| World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
 Vikingskipet (Hamar) | |
| Venue | Vikingskipet (Hamar) |
| Dates | 15–17 March 1996 |
The 1996 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 15 and 17 March 1996 in the Vikingskipet, Hamar, Norway. This was the first World Single Distance championships.
| Date | Events |
|---|---|
| March 15 | 5000 m men |
| 500 m women (1st) | |
| 500 m women (2nd) | |
| 3000 m women | |
| March 16 | 500 m men (1st) |
| 500 m men (2nd) | |
| 1500 m men | |
| 1000 m women | |
| 5000 m women | |
| March 17 | 1000 m men |
| 10000 m men | |
| 1500 m women |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m [1] | Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan | 1:12.06 35.91 36.15 | Sergey Klevchenya  Russia | 1:12.21 36.13 36.08 | Roger Strøm  Norway | 1:12.85 36.62 36.23 |
| 1000 m [2] | Sergey Klevchenya Russia | 1:13.30 | Ådne Søndrål Norway | 1:13.78 | Jaegal Sung-yeol  South Korea | 1:14.16 |
| 1500 m [3] | Jeroen Straathof  Netherlands | 1:53.94 | Ådne Søndrål Norway | 1:54.14 | Martin Hersman Netherlands | 1:54.38 |
| 5000 m [4] | Ids Postma Netherlands | 6:47.09 | Keiji Shirahata Japan | 6:47.20 | Gianni Romme Netherlands | 6:48.21 |
| 10000 m [5] | Gianni Romme Netherlands | 14:05.46 | Bart Veldkamp  Belgium | 14:15.20 | Frank Dittrich  Germany | 14:15.33 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m [6] | Svetlana Zhurova Russia | 1:19.30 39.73 39.57 | Kyoko Shimazaki Japan | 1:19.47 39.90 39.57 | Tomomi Okazaki Japan | 1:19.56 39.81 39.75 |
| 1000 m [7] | Annamarie Thomas Netherlands | 1:21.01 | Chris Witty  United States | 1:21.25 | Emese Hunyady  Austria | 1:21.53 |
| 1500 m [8] | Annamarie Thomas Netherlands | 2:04.46 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 2:05.22 | Sandra Zwolle Netherlands | 2:05.26 |
| 3000 m [9] | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany | 4:13.83 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 4:18.17 | Lyudmila Prokasheva  Kazakhstan | 4:20.90 |
| 5000 m [10] | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 7:26.36 | Carla Zijlstra Netherlands | 7:28.79 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra  Italy | 7:30.66 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
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