# 1996 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 1996 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held on 14–16 February 1997 in the Ludwig-Schwabl-Stadion stadium in Inzell, Germany. This was the first World Championships where men and women competed at the same time and venue.
Title defenders were the 1995 world champions Gunda Niemann from Germany and Rintje Ritsma from the Netherlands. Both prolongated their titles.

## Allround results
### Men

| Place | Athlete | Country | Points | 500 m | 5000 m | 1500 m | 10000 m |
| | Rintje Ritsma | Netherlands | 160.299 | 37.73 (3) | 6:52.34 (2) | 1:54.66 (3) | 14:22.30 (1) |
| | Ids Postma | Netherlands | 160.459 | 37.59 (2) | 6:54.05 (3) | 1:54.32 (2) | 14:27.17 (2) |
| | Keiji Shirahata | Japan | 161.714 | 37.80 (4) | 6:55.83 (5) | 1:55.25 (6) | 14:38.31 (5) |
| 4 | Hiroyuki Noake | Japan | 162.126 | 37.10 (1) | 7:06.99 (14) | 1:53.92 (1) | 14:47.09 (7) |
| 5 | K. C. Boutiette | United States | 162.258 | 37.84 (6) | 6:58.41 (7) | 1:55.19 (5) | 14:43.62 (6) |
| 6 | Martin Hersman | Netherlands | 162.891 | 38.06 (9) | 6:55.50 (4) | 1:55.28 (7) | 14:57.10 (10) |
| 7 | Toru Aoyanagi | Japan | 163.338 | 38.23 (12) | 7:00.13 (9) | 1:55.92 (9) | 14:49.10 (8) |
| 8 | Neal Marshall | Canada | 163.358 | 37.84 (6) | 7:02.34 (11) | 1:55.03 (4) | 14:58.82 (11) |
| 9 | Bart Veldkamp | Belgium | 163.855 | 39.36 (24) | 6:51.20 (1) | 1:59.01 (18) | 14:34.11 (4) |
| 10 | Frank Dittrich | Germany | 164.070 | 39.45 (25) | 6:57.31 (6) | 1:58.14 (12) | 14:30.18 (3) |
| 11 | Dave Tamburrino | United States | 164.339 | 38.63 (17) | 6:59.77 (8) | 1:57.21 (11) | 14:53.25 (9) |
| 12 | Andrey Anufriyenko | Russia | 164.661 | 38.09 (11) | 7:05.54 (13) | 1:55.85 (8) | 15:08.03 (12) |
| NQ13 | Roberto Sighel | Italy | 119.918 | 38.08 (10) | 7:08.38 (15) | 1:57.00 (10) |
| NQ14 | Davide Carta | Italy | 120.799 | 37.80 (4) | 7:15.46 (27) | 1:58.36 (14) |
| NQ15 | Vadim Sayutin | Russia | 121.339 | 38.76 (19) | 7:11.23 (18) | 1:58.37 (15) |
| NQ16 | Christian Breuer | Germany | 121.633 | 37.89 (8) | 7:17.70 (29) | 1:59.92 (21) |
| NQ17 | Kevin Marshall | Canada | 121.692 | 38.50 (15) | 7:11.22 (17) | 2:00.21 (22) |
| NQ18 | Lasse Sætre | Norway | 122.349 | 39.74 (34) | 7:03.19 (12) | 2:00.87 (26) |
| NQ18 | Cédric Kuentz | France | 122.349 | 39.60 (30) | 7:13.03 (23) | 1:58.34 (13) |
| NQ20 | Paweł Zygmunt | Poland | 122.482 | 39.35 (23) | 7:15.79 (28) | 1:58.66 (17) |
| NQ21 | Cheon Ju-Hyeon | South Korea | 122.977 | 38.44 (14) | 7:30.44 (36) | 1:58.48 (16) |
| NQ22 | Anatoli Krasheninin | Russia | 122.979 | 39.64 (31) | 7:12.06 (22) | 2:00.40 (24) |
| NQ23 | Petter Andersen | Norway | 122.988 | 38.43 (13) | 7:26.18 (34) | 1:59.82 (20) |
| NQ24 | Sergey Kaznacheyev | Kazakhstan | 123.378 | 39.52 (27) | 7:15.08 (26) | 2:01.05 (28) |
| NQ25 | Vitali Novichenko | Belarus | 123.435 | 39.47 (26) | 7:14.15 (25) | 2:01.65 (33) |
| NQ26 | Arlen Spicer | United States | 123.709 | 39.33 (22) | 7:22.49 (32) | 2:00.39 (23) |
| NQ27 | Andrew Nicholson | New Zealand | 123.740 | 39.52 (27) | 7:19.67 (30) | 2:00.76 (25) |
| NQ28 | Christian Eminger | Austria | 123.862 | 41.30 (40) | 7:01.82 (10) | 2:01.14 (31) |
| NQ29 | Jonas Schön | Sweden | 123.867 | 39.70 (32) | 7:23.94 *(33) | 1:59.32 (19) |
| NQ30 | Kim Sang-Cheol | South Korea | 124.049 | 38.53 (16) | 7:31.93 (38) | 2:00.98 (27) |
| NQ31 | Remi Hereide | Norway | 124.370 | 40.72 (38) | 7:11.47 (20) | 2:01.51 (32) |
| NQ32 | Adrian Stroescu | Romania | 124.581 | 39.57 (29) | 7:26.48 (35) | 2:01.09 (30) |
| NQ33 | Vesa Rosendahl | Finland | 124.588 | 39.70 (32) | 7:21.38 (31) | 2:02.25 (34) |
| NQ34 | Zsolt Baló | Hungary | 125.195 | 39.03 (21) | 7:38.12 (40) | 2:01.06 (29) |
| NQ35 | Fausto Marreiros | Portugal | 125.337 | 41.11 (39) | 7:11.44 (19) | 2:03.25 (37) |
| NQ36 | Sergij Priz | Ukraine | 126.276 | 39.86 (35) | 7:33.86 (39) | 2:03.09 (36) |
| NQ37 | Martin Feigenwinter | Switzerland | 126.566 | 41.93 (41) | 7:08.70 (16) | 2:05.30 (39) |
| NQ38 | Sergey Surgutanov | Kazakhstan | 126.849 | 40.19 (36) | 7:38.39 (41) | 2:02.46 (35) |
| NQ39 | Bernhard Laimgruber | Austria | 126.970 | 40.59 (37) | 7:30.87 (37) | 2:03.88 (38) |
| NQ40 | Mark Knoll | Canada | 133.928 | 39.01 (20) | 7:13.95 (24) | 2:34.57*(40) |
| NQ41 | Thomas Kumm | Germany | 134.043 | 38.62 (17) | 7:11.57 (21) | 2:36.80*(41) |
NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified) NS=did not start * = Includes a fall

