Sprint, Men

Competition 1978 ISU World Sprint Championships
Venue Lake Placid, New York USA
Held 11 – 12 February 1978
Status Medal
Competitors 31
Countries 14
Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark 500 m 1,000 m 500 m 1,000 m
🥇 Eric Heiden USA 153.905 38.22
(1)		 1:17.47
(1)		 38.69
(2)		 1:16.52
(1)
🥈 Frode Rønning NOR 156.955 38.54
(2)		 1:20.68
(9)		 38.52
(1)		 1:19.11
(6)
🥉 Johan Granath SWE 157.670 39.10
(7)		 1:19.96
(6)		 39.43
(7)		 1:18.32
(2)
4 Jos Valentijn NED 157.825 39.11
(9)		 1:19.53
(4)		 39.48
(9)		 1:18.94
(5)
5 Valery Muratov URS 157.905 38.67
(3)		 1:20.82
(10)		 38.98
(3)		 1:19.69
(8)
6 Terje Andersen NOR 157.995 39.48
(13)		 1:19.45
(2)		 39.50
(11)		 1:18.58
(3)
7 Oloph Granath SWE 158.820 39.10
(7)		 1:20.14
(7)		 39.63
(12)		 1:20.04
(9)
8 Jan Józwik POL 159.900 39.01
(4)		 1:22.42
(18)		 39.49
(10)		 1:20.38
(11)
9 Yevgeny Kulikov URS 159.965 39.06
(5)		 1:23.04
(22)		 39.99
(18)		 1:18.79
(4)
10 Peter Mueller USA 160.815 39.40
(10)		 1:19.78
(5)		 41.08
(28)		 1:20.89
(12)
11 Jim Chapin USA 160.835 39.41
(11)		 1:23.25
(23)		 39.19
(5)		 1:21.22
(15)
12 Lee Yeong-Ha KOR 160.930 40.43
(24)		 1:20.27
(8)		 39.71
(13)		 1:21.31
(17)
13 Sies Uilkema NED 161.045 39.57
(16)		 1:21.39
(12)		 40.28
(23)		 1:21.00
(13)
14 Øystein Konsmo NOR 161.525 40.91
(28)		 1:20.94
(11)		 40.12
(20)		 1:20.05
(10)
15 André Kraaijeveld NED 161.840 39.85
(18)		 1:23.87
(26)		 39.43
(7)		 1:21.25
(16)
16 Stephan Panzer GER 161.905 40.17
(21)		 1:22.23
(14)		 39.75
(14)		 1:21.74
(19)
17 Dan Immerfall USA 162.115 40.20
(22)		 1:21.59
(13)		 39.78
(15)		 1:22.68
(28)
18 Jan-Åke Carlberg SWE 162.135 39.80
(17)		 1:22.26
(16)		 40.15
(22)		 1:22.11
(23)
19 Mikio Oyama JPN 162.485 40.30
(23)		 1:23.39
(25)		 39.90
(16)		 1:21.18
(14)
20 Kazuki Ichimura JPN 162.855 39.47
(12)		 1:22.77
(20)		 41.13
(29)		 1:21.74
(19)
21 Mats Wallberg SWE 163.025 40.43
(24)		 1:22.50
(19)		 40.12
(20)		 1:22.45
(24)
22 Emmanuel Michon FRA 163.205 40.12
(20)		 1:22.96
(21)		 40.34
(24)		 1:22.53
(27)
23 Roland Vetter GDR 163.325 40.69
(26)		 1:23.26
(24)		 40.10
(19)		 1:21.81
(21)
24 Don Bumstead CAN 163.565 40.86
(27)		 1:22.40
(17)		 40.56
(26)		 1:21.89
(22)
25 Jacques Thibault CAN 163.600 39.97
(19)		 1:24.84
(27)		 39.96
(17)		 1:22.50
(26)
26 Richard Tourne FRA 166.125 40.94
(29)		 1:25.52
(28)		 40.95
(27)		 1:22.95
(29)
27 Colin Coates AUS 166.630 42.55
(31)		 1:22.25
(15)		 41.73
(30)		 1:22.45
(24)
28 Miel Govaert NED 168.285 39.55
(15)		 1:35.22
(29)		 40.40
(25)		 1:21.45
(18)
29 Archie Marshall GBR 178.815 41.59
(30)		 1:41.30
(30)		 44.02
(31)		 1:25.11
(30)
30 Kai Arne Engelstad NOR 181.200 39.06
(5)		 1:19.51
(3)		 39.05
(4)		 2:06.67
(31)
31 Gaétan Boucher CAN 184.005 39.53
(14)		 2:10.87
(31)		 39.34
(6)		 1:19.40
(7)

