1894 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Jaap Eden First official ISU-World Champion
Venue	, Stockholm, Sweden
Dates	10–11 February 1894
Competitors	19 from 6 nations
Medalist men
Not declared  [[|]]
←1893 Amsterdam 1895 Hamar→

The 1894 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 10 and 11 February 1894 at the ice rink in Stockholm, Sweden. 19 skaters from six countries participated.^[1] It is the first World Allround Speed Skating Championships skated outside off Amsterdam. The Dutch skater Jaap Eden was the defending champion. No new champion was declared because none of the skaters won three distances.

Allround results[]

Place	Athlete	Country	500m	500m final	5000m	1500m	1500m final	10000m
NC1		Norway	54.4 (9)		10:01.0 (2)	2:56.8 (7)		19:43.8 (2)
NC2		Russia	55.8 (12)		10:19.0 (3)	2:52.6 (5)		20:28.6 (4)
NC3		Sweden	56.6 (14)		10:21.6 (4)	3:02.4 (10)		20:08.8 (3)
NC4		Sweden	53.4 (8)		10:22.6 (5)	3:06.2 (13)*		20:43.4 (6)
NC5	John Larsson	Sweden	55.0 (10)		10:49.2 (9)	2:58.8 (9)		20:35.0 (5)
NC6		Sweden	55.4 (11)		10:44.0 (8)	2:58.6 (8)		20:45.4 (7)
NC7		United Kingdom	56.0 (13)		11:02.8 (11)	3:06.8 (15)		21:51.0 (12)
NC8		Sweden	59.2 (17)		10:54.2 (10)	3:06.0 (12)		21:48.4 (11)
NC	Einar Halvorsen	Norway	51.8 (5)		9:32.0 (1)	2:45.8 (2)	2:35.6 (1)	NS
NC	Peder Østlund	Norway	51.0 (2)	52.2 (4)	10:25.6 (6)	2:48.4 (3)	2:48.2 (3)	NS
NC		Sweden	58.2 (16)		10:31.0 (7)	NF		20:55.0 (8)
NC		Sweden	1:04.8 (18)*		11:08.0 (11)	NS		NS
NC	Jaap Eden	Netherlands	51.4 (3)	50.4 (2)	NF	2:45.2 (1)	2:36.2 (2)	19:12.4 (1)
NC	Alfred Næss	Norway	50.4 (1)	51.4 (3)	NS	2:55.4 (6)		NS
NC	Oskar Fredriksen	Norway	51.4 (3)	50.4 (1)	NS	2:49.8 (4)	2:49.8 (4)	NF
NC		Sweden	52.2 (6)		NS	3:03.2 (11)		NS
NC		Sweden	53.0 (7)		NS	NS		NS
NC	Johan Lindstedt	Finland	56.8 (15)		NS	3:06.2 (13)		21:17.6 (10)
NC		Sweden	NS		NS	NS		NF

* = Fell

NC = Not classified

NF = Not finished

NS = Not started

DQ = Disqualified

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[2]

Rules[]

Four distances had to be skated: 500, 1500, 5000 and 10,000 m. One could earn the world title only by winning at least three of the four distances, otherwise the title would be vacant. The winner of the 500 and 1500 meter was decided by a skate off of the best four skaters of the distance. Silver and bronze medals were not awarded.

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