1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships Explained

The 1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 7 and 9 March 1997 in the Tor Stegny, Warsaw, Poland.

Schedule

Date	Events
March 7	5000 m men
	500 m women (1st)
	500 m women (2nd)
	3000 m women
March 8	500 m men (1st)
	500 m men (2nd)
	1500 m men
	1000 m women
	5000 m women
March 9	1000 m men
	10000 m men
	1500 m women

Medal summary

Men's events

500 m [1]	Manabu Horii	1:13.55 37.08 36.47	Roger Strøm	1:13.58 37.00 36.58	Hiroyasu Shimizu	1:13.97 37.28 36.69
1000 m [2]	Ådne Søndrål	1:14.40	Jan Bos	1:14.81	Martin Hersman	1:05.07
1500 m [3]	Rintje Ritsma	1:53.58	Ådne Søndrål	1:55.16	Neal Marshall	1:55.65
5000 m [4]	Rintje Ritsma	7:02.34	Gianni Romme	7:03.22	Frank Dittrich	7:12.12
10000 m [5]	Gianni Romme	14:18.75	Rintje Ritsma	14:30.60	Bob de Jong	14:33.82

Women's events

500 m [6]	Xue Ruihong	1:21.06 40.75 40.31	Sabine Völker	1:21.33 40.61 40.72	Franziska Schenk	1:21.91 40.70 41.21
1000 m [7]	Marianne Timmer	1:21.31	Sandra Zwolle	1:21.92	Franziska Schenk	1:22.10
1500 m [8]	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	2:04.43	Anni Friesinger	2:06.18	Marianne Timmer	2:07.54
3000 m [9]	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	4:20.34	Claudia Pechstein	4:24.18	Carla Zijlstra	4:28.46
5000 m [10]	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	7:19.85	Carla Zijlstra	7:25.80	Claudia Pechstein	7:30.84

Medal table

References

1. Web site: 1997 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Men. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 25 August 2012.
2. Web site: 1997 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Men. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 25 August 2012.
3. Web site: 1997 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Men. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 25 August 2012.
4. Web site: 1997 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Men. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 25 August 2012.
5. Web site: 1997 World Championship Single Distances 10,000 meters Men. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 25 August 2012.
6. Web site: 1997 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Women. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 25 August 2012.
7. Web site: 1997 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Women. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 25 August 2012.
8. Web site: 1997 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Women. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 25 August 2012.
9. Web site: 1997 World Championship Single Distances 3000 meters Women. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 25 August 2012.
10. Web site: 1997 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Women. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 25 August 2012.