1891 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

International speed skating competition World Allround Speed Skating Championships Pim Mulier.jpg 200 Pim MulierParticipant of the 1891 World Allround Championships Museumplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands 6–7 January 15 3 Joe Donoghue USA 1890 Amsterdam 1893 Amsterdam The 1891 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 6 and 7 January at the ice rink Museumplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It's an unofficial championship because there was no International Skating Union (ISU is founded in 1892) Four distances were skated at the World Championship, the ½ mile (850 meter), the 1 mile (1609 meter), the 2 miles (3219 meter) and the 5 miles (8047 meter). One became champion if one won three of the four distances. The American Joe Donoghue won all the four distances and became the first World allround champion. Allround results PlaceAthleteCountry½ milekwalification½ milefinal1 mile2 mile5 mile Joe Donoghue 22px United States 1:25.4 (1) 1:25.6 (1) 6:10.8 (1) 3:00.4 (1) 16:02.2 (1) NC2 Klaas Pander 1:34.0 (2) 1:30.2 (2) 6:38.6 (2) 3:11.2 (2) 17:04.0 (2) NC3 August Underborg 22px German Empire 1:36.0 (4) 1:32.4 (4) 6:52.4 (4) 3:14.2 (3) 17:04.4 (3) NC4 A.L. Couvée 1:36.6 (5) 7:19.4 (8) 3:18.0 (5) 17:04.8 (4) NC5 Maurits Cartier van Dissel 1:37.0 (6) 6:52.2 (3) 3:27.4 (7) 17:56.0 (5) NC6 G.J.M. Couvée 1:44.2 (9) 6:53.4 (5) 3:46.0 (10) 18:30.0 (8) NC7 Willem de Boer 1:49.6 (10) 7:38.6 (9) 3:35.0 (9) 18:26.4 (7) NC8 N.J. Kampers 1:52.4 (13) 7:19.4 (7) 3:29.0 (8) 18:13.0 (6) NC9 Dirk Fenenga 1:55.2 (14) 8:27.4 (12) 3:56.4 (11) 20:54.0 (9) NC Jaap Houtman 1:40.0 (7) 7:04.4 (6) 3:21.0 (6) NF NC C. Henny 2:02.0 (15)* 9:04.4 (13) NF NS NC Bernardus van Rijckevorsel 1:42.4 (8) 8:01.4 (11) NS NS NC Pim Mulier 1:51.6 (12) 7:34.4 (10) NS NS NC Jaap Eden 1:35.2 (3) 1:31.2 (3) NS 3:15.2 (4)* NS NC B.A. Jansen 1:49.6 (10) NS NS NS * = Fell NC = Not classified NF = Not finished NS = Not started DQ = Disqualified Source: SpeedSkatingStats.comResults of the 1891 World Championship Allround Men http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=wchall&year=1891 SpeedSkatingStats.com 25 August 2012 Rules Four distances have to be skated: ½ mile (805 m) 1 mile (1609 m) 2 miles (3219 m) 5 miles (8047 meter) One could only win the World Championships by winning at three of the four distances, so there would be no World Champion if no skater won three distances. The winner of the ½ mile was decided by a final of the best four skaters of the distance. If the same time was skated a skate-off is skated to decide the ranking. Silver and bronze medals were not awarded. References June 2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, 1891 1891 World Allround World Allround, 1891 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, 1891 Category:1891 in Dutch sport Category:January 1891 in Europe Category:19th century in Amsterdam