Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
| Speed Skating at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | M-Wave |
| Dates | 1998 |
| Competitors | 171 from 25 nations |
The 1998 Winter Olympic Games Speed Skating competition results were as follows.
Men's events
500m
February 9/February 10, 1998
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN)
|
1:11.35 |
| Silver |  Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN)
|
1:11.84 |
| Bronze | Kevin Overland (CAN)
|
1:11.86 |
| 4 | Sylvain Bouchard (CAN)
|
1:12.00 |
| 5 | Patrick Bouchard (CAN)
|
1:12.05 |
| 6 |  Casey FitzRandolph (USA)
|
1:12.20 |
| 7 |  Kim Yoon-Man (KOR)
|
1:12.36 |
| 8 | Lee Kyu-Hyuk (KOR)
|
1:12.55 |
1,000m
February 15, 1998
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Ids Postma (NED)
|
1:10.64 |
| Silver | Jan Bos (NED)
|
1:10.71 |
| Bronze | Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN)
|
1:11.00 |
| 4 | Jakko Jan Leeuwangh (NED)
|
1:11.26 |
| 5 | Sylvain Bouchard (CAN)
|
1:11.29 |
| 6 | Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN)
|
1:11.39 |
| 7 | Casey FitzRandolph (USA)
|
1:11.64 |
| 8 | K.C. Boutiette (USA)
|
1:11.75 |
1,500m
February 10, 1998
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Ådne Søndrål (NOR)
|
1:47.87 WR |
| Silver | Ids Postma (NED)
|
1:48.13 |
| Bronze | Rintje Ritsma (NED)
|
1:48.52 |
| 4 | Jan Bos (NED)
|
1:49.75 |
| 5 | K.C. Boutiette (USA)
|
1:50.04 |
| 6 | Martin Hersman (NED)
|
1:50.31 |
| 7 | Hiroyuki Noake (JPN)
|
1:50.49 |
| 8 | Toru Aoyanagi (JPN)
|
1:50.68 |
5,000m
February 8, 1998
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Gianni Romme (NED)
|
6:22.20 WR |
| Silver | Rintje Ritsma (NED)
|
6:28.24 |
| Bronze |  Bart Veldkamp (BEL)
|
6:28.31 |
| 4 | Bob de Jong (NED)
|
6:31.37 |
| 5 |  Frank Dittrich (GER)
|
6:32.17 |
| 6 | René Taubenrauch (GER)
|
6:35.21 |
| 7 | Keiji Shirahata (JPN)
|
6:36.71 |
| 8 | Kjell Storelid (NOR)
|
6:37.12 |
10,000m
February 17, 1998
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Gianni Romme (NED)
|
13:15.33 WR |
| Silver | Bob de Jong (NED)
|
13:25.76 |
| Bronze | Rintje Ritsma (NED)
|
13:28.19 |
| 4 | Bart Veldkamp (BEL)
|
13:29.69 |
| 5 | Kjell Storelid (NOR)
|
13:35.95 |
| 6 | Frank Dittrich (GER)
|
13:36.58 |
| 7 | Lasse Sætre (NOR)
|
13:42.94 |
| 8 | K.C. Boutiette (USA)
|
13:44.03 |
Women's events
500m
February 13/February 14, 1998
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Catriona Le May Doan (CAN)
|
1:16.60 |
| Silver | Susan Auch (CAN)
|
1:16.93 |
| Bronze | Tomomi Okazaki (JPN)
|
1:17.10 |
| 4 | Franziska Schenk (GER)
|
1:17.45 |
| 5 | Kyoko Shimazaki (JPN)
|
1:17.68 |
| 6 | Marianne Timmer (NED)
|
1:18.15 |
| 7 | Sabine Völker (GER)
|
1:18.19 |
| 8 | Monique Garbrecht (GER)
|
1:18.45 |
1,000m
February 19, 1998
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Marianne Timmer (NED)
|
1:16.51 |
| Silver | Chris Witty (USA)
|
1:16.79 |
| Bronze | Catriona Le May Doan (CAN)
|
1:17.37 |
| 4 | Sabine Völker (GER)
|
1:17.54 |
| 5 | Annamarie Thomas (NED)
|
1:17.95 |
| 6 | Becky Sundstrom (USA)
|
1:18.23 |
| 7 | Tomomi Okazaki (JPN)
|
1:18.27 |
| 8 | Eriko Sanmiya (JPN)
|
1:18.36 |
1,500m
February 16, 1998
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Marianne Timmer (NED)
|
1:57.58 WR |
| Silver | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER)
|
1:58.66 |
| Bronze | Chris Witty (USA)
|
1:58.97 |
| 4 |  Emese Hunyady (AUT)
|
1:59.19 |
| 5 | Anni Friesinger (GER)
|
1:59.20 |
| 6 | Annamarie Thomas (NED)
|
1:59.29 |
| 7 | Claudia Pechstein (GER)
|
1:59.46 |
| 8 | Jennifer Rodriguez (USA)
|
2:00.97 |
3,000m
February 11, 1998
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER)
|
4:07.29 |
| Silver | Claudia Pechstein (GER)
|
4:08.47 |
| Bronze | Anni Friesinger (GER)
|
4:09.44 |
| 4 | Jennifer Rodriguez (USA)
|
4:11.64 |
| 5 | Emese Hunyady (AUT)
|
4:12.01 |
| 6 | Kirstin Holum (USA)
|
4:12.24 |
| 7 |  Lyudmila Prokasheva (KAZ)
|
4:14.23 |
| 8 | Annamarie Thomas (NED)
|
4:14.38 |
5,000m
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Claudia Pechstein (GER)
|
6:59.61 |
| Silver | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER)
|
6:59.65 |
| Bronze | Lyudmila Prokasheva (KAZ)
|
7:11.14 |
| 4 | Barbara de Loor (NED)
|
7:11.81 |
| 5 | Tonny de Jong (NED)
|
7:12.77 |
| 6 | Carla Zijlstra (NED)
|
7:12.89 |
| 7 | Kirstin Holum (USA)
|
7:14.20 |
| 8 | Emese Hunyady (AUT)
|
7:15.23 |
list of participants by nation
Italy (4)
| Athlete | Place | Event | Time |
| Davide Carta | 30 | 500 M | 37.11/36.80/73.81 |
| 14 | 1000 M | 1:12.27 | |
| 23 | 1500 M | 1:52.44 | |
| Ermanno Ioriatti | 9 | 500 M | 36.30/36.36/72.66 |
| 27 | 1000 M | 1:12.83 | |
| 24 | 1500 M | 1:52.45 | |
| Roberto Sighel | 9 | 5000 M | 6:38.33 |
| 9 | 10 000 M | 13:46.85 | |
| Elena Belci | 11 | 3000 M | 4:16.62 |
| 4 | 5000 M | 7:20.33 |
|
References
- Official Olympic Report
- "Results of the 1998 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- "Results of the 1998 Olympic Games Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
