1900 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

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World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Alfred Ingvald Naess circa 1900 wearing his skating medals.jpg
Alfred Næss
Participated in the 1900 World Championship
Venue Frognerkilen, Kristiania, Norway
Dates24–25 February
Competitors12 from 1 nations
Medalist men
Gold medal icon.svg Edvard Engelsaas Flag of Norway.svg  NOR

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).

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

Allround results

PlaceAthleteCountry500m5000m1500m10000m
Gold medal icon.svg Edvard Engelsaas Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 47.4 (3)9:34.2 (1)2:38.4 (1)20:09.4 (1)
NC2 Alfred Næss Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 47.2 (2)9:59.2 (7)2:42.0 (2)20:49.2 (4)
NC3 Rudolf Gundersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 50.2 (5)9:49.0 (3)2:43.0 (3)20:36.6 (3)
NC4 Carl Frantzen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 52.2 (10)9:55.6 (5)2:46.4 (4)20:12.2 (2)
NC5 Thorvald Thomsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 51.2 (7)9:54.8 (4)2:46.6 (5)20:59.8 (5)
NC6 Rudolf Røhne Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 50.2 (5)9:58.8 (6)2:50.8 (8)22:11.4 (8)
NC7 Hans Johansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 55.4 (11)10:08.0 (10)3:01.2 (10)21:13.4 (6)
NC8 Olaf Johansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 56.0 (12)10:14.4 (12)21:20.2 (7)
NC Asbjørn Bye Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 50.0 (4)10:06.8 (9)2:49.8 (6)NS
NC Leonhard Kristoffersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 51.8 (8)10:09.4 (11)2:53.8 (9)NS
NC John Skjefstad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 52.0 (9)10:01.6 (8)2:50.0 (7)NS
NC Peder Østlund Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 46.4 (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:

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. "Gevonden in Delpher - Het nieuws van den dag : Kleine courant".
  2. "Results of the 1900 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.