1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

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

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Tor Stegny (Warsaw)
Dates	7–9 March 1997
←1996 Hamar 1998 Calgary→

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

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

Women's events

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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	4	5	4	13
2	Germany (GER)	3	3	4	10
3	Norway (NOR)	1	2	0	3
4	Japan (JPN)	1	0	1	2
5	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
6	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		10	10	10	30

References

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