2000 World Allround Speed Skating Championships Explained

Event:World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Location:Milwaukee, United States
Venue:Pettit National Ice Center
Dates:5–6 February
Competitors:48
Goldm:Gianni Romme
Silverm:Rintje Ritsma
Bronzem:Ids Postma
Goldmnation:NED
Silvermnation:NED
Bronzemnation:NED
Goldw:Claudia Pechstein
Silverw:Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
Bronzew:Maki Tabata
Goldwnation:GER
Silverwnation:GER
Bronzewnation:JPN
Prev:1999 Hamar
Next:2001 Budapest

The 2000 World Allround Speed Skating Championships was held on 5–6 February 2000 in the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee.

Title defenders from the 1999 Championship in the Hamar Vikingskipet were Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Germany) and Rintje Ritsma (Netherlands).

German Claudia Pechstein and Dutchman Gianni Romme became world champion.

Women's tournament

24 skaters, 13 from Europe (Germany (4), Netherlands (4), Norway (2), Russia (2) and Austria (1)), 4 from North-America (Canada (3) and the United States (1)), 7 from Asia (Japan (3), China (2), Kazakhstan (1) and South Korea (1)), participated. Seven skaters made their World Championship debut.

Emese Hunyady (4th place) participated in her 15th WC Allround tournament and was the first female to reach this milestone.

Men's championships

Allround results

Place Athlete Country Points 500 m 5000 m 1500 m 10000 m - 153.277 37.68 (12) 6:26.14 (1) 1:50.36 (4) 13:23.94 (1) - 155.433 36.56 (3) 6:40.89 (7) 1:50.28 (3) 14:00.48 (9) - 155.822 37.20 (7) 6:40.70 (6) 1:50.46 (5) 13:54.65 (7) - 4 156.072 38.39 (19) 6:36.78 (3) 1:50.90 (7) 13:40.77 (2) - 5 156.380 37.49 (10) 6:40.50 (5) 1:51.22 (8) 13:55.35 (8) - 6 156.701 38.08 (16) 6:38.88 (4) 1:52.42 (14) 13:45.20 (4) - 7 156.771 37.11 (6) 6:42.73 (9) 1:50.60 (6) 14:10.45 (10) - 8 157.839 39.08 (23) 6:36.02 (2) 1:54.17 (22) 13:42.03 (3) - 9 157.914 37.20 (7) 6:46.01 (14) 1:51.78 (10) 14:17.07 (11) - 10 158.108 36.08 (2) 6:54.08 (22) 1:47.82 (1) 14:53.41 *(12) - 11 158.354 38.30 (18) 6:42.68 (8) 1:55.09 (23) 13:48.46 (5) - 12 161.339 40.35 (24) 6:43.00 (10) 1:57.06 (24) 13:53.38 (6) - NQ13 115.564 37.34 (9) 6:49.54 (19) 1:51.81 (11) - NQ14 115.630 37.49 (10) 6:46.34 (15) 1:52.52 (15) - NQ15 115.674 37.76 (13) 6:47.74 (18) 1:51.42 (9) - NQ16 115.856 37.09 (5) 6:49.63 (20) 1:53.41 (19) - NQ17 116.004 37.81 (14) 6:46.74 (16) 1:52.56 (16) - NQ18 116.376 38.08 (16) 6:45.16 (12) 1:53.34 (18) - NQ19 116.463 38.69 (21) 6:43.13 (11) 1:52.38 (13) - NQ20 116.490 36.68 (4) 7:13.80 *(23) 1:49.29 (2) - NQ21 116.640 37.93 (15) 6:51.64 (21) 1:52.64 (17) - NQ22 117.103 38.70 (22) 6:45.43 (13) 1:53.58 (20) - NQ23 117.256 38.62 (20) 6:47.13 (17) 1:53.77 (21) - NQ24 117.439 36.01 (1) 7:21.29 (24) 1:51.90 (12)

Women's championships

Allround results

Place Athlete Country Points 500 m 3000 m 1500 m 5000 m - 163.830 40.18 (4) 4:06.44 (1) 1:59.97 (2) 7:05.87 (2) - 163.985 40.43 (8) 4:06.83 (2) 2:00.62 (3) 7:02.11 (1) - 165.296 39.68 (2) 4:13.79 (3) 1:59.52 (1) 7:14.78 (3) - 4 168.287 39.78 (3) 4:16.43 (7) 2:01.12 (6) 7:33.96 (11) - 5 168.688 41.44 (18) 4:14.83 (4) 2:01.22 (7) 7:23.71 (5) - 6 168.698 40.40 (7) 4:17.27 (10) 2:02.52 (12) 7:25.80 (6) - 7 168.883 41.09 (16) 4:15.85 (5) 2:01.34 (8) 7:27.06 (7) - 8 168.914 40.28 (5) 4:19.12 (14) 2:01.11 (5) 7:30.78 (10) - 9 169.272 41.13 (17) 4:16.67 (9) 2:01.93 (11) 7:27.21 (8) - 10 169.681 40.46 (9) 4:18.17 (11) 2:01.08 (4) 7:38.33 (12) - 11 170.547 41.81 (21) 4:16.50 (8) 2:03.00 (15) 7:29.87 (9) - 12 216.341 1:29.48 *(24) 4:16.29 (6) 2:01.57 (9) 7:16.23 (4) - NQ13 124.666 40.51 (10) 4:18.46 (13) 2:03.24 (16) - NQ14 124.737 40.30 (6) 4:23.35 (19) 2:01.64 (10) - NQ15 124.882 40.84 (13) 4:19.18 (15) 2:02.54 (13) - NQ16 125.457 40.86 (14) 4:21.97 (18) 2:02.81 (14) - NQ17 126.352 41.71 (19) 4:20.68 (17) 2:03.59 (17) - NQ18 126.436 41.95 (22) 4:18.24 (12) 2:04.34 (18) - NQ19 126.489 39.48 (1) 4:32.30 (24) 2:04.88 (19) - NQ20 126.573 40.60 (12) 4:25.26 (20) 2:05.29 (21) - NQ21 127.163 41.74 (20) 4:20.12 (16) 2:06.21 (22) - NQ22 127.357 40.99 (15) 4:28.09 (21) 2:05.06 (20) - NQ23 130.967 42.01 (23) 4:29.47 (22) 2:12.14 (23) - NQ24 138.214 40.57 (11) 4:31.07 (23) 2:37.40 *(24)

Rules

All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:

  1. Skaters among the top 12 on both lists are qualified.
  2. To make up a total of 12, skaters are then added in order of their best rank on either list. Samalog standings take precedence over the longest-distance standings in the event of a tie.

References