The 1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 27 and 29 March 1998 in the Olympic Oval, Calgary, Canada.
Schedule Date EventsMarch 27 5000 m men 500 m women (1st) 500 m women (2nd) 3000 m womenMarch 28 500 m men (1st) 500 m men (2nd) 1500 m men 1000 m women 5000 m womenMarch 29 1000 m men 10000 m men 1500 m women
Medal summary
Men's events 500 mHiroyasu Shimizu 1:10.1835.3634.82Sylvain Bouchard 1:10.6835.4735.21Jeremy Wotherspoon 1:10.8835.6035.281000 mSylvain Bouchard 1:09.60Jeremy Wotherspoon 1:09.67Hiroyasu Shimizu 1:09.831500 mÅdne Søndrål 1:46.43Ids Postma 1:47.08Roberto Sighel 1:47.475000 mGianni Romme 6:21.49Rintje Ritsma 6:25.55Bart Veldkamp 6:27.5810000 mGianni Romme 13:08.71Bob de Jong 13:22.64Frank Dittrich 13:30.33
Women's events 500 mCatriona Le May Doan 1:15.5937.8837.71Svetlana Zhurova 1:16.6538.3038.35Tomomi Okazaki 1:16.6838.2738.411000 mChris Witty 1:14.96Catriona Le May Doan 1:15.28Franziska Schenk 1:15.461500 mAnni Friesinger 1:56.95Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann 1:57.20Claudia Pechstein 1:57.303000 mGunda Niemann-Stirnemann 4:01.67Claudia Pechstein 4:04.78Anni Friesinger 4:05.865000 mGunda Niemann-Stirnemann 6:58.63Claudia Pechstein 7:02.95Carla Zijlstra 7:08.94
Medal table
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