1998 Winter Olympics / Speed ​​Skating

Speed ​​skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Nagano
Competition venue	M-Wave
Nations	25th
Athletes	171 (92 , 79 )
date	8-20 February 1998
decisions	10
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At the XVIII. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , ten speed skating competitions were held. The venue was the ice rink with the official name Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena , which was opened in 1996 and is commonly only called M-Wave . The folding ice skate introduced by the Dutch two years earlier also ensured significantly faster times in Nagano. The Dutchman Gianni Romme outclassed the competition with two new world records over the long distances .

Balance sheet

M-Wave

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Netherlands	5	4th	2	11
2	Germany	2	3	1	6th
3	Canada	1	2	2	5
4th	Japan	1	-	2	3
5	Norway	1	-	-	1
6th	United States	-	1	1	2
7th	Belgium	-	-	1	1
	Kazakhstan	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze 500 m Hiroyasu Shimizu Jeremy Wotherspoon Kevin Overland 1000 m Ids Postma Jan Bos Hiroyasu Shimizu 1500 m Ådne Søndrål Ids Postma Rintje Ritsma 5000 m Gianni Rummy Rintje Ritsma Bart Veldkamp 10,000 m Gianni Rummy Bob de Jong Rintje Ritsma

Women competitor gold silver bronze 500 m Catriona LeMay Doan Susan too Tomomi Okazaki 1000 m Marianne Timmer Chris Witty Catriona LeMay Doan 1500 m Marianne Timmer Gunda Niemann Chris Witty 3000 m Gunda Niemann Claudia Pechstein Anni Friesinger 5000 m Claudia Pechstein Gunda Niemann Lyudmila Prokaschowa

Results men

500 m

space	country	athlete	1st run (s)	2nd run (s)	Total time (min)
1	JPN	Hiroyasu Shimizu	35.76	35.59 ( OR )	1: 11.35 ( OR )
2	CAN	Jeremy Wotherspoon	36.04	35.80	1: 11.84
3	CAN	Kevin Overland	35.78	36.08	1: 11.86
4th	CAN	Sylvain Bouchard	35.90	36.10	1: 12.00
5	CAN	Patrick Bouchard	35.96	36.09	1: 12.05
6th	United States	Casey Fitz Randolph	35.81	36.39	1: 12.20
7th	COR	Kim Yoon-man	36.13	36.23	1: 12.36
8th	COR	Lee Kyu-hyeok	36.14	36.41	1: 12.55
9	ITA	Ermanno Ioriatti	36.30	36.36	1: 12.66
10	NOR	Roger Strøm	36.53	36.15	1: 12.68
11	GER	Michael Künzel	36.56	36.19	1: 12.75
19th	GER	Christian Breuer	36.78	36.41	1: 13.19
29	AUT	Roland Brunner	36.90	36.86	1: 13.76

Date: 9./10. February 1998, 4:30 p.m.
42 participants from 16 countries, 38 of them in the evaluation.

For the first time, the 500-meter competitions were held in accordance with ISU specifications using the new mode: The route is run twice and the times are added. The local Hiroyasu Shimizu aroused great euphoria among the commentators with his aesthetically perfect running style and won both sections.

1000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NED	Ids Postma	1: 10.64 min ( OR )
2	NED	Jan Bos	1: 10.71
3	JPN	Hiroyasu Shimizu	1: 11.00
4th	NED	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh	1: 11.26
5	CAN	Sylvain Bouchard	1: 11.29
6th	CAN	Jeremy Wotherspoon	1: 11.39
7th	United States	Casey Fitz Randolph	1: 11.64
8th	United States	KC Boutiette	1: 11.75
9	GER	Peter Adeberg	1: 11.90
	CAN	Kevin Overland
16	GER	Christian Breuer	1: 12.33
31	AUT	Roland Brunner	1: 13.16

Date: February 15, 1998, 3:00 p.m.
43 participants from 17 countries, 42 of them in the valuation.

1500 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Ådne Søndrål	1: 47.87 ( WR )
2	NED	Ids Postma	1: 48.13
3	NED	Rintje Ritsma	1: 48.52
4th	NED	Jan Bos	1: 49.75
5	United States	KC Boutiette	1: 50.04
6th	NED	Martin Hersman	1: 50.31
7th	JPN	Hiroyuki Noake	1: 50.49
8th	JPN	Toru Aoyanagi	1: 50.68
9	GER	Christian Breuer	1: 50.96
10	RUS	Andrei Anufrijenko	1: 50.99
13	GER	Peter Adeberg	1: 51.50
18th	AUT	Marnix ten Kortenaar	1: 51.94
33	GER	Frank Dittrich	1: 53.64
38	GER	René Taubenrauch	1: 54.91

Date: February 12, 1998, 3:00 p.m.
44 participants from 18 countries, all rated.

5000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NED	Gianni Rummy	6: 22.20 ( WR )
2	NED	Rintje Ritsma	6: 28.24
3	BEL	Bart Veldkamp	6: 28.31
4th	NED	Bob de Jong	6: 31.37
5	GER	Frank Dittrich	6: 32.17
6th	GER	René Taubenrauch	6: 35.21
7th	JPN	Keiji Shirahata	6: 36.71
8th	NOR	Kjell Storelid	6: 37.12
9	ITA	Roberto Sighel	6: 38.33
10	AUT	Marnix ten Kortenaar	6: 38.35
13	GER	Alexander Baumgartel	6: 39.44
21st	SUI	Martin Feigenwinter	6: 47.08

Date: February 8, 1998, 3:00 p.m.
32 participants from 19 countries, all rated.

