# 2000 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 2000 World Allround Speed Skating Championships was held on 5–6 February 2000 in the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee.
Title defenders from the 1999 Championship in the Hamar Vikingskipet were Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Germany) and Rintje Ritsma (Netherlands).
German Claudia Pechstein and Dutchman Gianni Romme became world champion.

## Women's tournament

24 skaters, 13 from Europe (Germany (4), Netherlands (4), Norway (2), Russia (2) and Austria (1)), 4 from North-America (Canada (3) and the United States (1)), 7 from Asia (Japan (3), China (2), Kazakhstan (1) and South Korea (1)), participated. Seven skaters made their World Championship debut.
Emese Hunyady (4th place) participated in her 15th WC Allround tournament and was the first female to reach this milestone.

## Men's championships
### Allround results

| Place | Athlete | Country | Points | 500 m | 5000 m | 1500 m | 10000 m |
| | Gianni Romme | Netherlands | 153.277 | 37.68 (12) | 6:26.14 (1) | 1:50.36 (4) | 13:23.94 (1) |
| | Ids Postma | Netherlands | 155.433 | 36.56 (3) | 6:40.89 (7) | 1:50.28 (3) | 14:00.48 (9) |
| | Rintje Ritsma | Netherlands | 155.822 | 37.20 (7) | 6:40.70 (6) | 1:50.46 (5) | 13:54.65 (7) |
| 4 | Bart Veldkamp | Belgium | 156.072 | 38.39 (19) | 6:36.78 (3) | 1:50.90 (7) | 13:40.77 (2) |
| 5 | Roberto Sighel | Italy | 156.380 | 37.49 (10) | 6:40.50 (5) | 1:51.22 (8) | 13:55.35 (8) |
| 6 | Keiji Shirahata | Japan | 156.701 | 38.08 (16) | 6:38.88 (4) | 1:52.42 (14) | 13:45.20 (4) |
| 7 | Hiroyuki Noake | Japan | 156.771 | 37.11 (6) | 6:42.73 (9) | 1:50.60 (6) | 14:10.45 (10) |
| 8 | Frank Dittrich | Germany | 157.839 | 39.08 (23) | 6:36.02 (2) | 1:54.17 (22) | 13:42.03 (3) |
| 9 | Kevin Marshall | Canada | 157.914 | 37.20 (7) | 6:46.01 (14) | 1:51.78 (10) | 14:17.07 (11) |
| 10 | Ådne Søndrål | Norway | 158.108 | 36.08 (2) | 6:54.08 (22) | 1:47.82 (1) | 14:53.41 *(12) |
| 11 | Knut Morgenstern | Germany | 158.354 | 38.30 (18) | 6:42.68 (8) | 1:55.09 (23) | 13:48.46 (5) |
| 12 | Martin Feigenwinter | Switzerland | 161.339 | 40.35 (24) | 6:43.00 (10) | 1:57.06 (24) | 13:53.38 (6) |
| NQ13 | Sergej Tsibenko | Kazakhstan | 115.564 | 37.34 (9) | 6:49.54 (19) | 1:51.81 (11) |
| NQ14 | Derek Parra | United States | 115.630 | 37.49 (10) | 6:46.34 (15) | 1:52.52 (15) |
| NQ15 | Eskil Ervik | Norway | 115.674 | 37.76 (13) | 6:47.74 (18) | 1:51.42 (9) |
| NQ16 | K. C. Boutiette | United States | 115.856 | 37.09 (5) | 6:49.63 (20) | 1:53.41 (19) |
| NQ17 | Steven Elm | Canada | 116.004 | 37.81 (14) | 6:46.74 (16) | 1:52.56 (16) |
| NQ18 | Mark Knoll | Canada | 116.376 | 38.08 (16) | 6:45.16 (12) | 1:53.34 (18) |
| NQ19 | Vadim Sayutin | Russia | 116.463 | 38.69 (21) | 6:43.13 (11) | 1:52.38 (13) |
| NQ20 | Petter Andersen | Norway | 116.490 | 36.68 (4) | 7:13.80 *(23) | 1:49.29 (2) |
| NQ21 | Takahiro Nozaki | Japan | 116.640 | 37.93 (15) | 6:51.64 (21) | 1:52.64 (17) |
| NQ22 | Paweł Zygmunt | Poland | 117.103 | 38.70 (22) | 6:45.43 (13) | 1:53.58 (20) |
| NQ23 | Marnix ten Kortenaar | Austria | 117.256 | 38.62 (20) | 6:47.13 (17) | 1:53.77 (21) |
| NQ24 | Choi Jae-bong | South Korea | 117.439 | 36.01 (1) | 7:21.29 (24) | 1:51.90 (12) |
    bold indicates championships record
    * = with fall
    NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)
    NF = not finished
    NS = not started
    DQ = disqualified

