1912 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Oscar Mathisen World champion 1912
Venue	, Kristiania, Norway
Dates	17–18 February 1912
Competitors	15 from 4 nations
Medalist men
Oscar Mathisen  NOR  FIN  NOR
←1911 Trondheim 1913 Helsinki→

The 1912 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 17 and 18 February 1912 at the ice rink in Kristiania, Norway.

Nikolay Strunnikov was defending champion but did not take part in these championships. Oscar Mathisen had the lowest number of points awarded and won all four distances. He became World champion for the third time. He and Jaap Eden are the only ice-skaters winning the World championship three times (so far).

Allround results[]

Place	Athlete	Country	Points	500m	5000m	1500m	10000m
	Oscar Mathisen	Norway	4	44.2 (1)	8:45.2 (1)	2:20.8 (1)	17:46.3 (1)
		Finland	10,5	47.0 (5)	8:53.3 (3)	2:26.1 (2)	18:13.3 (2)
		Norway	12,5	47.0 (5)	8:52.5 (2)	2:27.3 (4)	18:15.3 (3)
4	Martin Sæterhaug	Norway	19	46.6 (3)	9:11.9 (7)	2:26.3 (3)	18:57.9 (7)
5		Sweden	20	47.2 (7)	9:06.6 (4)	2:28.2 (5)	18:18.2 (6)
6		Norway	22	48.1 (10)	9:07.1 (5)	2:28.3 (6)	18:16.8 (5)
7	Vasili Ippolitov	Russia	24,5	48.2 (11)	9:07.9 (6)	2:28.9 (7)	18:16.7 (4)
8	Einar Berntsen	Norway	31,5	48.2 (11)	9:27.7 (9)	2:32.4 (8)	19:16.4 (8)
9		Norway	36	51.0 (14)	9:47.7 (11)	2:39.8 (13)	19:57.2 (9)
NC		Norway	-	47.7 (9)	10:05.6 (14)	2:35.8 (11)	NF
NC		Norway	-	47.5 (8)	9:47.6 (10)	2:35.2 (10)	NF
NC		Norway	-	46.7 (4)	9:57.6 (13)	2:33.8 (9)	NS
NC		Norway	-	48.6 (13)	9:53.0 (12)	2:38.0 (12)	NS
NC		Norway	-	46.2 (2)	9:14.5 (8)	NS	NS
NC		Norway	-	NF	NS	NS	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[]