1979 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

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

1979 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men
VenueBislett Stadium, Oslo, Norway
Dates11–12 February
Competitors33 skaters from 15 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eric Heiden  USA
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jan Egil Storholt  NOR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kay Arne Stenshjemmet  NOR

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

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Rank Skater Country Points
Samalog
500m 5000m 1500m 10,000m
  Eric Heiden   United States 162.973 WR 38.22   6:59.15   1:56.05   14:43.11  
  Jan Egil Storholt   Norway 167.805 39.03 (2) 7:13.18 (7) 2:00.68 (5) 15:04.62 (5)
  Kay Arne Stenshjemmet   Norway 167.903 39.24 (4) 7:12.73 (6) 1:59.60 (2) 15:10.48 (8)
4 Mike Woods   United States 168.497 39.83 (13) 7:10.93 (2) 2:01.87 (11) 14:59.03 (4)
5 Viktor Lyoskin   Soviet Union 168.660 40.12 (15) 7:12.10 (4) 2:01.18 (7) 14:58.74 (2)
6 Masahiko Yamamoto   Japan 168.870 39.64 (8) 7:16.91 (12) 2:01.78 (10) 14:58.93 (3)
7 Masayuki Kawahara   Japan 169.036 39.70 (11) 7:16.10 (11) 2:00.67 (4) 15:10.06 (7)
8 Amund Martin Sjøbrend   Norway 169.223 40.07 (14) 7:11.22 (3) 2:00.92 (6) 15:14.51 (11)
9 Tomas Gustafson   Sweden 169.533 39.60 (6) 7:14.40 (8) 2:01.61 (9) 15:19.14 (13)
10 Vladimir Lobanov   Soviet Union 170.340 39.64 (8) 7:18.61 (15) 2:00.12 (3) 15:35.98 (16)
11 Yep Kramer   Netherlands 170.360 40.24 (16) 7:15.28 (10) 2:02.05 (14) 15:18.19 (12)
12 Henning Kaarud   Norway 170.695 40.47 (18) 7:17.79 (13) 2:02.94 (16) 15:09.33 (6)
13 Piet Kleine   Netherlands 170.772 40.93 (21) 7:15.23 (9) 2:01.94 (13) 15:13.46 (10)
14 Colin Coates   Austria 171.456 41.03 (23) 7:18.95 (16) 2:03.00 (17) 15:10.63 (9)
15 Klaas Vriend   Netherlands 172.082 40.63 (20) 7:18.05 (14) 2:03.04 (18) 15:32.68 (15)
16 Hilbert van der Duim   Netherlands 174.122 39.69 (10) 7:12.25 (5) 2:15.69* (32) 15:19.55 (14)
NC17 Sergey Marchuk   Soviet Union 124.023 39.61 (7) 7:20.03 (19) 2:01.23 (8)
NC18 Craig Kressler   United States 124.338 39.41 (5) 7:22.92 (20) 2:01.91 (12)
NC19 Lee Yeong-ha   South Korea 125.626 39.12 (3) 7:32.70 (26) 2:03.71 (19)
NC20 Andreas Ehrig   East Germany 125.670 41.08 (24) 7:19.00 (17) 2:02.07 (15)
NC21 Jan Junell   Sweden 126.030 40.35 (17) 7:22.97 (21) 2:04.15 (22)
NC22 Dmitry Ogloblin   Soviet Union 126.667 41.30 (26) 7:19.97 (18) 2:04.11 (21)
NC23 Uwe Sauerteig   East Germany 127.112 40.95 (22) 7:23.36 (22) 2:05.48 (23)
NC24 Craig Webster   Canada 128.035 40.61 (19) 7:31.09 (24) 2:06.95 (28)
NC25 Jouko Salakka   Finland 128.209 41.09 (25) 7:32.43 (25) 2:05.63 (24)
NC26 Günter Schumacher   West Germany 129.267 41.56 (28) 7:36.71 (28) 2:06.11 (26)
NC27 Fritz Gawenus   West Germany 129.672 41.31 (27) 7:41.22 (29) 2:06.72 (27)
NC28 Simon Grenshaw   United Kingdom 129.951 39.76 (12) 7:57.21 (32) 2:07.41 (29)
NC29 Olivier Belle   France 131.469 41.75 (29) 7:50.46 (31) 2:08.02 (30)
NC30 Ulf Ekstrand   Sweden 135.900 50.18* (30) 7:24.07 (23) 2:03.94 (20)
NC31 Andrei Erdelyi   Romania 144.505 55.53* (32) 7:33.39 (27) 2:10.91 (31)
NC32 Antonio Gómez Fernández   Spain 155.785 50.41 (31) 9:06.55 (33) 2:32.16 (33)
NC Maurizio Marchetto   Italy 88.215 DQ 7:42.39 (30) 2:05.93 (25)
* = Fell
DQ = Disqualified

Source:[1] [2] [3]

References

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  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

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