1978 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for women

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

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.

Title holder was Vera Bryndzei from the Soviet Union.

Distance medalists

Event Gold
1st place, gold medalist(s)		 Silver
2nd place, silver medalist(s)		 Bronze
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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

Rank Skater Country Points
Samalog		 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tatyana Averina  Soviet Union 186.891 45.20 (2) 2:21.44 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1:29.56 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4:58.59 (5)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Galina Stepanskaya  Soviet Union 187.218 45.45 (5) 2:22.42 (2) 1:30.50 (6) 4:54.27 (2)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marion Dittmann  East Germany 187.760 45.90 (12) 2:22.95 (5) 1:30.34 (4) 4:54.24 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s) 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

  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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