1996 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships

Host City Hamar
Country NOR
Held 15 – 17 March 1996
Competitors 96
Countries 16

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
500 m Men 16 March 1996 Medal 22 12
1,000 m Men 17 March 1996 Medal 24 12
1,500 m Men 16 March 1996 Medal 17 9
5,000 m Men 15 March 1996 Medal 16 10
10,000 m Men 17 March 1996 Medal 12 8
500 m Women 15 March 1996 Medal 20 8
1,000 m Women 16 March 1996 Medal 21 10
1,500 m Women 17 March 1996 Medal 19 10
3,000 m Women 15 March 1996 Medal 16 10
5,000 m Women 16 March 1996 Medal 10 6

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Netherlands NED 5 1 3 9
2 Germany GER 2 2 1 5
3 Russia RUS 2 1 0 3
4 Japan JPN 1 2 1 4
5 Norway NOR 0 2 1 3
6 Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
= United States USA 0 1 0 1
8 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
= Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
= Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1
= South Korea KOR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
500 m, Men Hiroyasu Shimizu JPN Sergey Klevchenya RUS Roger Strøm NOR
1,000 m, Men Sergey Klevchenya RUS Ådne Søndrål NOR Jegar Seong-Ryeol KOR
1,500 m, Men Jeroen Straathof NED Ådne Søndrål NOR Martin Hersman NED
5,000 m, Men Ids Postma NED Keiji Shirahata JPN Gianni Romme NED
10,000 m, Men Gianni Romme NED Bart Veldkamp BEL Frank Dittrich GER
500 m, Women Svetlana Boyarkina-Zhurova RUS Kyoko Shimazaki JPN Tomomi Okazaki JPN
1,000 m, Women Annamarie Thomas NED Chris Witty USA Emese Nemeth-Hunyady AUT
1,500 m, Women Annamarie Thomas NED Claudia Pechstein GER Sandra Zwolle NED
3,000 m, Women Gunda Niemann GER Claudia Pechstein GER Lyudmila Prokashova KAZ
5,000 m, Women Claudia Pechstein GER Carla Zijlstra NED Elena Belci ITA