1899 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

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World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Gustaf Estlander.jpg
Gustaf Estlander
Did not start the 1898 World Championship
Venue Friedenauer Sportplatz & Westeisbahn, Berlin, Germany
Dates4–5 February
Competitors11 from 6 nations
Medalist men
Gold medal icon.svg Peder Østlund Flag of Norway.svg  NOR

The 1899 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 4 and 5 February 1899 at the ice rinks Friedenauer Sportplatz & Westeisbahn in Berlin, Germany. 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).

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Peder Østlund, the defending champion, succeeded in defending his championship. He won three distances and became World champion.

Allround results

PlaceAthleteCountry500m5000m1500m10000m
Gold medal icon.svg Peder Østlund Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 50.5 (1)9:54.6 (1)2:45.0 (1)21:25.2 (3)
NC2 Johann Pichler Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austria57.5 (4)11:52.2 (4)3:06.6 (3)22:29.0 (5)
NC F. Toklas Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire 1:20.2 (7)13:40.4 (5)3:52.0 (5)NS
NC Jan Greve Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 55.0 (3)10:54.4 (2)NF20:36.2 (1)
NC Rudolf Schindler Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire 1:05.0 (6)13:51.4 (6)NSNS
NC Julius Seyler Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire 51.5 (2)NF2:48.2 (2)21:25.0 (2)
NC Charles Edgington Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:00.0 (5)NS3:12.4 (4)21:50.2 (4)
NC Nikolay Kryukov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia NF11:40.0 (3)NSDQ
NC Gustaf Estlander Flag of Russia.svg FinlandNSNSNSNS
NC F. Behne Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire NSNSNSNS
NC Eduard Vollenvejder Flag of Russia.svg  Russia NSNSNSNS
* = 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.

References

  1. "Results of the 1899 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.