# 2001 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 2001 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held on the City Park Ice Rink in Budapest, Hungary, on 10–11 February 2001.
German Anni Friesinger and Dutchman Rintje Ritsma became the world champions.

## Men's championships
### Allround results

| Place | Athlete | Country | Points | 500 m | 5000 m | 1500 m | 10000 m |
| | Rintje Ritsma | Netherlands | 158.731 | 37,76 (5) | 6.51,08 (7) | 1.54,18 (2) | 13.56,07 (2) |
| | Ids Postma | Netherlands | 159.476 | 37,61 (3) | 6.49,51 (2) | 1.54,12 (1) | 14.17,51 (8) |
| | Bart Veldkamp | Belgium | 159.731 | 39,19 (20) | 6.43,69 (1) | 1.56,89 (12) | 13.44,19 (1) |
| 4 | Keiji Shirahata | Japan | 160.754 | 38,30 (9) | 6.49,93 (4) | 1.57,61 (16) | 14.05,16 (4) |
| 5 | Dustin Molicki | Canada | 160.878 | 38,56 (14) | 6.50,42 (5) | 1.55,96 (5) | 14.12,46 (6) |
| 6 | Aleksandr Kibalko | Russia | 161.040 | 37,64 (4) | 6.57,80 (11) | 1.54,98 (3) | 14.25,89 (10) |
| 7 | Dmitri Shepel | Russia | 161.368 | 38,66 (15) | 6.53,10 (8) | 1.55,80 (4) | 14.15,97 (7) |
| 8 | Vadim Sayutin | Russia | 161.512 | 39,40 (21) | 6.50,86 (6) | 1.56,27 (10) | 14.05,40 (5) |
| 9 | Christian Breuer | Germany | 161.623 | 37,55 (1) | 6.59,00 (13) | 1.56,09 (6) | 14.29,54 (11) |
| 10 | Jochem Uytdehaage | Netherlands | 162.549 | 38,99 (18) | 6.56,73 (9) | 1.56,23 (8) | 14.22,87 (9) |
| 11 | Sergey Tsybenko | Kazakhstan | 163.423 | 37,82 (6) | 7.00,10 (15) | 1.56,77 (11) | 14.53,41 (12) |
| 12 | Frank Dittrich | Germany | 163.615 | 40,63 (23) | 6.49,69 (3) | 2.00,29 (22) | 13.58,41 (3) |
| NC13 | Derek Parra | United States | 118.857 | 37,98 (7) | 7.01,77 (18) | 1.56,10 (7) |
| NC14 | Takahiro Ushiyama | Japan | 119.151 | 37,59 (2) | 7.04,71 (19) | 1.57,27 (14) |
| NC15 | K. C. Boutiette | United States | 119.522 | 38,79 (17) | 6.59,79 (14) | 1.56,26 (9) |
| NC16 | Cédric Kuentz | France | 119.934 | 38,40 (11) | 7.05,61 (20) | 1.56,92 (13) |
| NC17 | Kevin Marshall | Canada | 120.073 | 38,34 (10) | 7.01,07 (16) | 1.58,88 (18) |
| NC18 | Mark Knoll | Canada | 120.263 | 39,02 (19) | 6.58,77 (12) | 1.58,10 (17) |
| NC19 | Roberto Sighel | Italy | 120.543 | 38,51 (12) | 7.01,73 (17) | 1.59,58 (20) |
| NC20 | Jan Friesinger | Germany | 120.669 | 38,78 (16) | 7.07,16 (21) | 1.57,52 (15) |
| NC21 | Chris Callis | United States | 121.209 | 38,52 (13) | 7.09,09 (22) | 1.59,34 (19) |
| NC22 | Toshihiko Itokawa | Japan | 121.872 | 40,03 (22) | 6.57,29 (10) | 2.00,34 (23) |
| NC23 | Eiji Kohara | Japan | 122.907 | 38,21 (8) | 7.13,57 (23) | 2.04,02 (24) |
