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 and Rintje Ritsma.
German Claudia Pechstein and Dutchman Gianni Romme became world champion.

Women's tournament

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

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:
  1. Skaters among the top 12 on both lists are qualified.
  2. 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.