1999 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

The 1999 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 12 and 14 March 1999 in the Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands.

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Thialf (Heerenveen)
Venue	Thialf (Heerenveen)
Dates	12–14 March 1999

Schedule

Date	Events
March 12	5000 m men
	500 m women (1st)
	500 m women (2nd)
	3000 m women
March 13	500 m men (1st)
	500 m men (2nd)
	1500 m men
	1000 m women
	5000 m women
March 14	1000 m men
	10000 m men
	1500 m women

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m [1]	Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan	1:10.69 35.43 35.26	Erben Wennemars  Netherlands	1:11.38 35.61 35.77	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh  Netherlands	1:11.83 35.81 36.02
1000 m [2]	Jan Bos  Netherlands	1:10.41	Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan	1:10.75	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh  Netherlands	1:10.79
1500 m [3]	Ids Postma  Netherlands	1:47.92	Ådne Søndrål  Norway	1:48.25	Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands	1:49.28
5000 m [4]	Gianni Romme  Netherlands	6:29.39	Bart Veldkamp  Belgium	6:29.75	Bob de Jong  Netherlands	6:29.88
10000 m [5]	Bob de Jong  Netherlands	13:26.61	Gianni Romme  Netherlands	13:29.83	Frank Dittrich  Germany	13:30.22

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m [6]	Catriona Le May Doan  Canada	1:16.87 38.48 38.39	Svetlana Zhurova  Russia	1:16.93 38.04 38.89	Tomomi Okazaki  Japan Marianne Timmer  Netherlands	1:17.26 38.62 38.64 1:17.26 38.69 38.57
1000 m [7]	Marianne Timmer  Netherlands	1:16.21	Monique Garbrecht  Germany	1:16.75	Catriona Le May Doan  Canada	1:16.97
1500 m [8]	Emese Hunyady  Austria	1:58.29	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany	1:58.43	Tonny de Jong  Netherlands	1:59.17
3000 m [9]	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany	4:04.88	Claudia Pechstein  Germany Tonny de Jong  Netherlands	4:07.49
5000 m [10]	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany	7:01.88	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	7:04.24	Tonny de Jong  Netherlands	7:05.16

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	5	3	7	15
2	Germany (GER)	2	4	1	7
3	Japan (JPN)	1	1	1	3
4	Canada (CAN)	1	0	1	2
5	Austria (AUT)	1	0	0	1
6	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 nations)		10	11	10	31

References

1. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
2. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
3. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
4. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
5. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 10,000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
6. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 500 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
7. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 1000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
8. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 1500 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
9. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 3000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
10. "1999 World Championship Single Distances 5000 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.