Sprint, Men

Competition 1979 ISU World Sprint Championships
Venue Inzell GER
Held 17 – 18 February 1979
Status Medal
Competitors 32
Countries 17
Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark 500 m 1,000 m 500 m 1,000 m
🥇 Eric Heiden USA 151.430 38.17
(1)		 1:14.99
(1)		 38.23
(1)		 1:15.07
(1)
🥈 Gaétan Boucher CAN 154.080 38.43
(2)		 1:16.95
(2)		 38.54
(3)		 1:17.27
(3)
🥉 Frode Rønning NOR 154.400 38.43
(2)		 1:17.52
(3)		 38.39
(2)		 1:17.64
(4)
4 Peter Mueller USA 154.735 38.90
(6)		 1:17.54
(4)		 38.59
(5)		 1:16.95
(2)
5 Sergey Khlebnikov URS 155.460 39.03
(8)		 1:17.81
(5)		 38.58
(4)		 1:17.89
(5)
6 Lieuwe de Boer NED 156.350 38.64
(4)		 1:18.61
(12)		 38.78
(6)		 1:19.25
(10)
7 Kai Arne Engelstad NOR 157.015 39.39
(13)		 1:17.92
(6)		 39.28
(12)		 1:18.77
(7)
8 Dan Immerfall USA 157.445 39.76
(18)		 1:18.68
(13)		 38.95
(9)		 1:18.79
(8)
9 Jan Józwik POL 157.535 38.87
(5)		 1:18.80
(16)		 39.30
(13)		 1:19.93
(17)
10 Tom Plant USA 157.925 39.29
(10)		 1:18.40
(10)		 39.60
(18)		 1:19.67
(14)
11 Stephan Panzer GER 158.240 39.48
(15)		 1:18.71
(14)		 39.66
(21)		 1:19.49
(12)
12 Oloph Granath SWE 158.365 39.42
(14)		 1:19.55
(19)		 39.25
(11)		 1:19.84
(15)
13 Bert de Jong NED 158.485 39.94
(20)		 1:18.02
(7)		 39.95
(25)		 1:19.17
(9)
14 Johan Granath SWE 158.505 39.74
(17)		 1:19.23
(17)		 39.52
(17)		 1:19.26
(11)
15 Kazuki Ichimura JPN 158.675 39.24
(9)		 1:19.40
(18)		 39.60
(18)		 1:20.27
(20)
16 Jarle Pedersen NOR 158.885 39.33
(12)		 1:20.02
(23)		 39.61
(20)		 1:19.87
(16)
17 Vasile Coros ROU 159.245 39.86
(19)		 1:19.88
(21)		 39.44
(15)		 1:20.01
(18)
18 Steffen Doering GDR 159.435 39.68
(16)		 1:18.49
(11)		 39.48
(16)		 1:22.06
(25)
19 Emmanuel Michon FRA 159.475 40.03
(21)		 1:18.71
(14)		 39.79
(24)		 1:20.60
(22)
20 Terje Andersen NOR 159.815 40.14
(23)		 1:19.85
(20)		 39.96
(26)		 1:19.58
(13)
21 Lee Yeong-Ha KOR 160.215 40.20
(24)		 1:20.09
(24)		 39.77
(23)		 1:20.40
(21)
22 Jan-Åke Carlberg SWE 160.700 39.31
(11)		 1:20.17
(26)		 39.21
(10)		 1:24.19
(29)
23 Hubert Hirschbichler GER 161.820 40.12
(22)		 1:20.43
(27)		 40.41
(29)		 1:22.15
(26)
24 Colin Coates AUS 164.470 41.41
(29)		 1:20.53
(28)		 41.52
(31)		 1:22.55
(28)
25 Zhao Weichang CHN 166.170 40.67
(25)		 1:19.90
(22)		 40.23
(27)		 1:30.64
(30)
26 Miel Govaert NED 167.135 47.62
(30)		 1:18.25
(9)		 39.75
(22)		 1:21.28
(23)
27 Anatoly Medennikov URS 167.990 38.92
(7)		 1:42.05
(32)		 38.83
(7)		 1:18.43
(6)
28 Jan van de Roemer NED 170.410 51.98
(31)		 1:18.12
(8)		 39.32
(14)		 1:20.10
(19)
29 Giovanni Paganin ITA 185.860 1:03.16
(32)		 1:21.64
(31)		 40.88
(30)		 1:22.00
(24)
AC Pertti Niittylä FIN 161.880 40.76
(27)		 1:20.72
(29)		 40.35
(28)		 1:20.82
(DQ)
AC Yevgeny Kulikov URS 144.210 1:05.23
(33)		 1:20.14
(25)		 38.91
(8)		 —
(DNS)
AC Peter Eriksson SWE 122.595 40.71
(26)		 1:21.55
(30)		 —
(DQ)		 1:22.22
(27)

