1999 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 1999 World Allround Speed Skating Championships was held on 6–7 February 1999 in the Vikingskipet arena in Hamar, Norway.

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Vikingskipet
VenueVikingskipet, Hamar
Dates6–7 February
Competitors48 from 11 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rintje Ritsma  NED
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vadim Sayutin  RUS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eskil Ervik  NOR
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  GER
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein  GER
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tonny de Jong  NED

It was the first tournament with 24 participants.

Title defenders were the 1998 world champions Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann from Germany and Ids Postma from the Netherlands.

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann from Germany and Rintje Ritsma from the Netherlands became world champions.

Men's championships edit

Allround results edit

Place Athlete Country Points 500 m 5000 m 1500 m 10000 m
  Rintje Ritsma   Netherlands 152.651 WR 36.51 (4) 6:30.38 (6) 1:48.69 (2) 13:37.47 (4)
  Vadim Sayutin   Russia 153.360 37.71 (14) 6:27.50 (1) 1:49.32 (4) 13:29.21 (2)
  Eskil Ervik   Norway 154.176 37.54 (13) 6:29.22 (2) 1:49.59 (5) 13:43.68 (6)
4 Roberto Sighel   Italy 154.238 37.25 (9) 6:30.28 (4) 1:50.28 (10) 13:44.01 (7)
5 Bart Veldkamp   Belgium 154.808 38.10 (20) 6:31.45 (7) 1:51.46 (18) 13:28.20 (1)
6 Ådne Søndrål   Norway 154.809 36.43 (3) 6:40.53 (18) 1:47.01 (1) 14:13.13 (12)
7 Martin Hersman   Netherlands 155.000 36.63 (6) 6:39.56 (13) 1:49.03 (3) 14:01.42 (9)
8 Christian Breuer   Germany 155.034 36.29 (1) 6:40.74 (19) 1:49.74 (7) 14:01.80 (10)
9 K. C. Boutiette   United States 155.710 36.76 (7) 6:39.34 (12) 1:49.99 (9) 14:07.06 (11)
10 Frank Dittrich   Germany 155.926 38.73 (23) 6:30.35 (5) 1:52.55 (22) 13:32.91 (3)
11 Steven Elm   Canada 156.048 37.83 (17) 6:36.56 (9) 1:49.91 (8) 13:58.52 (8)
12 Kjell Storelid   Norway 156.147 38.86 (24) 6:30.05 (3) 1:52.19 (21) 13:37.73 (5)
NQ13 Kevin Marshall   Canada 113.211 36.62 (5) 6:40.45 (16) 1:49.64 (6)
NQ14 Takahiro Nozaki   Japan 114.376 37.48 (10) 6:39.63 (14) 1:50.80 (13)
NQ15 Dmitry Shepel   Russia 114.458 37.77 (15) 6:37.78 (10) 1:50.73 (11)
NQ16 Keiji Shirahata   Japan 114.508 37.51 (11) 6:40.52 (17) 1:50.84 (14)
NQ17 Marnix ten Kortenaar   Austria 114.674 38.17 (21) 6:35.88 (8) 1:50.75 (12)
NQ18 Mamoru Ishioka   Japan 114.669 37.10 (8) 6:42.09 (21) 1:52.08 (19)
NQ19 Dustin Molicki   Canada 115.208 38.31 (22) 6:39.32 (11) 1:50.90 (15)
NQ20 Derek Parra   United States 115.209 37.51 (11) 6:46.36 (23) 1:51.19 (17)
NQ21 Dominique Gravel   Canada 115.645 38.06 (19) 6:42.25 (22) 1:52.08 (19)
NQ22 Stefano Donagrandi   Italy 115.751 37.95 (18) 6:40.81 (20) 1:53.16 (23f)
NQ23 Hiroyuki Noake   Japan 128.597 36.29 (1) 6:39.71 (15) 2:37.01 (24f)
DQ2 Maurizio De Monte   Italy 74.843 37.80 (16) 6:47.09 (DQ) 1:51.13 (16)

NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)
DQ = disqualified
bold signifies championship record.

