# 1988 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 5 and 6 March 1988 in Alma-Ata at the Medeo ice rink.
Title holder was Nikolay Gulyayev from the USSR.

## Classification

| Rank | Skater | Country | Points Samalog | 500m | 5000m | 1500m | 10,000m |
| | Eric Flaim | United States | 162.849 | 37.14 (2) | 7:09.56 (14) | 1:53.92 (2) | 14:55.61 (4) |
| | Leo Visser | Netherlands | 163.751 | 38.69 (15) | 7:08.53 (12) | 1:57.37 (21) | 14:21.70 |
| | Dave Silk | United States | 163.926 | 37.96 (7) | 6:58.69 (6) | 1:53.66 | 15:24.22* (11) |
| 4 | Michael Hadschieff | Austria | 164.518 | 38.75 (18) | 7:11.57 (16) | 1:54.35 (4) | 14:49.91 (2) |
| 5 | Jean Pichette | Canada | 164.770 | 38.35 (13) | 6:56.16 (3) | 1:54.09 (3) | 15:35.48 (15) |
| 6 | Roberto Sighel | Italy | 164.771 | 38.64 (14) | 6:55.60 | 1:58.11 (27) | 15:04.02 (8) |
| 7 | Oleg Bozhev | Soviet Union | 164.819 | 37.74 (4) | 7:18.70 (27) | 1:54.73 (5) | 14:59.33 (6) |
| 8 | Hans van Helden | France | 165.385 | 39.74 (30) | 7:01.67 (7) | 1:56.62 (17) | 14:52.11 (3) |
| 9 | Danny Kah | Australia | 165.619 | 39.54 (29) | 6:56.97 (4) | 1:57.08 (19) | 15:07.12 (9) |
| 10 | Christian Eminger | Austria | 166.493 | 40.16 (33) | 6:55.76 (2) | 1:54.96 (7) | 15:28.75 (14) |
| 11 | Toru Aoyanagi | Japan | 166.660 | 37.22 (3) | 7:16.24 (25) | 1:54.76 (6) | 15:51.26* (16) |
| 12 | Mark Greenwald | United States | 166.966 | 39.75 (31) | 6:57.07 (5) | 1:57.48 (23) | 15:26.99 (12) |
| 13 | Georg Herda | West Germany | 167.094 | 38.74 (17) | 7:04.53 (9) | 1:58.56 (29) | 15:27.63 (13) |
| 14 | Notker Ledergerber | Switzerland | 167.771 | 40.45 (36) | 7:03.11 (8) | 2:00.53 (35) | 14:56.68 (5) |
| 15 | Ari Leppänen | Finland | 168.690 | 40.49 (37) | 7:08.40 (11) | 2:01.13 (36) | 14:59.68 (7) |
| 16 | Atle Vårvik | Norway | 170.991 | 41.73 (40) | 7:08.00 (10) | 2:01.41 (37) | 15:19.82 (10) |
| NC17 | Viktor Shasherin | Soviet Union | 120.212 | 38.28 (8) | 7:12.09 (18) | 1:56.17 (13) | – |
| NC18 | Annejan Portijk | Netherlands | 120.280 | 38.31 (10) | 7:13.34 (20) | 1:55.91 (9) | – |
| NC19 | BenoîtLamarche | Canada | 120.289 | 38.69 (15) | 7:09.33 (13) | 1:56.00 (12) | – |
| NC20 | Yoshiyuki Shimizu | Japan | 120.316 | 38.31 (10) | 7:12.13 (19) | 1:56.38 (14) | – |
| NC21 | Rolf Falk-Larssen | Norway | 120.388 | 37.88 (6) | 7:16.05 (23) | 1:56.71 (18) | – |
| NC22 | Peter Adeberg | East Germany | 120.793 | 37.85 (5) | 7:24.77 (34) | 1:55.40 (8) | – |
| NC23 | Munehisa Kuroiwa | Japan | 120.954 | 38.31 (10) | 7:15.11 (22) | 1:57.40 (22) | – |
| NC24 | Brian Wanek | United States | 121.746 | 38.90 (20) | 7:16.50 (26) | 1:57.59 (25) | – |
| NC25 | Ildar Garajev | Soviet Union | 121.940 | 39.03 (22) | 7:22.47 (31) | 1:55.99 (10) | – |
| NC26 | Roland Freier | East Germany | 121.989 | 38.87 (19) | 7:24.56* (33) | 1:55.99 (10) | – |
| NC27 | Joakim Karlberg | Sweden | 122.055 | 39.08 (25) | 7:18.99 (28) | 1:57.23 (20) | – |
| NC28 | Dmitri Joerkov | Soviet Union | 122.083 | 39.05 (24) | 7:22.10 (30) | 1:56.47 (15) | – |
| NC29 | Ben van der Burg | Netherlands | 122.187 | 39.38 (27) | 7:16.14 (24) | 1:57.58 (24) | – |
| NC30 | Johann Olav Koss | Norway | 122.665 | 38.90 (20) | 7:25.19 (35) | 1:57.74 (26) | – |
| NC31 | Toni Meiböck | Austria | 122.817 | 39.08 (25) | 7:22.81 (32) | 1:58.37 (28) | – |
| NC32 | Piotr Krysiak | Poland | 123.222 | 40.33 (35) | 7:09.89 (15) | 1:59.71 (33) | – |
| NC33 | Mikko Mäkinen | Finland | 123.241 | 39.78 (32) | 7:14.08 (21) | 2:00.16 (34) | – |
| NC34 | Frode Syvertsen | Norway | 123.340 | 39.46 (28) | 7:22.04 (29) | 1:59.03 (30) | – |
| NC35 | Kim Gwan-gyu | South Korea | 123.541 | 39.03 (22) | 7:26.91 (36) | 1:59.46 (31) | – |
| NC36 | Jiří Kyncl | Czechoslovakia | 123.776 | 40.78 (38) | 7:11.76 (17) | 1:59.46 (31) | – |
| NC37 | Gerard Kemkers | Netherlands | 124.614 | 38.30 (9) | 7:54.84* (38) | 1:56.49 (16) | – |
| NC38 | Khurelbator Radnaagin | Mongolia | 126.991 | 40.18 (34) | 7:35.88 (37) | 2:03.67 (38) | – |
| NC39 | István Dolp | Hungary | 134.883 | 41.50 (39) | 8:10.20 (39) | 2:13.09 (39) | – |
| NC | Bae Ki-tae | South Korea | 36.890 | 36.89 | DNS | – | – |
    * = Fell
    DNS = Did not start
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