1998 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
VenueThialf, Heerenveen
Dates13–15 March
Competitors37 (M), 28 (W) from 22 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ids Postma  NED
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rintje Ritsma  NED
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roberto Sighel  ITA
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  GER
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein  GER
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anni Friesinger  GER

The 1998 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held on 13–15 March 1998 in the Thialf stadium in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann and Ids Postma were the world title holders from the previous year and successfully defended their titles. It was Niemann-Stirnemann's seventh all-round world title.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Uitslag WK Allround mannen 1998". SchaatsStatistieken.nl.
  2. ^ "Uitslag WK Allround vrouwen 1998". SchaatsStatistieken.nl.
  3. ^ "Postma Repeats World Title". The New York Times. 16 March 1998.