Women's championships edit

Allround results edit

Place Athlete Country Points 500 m 3000 m 1500 m 5000 m
  Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann   Germany 161.479 WR 40.34 (7) 4:02.01 (1) 1:57.24 (2) 6:57.24 (1) WR
  Claudia Pechstein   Germany 162.935 40.50 (8) 4:04.46 (2) 1:57.92 (4) 7:03.86 (2)
  Tonny de Jong   Netherlands 163.780 39.96 (4) 4:08.98 (4) 1:58.22 (5) 7:09.18 (4)
4 Annamarie Thomas   Netherlands 164.411 39.82 (1) 4:11.45 (8) 1:56.96 (1) 7:16.97 (8)
5 Emese Hunyady   Austria 164.885 39.93 (3) 4:10.89 (6) 1:57.51 (3) 7:19.70 (9)
6 Barbara de Loor   Netherlands 165.043 40.79 (13) 4:08.69 (3) 1:59.95 (10) 7:08.22 (3)
7 Maki Tabata   Japan 165.090 40.11 (6) 4:09.49 (5) 1:59.26 (9) 7:16.46 (5)
8 Varvara Barysheva   Russia 165.873 39.99 (5) 4:12.62 (11) 1:58.84 (7) 7:21.67 (11)
9 Jennifer Rodriguez   United States 166.022 39.86 (2) 4:13.10 (14) 1:59.15 (8) 7:22.63 (12)
10 Lyudmila Prokasheva   Kazakhstan 166.333 41.06 (16) 4:12.24 (10) 1:58.64 (6) 7:16.87 (7)
11 Anette Tønsberg   Norway 167.536 40.75 (11) 4:12.98 (12) 2:01.40 (13) 7:21.57 (10)
12 Renate Groenewold   Netherlands 167.586 41.77 (21) 4:10.99 (7) 2:01.00 (12) 7:16.52 (6)
NQ13 Cindy Overland   Canada 122.977 40.64 (10) 4:13.03 (13) 2:00.50 (11)
NQ14 Daniela Anschütz   Germany 123.704 40.98 (14) 4:13.55 (16) 2:01.40 (13)
NQ15 Nami Nemoto   Japan 124.066 41.55 (19) 4:11.50 (9) 2:01.80 (15)
NQ16 Eriko Seo   Japan 124.178 41.04 (15) 4:14.19 (17) 2:02.32 (17)
NQ17 Chiharu Nozaki   Japan 124.258 40.52 (9) 4:18.63 (20) 2:01.90 (16)
NQ18 Ulrike Adeberg   Germany 124.285 41.18 (18) 4:13.47 (15) 2:02.58 (18)
NQ19 Kristina Groves   Canada 125.141 41.65 (20) 4:15.59 (18) 2:02.68 (19)
NQ20 Emese Dörfler-Antal   Austria 125.490 40.78 (12) 4:22.68 (22) 2:02.79 (20)
NQ21 Catherine Raney   United States 126.291 42.54 (22) 4:16.65 (19) 2:02.93 (21)
NQ22 Anna Saveljeva   Russia 126.439 41.14 (17) 4:24.88 (24) 2:03.46 (22)
NQ23 Nicole Slot   Canada 128.166 42.89 (24) 4:20.16 (21) 2:05.75 (24)
NQ24 Sarah Shapiro   United States 128.587 42.84 (23) 4:23.47 (23) 2:05.51 (23)

NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)
DQ = disqualified
bold signifies championship record.

Rules edit

All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:

  1. Skaters among the top 12 on both lists are qualified.
  2. To make up a total of 12, skaters are then added in order of their best rank on either list. Samalog standings take precedence over the longest-distance standings in the event of a tie.

References edit