1997 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
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| Venue | M-Wave, Nagano | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 14–16 February 1997 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 (M), 30 (W)from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
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Ids Postma |
 NED
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Keiji Shirahata |
 JPN
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Frank Dittrich |
 GER
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Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann |
GER
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Claudia Pechstein |
GER
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Tonny de Jong |
NED
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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.
bold signifies championship record.
bold signifies championship record.
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