2003 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Cindy Klassen (Canada)
LocationGothenburg, Sweden
VenueRuddalens IP
Dates8–9 February
Competitors48
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gianni Romme  NED
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rintje Ritsma  NED
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ids Postma  NED
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cindy Klassen  CAN
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein  GER
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniela Anschütz  GER

The 2003 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in Ruddalens IP in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 8–9 February 2003. Canadian Cindy Klassen and Dutchman Gianni Romme became the world champions.

The competitions were held in a Sweden where the interest for speed skating had declined throughout the 1990s.[1]

  1. ^ Urban Tjernberg (4 February 2003). "VM ska rädda svensk skridsko" (in Swedish). Svenska dagbladet. Retrieved 19 November 2016.