The 1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 7 and 9 March 1997 in the Tor Stegny, Warsaw, Poland.
Schedule Date EventsMarch 7 5000 m men 500 m women (1st) 500 m women (2nd) 3000 m womenMarch 8 500 m men (1st) 500 m men (2nd) 1500 m men 1000 m women 5000 m womenMarch 9 1000 m men 10000 m men 1500 m women
Medal summary
Men's events 500 mManabu Horii 1:13.5537.0836.47Roger Strøm 1:13.5837.0036.58Hiroyasu Shimizu 1:13.9737.2836.691000 mÅdne Søndrål 1:14.40Jan Bos 1:14.81Martin Hersman 1:05.071500 mRintje Ritsma 1:53.58Ådne Søndrål 1:55.16Neal Marshall 1:55.655000 mRintje Ritsma 7:02.34Gianni Romme 7:03.22Frank Dittrich 7:12.1210000 mGianni Romme 14:18.75Rintje Ritsma 14:30.60Bob de Jong 14:33.82
Women's events 500 mXue Ruihong 1:21.0640.7540.31Sabine Völker 1:21.3340.6140.72Franziska Schenk 1:21.9140.7041.211000 mMarianne Timmer 1:21.31Sandra Zwolle 1:21.92Franziska Schenk 1:22.101500 mGunda Niemann-Stirnemann 2:04.43Anni Friesinger 2:06.18Marianne Timmer 2:07.543000 mGunda Niemann-Stirnemann 4:20.34Claudia Pechstein 4:24.18Carla Zijlstra 4:28.465000 mGunda Niemann-Stirnemann 7:19.85Carla Zijlstra 7:25.80Claudia Pechstein 7:30.84
Medal table
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