1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Olympic Oval (Calgary)
Venue	Olympic Oval (Calgary)
Dates	27–29 March 1998
«1997 Warschau	1999 Heerenveen»

The 1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 27 and 29 March 1998 in the Olympic Oval, Calgary, Canada.

Schedule

Date	Events
March 27	5000 m men
	500 m women (1st)
	500 m women (2nd)
	3000 m women
March 28	500 m men (1st)
	500 m men (2nd)
	1500 m men
	1000 m women
	5000 m women
March 29	1000 m men
	10000 m men
	1500 m women

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m [1]	Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan	1:10.18 35.36 34.82	Sylvain Bouchard  Canada	1:10.68 35.47 35.21	Jeremy Wotherspoon  Canada	1:10.88 35.60 35.28
1000 m [2]	Sylvain Bouchard  Canada	1:09.60	Jeremy Wotherspoon  Canada	1:09.67	Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan	1:09.83
1500 m [3]	Ådne Søndrål  Norway	1:46.43	Ids Postma  Netherlands	1:47.08	Roberto Sighel  Italy	1:47.47
5000 m [4]	Gianni Romme  Netherlands	6:21.49	Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands	6:25.55	Bart Veldkamp  Belgium	6:27.58
10000 m [5]	Gianni Romme  Netherlands	13:08.71	Bob de Jong  Netherlands	13:22.64	Frank Dittrich  Germany	13:30.33

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m [6]	Catriona Le May Doan  Canada	1:15.59 37.88 37.71	Svetlana Zhurova  Russia	1:16.65 38.30 38.35	Tomomi Okazaki  Japan	1:16.68 38.27 38.41
1000 m [7]	Chris Witty  United States	1:14.96	Catriona Le May Doan  Canada	1:15.28	Franziska Schenk  Germany	1:15.46
1500 m [8]	Anni Friesinger  Germany	1:56.95	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany	1:57.20	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	1:57.30
3000 m [9]	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany	4:01.67	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	4:04.78	Anni Friesinger  Germany	4:05.86
5000 m [10]	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany	6:58.63	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	7:02.95	Carla Zijlstra  Netherlands	7:08.94

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	3	3	4	10
2	Canada	2	3	1	6
3	Netherlands	2	3	1	6
4	Japan	1	0	2	3
5	Norway	1	0	0	1
6	United States	1	0	0	1
7	Russia	0	1	0	1
8	Belgium	0	0	1	1
9	Italy	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	10	30

References

1. "1998 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
2. "1998 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
3. "1998 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
4. "1998 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
5. "1998 World Championship Single Distances 10,000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
6. "1998 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
7. "1998 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
8. "1998 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
9. "1998 World Championship Single Distances 3000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
10. "1998 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.