500 m

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark Points
1 Eric Heiden USA 38.17 —
2 Gaétan Boucher CAN 38.43 —
2 Frode Rønning NOR 38.43 —
4 Lieuwe de Boer NED 38.64 —
5 Jan Józwik POL 38.87 —
6 Peter Mueller USA 38.90 —
7 Anatoly Medennikov URS 38.92 —
8 Sergey Khlebnikov URS 39.03 —
9 Kazuki Ichimura JPN 39.24 —
10 Tom Plant USA 39.29 —
11 Jan-Åke Carlberg SWE 39.31 —
12 Jarle Pedersen NOR 39.33 —
13 Kai Arne Engelstad NOR 39.39 —
14 Oloph Granath SWE 39.42 —
15 Stephan Panzer GER 39.48 —
16 Steffen Doering GDR 39.68 —
17 Johan Granath SWE 39.74 —
18 Dan Immerfall USA 39.76 —
19 Vasile Coros ROU 39.86 —
20 Bert de Jong NED 39.94 —
21 Emmanuel Michon FRA 40.03 —
22 Hubert Hirschbichler GER 40.12 —
23 Terje Andersen NOR 40.14 —
24 Lee Yeong-Ha KOR 40.20 —
25 Zhao Weichang CHN 40.67 —
26 Peter Eriksson SWE 40.71 —
27 Pertti Niittylä FIN 40.76 —
29 Colin Coates AUS 41.41 —
30 Miel Govaert NED 47.62 —
31 Jan van de Roemer NED 51.98 —
32 Giovanni Paganin ITA 1:03.16 —
33 Yevgeny Kulikov URS 1:05.23 —

1,000 m

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark Points
1 Eric Heiden USA 1:14.99 —
2 Gaétan Boucher CAN 1:16.95 —
3 Frode Rønning NOR 1:17.52 —
4 Peter Mueller USA 1:17.54 —
5 Sergey Khlebnikov URS 1:17.81 —
6 Kai Arne Engelstad NOR 1:17.92 —
7 Bert de Jong NED 1:18.02 —
8 Jan van de Roemer NED 1:18.12 —
9 Miel Govaert NED 1:18.25 —
10 Tom Plant USA 1:18.40 —
11 Steffen Doering GDR 1:18.49 —
12 Lieuwe de Boer NED 1:18.61 —
13 Dan Immerfall USA 1:18.68 —
14 Emmanuel Michon FRA 1:18.71 —
14 Stephan Panzer GER 1:18.71 —
16 Jan Józwik POL 1:18.80 —
17 Johan Granath SWE 1:19.23 —
18 Kazuki Ichimura JPN 1:19.40 —
19 Oloph Granath SWE 1:19.55 —
20 Terje Andersen NOR 1:19.85 —
21 Vasile Coros ROU 1:19.88 —
22 Zhao Weichang CHN 1:19.90 —
23 Jarle Pedersen NOR 1:20.02 —
24 Lee Yeong-Ha KOR 1:20.09 —
25 Yevgeny Kulikov URS 1:20.14 —
26 Jan-Åke Carlberg SWE 1:20.17 —
27 Hubert Hirschbichler GER 1:20.43 —
28 Colin Coates AUS 1:20.53 —
29 Pertti Niittylä FIN 1:20.72 —
30 Peter Eriksson SWE 1:21.55 —
31 Giovanni Paganin ITA 1:21.64 —
32 Anatoly Medennikov URS 1:42.05 —

