1997 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships

Host City Warszawa
Country POL
Held 7 – 9 March 1997
Competitors 106
Countries 19

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
500 m Men 8 March 1997 Medal 24 13
1,000 m Men 9 March 1997 Medal 24 11
1,500 m Men 8 March 1997 Medal 20 9
5,000 m Men 7 March 1997 Medal 16 8
10,000 m Men 9 March 1997 Medal 12 7
500 m Women 7 March 1997 Medal 24 10
1,000 m Women 8 March 1997 Medal 24 10
1,500 m Women 9 March 1997 Medal 20 10
3,000 m Women 7 March 1997 Medal 16 8
5,000 m Women 8 March 1997 Medal 12 6

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Netherlands NED 4 5 4 13
2 Germany GER 3 3 4 10
3 Norway NOR 1 2 0 3
4 Japan JPN 1 0 1 2
5 China CHN 1 0 0 1
6 Canada CAN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
500 m, Men Manabu Horii JPN Roger Strøm NOR Hiroyasu Shimizu JPN
1,000 m, Men Ådne Søndrål NOR Jan Bos NED Martin Hersman NED
1,500 m, Men Rintje Ritsma NED Ådne Søndrål NOR Neal Marshall CAN
5,000 m, Men Rintje Ritsma NED Gianni Romme NED Frank Dittrich GER
10,000 m, Men Gianni Romme NED Rintje Ritsma NED Bob de Jong NED
500 m, Women Xue Ruihong CHN Sabine Völker GER Franziska Schenk GER
1,000 m, Women Marianne Timmer NED Sandra Zwolle NED Franziska Schenk GER
1,500 m, Women Gunda Kleemann-Niemann-Stirnemann GER Anni Friesinger GER Marianne Timmer NED
3,000 m, Women Gunda Kleemann-Niemann-Stirnemann GER Anni Friesinger GER Carla Zijlstra NED
5,000 m, Women Gunda Kleemann-Niemann-Stirnemann GER Carla Zijlstra NED Claudia Pechstein GER