1912 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 1912 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 17 and 18 February 1912 at the ice rink Gamle Frogner in Kristiania, Norway.
| World Allround Speed Skating Championships | |||||||||||||
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 Oscar Mathisen World champion 1912 | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Gamle Frogner, Kristiania, Norway | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 17–18 February 1912 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 4 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalist men | |||||||||||||
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Nikolay Strunnikov was defending champion but did not take part in these championships. Oscar Mathisen had the lowest number of points awarded and won all four distances. He became World champion for the third time. He and Jaap Eden are the only ice-skaters winning the World championship three times (so far).
Allround results
| Place | Athlete | Country | Points | 500m | 5000m | 1500m | 10000m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Oscar Mathisen |  Norway | 4 | 44.2 (1) | 8:45.2 (1) | 2:20.8 (1) | 17:46.3 (1) |
 | Gunnar Strömstén |  Finland | 10,5 | 47.0 (5) | 8:53.3 (3) | 2:26.1 (2) | 18:13.3 (2) |
 | Trygve Lundgreen | Norway | 12,5 | 47.0 (5) | 8:52.5 (2) | 2:27.3 (4) | 18:15.3 (3) |
| 4 | Martin Sæterhaug | Norway | 19 | 46.6 (3) | 9:11.9 (7) | 2:26.3 (3) | 18:57.9 (7) |
| 5 | Ernst Cederlöf |  Sweden | 20 | 47.2 (7) | 9:06.6 (4) | 2:28.2 (5) | 18:18.2 (6) |
| 6 | Stener Johannessen | Norway | 22 | 48.1 (10) | 9:07.1 (5) | 2:28.3 (6) | 18:16.8 (5) |
| 7 | Vasili Ippolitov | Russia | 24,5 | 48.2 (11) | 9:07.9 (6) | 2:28.9 (7) | 18:16.7 (4) |
| 8 | Einar Berntsen | Norway | 31,5 | 48.2 (11) | 9:27.7 (9) | 2:32.4 (8) | 19:16.4 (8) |
| 9 | Olaf Hansen | Norway | 36 | 51.0 (14) | 9:47.7 (11) | 2:39.8 (13) | 19:57.2 (9) |
| NC | Magnus Herseth | Norway | - | 47.7 (9) | 10:05.6 (14) | 2:35.8 (11) | NF |
| NC | Thoralf Thoresen | Norway | - | 47.5 (8) | 9:47.6 (10) | 2:35.2 (10) | NF |
| NC | Bjarne Frang | Norway | - | 46.7 (4) | 9:57.6 (13) | 2:33.8 (9) | NS |
| NC | Reidar Gundersen | Norway | - | 48.6 (13) | 9:53.0 (12) | 2:38.0 (12) | NS |
| NC | Henning Olsen | Norway | - | 46.2 (2) | 9:14.5 (8) | NS | NS |
| NC | Aksel Mathiesen | Norway | - | NF | NS | NS | NS |
- * = Fell
- NC = Not classified
- NF = Not finished
- NS = Not started
- DQ = Disqualified
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]
Rules
Four distances have to be skated:
- 500m
- 1500m
- 5000m
- 10000m
The ranking was made by award ranking points. The points were awarded to the skaters who had skated all the distances. The final ranking was then decided by ordering the skaters by lowest point totals.
- 1 point for 1st place
- 2 point for 2nd place
- 3 point for 3rd place
- and so on
One could win the World Championships also by winning at least three of the four distances, so the ranking could be affected by this.
Silver and bronze medals were awarded.
References
- "Results of the 1912 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.