1996 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
VenueLudwig-Schwabl-Stadion, Inzell
Dates2–4 February
Competitors41 (M), 28 (W) from 24 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rintje Ritsma  NED
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ids Postma  NED
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Keiji Shirahata  JPN
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gunda Niemann  GER
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein  GER
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mie Uehara  JPN

The 1996 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held on 14–16 February 1997 in the Ludwig-Schwabl-Stadion stadium in Inzell, Germany. This was the first World Championships where men and women competed at the same time and venue.

Title defenders were the 1995 world champions Gunda Niemann from Germany and Rintje Ritsma from the Netherlands. Both prolongated their titles.