500 m

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Eric Heiden USA 38.22
2 Frode Rønning NOR 38.54
3 Valery Muratov URS 38.67
4 Jan Józwik POL 39.01
5 Kai Arne Engelstad NOR 39.06
5 Yevgeny Kulikov URS 39.06
7 Johan Granath SWE 39.10
7 Oloph Granath SWE 39.10
9 Jos Valentijn NED 39.11
10 Peter Mueller USA 39.40
11 Jim Chapin USA 39.41
12 Kazuki Ichimura JPN 39.47
13 Terje Andersen NOR 39.48
14 Gaétan Boucher CAN 39.53
15 Miel Govaert NED 39.55
16 Sies Uilkema NED 39.57
17 Jan-Åke Carlberg SWE 39.80
18 André Kraaijeveld NED 39.85
19 Jacques Thibault CAN 39.97
20 Emmanuel Michon FRA 40.12
21 Stephan Panzer GER 40.17
22 Dan Immerfall USA 40.20
23 Mikio Oyama JPN 40.30
24 Mats Wallberg SWE 40.43
24 Lee Yeong-Ha KOR 40.43
26 Roland Vetter GDR 40.69
27 Don Bumstead CAN 40.86
28 Øystein Konsmo NOR 40.91
29 Richard Tourne FRA 40.94
30 Archie Marshall GBR 41.59
31 Colin Coates AUS 42.55

1,000 m

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Eric Heiden USA 1:17.47
2 Terje Andersen NOR 1:19.45
3 Kai Arne Engelstad NOR 1:19.51
4 Jos Valentijn NED 1:19.53
5 Peter Mueller USA 1:19.78
6 Johan Granath SWE 1:19.96
7 Oloph Granath SWE 1:20.14
8 Lee Yeong-Ha KOR 1:20.27
9 Frode Rønning NOR 1:20.68
10 Valery Muratov URS 1:20.82
11 Øystein Konsmo NOR 1:20.94
12 Sies Uilkema NED 1:21.39
13 Dan Immerfall USA 1:21.59
14 Stephan Panzer GER 1:22.23
15 Colin Coates AUS 1:22.25
16 Jan-Åke Carlberg SWE 1:22.26
17 Don Bumstead CAN 1:22.40
18 Jan Józwik POL 1:22.42
19 Mats Wallberg SWE 1:22.50
20 Kazuki Ichimura JPN 1:22.77
21 Emmanuel Michon FRA 1:22.96
22 Yevgeny Kulikov URS 1:23.04
23 Jim Chapin USA 1:23.25
24 Roland Vetter GDR 1:23.26
25 Mikio Oyama JPN 1:23.39
26 André Kraaijeveld NED 1:23.87
27 Jacques Thibault CAN 1:24.84
28 Richard Tourne FRA 1:25.52
29 Miel Govaert NED 1:35.22
30 Archie Marshall GBR 1:41.30
31 Gaétan Boucher CAN 2:10.87

500 m

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Frode Rønning NOR 38.52
2 Eric Heiden USA 38.69
3 Valery Muratov URS 38.98
4 Kai Arne Engelstad NOR 39.05
5 Jim Chapin USA 39.19
6 Gaétan Boucher CAN 39.34
7 Johan Granath SWE 39.43
7 André Kraaijeveld NED 39.43
9 Jos Valentijn NED 39.48
10 Jan Józwik POL 39.49
11 Terje Andersen NOR 39.50
12 Oloph Granath SWE 39.63
13 Lee Yeong-Ha KOR 39.71
14 Stephan Panzer GER 39.75
15 Dan Immerfall USA 39.78
16 Mikio Oyama JPN 39.90
17 Jacques Thibault CAN 39.96
18 Yevgeny Kulikov URS 39.99
19 Roland Vetter GDR 40.10
20 Mats Wallberg SWE 40.12
20 Øystein Konsmo NOR 40.12
22 Jan-Åke Carlberg SWE 40.15
23 Sies Uilkema NED 40.28
24 Emmanuel Michon FRA 40.34
25 Miel Govaert NED 40.40
26 Don Bumstead CAN 40.56
27 Richard Tourne FRA 40.95
28 Peter Mueller USA 41.08
29 Kazuki Ichimura JPN 41.13
30 Colin Coates AUS 41.73
31 Archie Marshall GBR 44.02

1,000 m

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Eric Heiden USA 1:16.52
2 Johan Granath SWE 1:18.32
3 Terje Andersen NOR 1:18.58
4 Yevgeny Kulikov URS 1:18.79
5 Jos Valentijn NED 1:18.94
6 Frode Rønning NOR 1:19.11
7 Gaétan Boucher CAN 1:19.40
8 Valery Muratov URS 1:19.69
9 Oloph Granath SWE 1:20.04
10 Øystein Konsmo NOR 1:20.05
11 Jan Józwik POL 1:20.38
12 Peter Mueller USA 1:20.89
13 Sies Uilkema NED 1:21.00
14 Mikio Oyama JPN 1:21.18
15 Jim Chapin USA 1:21.22
16 André Kraaijeveld NED 1:21.25
17 Lee Yeong-Ha KOR 1:21.31
18 Miel Govaert NED 1:21.45
19 Kazuki Ichimura JPN 1:21.74
19 Stephan Panzer GER 1:21.74
21 Roland Vetter GDR 1:21.81
22 Don Bumstead CAN 1:21.89
23 Jan-Åke Carlberg SWE 1:22.11
24 Colin Coates AUS 1:22.45
24 Mats Wallberg SWE 1:22.45
26 Jacques Thibault CAN 1:22.50
27 Emmanuel Michon FRA 1:22.53
28 Dan Immerfall USA 1:22.68
29 Richard Tourne FRA 1:22.95
30 Archie Marshall GBR 1:25.11
31 Kai Arne Engelstad NOR 2:06.67