500 m

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark Points
1 Eric Heiden USA 38.23 —
2 Frode Rønning NOR 38.39 —
3 Gaétan Boucher CAN 38.54 —
4 Sergey Khlebnikov URS 38.58 —
5 Peter Mueller USA 38.59 —
6 Lieuwe de Boer NED 38.78 —
7 Anatoly Medennikov URS 38.83 —
8 Yevgeny Kulikov URS 38.91 —
9 Dan Immerfall USA 38.95 —
10 Jan-Åke Carlberg SWE 39.21 —
11 Oloph Granath SWE 39.25 —
12 Kai Arne Engelstad NOR 39.28 —
13 Jan Józwik POL 39.30 —
14 Jan van de Roemer NED 39.32 —
15 Vasile Coros ROU 39.44 —
16 Steffen Doering GDR 39.48 —
17 Johan Granath SWE 39.52 —
18 Kazuki Ichimura JPN 39.60 —
18 Tom Plant USA 39.60 —
20 Jarle Pedersen NOR 39.61 —
21 Stephan Panzer GER 39.66 —
22 Miel Govaert NED 39.75 —
23 Lee Yeong-Ha KOR 39.77 —
24 Emmanuel Michon FRA 39.79 —
25 Bert de Jong NED 39.95 —
26 Terje Andersen NOR 39.96 —
27 Zhao Weichang CHN 40.23 —
28 Pertti Niittylä FIN 40.35 —
29 Hubert Hirschbichler GER 40.41 —
30 Giovanni Paganin ITA 40.88 —
31 Colin Coates AUS 41.52 —
DQ Peter Eriksson SWE — —

1,000 m

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark Points
1 Eric Heiden USA 1:15.07 —
2 Peter Mueller USA 1:16.95 —
3 Gaétan Boucher CAN 1:17.27 —
4 Frode Rønning NOR 1:17.64 —
5 Sergey Khlebnikov URS 1:17.89 —
6 Anatoly Medennikov URS 1:18.43 —
7 Kai Arne Engelstad NOR 1:18.77 —
8 Dan Immerfall USA 1:18.79 —
9 Bert de Jong NED 1:19.17 —
10 Lieuwe de Boer NED 1:19.25 —
11 Johan Granath SWE 1:19.26 —
12 Stephan Panzer GER 1:19.49 —
13 Terje Andersen NOR 1:19.58 —
14 Tom Plant USA 1:19.67 —
15 Oloph Granath SWE 1:19.84 —
16 Jarle Pedersen NOR 1:19.87 —
17 Jan Józwik POL 1:19.93 —
18 Vasile Coros ROU 1:20.01 —
19 Jan van de Roemer NED 1:20.10 —
20 Kazuki Ichimura JPN 1:20.27 —
21 Lee Yeong-Ha KOR 1:20.40 —
22 Emmanuel Michon FRA 1:20.60 —
23 Miel Govaert NED 1:21.28 —
24 Giovanni Paganin ITA 1:22.00 —
25 Steffen Doering GDR 1:22.06 —
26 Hubert Hirschbichler GER 1:22.15 —
27 Peter Eriksson SWE 1:22.22 —
28 Colin Coates AUS 1:22.55 —
29 Jan-Åke Carlberg SWE 1:24.19 —
30 Zhao Weichang CHN 1:30.64 —
DQ Pertti Niittylä FIN 1:20.82 —
DNS Yevgeny KulikovDNS URS — —