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1903 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
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International speed skating competition
May 2025
World Allround Speed Skating Championships Alfred Ingvald Naess circa 1900 wearing his skating medals.jpg 200 Alfred NaessParticipated in the 1903 World Championship Market Place, Saint Petersburg, Russia 20–21 March 15 5 None declared 1902 Helsinki 1904 Kristiania
The 1903 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 20 and 21 March 1903 at the ice rink Market Place in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
There was no defending champion. No one won at least three distances and so no World champion was declared.
Allround results
PlaceAthleteCountry500m5000m1500m10000m NC1 Johan Schwartz 50.0 (2) 10:15.2 (3) 2:59.0 (1) 22:47.6 (3) NC2 Theodor Bønsnæs 50.6 (4) 10:08.4 (2) 3:04.4 (5) 22:15.0 (1) NC3 Sigurd Mathisen 51.2 (5) 10:23.0 (6) 3:02.4 (4) 22:43.4 (2) NC4 Grigori Kiseljov 52.6 (9) 10:08.0 (1) 3:12.6 (11) 22:48.2 (4) NC5 Konrad Liljeberg 22px Finland 55.0 (13) 10:20.0 (5) 3:10.6 (10) 23:51.8 (6) NC6 Sergey Grigoryev 53.2 (10) 10:33.2 (8) 3:17.0 (13) 24:29.0 (7) NC Franz Wathén 22px Finland 49.4 (1) 10:17.0 (4) 3:01.0 (2) NF NC Johan Vikander 22px Finland 51.4 (7) 10:34.0 (9) 3:04.6 (6) NS NC Miltiades Mannó 22px Hungary 50.4 (3) NF 3:05.6 (7) NS NC Toivo Tillander 22px Finland 51.2 (5) 10:36.8 (10) 3:02.2 (3) NS NC Theodor Baltscheffski 22px Finland 53.6 (11) 11:33.6 (13) 3:19.8 (14) NS NC Jussi Wiinikainen 22px Finland 52.0 (8) 10:52.6 (12) 3:09.0 (9) NS NC Gösta Hägg 22px Finland 54.0 (12) 10:25.8 (7) 3:07.6 (8) NS NC Erik Thour 22px Sweden 55.4 (14) 10:46.0 (11) NS 23:05.8 (5) NC Fyodor Zhakin NS NS 3:15.8 (12) NS
* = Fell
NC = Not classified
NF = Not finished
NS = Not started
DQ = Disqualified
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.comResults of the 1903 World Championship Allround Men http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=wchall&year=1903 SpeedSkatingStats.com 25 August 2012
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
World Allround Speed Skating Championships, 1903
1903 World Allround
World Allround, 1903
Category:Sports competitions in Saint Petersburg
Category:1903 in the Russian Empire
Category:March 1903 sports events in Europe
Category:1900s in Saint Petersburg