1997 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
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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.
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Venue | M-Wave, Nagano | ||||||||||||
Dates | 14–16 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 (M), 30 (W) from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
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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.