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1998 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 = Olympic Oval (Calgary)

|venue = Olympic Oval (Calgary)

|dates = 27–29 March 1998

|competitors =

|nations =

|prev = 1997 Warschau

|next = 1999 Heerenveen

}}

The 1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 27 and 29 March 1998 in the Olympic Oval, Calgary, Canada.

Schedule

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Date

! Events

rowspan=4|March 27

| 5000 m men

500 m women (1st)
500 m women (2nd)
3000 m women
rowspan=5|March 28

| 500 m men (1st)

500 m men (2nd)
1500 m men
1000 m women
5000 m women
rowspan=3|March 29

| 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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|Hiroyasu Shimizu
{{JPN}}

1:10.18
35.36
34.82

|Sylvain Bouchard
{{CAN}}

1:10.68
35.47
35.21

|Jeremy Wotherspoon
{{CAN}}

1:10.88
35.60
35.28
1000 m
{{DetailsLink|1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1000 metres}}{{cite web|title=1998 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Men|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=wchsd&year=1998&event=1000|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Sylvain Bouchard
{{CAN}}

1:09.60

|Jeremy Wotherspoon
{{CAN}}

1:09.67

|Hiroyasu Shimizu
{{JPN}}

1:09.83
1500 m
{{DetailsLink|1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}{{cite web|title=1998 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Men|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=wchsd&year=1998&event=1500|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Ådne Søndrål
{{NOR}}

1:46.43

|Ids Postma
{{NED}}

1:47.08

|Roberto Sighel
{{ITA}}

1:47.47
5000 m
{{DetailsLink|1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 5000 metres}}{{cite web|title=1998 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Men|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=wchsd&year=1998&event=5000|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Gianni Romme
{{NED}}

6:21.49

|Rintje Ritsma
{{NED}}

6:25.55

|Bart Veldkamp
{{BEL}}

6:27.58
10000 m
{{DetailsLink|1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 10000 metres}}{{cite web|title=1998 World Championship Single Distances 10,000 meters Men|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=wchsd&year=1998&event=10000|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Gianni Romme
{{NED}}

13:08.71

|Bob de Jong
{{NED}}

13:22.64

|Frank Dittrich
{{GER}}

13:30.33

=Women's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
500 m
{{DetailsLink|1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres}}{{cite web|title=1998 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Women|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=w&type=wchsd&year=1998&event=500|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Catriona Le May Doan
{{CAN}}

1:15.59
37.88
37.71

|Svetlana Zhurova
{{RUS}}

1:16.65
38.30
38.35

|Tomomi Okazaki
{{JPN}}

1:16.68
38.27
38.41
1000 m
{{DetailsLink|1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1000 metres}}{{cite web|title=1998 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Women|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=w&type=wchsd&year=1998&event=1000|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Chris Witty
{{USA}}

1:14.96

|Catriona Le May Doan
{{CAN}}

1:15.28

|Franziska Schenk
{{GER}}

1:15.46
1500 m
{{DetailsLink|1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}{{cite web|title=1998 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Women|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=w&type=wchsd&year=1998&event=1500|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Anni Friesinger
{{GER}}

1:56.95

|Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
{{GER}}

1:57.20

|Claudia Pechstein
{{GER}}

1:57.30
3000 m
{{DetailsLink|1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}{{cite web|title=1998 World Championship Single Distances 3000 meters Women|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=w&type=wchsd&year=1998&event=3000|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
{{GER}}

4:01.67

|Claudia Pechstein
{{GER}}

4:04.78

|Anni Friesinger
{{GER}}

4:05.86
5000 m
{{DetailsLink|1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 5000 metres}}{{cite web|title=1998 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Women|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=w&type=wchsd&year=1998&event=5000|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
{{GER}}

6:58.63

|Claudia Pechstein
{{GER}}

7:02.95

|Carla Zijlstra
{{NED}}

7:08.94

=Medal table=

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

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

| gold_CAN = 2 | silver_CAN = 3 | bronze_CAN = 1

| gold_NED = 2 | silver_NED = 3 | bronze_NED = 1

| gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 2

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

| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 0

| gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 0

| gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 1

| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1

}}

References

{{World Speed Skating Championships}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:World Single Distance Championships 1998}}

1998 World Single Distance

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

World Single Distance, 1998

Category:Sports competitions in Calgary

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships