1908 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

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World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Oscar Mathisen 1914c.jpg
Oscar Mathisen World champion 1908
Venue Eisstadion, Davos, Switzerland
Dates8–9 February
Competitors15 from 7 nations
Medalist men
Gold medal icon.svg Oscar Mathisen Flag of Norway.svg  NOR
Silver medal icon.svg Martin Sæterhaug Flag of Norway.svg  NOR
Bronze medal icon.svg Moje Öholm Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE

The 1908 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 8 and 9 February 1908 at the ice rink Eisstadion in Davos, Switzerland. THis year it was the first time also Silver and Bronze medals were awarded. Also a point system was introduced to make a ranking, but the rule that if one won three distances became automatic World champion was still valid.

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There was no defending champion. Oscar Mathisen won three distances and became World champion. He also had the lowest number of points awarded.

Allround results

PlaceAthleteCountryPoints500m5000m1500m10000m
Gold medal icon.svg Oscar Mathisen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1354.4 (14)*8:55.4 (1)2:20.8 (1)18:01.8 (1)
Silver medal icon.svg Martin Sæterhaug Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13,546.2 (4)9:04.4 (4)2:23.4 (2)18:28.6 (5)
Bronze medal icon.svg Moje Öholm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1545.2 (2)9:04.8 (5)2:23.6 (4)18:30.2 (6)
4 Gunnar Strömstén Flag of Russia.svg Finland1647.2 (7)9:01.6 (3)2:25.4 (7)18:04.0 (2)
5 Antti Wiklund Flag of Russia.svg Finland1647.4 (8)9:01.4 (2)2:24.2 (5)18:24.0 (4)
6 Thomas Bohrer Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austria19,546.2 (4)9:42.8 (8)2:27.6 (9)18:21.2 (3)
7 Arne Schrey Flag of Russia.svg Finland2346.4 (6)9:07.6 (6)2:24.4 (6)18:55.2 (8)
8 Jean Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3048.4 (10)9:53.0 (9)2:29.8 (11)18:53.0 (7)
9 Ejnar Sørensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3649.6 (11)10:26.4 (15)*2:34.0 (13)19:07.4 (9)
10 Frederick Dix Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3851.6 (13)9:54.0 (10)2:35.0 (14)19:11.4 (10)
NC Johan Vikander Flag of Russia.svg Finland44.8 (1)9:20.6 (7)2:23.4 (2)NS
NC Sigurd Mathisen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 45.4 (3)9:56.4 (11)2:26.2 (8)NS
NC Franz Wathén Flag of Russia.svg Finland47.4 (8)10:00.8 (12)2:27.8 (10)NS
NC Franz Schilling Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austria50.4 (12)10:07.2 (13)2:32.0 (12)NS
NC Henny Kalt Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands NF10:18.6 (14)NSNS
* = Fell
NC = Not classified
NF = Not finished
NS = Not started
DQ = Disqualified

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com [1]

Rules

Four distances have to be skated:

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.

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

  1. "Results of the 1908 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.