1999 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Vikingskipet
VenueVikingskipet, Hamar
Dates6–7 February
Competitors48 from 11 nations
Medalist men
Rintje Ritsma NED
Vadim Sayutin RUS
Eskil Ervik NOR
Medalist women
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann GER
Claudia Pechstein GER
Tonny de Jong NED

The 1999 World Allround Speed Skating Championships was held on 6–7 February 1999 in the Vikingskipet arena in Hamar, Norway.

It was the first tournament with 24 participants.

Title defenders were the 1998 world champions Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann from Germany and Ids Postma from the Netherlands.

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann from Germany and Rintje Ritsma from the Netherlands became world champions.

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