1978 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for women

The 39th edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships 1978 took place on 4 and 5 March in Helsinki, at the Oulunkylä Ice Rink.

1978 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women
VenueOulunkylä Ice Rink, Helsinki, Finland
Dates4–5 March
Competitors31 skaters
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tatyana Averina  SOV
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Galina Stepanskaya  SOV
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marion Dittmann  DDR

Title holder was Vera Bryndzei from the Soviet Union.

Distance medalists

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Event Gold
 
Silver
 
Bronze
 
500m Valentina Lalenkova Tatyana Averina Erwina Ryś-Ferens
1500m Tatyana Averina Galina Stepanskaya Sylvia Filipsson
1000m Tatyana Averina Kim Kostron Sylvia Burka
3000m Marion Dittmann Galina Stepanskaya Bjørg Eva Jensen

Classification

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Rank Skater Country Points
Samalog
500m 1500m 1000m 3000m
  Tatyana Averina   Soviet Union 186.891 45.20 (2) 2:21.44   1:29.56   4:58.59 (5)
  Galina Stepanskaya   Soviet Union 187.218 45.45 (5) 2:22.42 (2) 1:30.50 (6) 4:54.27 (2)
  Marion Dittmann   East Germany 187.760 45.90 (12) 2:22.95 (5) 1:30.34 (4) 4:54.24  
4 Bjørg Eva Jensen   Norway 188.381 45.82 (10) 2:24.20 (9) 1:30.66 (7) 4:54.99 (3)
5 Valentina Lalenkova   Soviet Union 188.546 44.91   2:24.41 (11) 1:30.34 (4) 5:01.98 (9)
6 Sylvia Burka   Canada 189.254 45.63 (6) 2:23.41 (6) 1:30.25 (3) 5:04.18 (12)
7 Sylvia Filipsson   Sweden 189.541 45.41 (4) 2:22.81 (3) 1:32.12 (20) 5:02.81 (10)
8 Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg   Norway 190.067 46.48 (22) 2:23.87 (7) 1:31.48 (12) 4:59.35 (6)
9 Kim Kostron   United States 190.098 45.67 (7) 2:24.69 (12) 1:29.99 (2) 5:07.22 (15)
10 Beth Heiden   United States 190.144 45.75 (9) 2:25.03 (14) 1:31.86 (17) 5:00.73 (8)
11 Nancy Swider   United States 190.333 46.82 (25) 2:24.25 (10) 1:31.86 (17) 4:57.00 (4)
12 Sijtje van der Lende   Netherlands 190.458 47.05 (26) 2:22.87 (4) 1:31.51 (13) 5:00.18 (7)
13 Sophie Westenbroek   Netherlands 190.518 45.99 (14) 2:25.50 (15) 1:31.04 (9) 5:03.05 (11)
14 Vera Bryndzei   Soviet Union 190.566 45.88 (11) 2:24.80 (13) 1:31.02 (8) 5:05.46 (13)
15 Anna Lenner   Sweden 191.094 46.27 (18) 2:24.13 (8) 1:31.33 (11) 5:06.70 (14)
16 Kathy Vogt   Canada 193.539 46.02 (15) 2:25.97 (16) 1:31.11 (10) 5:19.85 (16)
NC17 Erwina Ryś-Ferens   Poland 139.818 45.37 (3) 2:26.05 (17) 1:31.53 (14)
NC18 Ina Steenbruggen   Netherlands 140.530 45.72 (8) 2:26.31 (19) 1:32.08 (19)
NC19 Joke van Rijssel   Netherlands 141.016 46.39 (20) 2:26.21 (18) 1:31.78 (16)
NC20 Cindy Seikkula   United States 141.088 46.15 (17) 2:27.19 (22) 1:31.75 (15)
NC21 Pat Durnin   Canada 141.726 45.91 (13) 2:27.08 (21) 1:33.58 (27)
NC22 Yuko Yaegashi-Ota   Japan 142.688 47.32 (29) 2:26.59 (20) 1:33.01 (22)
NC23 Brenda Webster   Canada 142.756 46.58 (24) 2:28.73 (25) 1:33.20 (23)
NC24 Anna Lenner   Sweden 143.066 46.08 (16) 2:31.01 (29) 1:33.30 (24)
NC25 Tarja Rinne   Finland 143.171 47.14 (27) 2:28.04 (24) 1:33.37 (25)
NC26 Brigitte Flierl   West Germany 143.230 46.27 (18) 2:30.27 (26) 1:33.74 (28)
NC27 Paula-Irmeli Halonen   Finland 143.251 46.42 (21) 2:31.25 (30) 1:32.83 (21)
NC28 Ann-Sofie Järnström   Sweden 143.511 46.50 (23) 2:30.86 (28) 1:33.45 (26)
NC29 Dolores Lier   Switzerland 144.635 48.01 (31) 2:27.81 (23) 1:34.71 (29)
NC30 Etsuko Nakamichi   Japan 145.691 47.85 (30) 2:30.35 (27) 1:35.45 (30)
NC31 Chen Shuhua   China 146.786 47.16 (28) 2:31.70 (31) 1:38.12 (31)

Source:[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "world allround championships 1978 - women". SpeedSkatingNews.
  2. ^ "Uitslag WK Allround 1978 vrouwen - SchaatsStatistieken.nl". www.schaatsstatistieken.nl.
  3. ^ "Results of the 1978 World Championship Allround Women - SpeedSkatingStats.com". www.speedskatingstats.com.

Attribution

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In Dutch