1889 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Pim Mulier Participant of the 1889 World Allround Championships
Venue	Museumplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates	8–9 January 1889
Competitors	22 from 4 nations
Medalist men
None declared  [[|]]
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The 1889 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 8 and 9 January at the ice rink Museumplein in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is the first World Allround Speed Skating Championships, it's unofficial because there was no International Skating Union (ISU is founded in 1892)

Three distances were skated at the World Championship, the ½ mile (850 meter), the 1 mile (1609 meter) and the 2 miles (3219 meter). One became champion if one won all three distances.

The Russian didn't win the final at the 2 miles and was not declared as winner due to the rules.

Allround results[]

Place	Athlete	Country	½ mile kwalification	½ mile skate-off	½ mile final	1 mile kwalification	1 mile final	2 mile kwalification	2 mile final
NC1	Aleksandr Panshin	Russia	1:24.6 (1)		1:25.6 (1)	2:59.0 (1)	2:58.6 (1)	6:31.6 (1)	6:31.0 (2)
NC2	Joe Donoghue	United States	1:35.0 (9)*			3:05.0 (2)	3:00.2 (2)	6:34.2 (2)	6:24.0 (1)
NC3		Netherlands	1:30.8 (2)		1:30.8 (2)	3:26.0 (11)		6:50.0 (4)	6:46.8 (4)
NC4		Netherlands	1:35.6 (10)			3:10.3 (3)	3:07.2 (3)	6:49.0 (3)	6:43.2 (3)
NC5		Netherlands	1:33.0 (5)	1:32.2 (2)		3:19.0 (6)		7:04.8 (5)
NC6		United Kingdom	1:34.0 (7)			3:14.0 (4)	3:12.4 (4)	7:07.2 (6)
NC7		Netherlands	1:33.2 (6)			3:21.0 (9)		7:11.0 (7)*
NC8		Netherlands	1:41.0 (19)			3:30.6 (16)		7:50.0 (9)
NC9		Netherlands	1:40.0 (16)			3:30.2 (15)		7:35.2 (8)
NC		Netherlands	1:44.0 (21)			3:39.8 (19)		NF
NC		Netherlands	1:43.0 (20)			3:26.8 (12)		NF
NC		United Kingdom	1:33.0 (4)	1:32.0 (1)	NF	3:20.2 (8)		NS
NC	Pim Mulier	Netherlands	1:37.0 (12)			3:32.0 (18)		NS
NC		Netherlands	1:40.0 (16)			3:18.4 (5)		NS
NC		United Kingdom	1:38.0 (15)			3:28.8 (14)		NS
NC		Netherlands	1:36.8 (11)			3:27.0 (13)		NS
NC		Netherlands	1:37.0 (12)			3:20.0 (7)		NS
NC		United Kingdom	1:34.4 (8)			NS		NS
NC		United Kingdom	1:32.0 (3)		1:34.0 (3)	3:21.6 (10)		NS
NC		Netherlands	1:40.0 (16)			NS		NS
NC		Netherlands	1:37.0 (14)*			NS		NS
NC		Netherlands	NF			3:31.0 (17)		NS

* = Fell

NC = Not classified

NF = Not finished

NS = Not started

DQ = Disqualified

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[1]

Rules[]

Three distances have to be skated:

• ½ mile (805 m)
• 1 mile (1609 m)
• 2 miles (3219 m)

One could only win the World Championships by winning at all three distances, so there would be no World Champion if no skater won all three distances.

The winner of the distances was decided by a final of the best four skaters of the distance. If the same time was skated a skate-off is skated to decide the ranking.

Silver and bronze medals were not awarded.

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