1979 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for women

The 40th edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships 1979 took place on 3 and 4 February at De Uithof ice rink in The Hague, The Netherlands:

1979 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women
VenueDe Uithof ice rink, The Hague, The Netherlands
Dates3–4 February
Competitors31 skaters from 14 countries
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Beth Heiden  USA
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Natalya Petrusyova  SOV
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sylvia Burka  CAN

Title holder was Tatyana Averina from the Soviet Union.

Distance medalists

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Event Gold
 
Silver
 
Bronze
 
500m Beth Heiden Sylvia Albrecht Natalya Petrusyova
1500m Beth Heiden Natalya Petrusyova Sylvia Burka
1000m Beth Heiden Tatyana Averina Sylvia Burka
3000m Beth Heiden Bjørg Eva Jensen Ria Visser

Classification

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Rank Skater Country Points
Samalog
500m 1500m 1000m 3000m
  Beth Heiden   United States 179.029 44.49   2:13.79   1:26.14   4:41.24 *  
  Natalya Petrusyova   Soviet Union 181.721 44.88 (3) 2:14.73 (2) 1:28.19 (5) 4:47.02 (8)
  Sylvia Burka   Canada 181.994 45.52 (7) 2:15.62 (3) 1:27.53 (3) 4:45.02 (6)
4 Bjørg Eva Jensen   Norway 183.545 46.24 (15) 2:17.34 (6) 1:29.03 (11) 4:42.06 (2)
5 Valentina Lalenkova   Soviet Union 183.576 44.93 (4) 2:17.66 (7) 1:29.32 (14) 4:48.60 (10)
6 Ria Visser   Netherlands 184.014 46.69 (17) 2:16.52 (4) 1:29.30 (13) 4:43.01 (3)
7 Sijtje van der Lende   Netherlands 184.156 47.00 (23) 2:16.52 (4) 1:28.15 (4) 4:45.45 (7)
8 Sylvia Filipsson   Sweden 184.216 45.78 (9) 2:19.84 (11) 1:28.75 (9) 4:44.69 (5)
9 Sophie Westenbroek   Netherlands 184.319 45.09 (5) 2:18.70 (10) 1:29.41 (15) 4:49.75 (11)
10 Sylvia Albrecht   East Germany 184.875 44.83 (2) 2:20.46 (15) 1:28.83 (10) 4:52.86 (13)
11 Marion Dittmann   East Germany 184.954 45.91 (13) 2:21.10 (16) 1:29.13 (12) 4:44.68 (4)
12 Sarah Docter   United States 184.963 46.77 (18) 2:17.82 (8) 1:28.57 (7) 4:47.81 (9)
13 Erwina Ryś-Ferens   Poland 185.123 45.83 (12) 2:17.83 (9) 1:28.33 (6) 4:55.11 (14)
14 Yuko Yaegashi-Ota   Japan 187.661 46.21 (14) 2:20.04 (12) 1:30.59 (21) 4:56.86 (16)
15 Mary Docter   United States 187.958 46.91 (22) 2:20.34 (14) 1:31.69 (25) 4:50.54 (12)
16 Sigrid Smuda   West Germany 214.123 1:12.69 * (31) 2:20.22 (13) 1:30.67 (22) 4:56.15 (15)
NC17 Joke van Rijssel   Netherlands 137.875 45.82 (11) 2:21.18 (17) 1:29.99 (17)
NC18 Natalja Zaborskikh   Soviet Union 138.003 45.69 (8) 2:21.94 (19) 1:30.00 (18)
NC19 Linda Palle   Sweden 138.773 45.25 (6) 2:24.94 (23) 1:30.42 (20)
NC20 Kim Kostron   United States 138.776 45.79 (10) 2:21.62 (18) 1:31.56 (24)
NC21 Brenda Webster   Canada 139.035 46.80 (20) 2:23.64 (20) 1:28.71 (8)
NC22 Annette Carlén-Karlsson   Sweden 139.630 46.79 (19) 2:23.85 (22) 1:29.78 (16)
NC23 Kathy Vogt   Canada 139.653 46.66 (16) 2:23.68 (21) 1:30.20 (19)
NC24 Lilianna Morawiec   Poland 141.700 47.36 (26) 2:26.28 (24) 1:31.16 (23)
NC25 Ann-Mari Tollefsen   Norway 143.435 47.76 (28) 2:27.21 (26) 1:33.21 (27)
NC26 Grethe Viksaas   Norway 143.493 47.74 (27) 2:26.80 (25) 1:33.64 (28)
NC27 Marie-France van Helden   France 143.613 46.89 (21) 2:30.46 (30) 1:33.14 (26)
NC28 Dolores Lier   Switzerland 146.751 49.37 (29) 2:29.39 (29) 1:35.17 (30)
NC29 Pirjo Hyvärinen   Finland 154.473 47.25 (25) 2:28.09 (27) 1:55.72 * (31)
NC30 Kim Ferran   United Kingdom 169.925 1:12.65 * (30) 2:29.13 (28) 1:35.13 (29)
NC Tatyana Averina   Soviet Union 90.790 47.07 (24) DQ 1:27.44 (2)

Source:[1][2][3]

* = Fell

Attribution

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In Dutch

References

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  1. ^ "world allround championships 1979 - women". SpeedSkatingNews.
  2. ^ "Uitslag WK Allround 1979 vrouwen - SchaatsStatistieken.nl". www.schaatsstatistieken.nl.
  3. ^ "Results of the 1979 World Championship Allround Women - SpeedSkatingStats.com". www.speedskatingstats.com.