Speed ​​skating world cup 1998/99

The Speed ​​Skating World Cup 1998/99 (Edon World Cup) was held for women and men at nine World Cup stations in eight countries. The season began on November 14, 1998 and ended on March 7, 1999. Women ran distances from 100 to 5,000 meters and men from 100 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
14 to 15 Nov. 1998	Hamar ( Vikingskipet )	1,500 m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Chris Witty	Claudia Pechstein
		3,000 m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Tonny de Jong
Nov 21-22, 1998	Heerenveen ( Thialf )	1,500 m	Claudia Pechstein	Tonny de Jong	Chris Witty
		5,000 m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Carla Zijlstra	Claudia Pechstein
Individual Distance Asian Championships in Obihiro , 6-7 . December 1998
December 12th to 13th , 1998	Nagano ( M-Wave )	500 m (December 12)	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Eriko Sanmiya	Svetlana Shurova
		1,000 m (Dec. 12)	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Eriko Sanmiya	Monique Garbrecht Chris Witty
		500 m (December 13)	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Eriko Sanmiya	Monique Garbrecht
		1,000 m (Dec. 13)	Tonny de Jong	Monique Garbrecht	Annamarie Thomas
December 19-20 , 1998	Chuncheon ( Uiam outdoor rink Chuncheon )	500 m (Dec. 19)	Monique Garbrecht	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Eriko Sanmiya
		1,000 m (Dec. 19)	Monique Garbrecht	Chris Witty	Eriko Sanmiya
		500 m (December 20)	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Eriko Sanmiya	Monique Garbrecht
		1,000 m (Dec. 20)	Chris Witty	Monique Garbrecht	Catriona LeMay-Doan
European all-around championship in Heerenveen ( Thialf ), 8. – 10. January 1999
Sprint World Championship in Calgary ( Olympic Oval ), 20. – 21. January 1999
23 to 24 Jan 1999	Innsbruck ( Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck )	1,500 m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Tonny de Jong
		3,000 m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Barbara de Loor
26. to 27.Jan. 1999	Collalbo ( Ice Rink Ritten )	500 m (Jan. 26)	Sabine Völker	Tomomi Okazaki	Andrea Nuyt
		1,000 m (Jan. 26)	Chris Witty	Monique Garbrecht	Sabine Völker
		500 m (Jan. 27)	Tomomi Okazaki	Monique Garbrecht	Catriona LeMay-Doan
		1,000 m (Jan. 27)	Chris Witty	Monique Garbrecht	Tomomi Okazaki Marianne Timmer
Jan. 30 to Jan. 31, 1999	Berlin ( Sportforum Hohenschönhausen )	500 m (Jan. 30)	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Tomomi Okazaki	Monique Garbrecht
		1,000 m (Jan. 30)	Marianne Timmer	Chris Witty	Monique Garbrecht
		1,500 m (Jan. 31)	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Annamarie Thomas
		3,000 m (Jan. 31)	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Nami Nemoto
All-around world championship in Hamar ( Vikingskipet ), 6-7 . February 1999
27. Until 28 Feb. 1999	Roseville ( Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval )	500 m (Feb. 27)	Svetlana Shurova	Monique Garbrecht	Catriona LeMay-Doan
		1,000 m (Feb. 27)	Monique Garbrecht	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Marianne Timmer
		500 m (Feb. 28)	Svetlana Shurova	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Tomomi Okazaki
		1,000 m (Feb. 28)	Monique Garbrecht	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Aki Tonoike
6 to 7 Mar. 1999	Inzell ( Ludwig Schwabl Stadium )	1,500 m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Tonny de Jong Marieke Wijsman
		3,000 m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Tonny de Jong	Claudia Pechstein
Individual distance world championships in Heerenveen ( Thialf ), 12. – 14. March 1999

500 meters

(Final result: after 9 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	455
2	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	372
3	Eriko Sanmiya	Japan	369
4th	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	359
5	Svetlana Shurova	Russia	277
6th	Andrea Nuyt	Netherlands	225
7th	Aki Tonoike	Japan	216
8th	Edel Therese Høiseth	Norway	186
9	Chris Witty	United States	172
10	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	168
11	Christina Zummack	Germany	151
24	Franziska Schenk	Germany	45

1,000 meters

(Final result: after 9 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	470
2	Chris Witty	United States	415
3	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	361
4th	Eriko Sanmiya	Japan	278
5	Aki Tonoike	Japan	271
6th	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	242
7th	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	228
8th	Amy Sannes	United States	171
9	Andrea Nuyt	Netherlands	170
10	Edel Therese Høiseth	Norway	164
13	Christina Zummack	Germany	119
14th	Sabine Völker	Germany	117
17th	Franziska Schenk	Germany	71
22nd	Marion Wohlrab	Germany	48

1,500 meters

(Final result: after 5 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	258
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	227
3	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	221
4th	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	169
5	Maki Tabata	Japan	154
6th	Marieke Wijsman	Netherlands	142
7th	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	133
8th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	133
9	Chris Witty	United States	111
10	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	96
14th	Daniela Anschütz	Germany	57
19th	Ulrike Adeberg	Germany	42
20th	Anni Friesinger	Germany	41
24	Marion Wohlrab	Germany	32

