World Allround Speed Skating Championships | |||||||||||||
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Venue | M-Wave, Nagano | ||||||||||||
Dates | 14–16 February 1997 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 (M), 30 (W)from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalist men | |||||||||||||
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Medalist women | |||||||||||||
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Ids Postma | NED | ||
Keiji Shirahata | JPN | ||
Frank Dittrich | GER |
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | GER | ||
Claudia Pechstein | GER | ||
Tonny de Jong | NED |
The 1997 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held on 14–16 February 1997 in the M-Wave stadium in Nagano, Japan.
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.
bold signifies championship record.
bold signifies championship record.