There were three world records in this competition. The record first set by Bart Veldkamp was then beaten by Rintje Ritsma and finally by the winner Gianni Romme .

10,000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NED	Gianni Rummy	13: 15.33 ( WR )
2	NED	Bob de Jong	13: 25.76
3	NED	Rintje Ritsma	13: 28.19
4th	BEL	Bart Veldkamp	13: 29.69
5	NOR	Kjell Storelid	13: 35.95
6th	GER	Frank Dittrich	13: 36.58
7th	NOR	Leave Sætre	13: 42.94
8th	United States	KC Boutiette	13: 42.94
9	ITA	Roberto Sighel	13: 46.85
10	GER	Alexander Baumgartel	13: 48.44
11	GER	René Taubenrauch	13: 52.10
12	AUT	Marnix ten Kortenaar	13: 52.30

Date: February 17, 1998, 3:00 p.m.
16 participants from 9 countries, all rated.

Results women

500 m

space	country	sportswoman	1st run (s)	2nd run (s)	Total time (min)
1	CAN	Catriona LeMay Doan	38.39	38.21 ( OR )	1: 16.60 ( OR )
2	CAN	Susan too	38.42	38.51	1: 16.93
3	JPN	Tomomi Okazaki	38.55	38.55	1: 16.10
4th	GER	Franziska Schenk	38.88	38.57	1: 17.45
5	JPN	Kyoko Shimazaki	38.75	38.93	1: 17.68
6th	NED	Marianne Timmer	39.12	39.03	1: 18.15
7th	GER	Sabine Völker	39.19	39.00	1: 18.19
8th	GER	Monique Garbrecht	39.11	39.34	1: 18.45
9	RUS	Svetlana Schurowa	39.11	39.38	1: 18.49
10	United States	Chris Witty	39.09	39.44	1: 18.53
15th	GER	Anke Baier	39.73	39.75	1: 18.48

Date: February 13-14, 1998, 4:30 p.m.
38 participants from 14 countries, 37 of them in the evaluation. Emese Hunyady (AUT) was disqualified in the first run because her opponent was handicapped.

1000 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	NED	Marianne Timmer	1: 16.51 ( OR )
2	United States	Chris Witty	1: 16.79
3	CAN	Catriona LeMay Doan	1: 17.37
4th	GER	Sabine Völker	1: 17.54
5	NED	Annamarie Thomas	1: 17.95
6th	United States	Becky Sundstrom	1: 18.23
7th	JPN	Tomomi Okazaki	1: 18.27
8th	JPN	Eriko Sammiya	1: 18.36
9	United States	Moira D'Andrea	1: 18.38
10	GER	Monique Garbrecht	1: 18.76
16	GER	Anke Baier	1: 19.42

Date: February 19, 1998, 3:00 p.m.
40 participants from 14 countries, 39 of them in the evaluation. Race not finished: Franziska Schenk (GER).

1500 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	NED	Marianne Timmer	1: 57.58 ( WR )
2	GER	Gunda Niemann	1: 58.66
3	United States	Chris Witty	1: 58.97
4th	AUT	Emese Hunyady	1: 59.19
5	GER	Anni Friesinger	1: 59.20
6th	NED	Annamarie Thomas	1: 59.29
7th	GER	Claudia Pechstein	1: 59.46
8th	United States	Jennifer Rodriguez	2: 00.97
9	RUS	Svetlana Bashanova	2: 01.54
10	RUS	Natalia Poloskova	2: 01.56
30th	AUT	Emese Antal	2: 07.57

Date: February 16, 1998, 3:00 p.m.
34 participants from 15 countries, all rated.

3000 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	GER	Gunda Niemann	4: 07.29 ( OR )
2	GER	Claudia Pechstein	4: 08.47
3	GER	Anni Friesinger	4: 09.44
4th	United States	Jennifer Rodriguez	4: 11.64
5	AUT	Emese Hunyady	4: 12.01
6th	United States	Kirstin Holum	4: 12.24
7th	KAZ	Lyudmila Prokaschowa	4: 14.23
8th	NED	Annamarie Thomas	4: 14.38
9	NED	Carla Zijlstra	4: 16.43
10	RUS	Svetlana Bashanova	4: 16.45
27	AUT	Emese Antal	4: 33.67

Date: February 11, 1998, 3:00 p.m.
31 participants from 16 countries, all in the ranking.

5000 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	GER	Claudia Pechstein	6: 59.61 ( WR )
2	GER	Gunda Niemann	6: 59.65
3	KAZ	Lyudmila Prokaschowa	7: 11.14
4th	NED	Barbara de Loor	7: 11.81
5	NED	Tonny de Jong	7: 12.77
6th	NED	Carla Zijlstra	7: 12.89
7th	United States	Kirstin Holum	7: 14.20
8th	AUT	Emese Hunyady	7: 15.23
9	ITA	Elena Belci	7: 15.58
10	United States	Jennifer Rodriguez	7: 16.78
14th	GER	Heike Warnicke	7: 30.83

Date: February 20, 1998, 3:00 p.m.
15 participants from 9 countries, all rated.

Niemann and Pechstein fought an indirect fight over 5000 meters. The dominant runner of the decade set a new world record and was the first woman to stay under seven minutes. The joy was short-lived, because this time her Berlin rival was lucky enough to run after her. The technically better Pechstein, who was mostly left behind in the direct duel, used this chance and divided the race exactly according to the time of the competition. In the end, the lead was four hundredths of a second.

Web links

• Speed ​​skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1998 Winter Olympics (PDF; 24.4 MB)