1997 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
VenueM-Wave, Nagano
Dates14–16 February
Competitors36 (M), 30 (W) from 23 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ids Postma  NED
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Keiji Shirahata  JPN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Frank Dittrich  GER
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  GER
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudia Pechstein  GER
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tonny de Jong  NED

The 1997 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held on 14–16 February 1997 in the M-Wave stadium in Nagano, Japan.

Title defenders were the 1996 world champions Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann from Germany and Rintje Ritsma from the Netherlands.

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann from Germany and Ids Postma from the Netherlands became world champions.