## Women's championships
### Allround results

| Place | Athlete | Country | Points | 500 m | 3000 m | 1500 m | 5000 m |
| | Claudia Pechstein | Germany | 163.830 | 40.18 (4) | 4:06.44 (1) | 1:59.97 (2) | 7:05.87 (2) |
| | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | Germany | 163.985 | 40.43 (8) | 4:06.83 (2) | 2:00.62 (3) | 7:02.11 (1) |
| | Maki Tabata | Japan | 165.296 | 39.68 (2) | 4:13.79 (3) | 1:59.52 (1) | 7:14.78 (3) |
| 4 | Emese Hunyady | Austria | 168.287 | 39.78 (3) | 4:16.43 (7) | 2:01.12 (6) | 7:33.96 (11) |
| 5 | Renate Groenewold | Netherlands | 168.688 | 41.44 (18) | 4:14.83 (4) | 2:01.22 (7) | 7:23.71 (5) |
| 6 | Tonny de Jong | Netherlands | 168.698 | 40.40 (7) | 4:17.27 (10) | 2:02.52 (12) | 7:25.80 (6) |
| 7 | Svetlana Bazhanova | Russia | 168.883 | 41.09 (16) | 4:15.85 (5) | 2:01.34 (8) | 7:27.06 (7) |
| 8 | Song Li | China | 168.914 | 40.28 (5) | 4:19.12 (14) | 2:01.11 (5) | 7:30.78 (10) |
| 9 | Cindy Overland | Canada | 169.272 | 41.13 (17) | 4:16.67 (9) | 2:01.93 (11) | 7:27.21 (8) |
| 10 | Annamarie Thomas | Netherlands | 169.681 | 40.46 (9) | 4:18.17 (11) | 2:01.08 (4) | 7:38.33 (12) |
| 11 | Lyudmila Prokasheva | Kazakhstan | 170.547 | 41.81 (21) | 4:16.50 (8) | 2:03.00 (15) | 7:29.87 (9) |
| 12 | Anni Friesinger | Germany | 216.341 | 1:29.48 *(24) | 4:16.29 (6) | 2:01.57 (9) | 7:16.23 (4) |
| NQ13 | Cindy Klassen | Canada | 124.666 | 40.51 (10) | 4:18.46 (13) | 2:03.24 (16) |
| NQ14 | Marieke Wijsman | Netherlands | 124.737 | 40.30 (6) | 4:23.35 (19) | 2:01.64 (10) |
| NQ15 | Varvara Barysheva | Russia | 124.882 | 40.84 (13) | 4:19.18 (15) | 2:02.54 (13) |
| NQ16 | Jennifer Rodriguez | United States | 125.457 | 40.86 (14) | 4:21.97 (18) | 2:02.81 (14) |
| NQ17 | Daniela Anschütz | Germany | 126.352 | 41.71 (19) | 4:20.68 (17) | 2:03.59 (17) |
| NQ18 | Kristina Groves | Canada | 126.436 | 41.95 (22) | 4:18.24 (12) | 2:04.34 (18) |
| NQ19 | Edel Therese Høiseth | Norway | 126.489 | 39.48 (1) | 4:32.30 (24) | 2:04.88 (19) |
| NQ20 | Gao Yang | China | 126.573 | 40.60 (12) | 4:25.26 (20) | 2:05.29 (21) |
| NQ21 | Aki Narita | Japan | 127.163 | 41.74 (20) | 4:20.12 (16) | 2:06.21 (22) |
| NQ22 | Chiharu Nozaki | Japan | 127.357 | 40.99 (15) | 4:28.09 (21) | 2:05.06 (20) |
| NQ23 | Baek Eun-bi | South Korea | 130.967 | 42.01 (23) | 4:29.47 (22) | 2:12.14 (23) |
| NQ24 | Ellen Kathrine Lie | Norway | 138.214 | 40.57 (11) | 4:31.07 (23) | 2:37.40 *(24) |
    * = with fall
    NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)
    NF = not finished
    NS = not started
    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.