World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Vikingskipet
VenueVikingskipet, Hamar
Dates6–7 February
Competitors48 from 11 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rintje Ritsma  NED
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vadim Sayutin  RUS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eskil Ervik  NOR
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  GER
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein  GER
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tonny de Jong  NED

The 1999 World Allround Speed Skating Championships was held on 6–7 February 1999 in the Vikingskipet arena in Hamar, Norway.

It was the first tournament with 24 participants.

Title defenders were the 1998 world champions Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann from Germany and Ids Postma from the Netherlands.

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann from Germany and Rintje Ritsma from the Netherlands became world champions.

Men's championships

Allround results

Place Athlete Country Points 500 m 5000 m 1500 m 10000 m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands 152.651 WR 36.51 (4) 6:30.38 (6) 1:48.69 (2) 13:37.47 (4)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vadim Sayutin  Russia 153.360 37.71 (14) 6:27.50 (1) 1:49.32 (4) 13:29.21 (2)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eskil Ervik  Norway 154.176 37.54 (13) 6:29.22 (2) 1:49.59 (5) 13:43.68 (6)
4 Roberto Sighel  Italy 154.238 37.25 (9) 6:30.28 (4) 1:50.28 (10) 13:44.01 (7)
5 Bart Veldkamp  Belgium 154.808 38.10 (20) 6:31.45 (7) 1:51.46 (18) 13:28.20 (1)
6 Ådne Søndrål  Norway 154.809 36.43 (3) 6:40.53 (18) 1:47.01 (1) 14:13.13 (12)
7 Martin Hersman  Netherlands 155.000 36.63 (6) 6:39.56 (13) 1:49.03 (3) 14:01.42 (9)
8 Christian Breuer  Germany 155.034 36.29 (1) 6:40.74 (19) 1:49.74 (7) 14:01.80 (10)
9 K. C. Boutiette  United States 155.710 36.76 (7) 6:39.34 (12) 1:49.99 (9) 14:07.06 (11)
10 Frank Dittrich  Germany 155.926 38.73 (23) 6:30.35 (5) 1:52.55 (22) 13:32.91 (3)
11 Steven Elm  Canada 156.048 37.83 (17) 6:36.56 (9) 1:49.91 (8) 13:58.52 (8)
12 Kjell Storelid  Norway 156.147 38.86 (24) 6:30.05 (3) 1:52.19 (21) 13:37.73 (5)
NQ13 Kevin Marshall  Canada 113.211 36.62 (5) 6:40.45 (16) 1:49.64 (6)
NQ14 Takahiro Nozaki  Japan 114.376 37.48 (10) 6:39.63 (14) 1:50.80 (13)
NQ15 Dmitry Shepel  Russia 114.458 37.77 (15) 6:37.78 (10) 1:50.73 (11)
NQ16 Keiji Shirahata  Japan 114.508 37.51 (11) 6:40.52 (17) 1:50.84 (14)
NQ17 Marnix ten Kortenaar  Austria 114.674 38.17 (21) 6:35.88 (8) 1:50.75 (12)
NQ18 Mamoru Ishioka  Japan 114.669 37.10 (8) 6:42.09 (21) 1:52.08 (19)
NQ19 Dustin Molicki  Canada 115.208 38.31 (22) 6:39.32 (11) 1:50.90 (15)
NQ20 Derek Parra  United States 115.209 37.51 (11) 6:46.36 (23) 1:51.19 (17)
NQ21 Dominique Gravel  Canada 115.645 38.06 (19) 6:42.25 (22) 1:52.08 (19)
NQ22 Stefano Donagrandi  Italy 115.751 37.95 (18) 6:40.81 (20) 1:53.16 (23f)
NQ23 Hiroyuki Noake  Japan 128.597 36.29 (1) 6:39.71 (15) 2:37.01 (24f)
DQ2 Maurizio De Monte  Italy 74.843 37.80 (16) 6:47.09 (DQ) 1:51.13 (16)

NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)
DQ = disqualified
bold signifies championship record.

Women's championships

Allround results

Place Athlete Country Points 500 m 3000 m 1500 m 5000 m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany 161.479 WR 40.34 (7) 4:02.01 (1) 1:57.24 (2) 6:57.24 (1) WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein  Germany 162.935 40.50 (8) 4:04.46 (2) 1:57.92 (4) 7:03.86 (2)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tonny de Jong  Netherlands 163.780 39.96 (4) 4:08.98 (4) 1:58.22 (5) 7:09.18 (4)
4 Annamarie Thomas  Netherlands 164.411 39.82 (1) 4:11.45 (8) 1:56.96 (1) 7:16.97 (8)
5 Emese Hunyady  Austria 164.885 39.93 (3) 4:10.89 (6) 1:57.51 (3) 7:19.70 (9)
6 Barbara de Loor  Netherlands 165.043 40.79 (13) 4:08.69 (3) 1:59.95 (10) 7:08.22 (3)
7 Maki Tabata  Japan 165.090 40.11 (6) 4:09.49 (5) 1:59.26 (9) 7:16.46 (5)
8 Varvara Barysheva  Russia 165.873 39.99 (5) 4:12.62 (11) 1:58.84 (7) 7:21.67 (11)
9 Jennifer Rodriguez  United States 166.022 39.86 (2) 4:13.10 (14) 1:59.15 (8) 7:22.63 (12)
10 Lyudmila Prokasheva  Kazakhstan 166.333 41.06 (16) 4:12.24 (10) 1:58.64 (6) 7:16.87 (7)
11 Anette Tønsberg  Norway 167.536 40.75 (11) 4:12.98 (12) 2:01.40 (13) 7:21.57 (10)
12 Renate Groenewold  Netherlands 167.586 41.77 (21) 4:10.99 (7) 2:01.00 (12) 7:16.52 (6)
NQ13 Cindy Overland  Canada 122.977 40.64 (10) 4:13.03 (13) 2:00.50 (11)
NQ14 Daniela Anschütz  Germany 123.704 40.98 (14) 4:13.55 (16) 2:01.40 (13)
NQ15 Nami Nemoto  Japan 124.066 41.55 (19) 4:11.50 (9) 2:01.80 (15)
NQ16 Eriko Seo  Japan 124.178 41.04 (15) 4:14.19 (17) 2:02.32 (17)
NQ17 Chiharu Nozaki  Japan 124.258 40.52 (9) 4:18.63 (20) 2:01.90 (16)
NQ18 Ulrike Adeberg  Germany 124.285 41.18 (18) 4:13.47 (15) 2:02.58 (18)
NQ19 Kristina Groves  Canada 125.141 41.65 (20) 4:15.59 (18) 2:02.68 (19)
NQ20 Emese Dörfler-Antal  Austria 125.490 40.78 (12) 4:22.68 (22) 2:02.79 (20)
NQ21 Catherine Raney  United States 126.291 42.54 (22) 4:16.65 (19) 2:02.93 (21)
NQ22 Anna Saveljeva  Russia 126.439 41.14 (17) 4:24.88 (24) 2:03.46 (22)
NQ23 Nicole Slot  Canada 128.166 42.89 (24) 4:20.16 (21) 2:05.75 (24)
NQ24 Sarah Shapiro  United States 128.587 42.84 (23) 4:23.47 (23) 2:05.51 (23)

NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)
DQ = disqualified
bold signifies championship record.

Rules

All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:

  1. Skaters among the top 12 on both lists are qualified.
  2. To make up a total of 12, skaters are then added in order of their best rank on either list. Samalog standings take precedence over the longest-distance standings in the event of a tie.

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