World Championship Sprint
This page lists all information available on the World Championship Sprint. The subnavigation allows you to quickly retrieve the complete 'History' of the top 3 results. In the corresponding medal summary table you can click on a specific year to go to the full results of that year. The right-hand side of the subnavigation links to different 'Statistics' of the World Championship Sprint. The statistics will be updated automatically after every championship.
Results of the 1978 World Championship Sprint Women
| Place | Lake Placid (USA) |
| Track | James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink |
| Date | 11 - 12 Feb 1978 |
| # | name | 1st 500m | 1st 1000m | 2nd 500m | 2nd 1000m | points | |||||
| 1 | Lyubov Sadchikova | URS | 0:43.32 | (2) | 1:29.94 | (4) | 0:42.38 | (1) | 1:28.00 | (1) | 174.670 |
| 2 | Beth Heiden | USA | 0:42.97 | (1) | 1:29.16 | (2) | 0:42.89 | (2) | 1:28.82 | (2) | 174.850 |
| 3 | Erwina Ryś-Ferens | POL | 0:44.07 | (7) | 1:30.18 | (6) | 0:43.57 | (4) | 1:29.51 | (4) | 177.485 |
| 4 | Kim Kostron | USA | 0:43.82 | (4) | 1:28.77 | (1) | 0:44.86 | (13) | 1:30.26 | (5) | 178.195 |
| 5 | Connie Paraskevin-Young | USA | 0:43.36 | (3) | 1:32.48 | (17) | 0:43.35 | (3) | 1:31.11 | (11) | 178.505 |
| 6 | Haitske Valentijn-Pijlman | NED | 0:43.85 | (5) | 1:30.48 | (7) | 0:44.24 | (7) | 1:30.84 | (9) | 178.750 |
| 7 | Cornelia Jacob | GDR | 0:43.92 | (6) | 1:32.52 | (18) | 0:43.68 | (5) | 1:30.68 | (6) | 179.200 |
| 8 | Annette Karlsson | SWE | 0:44.30 | (11) | 1:31.34 | (11) | 0:44.64 | (10) | 1:30.71 | (7) | 179.965 |
| 9 | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg | NOR | 0:44.17 | (9) | 1:31.08 | (9) | 0:44.50 | (9) | 1:31.64 | (13) | 180.030 |
| 10 | Sylvia Burka | CAN | 0:44.12 | (8) | 1:32.05 | (15) | 0:44.69 | (11) | 1:30.90 | (10) | 180.285 |
| 11 | Sophie Westenbroek | NED | 0:45.09 | (18) | 1:31.22 | (10) | 0:45.40 | (18) | 1:28.89 | (3) | 180.545 |
| 12 | Kathy Vogt | CAN | 0:44.37 | (12) | 1:32.68 | (19) | 0:44.34 | (8) | 1:32.50 | (17) | 181.300 |
| 13 | Pat Durnin | CAN | 0:44.51 | (14) | 1:31.70 | (13) | 0:44.81 | (12) | 1:32.38 | (16) | 181.360 |
| 14 | Cindy Seikkula | USA | 0:44.54 | (15) | 1:30.92 | (8) | 0:45.63 | (19) | 1:31.60 | (12) | 181.430 |
| 15 | Ann-Sofie Järnström | SWE | 0:45.47 | (20) | 1:31.65 | (12) | 0:44.86 | (14) | 1:32.28 | (15) | 182.295 |
| 16 | Sijtje van der Lende | NED | 0:45.27 | (19) | 1:32.07 | (16) | 0:45.86 | (21) | 1:30.83 | (8) | 182.580 |
| 17 | Ina Steenbruggen | NED | 0:44.62 | (16) | 1:33.57 | (22) | 0:45.08 | (16) | 1:32.25 | (14) | 182.610 |
| 18 | Makiko Nagaya | JPN | 0:44.77 | (17) | 1:32.89 | (20) | 0:45.09 | (17) | 1:34.03 | (19) | 183.320 |
| 19 | Sylvia Brunner | SUI | 0:44.17 | (10) | 1:31.95 | (14) | 0:43.76 | (6) | 1:39.98 | (24) | 183.895 |
| 20 | Janne Tenmann | NOR | 0:45.95 | (22) | 1:36.15 | (23) | 0:45.89 | (22) | 1:34.04 | (20) | 186.935 |
| 21 | Marie-France Vives | FRA | 0:46.83 | (24) | 1:33.27 | (21) | 0:46.68 | (24) | 1:36.85 | (21) | 188.570 |
| 22 | Michiko Kuroiwa | JPN | 0:45.65 | (21) | 1:38.07 | (25) | 0:45.05 | (15) | 1:37.96 | (22) | 188.715 |
| 23 | Elisabeth Öhlin | SWE | 0:46.28 | (23) | 1:37.67 | (24) | 0:46.43 | (23) | 1:40.57 | (25) | 191.830 |
| 24 | Mandy Horsepool | GBR | 0:49.19 | (25) | 1:38.17 | (26) | 0:49.26 | (25) | 1:39.29 | (23) | 197.180 |
| 25 | Bjørg Eva Jensen | NOR | 1:17.70 | (26f) | 1:29.88 | (3) | 0:45.67 | (20) | 1:33.66 | (18) | 215.140 |
| DNS4 | Sylvia Filipsson | SWE | 0:44.41 | (13) | 1:30.05 | (5) | 0:57.13 | (26f) | - | (DNS) | 146.565 |
| Legenda | |
| f | = fall |
| DNS | = did not start |
