Competitors for 1996 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
| Athlete | Country | Sports | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Svetlana Bazhanova |  CIS RUS |
SSK | 1 December 1972 |
| Elena Belci |  ITA |
STK/SSK | 31 May 1964 |
| Moira D'Andrea |  USA |
STK/SSK | 4 March 1968 |
| Mihaela Dascălu |  ROU |
SSK | 12 February 1970 |
| Emese Dörfler-Antal |  AUT |
SSK | 13 February 1971 |
| Cerasela Hordobețiu | ROU |
SSK | 11 October 1968 |
| Dana Ionescu | ROU |
SSK | 18 December 1977 |
| Tonny de Jong |  NED |
SSK | 17 July 1974 |
| Gunda Kleemann-Niemann-Stirnemann |  GDR GER |
SSK | 7 September 1966 |
| Volha Klyha |  BLR |
SSK | 20 August 1974 |
| Svitlana Konstantynova |  UKR |
SSK | 6 January 1975 |
| Ingrid Liepa |  CAN |
SSK | 24 March 1966 |
| Ilonda Lūse |  LAT |
SSK | 11 July 1972 |
| Emese Nemeth-Hunyady | AUT HUN |
SSK | 4 March 1966 |
| Chiharu Nozaki |  JPN |
SSK | 12 May 1973 |
| Claudia Pechstein | GER |
SSK | 22 February 1972 |
| Ids Postma | NED |
SSK | 28 December 1973 |
| Rintje Ritsma | NED |
SSK | 13 April 1970 |
| Christina Schön |  SWE |
SSK | 25 March 1973 |
| Keiji Shirahata | JPN |
SSK | 8 October 1973 |
| Chiara Simionato | ITA |
SSK | 4 July 1975 |
| Becky Sundstrom | USA |
SSK | 10 May 1976 |
| Tama Sundstrom | USA |
SSK | 23 June 1968 |
| Maki Tabata | JPN |
SSK | 9 November 1974 |
| Annamarie Thomas | NED |
SSK | 15 September 1971 |
| Anette Tønsberg |  NOR |
SSK | 2 April 1970 |
| Mie Uehara | JPN |
SSK | 1 July 1971 |
| Svetlana Vysokova | RUS |
SSK | 12 May 1972 |
| Heike Warnicke | GDR GER |
SSK | 1 June 1966 |
| Ewa Wasilewska |  POL |
SSK | 7 January 1967 |
| Carla Zijlstra | NED |
SSK | 15 March 1969 |