### Women

| Place | Athlete | Country | Points | 500 m | 1500 m | 3000 m | 5000 m |
| | Gunda Niemann-Kleemann | Germany | 173.272 | 41.63 (6) | 2:06.13 (1) | 4:22.59 (1) | 7:38.34 (2) |
| | Claudia Pechstein | Germany | 175.465 | 41.91 (8) | 2:09.28 (7) | 4:27.96 (2) | 7:38.02 (1) |
| | Mie Uehara | Japan | 175.677 | 41.59 (5) | 2:07.62 (3) | 4:28.21 (3) | 7:48.46 (3) |
| 4 | Annamarie Thomas | Netherlands | 176.519 | 41.32 (2) | 2:08.43 (4) | 4:32.04 (7) | 7:50.49 (5) |
| 5 | Tonny de Jong | Netherlands | 177.511 | 42.06 (11) | 2:09.96 (10) | 4:31.04 (6) | 7:49.58 (4) |
| 6 | Svetlana Bazhanova | Russia | 177.777 | 42.35 (13) | 2:07.02 (2) | 4:30.08 (5) | 8:00.74 (7) |
| 7 | Maki Tabata | Japan | 178.698 | 41.96 (10) | 2:09.19 (6) | 4:32.13 (8) | 8:03.20 (8) |
| 8 | Chiharu Nozaki | Japan | 178.995 | 41.51 (4) | 2:09.76 (9) | 4:34.88 (12) | 8:04.19 (9) |
| 9 | Ingrid Liepa | Canada | 180.404 | 41.92 (9) | 2:08.83 (5) | 4:39.08 (14) | 8:10.28 (11) |
| 10 | Heike Warnicke-Schalling | Germany | 180.502 | 43.92 (23) | 2:13.02 (22) | 4:29.87 (4) | 7:52.64 (6) |
| 11 | Becky Sundstrom | United States | 180.746 | 41.31 (1) | 2:10.79 (11) | 4:41.09 (17) | 8:09.92 (10) |
| 12 | Moira D'Andrea | United States | 181.669 | 41.50 (3) | 2:09.44 (8) | 4:40.80 (16) | 8:22.23 (12) |
| NQ13 | Svetlana Vysokova | Russia | 133.174 | 43.93 (24) | 2:10.81 (12) | 4:33.85 (10) |
| NQ14 | Mihaela Dascălu | Romania | 133.244 | 42.72 (15) | 2:13.60 (23) | 4:35.95 (13) |
| NQ15 | Tama Sundstrom | United States | 133.464 | 42.53 (14) | 2:11.81 (14) | 4:41.99 (19) |
| NQ16 | Emese Antal | Austria | 133.605 | 43.05 (17) | 2:11.73 (13) | 4:39.87 (15) |
| NQ17 | Chiara Simionato | Italy | 133.838 | 42.31 (12) | 2:12.79 (18) | 4:43.59 (22) |
| NQ18 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra | Italy | 133.949 | 43.97 (25) | 2:13.85 (24) | 4:32.18 (9) |
| NQ19 | Cerasela Hordobețiu | Romania | 134.133 | 42.72 (15) | 2:12.79 (18) | 4:42.90 (20) |
| NQ20 | Ewa Wasilewska-Borkowska | Poland | 134.639 | 43.06 (18) | 2:12.01 (21) | 4:45.46 (24) |
| NQ21 | Christina Schön | Sweden | 134.691 | 43.24 (19) | 2:12.54 (17) | 4:43.63 (23) |
| NQ22 | Svetlana Konstantinova | Ukraine | 134.861 | 43.70 (22) | 2:12.53 (16) | 4:41.91 (18) |
| NQ23 | Anette Tønsberg | Norway | 135.867 | 43.60 (21) | 2:15.23 (25) | 4:43.15 (21) |
| NQ24 | Olga Klyga | Belarus | 137.863 | 43.39 (20) | 2:15.93 (26) | 4:54.98 (26) |
| NQ25 | Dana Ionescu | Romania | 139.149 | 44.40 (26) | 2:17.29 (27) | 4:53.92 (25) |
| NQ26 | Ilonda Lūse | Latvia | 141.862 | 45.19 (27) | 2:21.59 (28) | 4:56.86 (27) |
| NQ27 | Carla Zijlstra | Netherlands | 154.294 | 1:04.48*(28) | 2:12.44 (15) | 4:34.01 (11) |
| NS3 | Emese Hunyady | Austria | 86.040 | 41.76 (7) | 2:12.84 (20) | NS |
NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified) NS= Did not start * = Includes a fall