1898 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
World Allround Speed Skating Championships | |||||
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Venue | , Davos, Switzerland | ||||
Dates | 6–7 February 1897 | ||||
Competitors | 12 from 3 nations | ||||
Medalist men | |||||
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The 1898 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 6 and 7 February 1898 at the ice rink in Davos, Switzerland.
Jack McCulloch was the defending champion but did not participate.
The Norwegian Peder Østlund won three distances but did not finish the 500 meter. According to the rules he became World champion. The German Julius Seyler who finished all the distances had the best score.
Allround results[]
Place | Athlete | Country | 500m | 5000m | 1500m | 10000m |
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Peder Østlund | Norway | NF | 8:52.2 (1) | 2:23.6 (1) | 18:40.0 (1) | |
NC2 | Julius Seyler | German Empire | 47.2 (1) | 9:14.6 (3) | 2:29.2 (2) | 18:47.8 (2) |
NC3 | Gustaf Estlander | Finland | 47.6 (3) | 9:15.0 (5) | 2:29.8 (3) | 18:55.8 (3) |
NC4 | German Empire | 50.6 (7) | 9:09.6 (2) | 2:35.4 (6) | 19:19.0 (5) | |
NC5 | Netherlands | 47.8 (4) | 9:37.0 (8) | 2:34.2 (5) | 19:45.2 (6) | |
NC6 | German Empire | 49.6 (5) | 10:12.0 (10) | 2:53.4 (10) | 21:18.6 (7) | |
NC | Oskar Fredriksen | Norway | 47.4 (2) | 9:25.0 (6) | 2:31.8 (4) | NS |
NC | Russia | 53.4 (9) | 9:28.6 (7) | 2:37.0 (8) | NS | |
NC | Hungary | 50.8 (8) | 9:40.6 (9) | NF | NS | |
NC | Russia | 50.2 (6) | NS | NS | NS | |
NC | Netherlands | NF | 9:14.6 (3) | 2:38.4 (9) | 19:03.6 (4) | |
NC | German Empire | NF | NF | 2:36.2 (7) | NS |
- * = Fell
- NC = Not classified
- NF = Not finished
- NS = Not started
- DQ = Disqualified
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]
Rules[]
Four distances have to be skated:
- 500m
- 1500m
- 5000m
- 10000m
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[]
- ^ "Results of the 1898 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
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