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1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

{{short description|International speed skating competition}}

{{Infobox Skating event

|event = World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

|image = 250px

|caption =

|venue = Tor Stegny (Warsaw)

|dates = 7–9 March 1997

|competitors =

|nations =

|prev = 1996 Hamar

|next = 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

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Date

! Events

rowspan=4|March 7

| 5000 m men

500 m women (1st)
500 m women (2nd)
3000 m women
rowspan=5|March 8

| 500 m men (1st)

500 m men (2nd)
1500 m men
1000 m women
5000 m women
rowspan=3|March 9

| 1000 m men

10000 m men
1500 m women

Medal summary

=Men's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
500 m
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|Manabu Horii
{{JPN}}

1:13.55
37.08
36.47

|Roger Strøm
{{NOR}}

1:13.58
37.00
36.58

|Hiroyasu Shimizu
{{JPN}}

1:13.97
37.28
36.69
1000 m
{{DetailsLink|1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1000 metres}}{{cite web|title=1997 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Men|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=wchsd&year=1997&event=1000|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Ådne Søndrål
{{NOR}}

1:14.40

|Jan Bos
{{NED}}

1:14.81

|Martin Hersman
{{NED}}

1:05.07
1500 m
{{DetailsLink|1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}{{cite web|title=1997 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Men|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=wchsd&year=1997&event=1500|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Rintje Ritsma
{{NED}}

1:53.58

|Ådne Søndrål
{{NOR}}

1:55.16

|Neal Marshall
{{CAN}}

1:55.65
5000 m
{{DetailsLink|1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 5000 metres}}{{cite web|title=1997 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Men|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=wchsd&year=1997&event=5000|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Rintje Ritsma
{{NED}}

7:02.34

|Gianni Romme
{{NED}}

7:03.22

|Frank Dittrich
{{GER}}

7:12.12
10000 m
{{DetailsLink|1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 10000 metres}}{{cite web|title=1997 World Championship Single Distances 10,000 meters Men|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=wchsd&year=1997&event=10000|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Gianni Romme
{{NED}}

14:18.75

|Rintje Ritsma
{{NED}}

14:30.60

|Bob de Jong
{{NED}}

14:33.82

=Women's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
500 m
{{DetailsLink|1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres}}{{cite web|title=1997 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Women|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=w&type=wchsd&year=1997&event=500|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Xue Ruihong
{{CHN}}

1:21.06
40.75
40.31

|Sabine Völker
{{GER}}

1:21.33
40.61
40.72

|Franziska Schenk
{{GER}}

1:21.91
40.70
41.21
1000 m
{{DetailsLink|1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1000 metres}}{{cite web|title=1997 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Women|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=w&type=wchsd&year=1997&event=1000|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Marianne Timmer
{{NED}}

1:21.31

|Sandra Zwolle
{{NED}}

1:21.92

|Franziska Schenk
{{GER}}

1:22.10
1500 m
{{DetailsLink|1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}{{cite web|title=1997 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Women|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=w&type=wchsd&year=1997&event=1500|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
{{GER}}

2:04.43

|Anni Friesinger
{{GER}}

2:06.18

|Marianne Timmer
{{NED}}

2:07.54
3000 m
{{DetailsLink|1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}{{cite web|title=1997 World Championship Single Distances 3000 meters Women|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=w&type=wchsd&year=1997&event=3000|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
{{GER}}

4:20.34

|Claudia Pechstein
{{GER}}

4:24.18

|Carla Zijlstra
{{NED}}

4:28.46
5000 m
{{DetailsLink|1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 5000 metres}}{{cite web|title=1997 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Women|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=w&type=wchsd&year=1997&event=5000|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
{{GER}}

7:19.85

|Carla Zijlstra
{{NED}}

7:25.80

|Claudia Pechstein
{{GER}}

7:30.84

=Medal table=

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

| gold_NED = 4 | silver_NED = 5 | bronze_NED = 4

| gold_GER = 3 | silver_GER = 3 | bronze_GER = 4

| gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 2 | bronze_NOR = 0

| gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 1

| gold_CHN = 1 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 0

| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 1

}}

References

{{World Speed Skating Championships}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:World Single Distance Championships 1997}}

1997 World Single Distance

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

World Single Distance, 1997

Category:Sports competitions in Warsaw

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

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