1998 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships

Host City Calgary
Country CAN
Held 27 – 29 March 1998
Competitors 103
Countries 17

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
500 m Men 28 March 1998 Medal 23 11
1,000 m Men 29 March 1998 Medal 24 12
1,500 m Men 28 March 1998 Medal 20 10
5,000 m Men 27 March 1998 Medal 16 9
10,000 m Men 29 March 1998 Medal 12 8
500 m Women 27 March 1998 Medal 21 9
1,000 m Women 28 March 1998 Medal 22 9
1,500 m Women 29 March 1998 Medal 19 8
3,000 m Women 27 March 1998 Medal 16 8
5,000 m Women 28 March 1998 Medal 11 6

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Germany GER 3 3 4 10
2 Canada CAN 2 3 1 6
= Netherlands NED 2 3 1 6
4 Japan JPN 1 0 2 3
5 Norway NOR 1 0 0 1
= United States USA 1 0 0 1
7 Russia RUS 0 1 0 1
8 Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
= Italy ITA 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
500 m, Men Hiroyasu Shimizu JPN Sylvain Bouchard CAN Jeremy Wotherspoon CAN
1,000 m, Men Sylvain Bouchard CAN Jeremy Wotherspoon CAN Hiroyasu Shimizu JPN
1,500 m, Men Ådne Søndrål NOR Ids Postma NED Roberto Sighel ITA
5,000 m, Men Gianni Romme NED Rintje Ritsma NED Bart Veldkamp BEL
10,000 m, Men Gianni Romme NED Bob de Jong NED Frank Dittrich GER
500 m, Women Catriona Le May Doan CAN Svetlana Boyarkina-Zhurova RUS Tomomi Okazaki JPN
1,000 m, Women Chris Witty USA Catriona Le May Doan CAN Franziska Schenk GER
1,500 m, Women Anni Friesinger GER Gunda Kleemann-Niemann-Stirnemann GER Claudia Pechstein GER
3,000 m, Women Gunda Kleemann-Niemann-Stirnemann GER Claudia Pechstein GER Anni Friesinger GER
5,000 m, Women Gunda Kleemann-Niemann-Stirnemann GER Claudia Pechstein GER Carla Zijlstra NED