1999 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

The 1999 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 12 and 14 March 1999 in the Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands.

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Thialf (Heerenveen)
Venue	Thialf (Heerenveen)
Dates	12–14 March 1999
←1998 Calgary 2000 Nagano→

Schedule

Date	Events
March 12	5000 m men
	500 m women (1st)
	500 m women (2nd)
	3000 m women
March 13	500 m men (1st)
	500 m men (2nd)
	1500 m men
	1000 m women
	5000 m women
March 14	1000 m men
	10000 m men
	1500 m women

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m details^[1]	Hiroyasu Shimizu   Japan	1:10.69 35.43 35.26	Erben Wennemars   Netherlands	1:11.38 35.61 35.77	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh   Netherlands	1:11.83 35.81 36.02
1000 m details^[2]	Jan Bos   Netherlands	1:10.41	Hiroyasu Shimizu   Japan	1:10.75	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh   Netherlands	1:10.79
1500 m details^[3]	Ids Postma   Netherlands	1:47.92	Ådne Søndrål   Norway	1:48.25	Rintje Ritsma   Netherlands	1:49.28
5000 m details^[4]	Gianni Romme   Netherlands	6:29.39	Bart Veldkamp   Belgium	6:29.75	Bob de Jong   Netherlands	6:29.88
10000 m details^[5]	Bob de Jong   Netherlands	13:26.61	Gianni Romme   Netherlands	13:29.83	Frank Dittrich   Germany	13:30.22

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m details^[6]	Catriona Le May Doan   Canada	1:16.87 38.48 38.39	Svetlana Zhurova   Russia	1:16.93 38.04 38.89	Tomomi Okazaki   Japan Marianne Timmer   Netherlands	1:17.26 38.62 38.64 1:17.26 38.69 38.57
1000 m details^[7]	Marianne Timmer   Netherlands	1:16.21	Monique Garbrecht   Germany	1:16.75	Catriona Le May Doan   Canada	1:16.97
1500 m details^[8]	Emese Hunyady   Austria	1:58.29	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann   Germany	1:58.43	Tonny de Jong   Netherlands	1:59.17
3000 m details^[9]	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann   Germany	4:04.88	Claudia Pechstein   Germany Tonny de Jong   Netherlands	4:07.49
5000 m details^[10]	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann   Germany	7:01.88	Claudia Pechstein   Germany	7:04.24	Tonny de Jong   Netherlands	7:05.16

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	5	3	7	15
2	Germany (GER)	2	4	1	7
3	Japan (JPN)	1	1	1	3
4	Canada (CAN)	1	0	1	2
5	Austria (AUT)	1	0	0	1
6	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 entries)		10	11	10	31

References

1. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
2. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
3. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
4. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
5. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 10,000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
6. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
7. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
8. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
9. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 3000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
10. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.