3,000 / 5,000 meters

(Final result: after 5 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	300
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	240
3	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	186
4th	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	173
5	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	172
6th	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	147
7th	Maki Tabata	Japan	135
8th	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	117
9	Ulrike Adeberg	Germany	99
10	Nami Nemoto	Japan	82
11	Anni Friesinger	Germany	72
13	Emese Hunyady	Austria	54
14th	Daniela Anschütz	Germany	53
23	Claudia Irrgang	Germany	28
29	Nadja plasterer	Germany	17th

Men

World Cup overview

date	place	discipline	winner	Second	Third
14 to 15 Nov. 1998	Hamar ( Vikingskipet )	1,500 m	Ids Postma	Ådne Søndrål	Jeroen Straathof
		5,000 m	Gianni Romme Brigt Rykkje		Rintje Ritsma
Nov 21-22, 1998	Heerenveen ( Thialf )	1,500 m	Ådne Søndrål	Rintje Ritsma	Ids Postma
		10,000 m	Gianni Rummy	Bart Veldkamp	Frank Dittrich
Individual Distance Asian Championships in Obihiro , 6-7 . December 1998
December 12th to 13th , 1998	Nagano ( M-Wave )	500 m (December 12)	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jan Bos
		1,000 m (Dec. 12)	Jan Bos	Junichi Inoue	Jeremy Wotherspoon
		500 m (December 13)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Casey Fitzrandolph	Kuniomi Haneishi
		1,000 m (Dec. 13)	Jan Bos	Ådne Søndrål	Jeremy Wotherspoon
December 19-20 , 1998	Chuncheon ( Uiam outdoor rink Chuncheon )	500 m (Dec. 19)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jaegal Seong-yeol	Junichi Inoue
		1,000 m (Dec. 19)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Paweł Abratkiewicz	Jason Parker
		500 m (December 20)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Mike Ireland	Michael Künzel
		1,000 m (Dec. 20)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Ådne Søndrål	Jason Parker
European all-around championship in Heerenveen ( Thialf ), 8. – 10. January 1999
Sprint World Championship in Calgary ( Olympic Oval ), 20. – 21. January 1999
23 to 24 Jan 1999	Innsbruck ( Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck )	1,500 m	Ådne Søndrål	Jan Bos	Roberto Sighel
		5,000 m	Bart Veldkamp	Bob de Jong	Rintje Ritsma
26th to 27th Jan. 1999	Collalbo ( Ice Rink Ritten )	500 m (Jan. 26)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Wennemar's heirs	Yukinori Miyabe
		1,000 m (Jan. 26)	Jan Bos	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Jeremy Wotherspoon
		500 m (Jan. 27)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Kuniomi Haneishi	Jan Bos
		1,000 m (Jan. 27)	Jan Bos	Yukinori Miyabe	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh
Jan. 30 to Jan. 31, 1999	Berlin ( Sportforum Hohenschönhausen )	500 m (Jan. 30)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Yukinori Miyabe	Mike Ireland
		1,000 m (Jan. 30)	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Yukinori Miyabe	Jeremy Wotherspoon
		1,500 m (Jan. 31)	Ådne Søndrål	Ids Postma	Hiroyuki Noake
		5,000 m (Jan. 31)	Ids Postma	Bart Veldkamp	René Taubenrauch
All-around world championship in Hamar ( Vikingskipet ), 6-7 . February 1999
27. Until 28 Feb. 1999	Roseville ( Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval )	500 m (Feb. 27)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jan Bos Grund Njøs
		1,000 m (Feb. 27)	Jan Bos	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Yukinori Miyabe
		500 m (Feb. 28)	Jeremy Wotherspoon Kuniomi Haneishi		Toyoki Takeda
		1,000 m (Feb. 28)	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Toyoki Takeda	Jan Bos
6 to 7 Mar. 1999	Inzell ( Ludwig Schwabl Stadium )	1,500 m	Rintje Ritsma	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Ådne Søndrål
		5,000 m	Rintje Ritsma	Bob de Jong	Gianni Rummy
Individual distance world championships in Heerenveen ( Thialf ), 12. – 14. March 1999

500 meters

(Final result: after 9 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	530
2	Casey Fitzrandolph	United States	278
3	Mike Ireland	Canada	269
4th	Jan Bos	Netherlands	252
5	Junichi Inoue	Japan	247
6th	Kuniomi Haneishi	Japan	229
7th	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Japan	229
8th	Grund Njøs	Norway	206
9	Yukinori Miyabe	Japan	166
10	Paweł Abratkiewicz	Poland	166
15th	Michael Künzel	Germany	128
22nd	Roland Brunner	Austria	76
24	Andreas Behr	Germany	57

