The 1997 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held on 14–16 February 1997 in the M-Wave stadium in Nagano, Japan.
| World Allround Speed Skating Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | M-Wave, Nagano | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 14–16 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 (M), 30 (W) from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
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←1996 Inzell | |||||||||||||
Title defenders were the 1996 world champions Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann from Germany and Rintje Ritsma from the Netherlands.
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann from Germany and Ids Postma from the Netherlands became world champions.
Allround results
Men
| Place | Athlete | Country | Points | 500 m | 5000 m | 1500 m | 10000 m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ids Postma | Netherlands | 157.906 | 37.36 (2) | 6:49.09 (8) | 1:51.78 (1) | 14:07.54 (4) | |
| Keiji Shirahata | Japan | 158.466 | 37.59 (3) | 6:47.46 (3) | 1:53.20 (6) | 14:07.95 (5) | |
| Frank Dittrich | Germany | 158.697 | 38.87 (19) | 6:43.74 (2) | 1:54.10 (9) | 13:48.40 (2) | |
| 4 | K. C. Boutiette | United States | 158.739 | 37.93 (7) | 6:48.62 (5) | 1:52.53 (2) | 14:08.75 (6) |
| 5 | Rintje Ritsma | Netherlands | 159.090 | 37.99 (9) | 6:48.96 (7) | 1:53.12 (5) | 14:09.97 (7) |
| 6 | Bart Veldkamp | Belgium | 159.209 | 39.61 (26) | 6:43.26 (1) | 1:54.57 (11) | 13:41.66 (1) |
| 7 | Hiroyuki Noake | Japan | 160.461 | 37.70 (4) | 6:51.32 (11) | 1:53.11 (4) | 14:38.53 (11) |
| 8 | Toru Aoyanagi | Japan | 160.900 | 38.16 (12) | 6:56.23 (13) | 1:54.17 (10) | 14:21.22 (8) |
| 9 | Neal Marshall | Canada | 161.067 | 37.96 (8) | 6:59.02 (17) | 1:53.68 (7) | 14:26.24 (9) |
| 10 | Dave Tamburrino | United States | 161.454 | 38.37 (15) | 6:53.35 (12) | 1:55.01 (12) | 14:28.27 (10) |
| 11 | Lasse Sætre | Norway | 161.503 | 40.10 (30) | 6:47.97 (4) | 1:56.65 (22) | 13:54.46 (3) |
| 12 | Jason Parker | Canada | 163.034 | 38.17 (13) | 7:05.64 (25) | 1:52.96 (3) | 14:52.95 (12) |
| NC13 | Kevin Marshall | Canada | 118.418 | 38.01 (10) | 7:00.15 (19) | 1:55.18 (14) | |
| NC14 | Falko Zandstra | Netherlands | 118.621 | 38.06 (11) | 7:01.35 (22) | 1:55.28 (15) | |
| NC15 | Uwe Tonat | Germany | 118.627 | 39.21 (14) | 6:50.74 (10) | 1:55.03 (13) | |
| NC16 | Anatoli Krasheninin | Russia | 119.208 | 38.94 (21) | 6:56.62 (15) | 1:55.82 (18) | |
| NC17 | Marnix ten Kortenaar | Austria | 119.593 | 39.06 (22) | 6:58.87 (16) | 1:55.94 (19) | |
| NC18 | Ermanno Ioriatti | Italy | 120.043 | 37.74 (5) | 7:12.20 (29) | 1:57.25 (23) | |
| NC19 | Dmitry Shepel | Russia | 120.063 | 38.64 (17) | 7:09.33 (27) | 1:55.47 (16) | |
| NC20 | Tim Hoffmann | United States | 120.140 | 38.25 (14) | 7:13.20 (30) | 1:55.71 (17) | |
| NC21 | Lee Kyou-hyuk | South Korea | 120.181 | 37.14 (1) | 7:23.58 (34) | 1:56.05 (20) | |
| NC22 | Roberto Sighel | Italy | 120.274 | 38.84 (18) | 7:02.68 (23) | 1:57.50 (25) | |
| NC23 | Radik Bikchentayev | Kazakhstan | 120.295 | 39.21 (24) | 7:03.62 (24) | 1:56.17 (21) | |
| NC24 | Jonas Schön | Sweden | 120.768 | 39.67 (27) | 7:00.15 (19) | 1:57.25 (23) | |
| NC25 | Christian Breuer | Germany | 121.214 | 39.18 (23) | 7:07.38 (26) | 1:57.89 (26) | |
| NC26 | Jaromir Radke | Poland | 121.241 | 40.31 (32) | 6:56.25 (14) | 1:57.92 (27) | |
| NC27 | Cédric Kuentz | France | 121.287 | 39.68 (28) | 7:01.14 (21) | 1:58.48 (28) | |
| NC28 | Davide Carta | Italy | 121.399 | 37.86 (6) | 7:19.99 (33) | 1:58.62 (29) | |
| NC29 | Vitali Novichenko | Belarus | 121.642 | 38.88 (20) | 7:11.32 (28) | 1:58.89 (30) | |
| NC30 | Kjell Storelid | Norway | 121.701 | 40.90 (34) | 6:49.45 (9) | 1:59.57 (32) | |
| NC31 | Martin Feigenwinter | Switzerland | 123.335 | 41.25 (35) | 6:59.95 (18) | 2:00.27 (34) | |
| NC32 | Boris Uvarov | Ukraine | 123.617 | 40.21 (31) | 7:14.84 (31) | 1:59.77 (33) | |
| NC33 | Andrew Nicholson | New Zealand | 124.450 | 39.81 (29) | 7:19.57 (32) | 2:02.05 (35) | |
| NC34 | Cédric Michaud | France | 127.012 | 40.87 (33) | 7:28.32 (35) | 2:03.93 (36) | |
| NC35 | Paweł Zygmunt | Poland | 127.853 | 38.50 (16) | 8:15.50 (36f) | 1:59.41 (31) | |
| NC36 | Vadim Sayutin | Russia | 78.823 | - (DQ) | 6:48.63 (6) | 1:53.88 (8) |
bold signifies championship record.
