1996 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Vikingskipet (Hamar)
Venue	Vikingskipet (Hamar)
Dates	15–17 March 1996
	1997 Warsaw»

The 1996 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 15 and 17 March 1996 in the Vikingskipet, Hamar, Norway. This was the first World Single Distance championships.

Schedule

Date	Events
March 15	5000 m men
	500 m women (1st)
	500 m women (2nd)
	3000 m women
March 16	500 m men (1st)
	500 m men (2nd)
	1500 m men
	1000 m women
	5000 m women
March 17	1000 m men
	10000 m men
	1500 m women

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m [1]	Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan	1:12.06 35.91 36.15	Sergey Klevchenya  Russia	1:12.21 36.13 36.08	Roger Strøm  Norway	1:12.85 36.62 36.23
1000 m [2]	Sergey Klevchenya  Russia	1:13.30	Ådne Søndrål  Norway	1:13.78	Jaegal Sung-yeol  South Korea	1:14.16
1500 m [3]	Jeroen Straathof  Netherlands	1:53.94	Ådne Søndrål  Norway	1:54.14	Martin Hersman  Netherlands	1:54.38
5000 m [4]	Ids Postma  Netherlands	6:47.09	Keiji Shirahata  Japan	6:47.20	Gianni Romme  Netherlands	6:48.21
10000 m [5]	Gianni Romme  Netherlands	14:05.46	Bart Veldkamp  Belgium	14:15.20	Frank Dittrich  Germany	14:15.33

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m [6]	Svetlana Zhurova  Russia	1:19.30 39.73 39.57	Kyoko Shimazaki  Japan	1:19.47 39.90 39.57	Tomomi Okazaki  Japan	1:19.56 39.81 39.75
1000 m [7]	Annamarie Thomas  Netherlands	1:21.01	Chris Witty  United States	1:21.25	Emese Hunyady  Austria	1:21.53
1500 m [8]	Annamarie Thomas  Netherlands	2:04.46	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	2:05.22	Sandra Zwolle  Netherlands	2:05.26
3000 m [9]	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany	4:13.83	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	4:18.17	Lyudmila Prokasheva  Kazakhstan	4:20.90
5000 m [10]	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	7:26.36	Carla Zijlstra  Netherlands	7:28.79	Elena Belci-Dal Farra  Italy	7:30.66

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	5	1	3	9
2	Germany	2	2	1	5
3	Russia	2	1	0	3
4	Japan	1	2	1	4
5	Norway	0	2	1	3
6	Belgium	0	1	0	1
7	United States	0	1	0	1
8	Italy	0	0	1	1
9	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
10	Austria	0	0	1	1
11	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	10	30

References

1. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
2. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
3. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
4. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
5. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 10,000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
6. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
7. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
8. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
9. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 3000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
10. "1996 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.