2000 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
M-Wave (Nagano)
Venue	M-Wave (Nagano)
Dates	3–5 March 2000
«1999 Heerenveen	2001 Salt Lake City»

The 2000 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 3 and 5 March 2000 in the M-Wave, Nagano, Japan.

Schedule

Date	Events
March 3	5000 m men
	500 m women (1st)
	500 m women (2nd)
	3000 m women
March 4	500 m men (1st)
	500 m men (2nd)
	1500 m men
	1000 m women
	5000 m women
March 5	1000 m men
	10000 m men
	1500 m women

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m [1]	Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan	1:10.49 35.30 35.19	Mike Ireland  Canada	1:11.14 35.80 35.34	Jeremy Wotherspoon  Canada	1:11.38 35.75 35.62
1000 m [2]	Ådne Søndrål  Norway	1:09.96	Jan Bos  Netherlands	1:09.98	Mike Ireland  Canada	1:10.58
1500 m [3]	Ids Postma  Netherlands	1:47.98	Ådne Søndrål  Norway	1:48.61	Jan Bos  Netherlands	1:48.66
5000 m [4]	Gianni Romme  Netherlands	6:23.31	Bob de Jong  Netherlands	6:25.40	Keiji Shirahata  Japan	6:31.16
10000 m [5]	Gianni Romme  Netherlands	13:12.27	Bob de Jong  Netherlands	13:21.74	Frank Dittrich  Germany	13:27.93

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m [6]	Monique Garbrecht  Germany	1:17.48 38.78 38.70	Svetlana Zhurova  Russia	1:17.64 38.79 38.85	Catriona Le May Doan  Canada	1:17.78 38.96 38.82
1000 m [7]	Monique Garbrecht  Germany	1:16.59	Marianne Timmer  Netherlands	1:16.71	Chris Witty  United States	1:17.28
1500 m [8]	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	1:58.43	Anni Friesinger  Germany	1:58.62	Emese Hunyady  Austria	1:58.97
3000 m [9]	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	4:05.68	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany	4:05.75	Maki Tabata  Japan	4:09.18
5000 m [10]	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany	6:58.71	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	7:00.68	Tonny de Jong  Netherlands	7:06.30

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	5	3	1	9
2	Netherlands	3	4	2	9
3	Norway	1	1	0	2
4	Japan	1	0	2	3
5	Canada	0	1	3	4
6	Russia	0	1	0	1
7	Austria	0	0	1	1
8	United States	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	10	30

References

1. "2000 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
2. "2000 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
3. "2000 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
4. "2000 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
5. "2000 World Championship Single Distances 10,000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
6. "2000 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
7. "2000 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
8. "2000 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
9. "2000 World Championship Single Distances 3000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
10. "2000 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.