1998 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 1998 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held on 13–15 March 1998 in the Thialf stadium in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
VenueThialf, Heerenveen
Dates13–15 March
Competitors37 (M), 28 (W) from 22 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ids Postma  NED
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rintje Ritsma  NED
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roberto Sighel  ITA
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  GER
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein  GER
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anni Friesinger  GER

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann and Ids Postma were the world title holders from the previous year and successfully defended their titles. It was Niemann-Stirnemann's seventh all-round world title.[1][2][3]

Allround results

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Place Athlete Country Points 500 m 5000 m 1500 m 10000 m
  Ids Postma   Netherlands 153.367 WR 36.48 (1) 6:33.09 (1) 1:48.85 (1) 13:45.91 (4)
  Rintje Ritsma   Netherlands 154.091 37.17 (4) 6:34.68 (3) 1:48.86 (2) 13:43.35 (2)
  Roberto Sighel   Italy 155.830 37.54 (6) 6:39.68 (6) 1:51.19 (3) 13:45.18 (3)
4 Bart Veldkamp   Belgium 156.129 39.02 (27) 6:34.60 (2) 1:51.57 (5) 13:29.19 (1)
5 K. C. Boutiette   United States 156.587 36.90 (2) 6:40.01 (7) 1:52.29 (10) 14:05.13 (9)
6 Jelmer Beulenkamp   Netherlands 157.165 37.95 (14) 6:39.15 (5) 1:51.46 (4) 14:02.94 (8)
7 Keiji Shirahata   Japan 157.478 37.78 (11) 6:48.16 (12) 1:52.37 (11) 13:48.53 (5)
8 Frank Dittrich   Germany 158.217 38.65 (24) 6:38.90 (4) 1:54.20 (21) 13:52.23 (6)
9 Uwe Tonat   Germany 158.363 37.76 (10) 6:47.86 (11) 1:52.65 (13) 14:05.35 (10)
10 Steven Elm   Canada 158.442 38.10 (16) 6:49.63 (17) 1:52.13 (7) 14:00.06 (7)
11 Dave Tamburrino   United States 159.384 37.74 (9) 6:49.36 (16) 1:53.69 (18) 14:16.25 (11)
12 Sergej Tsibenko   Kazakhstan 159.938 37.49 (5) 6:52.90 (20) 1:52.26 (8) 14:34.76 (12)
NC13 Eskil Ervik   Norway 116.613 38.54 (20) 6:41.50 (9) 1:53.77 (19)
NC14 Mamoru Ishioka   Japan 116.737 37.89 (13) 6:48.77 (13) 1:53.91 (20)
NC15 Michael Spielmann   Germany 116.808 37.56 (7) 6:58.25 (26) 1:52.27 (9)
NC16 Takahiro Nozaki   Japan 116.899 38.33 (18) 6:48.86 (14) 1:53.05 (16)
NC17 Kevin Marshall   Canada 117.154 37.64 (8) 6:58.91 (27) 1:52.87 (15)
NC18 Maurizio De Monte   Italy 117.274 38.07 (15) 6:56.21 (24) 1:52.75 (14)
NC19 Cédric Kuentz   France 117.358 37.85 (12) 6:59.78 (29) 1:52.59 (12)
NC20 Marnix ten Kortenaar   Austria 117.390 38.57 (22) 6:51.10 (19) 1:53.13 (17)
NC21 Paweł Zygmunt   Poland 117.411 38.49 (19) 6:45.61 (10) 1:55.08 (23)
NC22 Jason Parker   Canada 117.457 37.14 (3) 7:09.74 (32) 1:52.03 (6)
NC23 Jondon Trevena   United States 118.081 38.22 (17) 6:56.05 (23) 1:54.77 (22)
NC24 Kjell Storelid   Norway 118.493 39.77 (31) 6:40.37 (8) 1:56.06 (28)
NC25 Sebastian Falk   Sweden 118.600 38.55 (21) 6:56.90 (25) 1:55.08 (23)
NC26 Anatoli Krasjeninin   Russia 118.886 39.31 (28) 6:49.10 (15) 1:56.00 (27)
NC27 Dmitri Krasovski   Russia 119.097 38.58 (23) 6:59.51 (28) 1:55.70 (25)
NC28 Desző Horváth   Romania 119.411 39.32 (29) 6:54.65 (22) 1:55.88 (26)
NC29 Samuli Ollanketo   Finland 120.902 39.57 (30) 7:05.26 (30) 1:56.42 (29)
NC30 Oleg Psevkin   Belarus 121.611 38.99 (26) 7:14.18 (34) 1:57.61 (31)
NC31 Sergij Priz   Ukraine 121.895 39.77 (31) 7:11.29 (33) 1:56.99 (30)
NC32 Fausto Marreiros   Portugal 123.549 40.31 (34) 7:08.99 (31) 2:01.02 (33)
NC33 Martin Holoubek   Czech Republic 126.010 41.11 (36) 7:20.20 (35) 2:02.64 (34)
NC34 Martin Feigenwinter   Switzerland 141.180 1:00.63 (37f) 6:49.74 (18) 1:58.73 (32)
NF3 Stefan Lechner   Austria 81.774 40.32 (35) 6:54.54 (21) - (NF)
NS3 Andrew Nicholson   New Zealand 83.021 38.92 (25) 7:21.01 (36) - (NS)
NS2 Vadim Sayutin   Russia 39.800 39.80 (33) - (NS)

