2003 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 2003 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in Ruddalens IP in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 8–9 February 2003. Canadian Cindy Klassen and Dutchman Gianni Romme became the world champions.

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Cindy Klassen (Canada)
Location	Gothenburg, Sweden
Venue	Ruddalens IP
Dates	8–9 February
Competitors	48
Medalist men
Gianni Romme  NED Rintje Ritsma  NED Ids Postma  NED
Medalist women
Cindy Klassen  CAN Claudia Pechstein  GER Daniela Anschütz  GER
←2002 Heerenveen 2004 Hamar→

The competitions were held in a Sweden where the interest for speed skating had declined throughout the 1990s.^[1]

Men's championships

Allround results

Place	Athlete	Country	Points	500 m	5000 m	1500 m	10000 m
	Gianni Romme	Netherlands	158.105	38,23 (17)	6.42,67 (1)	1.52,07 (3)	14.05,04 (1)
	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	158.889	37,67 (11)	6.48,07 (2)	1.53,54 (5)	14.11,32 (2)
	Ids Postma	Netherlands	159.013	36,89 (1)	6.53,37 (4)	1.53,08 (4)	14.21,87 (6)
4	Mark Tuitert	Netherlands	159.380	37,56 (7)	6.55,67 (8)	1.51,74 (2)	14.20,15 (4)
5	Yevgeni Lalenkov	Russia	159.851	37,05 (2)	6.55,81 (9)	1.51,70 (1)	14.39,75 (10)
6	Eskil Ervik	Norway	160.687	38,69 (20)	6.52,94 (3)	1.54,14 (10)	14.13,14 (3)
7	Dmitry Shepel	Russia	161.076	37,35 (4)	6.58,29 (11)	1.55,02 (15)	14.31,14 (8)
8	K. C. Boutiette	United States	161.085	37,58 (9)	6.57,76 (10)	1.54,51 (12)	14.31,18 (9)
9	Johan Röjler	Sweden	161.150	38,04 (16)	6.55,32 (7)	1.54,99 (14)	14.24,97 (7)
10	Jan Friesinger	Germany	161.906	37,59 (10)	6.59,03 (12)	1.55,02 (15)	14.41,46 (11)
11	Paweł Zygmunt	Poland	162.026	38,85 (21)	6.54,46 (5)	1.56,05 (18)	14.20,94 (5)
DQ4	Enrico Fabris	Italy	117.982	38,46 (18)	6.55,16 (6)	1.54,02 (8)	14.35,11 (DQ)
NQ13	Derek Parra	United States	117.643	37,35 (4)	7.02,50 (16)	1.54,13 (9)
NQ14	Kevin Marshall	Canada	117.851	37,18 (3)	7.05,65 (19)	1.54,32 (11)
NQ15	Dustin Molicki	Canada	117.974	37,99 (15)	6.59,91 (13)	1.53,98 (7)
NQ16	Shani Davis	United States	118.080	37,69 (12)	7.04,84 (18)	1.53,72 (6)
NQ17	Takahiro Nozaki	Japan	119.046	37,87 (14)	7.09,76 (21)	1.54,60 (13)
NQ18	Takahiro Ushiyama	Japan	119.077	37,36 (6)	7.07,34 (20)	1.56,95 (22)
NQ19	Chris Callis	United States	119.178	37,56 (7)	7.11,78 (22)	1.55,32 (17)
NQ20	Kazuaki Kobayashi	Japan	119.856	37,84 (13)	7.12,56 (23)	1.56,28 (19)
NQ21	Lasse Sætre	Norway	120.248	39,27 (22)	6.59,98 *(14)	1.56,94 (21)
NQ22	Mark Knoll	Canada	121.010	39,42 (23)	7.03,07 (17)	1.57,85 (23)
NQ23	Steven Elm	Canada	121.013	38,68 (19)	7.15,13 (24)	1.56,46 (20)
NQ24	Toshihiko Itokawa	Japan	121.395	39,78 (24)	7.01,99 (15)	1.58,25 (24)

NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)
DQ = disqualified

Women's championships

Allround results

Place	Athlete	Country	Points	500 m	3000 m	1500 m	5000 m
	Cindy Klassen	Canada	170.545	40,16 (2)	4.21,28 (2)	2.05,10 (3)	7.31,39 (3)
	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	171.144	41,20 (5)	4.19,99 (1)	2.04,99 (2)	7.29,50 (2)
	Daniela Anschütz	Germany	173.633	41,40 (6)	4.24,46 (6)	2.07,28 (9)	7.37,31 (6)
4	Kristina Groves	Canada	173.726	42,11 (16)	4.22,72 (5)	2.06,30 (6)	7.37,30 (5)
5	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	173.817	40,01 (1)	4.29,39 (12)	2.05,79 (5)	7.49,79 (11)
6	Clara Hughes	Canada	173.897	43,31 (23)	4.21,38 (3)	2.07,31 (10)	7.25,88 (1)
7	Maki Tabata	Japan	174.050	40,95 (3)	4.29,31 (11)	2.04,71 (1)	7.46,45 (10)
8	Catherine Raney	United States	174.381	42,99 (22)	4.21,99 (4)	2.06,98 (8)	7.34,00 (4)
9	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	174.388	41,66 (8)	4.28,31 (10)	2.05,69 (4)	7.41,14 (8)
10	Marja Vis	Netherlands	175.080	41,83 (10)	4.25,71 (7)	2.07,33 (11)	7.45,22 (9)
11	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	176.002	40,98 (4)	4.30,60 (15)	2.06,36 (7)	7.58,02 (12)
12	Svetlana Vysokova	Russia	176.193	42,77 (20)	4.27,50 (8)	2.08,41 (13)	7.40,37 (7)
NQ13	Tara Risling	Canada	129.943	41,85 (12)	4.29,64 (14)	2.09,46 (19)
NQ14	Yulia Skokova	Russia	130.016	41,91 (13)	4.31,22 (17)	2.08,71 (15)
NQ15	Svetlana Bazhanova	Russia	130.079	42,08 (15)	4.31,46 (18)	2.08,27 (12)
NQ16	Nami Nemoto	Japan	130.351	42,24 (18)	4.30,83 (16)	2.08,92 (16)
NQ17	Lucille Opitz	Germany	130.523	42,38 (19)	4.31,80 (19)	2.08,53 (14)
NQ18	Nicola Mayr	Italy	130.673	41,77 (9)	4.34,22 (21)	2.09,60 (20)
NQ19	Valentina Yakshina	Russia	130.859	42,83 (21)	4.29,62 (13)	2.09,28 (18)
NQ20	Emese Dörfler-Antal	Austria	131.114	42,12 (17)	4.33,11 (20)	2.10,43 (21)
NQ21	Yuri Obara	Japan	131.434	41,83 (10)	4.39,17 (22)	2.09,23 (17)
NQ22	Annette Bjelkevik	Norway	132.641	42,07 (14)	4.40,91 (23)	2.11,26 (22)
NQ23	Daniela Oltean	Romania	136.699	44,17 (24)	4.41,86 (24)	2.16,66 (23)
NQ24	Katrin Kalex	Germany	144.119	41,56 (7)	4.28,22 (9)	2.53,57 *(24)

NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)
DQ = disqualified

Rules

All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:

1. Skaters among the top 12 on both lists are qualified.
2. To make up a total of 12, skaters are then added in order of their best rank on either list. Samalog standings take precedence over the longest-distance standings in the event of a tie.

References

• Results on SpeedSkatingNews

1. Urban Tjernberg (4 February 2003). "VM ska rädda svensk skridsko" (in Swedish). Svenska dagbladet. Retrieved 19 November 2016.