialf ), 13. – 15. March 1998
20th to 22nd Mar. 1998	Milwaukee ( Pettit National Ice Center )	5,000 m	Roberto Sighel	Frank Dittrich	Steven Elm
		1,500 m	Ådne Søndrål	Jeroen Straathof	KC Boutiette
		500 m	Sylvain Bouchard	Patrick Bouchard Mike Ireland
		1,000 m	Ådne Søndrål	Sylvain Bouchard	Mike Ireland
		1,000 m	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Ådne Søndrål	Sylvain Bouchard
		500 m	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Mike Ireland	Casey Fitzrandolph
Individual Distance World Championships in Calgary ( Olympic Oval ), 27. – 29. March 1998

500 meters

(Final result: after 8 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	265
2	Mike Ireland	Canada	210
3	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	197
4th	Sylvain Bouchard	Canada	169
5	Jan Bos	Netherlands	168
6th	Manabu Horii	Japan	151
7th	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Japan	143
8th	Yasunori Miyabe	Japan	126
9	Patrick Bouchard	Canada	118
10	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	118
20th	Michael Künzel	Germany	52

1,000 meters

(Final result: after 8 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	280
2	Jan Bos	Netherlands	250
3	Sylvain Bouchard	Canada	215
4th	Manabu Horii	Japan	178
5	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Netherlands	156
6th	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Japan	148
7th	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	128
8th	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	118
9	Casey Fitzrandolph	United States	116
10	Mike Ireland	Canada	112
16	Roland Brunner	Austria	59
24	Christian Breuer	Germany	37
30th	Michael Spielmann	Germany	22nd

1,500 meters

(Final result: after 6 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Ids Postma	Netherlands	185
2	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	180
3	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	180
4th	Martin Hersman	Netherlands	155
5	Jeroen Straathof	Netherlands	127
6th	Hiroyuki Noake	Japan	127
7th	KC Boutiette	United States	100
8th	Peter Adeberg	Germany	77
9	Cédric Kuentz	France	71
10	Andrei Anufrijenko	Russia	63
11	Michael Spielmann	Germany	62
21st	Uwe Tonat	Germany	31
23	Christian Breuer	Germany	30th

5,000 / 10,000 meters

(Final result: after 6 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	190
2	Kjell Storelid	Norway	165
3	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	160
4th	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	155
5	Remi Andre Hereide	Norway	155
6th	Frank Dittrich	Germany	140
7th	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	113
8th	Roberto Sighel	Italy	90
9	René Taubenrauch	Germany	77
10	Brigt Rykkje	Norway	74
11	Alexander Baumgartel	Germany	72
13	Uwe Tonat	Germany	52
26th	Martin Feigenwinter	Switzerland	15th
29	Marnix ten Kortenaar	Austria	10

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 1997/98

space	Surname	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	9	3	3	15th
2.	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	8th	1	0	9
3.	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	7th	1	1	9
4th	Chris Witty	United States	4th	0	4th	8th
5.	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	3	4th	2	9
6th	Franziska Schenk	Germany	3	2	2	7th
7th	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	3	2	0	5
8th.	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	3	1	1	5
9.	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	3	0	1	4th
10.	Jan Bos	Netherlands	2	3	3	8th

Women

space	Surname	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	9	3	3	15th
2.	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	7th	1	1	9
3.	Chris Witty	United States	4th	0	4th	8th
4th	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	3	4th	2	9
5.	Franziska Schenk	Germany	3	2	2	7th
6th	Susan too	Canada	1	4th	1	6th
7th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	1	0	3	4th
8th.	Sabine Völker	Germany	0	6th	5	11
9.	Anni Friesinger	Germany	0	3	1	4th
10.	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	0	2	0	2
11.	Anke Baier-Loef	Germany	0	1	1	2
12.	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	0	1	0	1
12.	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
14th	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
14th	Elena Belci-Dal Farra	Italy	0	0	1	1
14th	Heike Warnicke	Germany	0	0	1	1
14th	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	0	0	1	1
14th	Svetlana Bashanova	Russia	0	0	1	1

Men

space	Surname	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	8th	1	0	9
2.	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	3	2	0	5
3.	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	3	1	1	5
4th	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	3	0	1	4th
5.	Jan Bos	Netherlands	2	3	3	8th
6th	Ids Postma	Netherlands	2	1	1	4th
7th	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	2	0	0	2
8th.	Sylvain Bouchard	Canada	1	1	1	3
9.	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
10.	Kjell Storelid	Norway	1	0	2	3
10.	Manabu Horii	Japan	1	0	2	3
12.	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	1	0	0	1
12.	Roberto Sighel	Italy	1	0	0	1
14th	Mike Ireland	Canada	0	3	2	5
15th	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	0	2	1	3
15th	Jeroen Straathof	Netherlands	0	2	1	3
17th	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Japan	0	2	1	3
18th	Remi Andre Hereide	Norway	0	2	0	2
18th	Yasunori Miyabe	Japan	0	2	0	2
20th	Martin Hersman	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
21st	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
21st	Frank Dittrich	Germany	0	1	0	1
21st	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	0	1	0	1
21st	Patrick Bouchard	Canada	0	1	0	1
25th	Grund Njøs	Norway	0	0	2	2
25th	Hiroyuki Noake	Japan	0	0	2	2
25th	Kevin Overland	Canada	0	0	2	2
28.	Casey Fitzrandolph	United States	0	0	1	1
28.	Ermanno Ioriatti	Italy	0	0	1	1
28.	KC Boutiette	United States	0	0	1	1
28.	Sergej Klevtsjenija	Russia	0	0	1	1
28.	Steven Elm	Canada	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

• The nation ranking shows the most successful nations (athletes) of the speed skating World Cup 1997/98

space	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Canada	19th	13	10	42
2.	Germany	13	18th	14th	45
3.	Netherlands	11	14th	10	35
4th	Norway	4th	4th	4th	12
5.	United States	4th	1	6th	11
6th	Japan	3	5	5	13
7th	Austria	1	0	3	4th
8th.	Italy	1	0	2	3
9.	South Korea	1	0	0	1
10.	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
11.	Russia	0	0	2	2

Web links

• Results of the overall World Cup 1997/98 (DESG)