1979 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

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1979 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men
Venue Bislett Stadium, Oslo, Norway
Dates11–12 February
Competitors33 skaters from 15 nations
Medalist men
Gold medal icon.svg Eric Heiden Flag of the United States.svg  USA
Silver medal icon.svg Jan Egil Storholt Flag of Norway.svg  NOR
Bronze medal icon.svg Kay Arne Stenshjemmet Flag of Norway.svg  NOR

The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 11 and 12 February in Oslo at the Bislett Stadium ice rink.

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It was for the third time that Eric Heiden became the world champion and he equaled the performances of the Norwegians Oscar Mathisen and Hjalmar Andersen and the Netherlander Ard Schenk.

Classification

RankSkaterCountryPoints
Samalog
500m5000m1500m10,000m
Gold medal icon.svg Eric Heiden Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 162.973 WR38.22Gold medal icon.svg6:59.15Gold medal icon.svg1:56.05Gold medal icon.svg14:43.11Gold medal icon.svg
Silver medal icon.svg Jan Egil Storholt Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 167.80539.03 (2)7:13.18 (7)2:00.68 (5)15:04.62 (5)
Bronze medal icon.svg Kay Arne Stenshjemmet Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 167.90339.24 (4)7:12.73 (6)1:59.60 (2)15:10.48 (8)
4 Mike Woods Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 168.49739.83 (13)7:10.93 (2)2:01.87 (11)14:59.03 (4)
5 Viktor Lyoskin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 168.66040.12 (15)7:12.10 (4)2:01.18 (7)14:58.74 (2)
6 Masahiko Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 168.87039.64 (8)7:16.91 (12)2:01.78 (10)14:58.93 (3)
7 Masayuki Kawahara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 169.03639.70 (11)7:16.10 (11)2:00.67 (4)15:10.06 (7)
8 Amund Martin Sjøbrend Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 169.22340.07 (14)7:11.22 (3)2:00.92 (6)15:14.51 (11)
9 Tomas Gustafson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 169.53339.60 (6)7:14.40 (8)2:01.61 (9)15:19.14 (13)
10 Vladimir Lobanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 170.34039.64 (8)7:18.61 (15)2:00.12 (3)15:35.98 (16)
11 Yep Kramer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 170.36040.24 (16)7:15.28 (10)2:02.05 (14)15:18.19 (12)
12 Henning Kaarud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 170.69540.47 (18)7:17.79 (13)2:02.94 (16)15:09.33 (6)
13 Piet Kleine Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 170.77240.93 (21)7:15.23 (9)2:01.94 (13)15:13.46 (10)
14 Colin Coates Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 171.45641.03 (23)7:18.95 (16)2:03.00 (17)15:10.63 (9)
15 Klaas Vriend Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 172.08240.63 (20)7:18.05 (14)2:03.04 (18)15:32.68 (15)
16 Hilbert van der Duim Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 174.12239.69 (10)7:12.25 (5)2:15.69* (32)15:19.55 (14)
NC17 Sergey Marchuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 124.02339.61 (7)7:20.03 (19)2:01.23 (8)
NC18 Craig Kressler Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 124.33839.41 (5)7:22.92 (20)2:01.91 (12)
NC19 Lee Yeong-ha Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 125.62639.12 (3)7:32.70 (26)2:03.71 (19)
NC20 Andreas Ehrig Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 125.67041.08 (24)7:19.00 (17)2:02.07 (15)
NC21 Jan Junell Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 126.03040.35 (17)7:22.97 (21)2:04.15 (22)
NC22 Dmitry Ogloblin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 126.66741.30 (26)7:19.97 (18)2:04.11 (21)
NC23 Uwe Sauerteig Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 127.11240.95 (22)7:23.36 (22)2:05.48 (23)
NC24 Craig Webster Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 128.03540.61 (19)7:31.09 (24)2:06.95 (28)
NC25 Jouko Salakka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 128.20941.09 (25)7:32.43 (25)2:05.63 (24)
NC26 Günter Schumacher Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 129.26741.56 (28)7:36.71 (28)2:06.11 (26)
NC27 Fritz Gawenus Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 129.67241.31 (27)7:41.22 (29)2:06.72 (27)
NC28 Simon Grenshaw Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 129.95139.76 (12)7:57.21 (32)2:07.41 (29)
NC29 Olivier Belle Flag of France.svg  France 131.46941.75 (29)7:50.46 (31)2:08.02 (30)
NC30 Ulf Ekstrand Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 135.90050.18* (30)7:24.07 (23)2:03.94 (20)
NC31 Andrei Erdelyi Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 144.50555.53* (32)7:33.39 (27)2:10.91 (31)
NC32 Antonio Gómez Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 155.78550.41 (31)9:06.55 (33)2:32.16 (33)
NC Maurizio Marchetto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 88.215DQ7:42.39 (30)2:05.93 (25)
* = Fell
DQ = Disqualified

Source: [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "world allround championships 1979 - men". SpeedSkatingNews.
  2. "Uitslag WK Allround 1979 mannen - SchaatsStatistieken.nl". www.schaatsstatistieken.nl.
  3. "Results of the 1979 World Championship Allround Men - SpeedSkatingStats.com". www.speedskatingstats.com.

Attribution

In Dutch