1898 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

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World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Gustaf Estlander.jpg
Gustaf Estlander
Participant of the 1898 World Championship
Venue Eisstadion, Davos, Switzerland
Dates6–7 February
Competitors12 from 3 nations
Medalist men
Gold medal icon.svg Peder Østlund Flag of Norway.svg  NOR

The 1898 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 6 and 7 February 1898 at the ice rink Eisstadion in Davos, Switzerland.

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Jack McCulloch was the defending champion but did not participate.

The Norwegian Peder Østlund won three distances but did not finish the 500 meter. According to the rules he became World champion. The German Julius Seyler who finished all the distances had the best score.

Allround results

PlaceAthleteCountry500m5000m1500m10000m
Gold medal icon.svg Peder Østlund Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg Norway NF8:52.2 (1)2:23.6 (1)18:40.0 (1)
NC2 Julius Seyler Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire 47.2 (1)9:14.6 (3)2:29.2 (2)18:47.8 (2)
NC3 Gustaf Estlander Flag of Russia.svg Finland 47.6 (3)9:15.0 (5)2:29.8 (3)18:55.8 (3)
NC4 Wilhelm Sensburg Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire 50.6 (7)9:09.6 (2)2:35.4 (6)19:19.0 (5)
NC5 Jan Banning Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 47.8 (4)9:37.0 (8)2:34.2 (5)19:45.2 (6)
NC6 Alfred Lauenburg Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire 49.6 (5)10:12.0 (10)2:53.4 (10)21:18.6 (7)
NC Oskar Fredriksen Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg Norway 47.4 (2)9:25.0 (6)2:31.8 (4)NS
NC Nikolay Kryukov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 53.4 (9)9:28.6 (7)2:37.0 (8)NS
NC István Szabó Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg Hungary 50.8 (8)9:40.6 (9)NFNS
NC Eduard Vollenveyder Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 50.2 (6)NSNSNS
NC Jan Greve Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands NF9:14.6 (3)2:38.4 (9)19:03.6 (4)
NC Hermann Kleeberg Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire NFNF2:36.2 (7)NS
* = Fell
NC = Not classified
NF = Not finished
NS = Not started
DQ = Disqualified

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com [1]

Rules

Four distances have to be skated:

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.

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References

  1. "Results of the 1898 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.