Women

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Place Athlete Country Points 500 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m
  Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann   Germany 163.020 WR 40.57 (9) 1:58.69 (1) 4:05.08 (1) WR 7:00.41 (1)
  Claudia Pechstein   Germany 163.669 40.12 (4) 1:59.26 (2) 4:07.36 (2) 7:05.70 (2)
  Anni Friesinger   Germany 166.014 40.40 (6) 2:01.02 (8) 4:11.57 (3) 7:13.46 (6)
4 Tonny de Jong   Netherlands 166.410 40.87 (11) 2:02.28 (12) 4:12.88 (4) 7:06.34 (3)
5 Jennifer Rodriguez   United States 167.106 40.51 (8) 2:00.63 (6) 4:15.33 (7) 7:18.31 (7)
6 Lyudmila Prokasheva   Kazakhstan 167.375 41.20 (15) 2:01.72 (9) 4:14.27 (5) 7:12.24 (4)
7 Annamarie Thomas   Netherlands 167.571 40.08 (3) 2:00.12 (5) 4:16.67 (8) 7:26.73 (9)
8 Emese Hunyady   Austria 167.922 40.25 (5) 1:59.93 (4) 4:17.09 (9) 7:28.48 (10)
9 Tatyana Trapeznikova   Russia 168.046 40.45 (7) 2:02.00 (10) 4:17.47 (10) 7:20.19 (8)
10 Barbara de Loor   Netherlands 168.185 41.67 (19) 2:02.13 (11) 4:15.26 (6) 7:12.62 (5)
11 Becky Sundstrom   United States 168.801 39.97 (2) 2:00.68 (7) 4:19.35 (14) 7:33.80 (11)
12 Chris Witty   United States 168.851 39.45 (1) 1:59.46 (3) 4:22.57 (18) 7:38.20 (12)
NC13 Anette Tønsberg   Norway 125.072 40.94 (13) 2:03.17 (13) 4:18.46 (12)
NC14 Cindy Overland   Canada 125.789 41.62 (18) 2:03.71 (14) 4:17.60 (11)
NC15 Mie Uehara   Japan 126.033 41.35 (16) 2:03.99 (16) 4:20.12 (15)
NC16 Noriko Munekata   Japan 126.252 41.84 (20) 2:03.80 (15) 4:18.88 (13)
NC17 Chiharu Nozaki   Japan 126.530 40.88 (12) 2:04.44 (17) 4:25.02 (19)
NC18 Varvara Barysheva   Russia 126.896 40.59 (10) 2:05.27 (21) 4:27.30 (20)
NC19 Mihaela Dascălu   Romania 127.178 41.88 (21) 2:04.98 (19) 4:21.83 (17)
NC20 Anna Saveljeva   Russia 127.336 41.13 (14) 2:04.50 (18) 4:28.24 (22)
NC21 Isabelle Doucet   Canada 127.890 41.56 (17) 2:05.19 (20) 4:27.60 (21)
NC22 Elena Belci-Dal Farra   Italy 128.551 42.92 (23) 2:06.75 (23) 4:20.29 (16)
NC23 Lise Marie Braathen   Norway 129.968 43.05 (24) 2:06.63 (22) 4:28.25 (23)
NC24 Svetlana Konstantinova   Ukraine 131.220 42.71 (22) 2:09.66 (25) 4:31.74 (25)
NC25 Outi Aunula-Ylä-Sulkava   Finland 131.833 43.45 (25) 2:09.37 (24) 4:31.56 (24)
NC26 Dana Ionescu   Romania 133.229 43.83 (27) 2:09.79 (26) 4:36.82 (26)
NC27 Jana Rejhonová   Czech Republic 138.740 47.26 (28) 2:14.97 (27) 4:38.94 (27)
DQ2 Irina Safrankova   Belarus 90.191 43.55 (26) - (DQ) 4:39.85 (28)

bold signifies championship record.

References

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  1. ^ "Uitslag WK Allround mannen 1998". SchaatsStatistieken.nl.
  2. ^ "Uitslag WK Allround vrouwen 1998". SchaatsStatistieken.nl.
  3. ^ "Postma Repeats World Title". The New York Times. 16 March 1998.
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