Women
| Place | Athlete | Country | Points | 500 m | 1500 m | 3000 m | 5000 m |
| Gunda Niemann-Kleemann | Germany | 165.708 WR | 40.79 (2) | 2:00.51 (1) | 4:10.40 (1) | 7:10.15 (1) | |
| Claudia Pechstein | Germany | 168.179 | 41.31 (9) | 2:02.52 (3) | 4:13.95 (2) | 7:17.04 (3) | |
| Tonny de Jong | Netherlands | 168.206 | 41.09 (6) | 2:03.08 (5) | 4:15.91 (3) | 7:14.39 (2) | |
| 4 | Anni Friesinger | Germany | 168.751 | 41.52 (13) | 2:02.00 (2) | 4:16.24 (4) | 7:18.59 (4) |
| 5 | Annamarie Thomas | Netherlands | 169.605 | 40.53 (1) | 2:02.79 (4) | 4:18.45 (6) | 7:30.70 (9) |
| 6 | Svetlana Bazhanova | Russia | 169.695 | 41.61 (14) | 2:03.47 (6) | 4:17.77 (5) | 7:19.68 (6) |
| 7 | Lyudmila Prokasheva | Kazakhstan | 170.125 | 41.93 (17) | 2:03.48 (7) | 4:18.68 (8) | 7:19.22 (5) |
| 8 | Mie Uehara | Japan | 170.733 | 41.28 (8) | 2:03.57 (8) | 4:21.47 (11) | 7:26.85 (7) |
| 9 | Barbara de Loor | Netherlands | 171.764 | 41.99 (18) | 2:05.24 (12) | 4:18.51 (7) | 7:29.43 (8) |
| 10 | Chiharu Nozaki | Japan | 172.490 | 41.08 (5) | 2:04.58 (9) | 4:25.96 (18) | 7:35.58 (10) |
| 11 | Becky Sundstrom | United States | 173.344 | 40.89 (3) | 2:05.66 (13) | 4:26.51 (19) | 7:41.50 (11) |
| 12 | Varvara Barysheva | Russia | 174.087 | 41.75 (15) | 2:05.21 (11) | 4:23.51 (13) | 7:46.83 (12) |
| NC13 | Emese Hunyady | Austria | 127.623 | 41.24 (7) | 2:06.33 (16) | 4:25.64 (16) | |
| NC14 | Anette Tønsberg | Norway | 127.823 | 42.22 (19) | 2:06.09 (14) | 4:21.44 (10) | |
| NC15 | Mihaela Dascălu | Romania | 127.999 | 41.38 (10) | 2:07.72 (18) | 4:24.28 (15) | |
| NC16 | Kirstin Holum | United States | 128.009 | 43.05 (24) | 2:05.11 (10) | 4:19.54 (9) | |
| NC17 | Tatyana Trapeznikova | Russia | 128.104 | 42.22 (19) | 2:06.14 (15) | 4:23.03 (12) | |
| NC18 | Moira D'Andrea | United States | 128.169 | 41.07 (4) | 2:06.50 (17) | 4:29.60 (21) | |
| NC19 | Noriko Munekata | Japan | 129.471 | 42.45 (22) | 2:09.10 (20) | 4:23.93 (14) | |
| NC20 | Cindy Overland | Canada | 129.838 | 42.47 (23) | 2:08.11 (19) | 4:27.99 (20) | |
| NC21 | You Yanchun | China | 130.299 | 41.42 (11) | 2:09.85 (21) | 4:33.58 (22) | |
| NC22 | Cerasela Hordobețiu | Romania | 131.369 | 42.40 (21) | 2:10.12 (23) | 4:33.58 (22) | |
| NC23 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra | Italy | 131.728 | 43.98 (30) | 2:10.35 (24) | 4:25.79 (17) | |
| NC24 | Krisztina Egyed | Hungary | 132.270 | 41.89 (16) | 2:10.11 (22) | 4:42.06 (28) | |
| NC25 | Christina Schön | Sweden | 132.521 | 43.24 (26) | 2:10.91 (25) | 4:33.87 (24) | |
| NC26 | Svetlana Konstantinova | Ukraine | 132.863 | 43.43 (28) | 2:11.20 (27) | 4:34.20 (26) | |
| NC27 | Chiara Simionato | Italy | 132.884 | 43.24 (26) | 2:11.92 (29) | 4:34.03 (25) | |
| NC28 | Ingrid Liepa | Canada | 133.482 | 43.21 (25) | 2:11.15 (26) | 4:39.34 (27) | |
| NC29 | Kang Mi-yeong | South Korea | 133.640 | 41.45 (12) | 2:11.91 (28) | 4:49.32 (30) | |
| NC30 | Ilonda Lūse | Latvia | 136.215 | 43.78 (29) | 2:14.16 (30) | 4:46.29 (29) |
bold signifies championship record.
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