1909 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Oscar Mathisen World champion 1909
Venue	, Kristiania, Norway
Dates	27–28 February 1909
Competitors	14 from 4 nations
Medalist men
Oscar Mathisen  NOR  NOR  SWE
←1908 Davos 1910 Helsinki→

The 1909 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 27 and 28 February 1909 at the ice rink in Kristiania, Norway.

Oscar Mathisen was defending champion and succeeded in prolonging his title. He had the lowest number of points awarded, and no one won three distances. This was the first time that a World champion was declared without winning at least three distances.

Allround results[]

Place	Athlete	Country	Points	500m	5000m	1500m	10000m
	Oscar Mathisen	Norway	11	45.6 (1)	8:53.8 (3)	2:27.4 (1)	18:52.0 (6)
		Norway	14	46.0 (2)	8:58.8 (4)	2:30.6 (3)	18:50.8 (5)
		Sweden	18	49.0 (8)	8:53.4 (2)	2:34.2 (6)	18:31.8 (2)
4		Russia	20	50.8 (12)	8:45.0 (1)	2:34.4 (7)	18:17.4 (1)
5	Martin Sæterhaug	Norway	20	46.2 (3)	9:07.0 (5)	2:29.8 (2)	18:58.4 (10)
6		Norway	20,5	48.2 (6)	9:07.4 (6)	2:31.6 (4)	18:48.2 (4)
7	Sigurd Mathisen	Norway	29	47.0 (4)	9:10.4 (9)	2:32.8 (5)	19:16.4 (11)
8		Finland	32,5	47.8 (5)	9:18.8 (11)	2:34.6 (8)	18:56.0 (8)
9		Norway	32,5	48.2 (6)	9:17.6 (10)	2:35.6 (9)	18:53.0 (7)
10		Sweden	34	53.2 (13)	9:09.8 (7)	2:39.8 (12)	18:37.6 (3)
11		Norway	37	49.8 (9)	9:10.0 (8)	2:37.6 (11)	18:56.0 (8)
12		Norway	43,5	49.8 (9)	9:22.0 (12)	2:37.2 (10)	19:32.4 (12)
NC		Norway	-	NS	9:43.8 (14)	2:45.0 (14)	NS
NC		Norway	-	50.0 (11)	9:39.2 (13)	2:44.0 (13)	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

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.

• 1 point for 1st place
• 2 point for 2nd place
• 3 point for 3rd place
• and so on

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[]