| NC24 | J. P. Shilling | United States | 134.483 | 51,06 *(24) | 7.15,53 (24) | 1.59,61 (21) |
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 |
| | Anni Friesinger | Germany | 169.690 | 39,99 (1) | 4.19,78 (3) | 2.03,38 (1) | 7.32,78 (6) |
| | Claudia Pechstein | Germany | 169.791 | 41,12 (7) | 4.18,32 (2) | 2.04,35 (2) | 7.21,68 (1) |
| | Renate Groenewold | Netherlands | 170.133 | 41,16 (8) | 4.16,57 (1) | 2.05,13 (4) | 7.25,02 (2) |
| 4 | Cindy Klassen | Canada | 170.630 | 40,49 (3) | 4.23,38 (6) | 2.05,00 (3) | 7.25,78 (3) |
| 5 | Barbara de Loor | Netherlands | 171.218 | 40,81 (5) | 4.22,09 (4) | 2.05,49 (5) | 7.28,97 (4) |
| 6 | Varvara Barysheva | Russia | 172.692 | 40,53 (4) | 4.28,73 (10) | 2.06,25 (6) | 7.32,91 (7) |
| 7 | Maki Tabata | Japan | 173.187 | 41,41 (11) | 4.24,72 (7) | 2.06,61 (7) | 7.34,54 (9) |
| 8 | Tonny de Jong | Netherlands | 173.386 | 41,31 (10) | 4.23,35 (5) | 2.09,68 (11) | 7.29,59 (5) |
| 9 | Jennifer Rodriguez | United States | 173.482 | 40,29 (2) | 4.28,37 (9) | 2.06,85 (9) | 7.41,81 (12) |
| 10 | Song Li | China | 174.799 | 41,45 (12) | 4.29,54 (12) | 2.06,81 (8) | 7.41,56 (11) |
| 11 | Kristina Groves | Canada | 176.821 | 43,28 (21) | 4.29,35 (11) | 2.09,81 (12) | 7.33,80 (8) |
| 12 | Svetlana Vysokova | Russia | 176.974 | 42,34 (19) | 4.28,11 (8) | 2.13,26 (21) | 7.35,30 (10) |
| NQ13 | Emese Hunyady | Austria | 128.876 | 40,93 (6) | 4.32,26 (15) | 2.07,71 (10) |
| NQ14 | Natalya Polozkova-Kozlova | Russia | 130.081 | 41,25 (9) | 4.32,51 (16) | 2.10,24 (14) |
| NQ15 | Nami Nemoto | Japan | 130.579 | 41,95 (14) | 4.30,44 (13) | 2.10,67 (15) |
| NQ16 | Emese Dörfler-Antal | Austria | 131.111 | 41,89 (13) | 4.32,17 (14) | 2.11,58 (20) |
| NQ17 | Eriko Seo | Japan | 131.112 | 42,00 (15) | 4.32,92 (17) | 2.10,88 (18) |
| NQ18 | Yuri Obara | Japan | 131.766 | 42,00 (15) | 4.37,04 (21) | 2.10,78 (16) |
| NQ19 | Krisztina Egyed | Hungary | 131.876 | 42,13 (18) | 4.36,80 (20) | 2.10,84 (17) |
| NQ20 | Nicole Slot | Canada | 132.766 | 43,35 (22) | 4.34,36 (19) | 2.11,07 (19) |
| NQ21 | Tara Risling | Canada | 132.771 | 42,44 (20) | 4.34,29 (18) | 2.13,85 (22) |
| NQ22 | Ann Driscoll | United States | 134.208 | 44,03 (23) | 4.40,77 (23) | 2.10,15 (13) |
| NQ23 | Anne Therese Tveter | Norway | 137.701 | 44,79 (24) | 4.39,67 (22) | 2.18,90 (23) |
| DQ2 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | Germany | 42.010 | 42,01 (17) | DQ | NS |
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:
* Skaters among the top 12 on both lists are qualified.
* 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.