1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

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

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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m [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 [2]	Ådne Søndrål  Norway	1:14.40	Jan Bos  Netherlands	1:14.81	Martin Hersman  Netherlands	1:05.07
1500 m [3]	Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands	1:53.58	Ådne Søndrål  Norway	1:55.16	Neal Marshall  Canada	1:55.65
5000 m [4]	Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands	7:02.34	Gianni Romme  Netherlands	7:03.22	Frank Dittrich  Germany	7:12.12
10000 m [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 [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 [7]	Marianne Timmer  Netherlands	1:21.31	Sandra Zwolle  Netherlands	1:21.92	Franziska Schenk  Germany	1:22.10
1500 m [8]	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany	2:04.43	Anni Friesinger  Germany	2:06.18	Marianne Timmer  Netherlands	2:07.54
3000 m [9]	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany	4:20.34	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	4:24.18	Carla Zijlstra  Netherlands	4:28.46
5000 m [10]	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany	6:19.85	Carla Zijlstra  Netherlands	7:25.80	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	7:30.84

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	4	5	4	13
2	Germany	3	3	4	10
3	Norway	1	2	0	3
4	Japan	1	0	1	2
5	China	1	0	0	1
6	Canada	0	0	1	1
Total		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.