| World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
 Vikingskipet (Hamar) | |
| Venue | Vikingskipet (Hamar) |
| Dates | 15–17 March 1996 |
The 1996 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 15 and 17 March 1996 in the Vikingskipet, Hamar, Norway. This was the first World Single Distance championships.
| Date | Events |
|---|---|
| March 15 | 5000 m men |
| 500 m women (1st) | |
| 500 m women (2nd) | |
| 3000 m women | |
| March 16 | 500 m men (1st) |
| 500 m men (2nd) | |
| 1500 m men | |
| 1000 m women | |
| 5000 m women | |
| March 17 | 1000 m men |
| 10000 m men | |
| 1500 m women |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m [1] |
Hiroyasu Shimizu Japan |
1:12.06 35.91 36.15 |
Sergey Klevchenya Russia |
1:12.21 36.13 36.08 |
Roger Strøm Norway |
1:12.85 36.62 36.23 |
| 1000 m [2] |
Sergey Klevchenya Russia |
1:13.30 | Ådne Søndrål Norway |
1:13.78 | Jaegal Sung-yeol South Korea |
1:14.16 |
| 1500 m [3] |
Jeroen Straathof Netherlands |
1:53.94 | Ådne Søndrål Norway |
1:54.14 | Martin Hersman Netherlands |
1:54.38 |
| 5000 m [4] |
Ids Postma Netherlands |
6:47.09 | Keiji Shirahata Japan |
6:47.20 | Gianni Romme Netherlands |
6:48.21 |
| 10000 m [5] |
Gianni Romme Netherlands |
14:05.46 | Bart Veldkamp Belgium |
14:15.20 | Frank Dittrich Germany |
14:15.33 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m [6] |
Svetlana Zhurova Russia |
1:19.30 39.73 39.57 |
Kyoko Shimazaki Japan |
1:19.47 39.90 39.57 |
Tomomi Okazaki Japan |
1:19.56 39.81 39.75 |
| 1000 m [7] |
Annamarie Thomas Netherlands |
1:21.01 | Chris Witty United States |
1:21.25 | Emese Hunyady Austria |
1:21.53 |
| 1500 m [8] |
Annamarie Thomas Netherlands |
2:04.46 | Claudia Pechstein Germany |
2:05.22 | Sandra Zwolle Netherlands |
2:05.26 |
| 3000 m [9] |
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany |
4:13.83 | Claudia Pechstein Germany |
4:18.17 | Lyudmila Prokasheva Kazakhstan |
4:20.90 |
| 5000 m [10] |
Claudia Pechstein Germany |
7:26.36 | Carla Zijlstra Netherlands |
7:28.79 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra Italy |
7:30.66 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |