1900 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 1900 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 24 and 25 February 1900 at the ice rinks Frognerkilen in Kristiania (Today: Oslo), Norway.[1] The first day was skated at the ice rink Friedenauer Sportplatz (a 400 m ice rink). Due to the bad ice conditions the second day the distances were skated at the ice rink Westeisbahn (a 335 m ice rink).

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Alfred Næss
Participated in the 1900 World Championship
VenueFrognerkilen, Kristiania, Norway
Dates24–25 February 1900
Competitors12 from 1 nations
Medalist men
Edvard Engelsaas  NOR

Peder Østlund was the defending champion, after 2 distances he stopped. Edvard Engelsaas won three distances and became the new World champion.

Allround results

Place Athlete Country 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m
Edvard Engelsaas Norway47.4 (3)9:34.2 (1)2:38.4 (1)20:09.4 (1)
NC2Alfred Næss Norway47.2 (2)9:59.2 (7)2:42.0 (2)20:49.2 (4)
NC3Rudolf Gundersen Norway50.2 (5)9:49.0 (3)2:43.0 (3)20:36.6 (3)
NC4Carl Frantzen Norway52.2 (10)9:55.6 (5)2:46.4 (4)20:12.2 (2)
NC5Thorvald Thomsen Norway51.2 (7)9:54.8 (4)2:46.6 (5)20:59.8 (5)
NC6Rudolf Røhne Norway50.2 (5)9:58.8 (6)2:50.8 (8)22:11.4 (8)
NC7Hans Johansen Norway55.4 (11)10:08.0 (10)3:01.2 (10)21:13.4 (6)
NC8Olaf Johansen Norway56.0 (12)10:14.4 (12)21:20.2 (7)
NCAsbjørn Bye Norway50.0 (4)10:06.8 (9)2:49.8 (6)NS
NCLeonhard Kristoffersen Norway51.8 (8)10:09.4 (11)2:53.8 (9)NS
NCJohn Skjefstad Norway52.0 (9)10:01.6 (8)2:50.0 (7)NS
NCPeder Østlund Norway46.4 (1)9:43.0 (2)NSNS
* = Fell
NC = Not classified
NF = Not finished
NS = Not started
DQ = Disqualified

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]

Rules

Four distances have to be skated:

  • 500m
  • 1500m
  • 5000m
  • 10000m

One could only win the World Championships by winning at least three of the four distances, so there would be no World Champion if no skater won at least three distances.

Silver and bronze medals were not awarded.

References

  1. "Results of the 1900 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

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