1996 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
# 1996 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

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.

## Schedule

| Date | Events |
| - | - |
| March 15 | 5000 m men |
| March 15 | 500 m women (1st) |
| March 15 | 500 m women (2nd) |
| March 15 | 3000 m women |
| March 16 | 500 m men (1st) |
| March 16 | 500 m men (2nd) |
| March 16 | 1500 m men |
| March 16 | 1000 m women |
| March 16 | 5000 m women |
| March 17 | 1000 m men |
| March 17 | 10000 m men |
| March 17 | 1500 m women |

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 m details | 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 details | Sergey Klevchenya Russia | 1:13.30 | Ådne Søndrål Norway | 1:13.78 | Jaegal Sung-yeol South Korea | 1:14.16 |
| 1500 m details | Jeroen Straathof Netherlands | 1:53.94 | Ådne Søndrål Norway | 1:54.14 | Martin Hersman Netherlands | 1:54.38 |
| 5000 m details | Ids Postma Netherlands | 6:47.09 | Keiji Shirahata Japan | 6:47.20 | Gianni Romme Netherlands | 6:48.21 |
| 10000 m details | Gianni Romme Netherlands | 14:05.46 | Bart Veldkamp Belgium | 14:15.20 | Frank Dittrich Germany | 14:15.33 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 m details | 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 details | Annamarie Thomas Netherlands | 1:21.01 | Chris Witty United States | 1:21.25 | Emese Hunyady Austria | 1:21.53 |
| 1500 m details | Annamarie Thomas Netherlands | 2:04.46 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 2:05.22 | Sandra Zwolle Netherlands | 2:05.26 |
| 3000 m details | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany | 4:13.83 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 4:18.17 | Lyudmila Prokasheva Kazakhstan | 4:20.90 |
| 5000 m details | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 7:26.36 | Carla Zijlstra Netherlands | 7:28.79 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra Italy | 7:30.66 |

### Medal table

| 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 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
