1998 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 1998 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held on 13–15 March 1998 in the Thialf stadium in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
VenueThialf, Heerenveen
Dates13–15 March
Competitors37 (M), 28 (W) from 22 nations
Medalist men
Ids Postma  NED
Rintje Ritsma  NED
Roberto Sighel  ITA
Medalist women
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  GER
Claudia Pechstein  GER
Anni Friesinger  GER

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann and Ids Postma were the world title holders from the previous year and successfully defended their titles. It was Niemann-Stirnemann's seventh all-round world title.

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