1,000 meters

(Final result: after 9 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	450
2	Jan Bos	Netherlands	345
3	Yukinori Miyabe	Japan	323
4th	Jason Parker	Canada	262
5	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	256
6th	Janne Hänninen	Finland	244
7th	Paweł Abratkiewicz	Poland	238
8th	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Netherlands	199
9	Junichi Inoue	Japan	180
10	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Japan	165
15th	Roland Brunner	Austria	117
22nd	Michael Künzel	Germany	71
26th	Andreas Behr	Germany	36

1,500 meters

(Final result: after 5 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	275
2	Ids Postma	Netherlands	211
3	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	170
4th	Jeroen Straathof	Netherlands	163
5	Hiroyuki Noake	Japan	161
6th	Jan Bos	Netherlands	128
7th	Vadim Sajutin	Russia	115
8th	Roberto Sighel	Italy	113
9	Christian Breuer	Germany	113
10	Jason Parker	Canada	111
15th	Michael Spielmann	Germany	72
28	Uwe Tonat	Germany	14th
29	Oliver Arlt	Germany	13

5,000 / 10,000 meters

(Final result: after 5 races)

rank	Surname	country	Points
1	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	204
2	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	192
3	Frank Dittrich	Germany	174
4th	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	169
5	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	158
6th	René Taubenrauch	Germany	147
7th	Vadim Sajutin	Russia	140
8th	Ids Postma Kjell Storelid	Netherlands Norway	133
10	Brigt Rykkje	Norway	130
12	Uwe Tonat	Germany	63
18th	Alexander Baumgartel	Germany	47
20th	Jens Boden	Germany	32
24	Marnix ten Kortenaar	Austria	28

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 1998/99

space	Surname	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	11	2	4th	17th
2.	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	9	0	0	9
3.	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	5	4th	3	12
4th	Jan Bos	Netherlands	5	2	3	10
5.	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	4th	6th	5	15th
6th	Chris Witty	United States	3	3	2	8th
7th	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	3	3	1	7th
8th.	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	2	1	2	5
9.	Ids Postma	Netherlands	2	1	1	4th
10.	Svetlana Shurova	Russia	2	0	1	3
10.	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	2	0	1	3

Women

space	Surname	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	9	0	0	9
2.	Catriona LeMay-Doan	Canada	5	4th	3	12
3.	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	4th	6th	5	15th
4th	Chris Witty	United States	3	3	2	8th
5.	Svetlana Shurova	Russia	2	0	1	3
6th	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	1	5	3	9
7th	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	1	3	2	6th
8th.	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	1	2	2	5
9.	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1	0	2	3
10.	Sabine Völker	Germany	1	0	1	2
11.	Eriko Sanmiya	Japan	0	4th	2	6th
12.	Carla Zijlstra	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
12.	Marieke Wijsman	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
14th	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	0	0	2	2
15th	Aki Tonoike	Japan	0	0	1	1
15th	Andrea Nuyt	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
15th	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
15th	Nami Nemoto	Japan	0	0	1	1

Men

space	Surname	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	11	2	4th	17th
2.	Jan Bos	Netherlands	5	2	3	10
3.	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	3	3	1	7th
4th	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	2	1	2	5
5.	Ids Postma	Netherlands	2	1	1	4th
6th	Gianni Rummy	Netherlands	2	0	1	3
7th	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	Netherlands	1	2	1	4th
8th.	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	1	2	0	3
9.	Kuniomi Haneishi	Japan	1	1	1	3
10.	Brigt Rykkje	Norway	1	0	0	1
10.	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	1	0	0	1
12.	Yukinori Miyabe	Japan	0	3	2	5
13.	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	0	2	0	2
14th	Junichi Inoue	Japan	0	1	1	2
14th	Mike Ireland	Canada	0	1	1	2
14th	Toyoki Takeda	Japan	0	1	1	2
17th	Jaegal Seong-yeol	South Korea	0	1	0	1
17th	Grund Njøs	Norway	0	1	0	1
17th	Casey Fitzrandolph	United States	0	1	0	1
17th	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
17th	Paweł Abratkiewicz	Poland	0	1	0	1
22nd	Jason Parker	Canada	0	0	2	2
23.	Frank Dittrich	Germany	0	0	1	1
23.	Hiroyuki Noake	Japan	0	0	1	1
23.	Jeroen Straathof	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
23.	Michael Künzel	Germany	0	0	1	1
23.	René Taubenrauch	Germany	0	0	1	1
23.	Roberto Sighel	Italy	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

• The nation ranking shows the most successful nations (athletes) of the speed skating World Cup 1998/99

space	country	Victories	2nd places	3rd places	total
1.	Canada	16	7th	10	33
2.	Germany	15th	11	12	38
3.	Netherlands	14th	14th	17th	45
4th	Norway	4th	4th	1	9
5.	Japan	3	12	12	27
6th	United States	3	4th	2	9
7th	Russia	2	0	1	3
8th.	Belgium	1	2	0	3
9.	South Korea	0	1	0	1
9.	Poland	0	1	0	1
11.	Italy	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Results of the overall World Cup 1998/99 (DESG)