The 1997 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held on 14–16 February 1997 in the
M-Wave
, or , is a covered speed skating oval in the city of Nagano, Japan. M-Wave, which opened in November, 1996, was constructed for the speed skating events at the 1998 Winter Olympics. It was Japan's first International Skating Union (ISU) stand ...
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.
Allround results
Men
bold signifies championship record.
Women
bold signifies championship record.
References
External links
Results on SpeedSkatingNews
{{World Speed Skating Championships
1997 World Allround
World Allround Speed Skating Championships
World Allround, 1997