1909 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

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

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Oscar Mathisen World champion 1909
VenueGamle Frogner, Kristiania, Norway
Dates27–28 February
Competitors14 from 4 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Oscar Mathisen  NOR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oluf Steen  NOR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Otto Andersson  SWE

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

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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)
  Oluf Steen   Norway 14 46.0 (2) 8:58.8 (4) 2:30.6 (3) 18:50.8 (5)
  Otto Andersson   Sweden 18 49.0 (8) 8:53.4 (2) 2:34.2 (6) 18:31.8 (2)
4 Yevgeni Burnov   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 Magnus Johansen   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 Väinö Wickström   Finland 32,5 47.8 (5) 9:18.8 (11) 2:34.6 (8) 18:56.0 (8)
9 Trygve Lundgreen   Norway 32,5 48.2 (6) 9:17.6 (10) 2:35.6 (9) 18:53.0 (7)
10 Gotthard Thourén   Sweden 34 53.2 (13) 9:09.8 (7) 2:39.8 (12) 18:37.6 (3)
11 Olaf Hansen   Norway 37 49.8 (9) 9:10.0 (8) 2:37.6 (11) 18:56.0 (8)
12 Konrad Andresen   Norway 43,5 49.8 (9) 9:22.0 (12) 2:37.2 (10) 19:32.4 (12)
NC Gustav Pedersen   Norway - NS 9:43.8 (14) 2:45.0 (14) NS
NC Thorleif Torgersen   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

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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

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  1. ^ "Results of the 1909 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.