1923 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

International speed skating competition World Allround Speed Skating Championships Clas Thunberg Chamonix 1924.gif 250 Clas Thunberg (1924) Östermalms Idrottsplats, Stockholm, Sweden 10–11 February 18 5 Clas Thunberg FIN Harald Strøm NOR Yakov Melnikov URS 1922 Kristiania 1924 Helsinki The 1923 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 10 and 11 February 1923 at the ice rink Östermalms Idrottsplats in Stockholm, Sweden. Harald Strøm was defending champion but did not succeed in prolonging his title. Clas Thunberg became World champion for the first time. Allround results PlaceAthleteCountryPoints500m5000m1500m10000m Clas Thunberg 11.0 45.2 (1) 9:10.3 (2) 2:26.3 (2) 18:21.3 (6) Harald Strøm 13.0 47.4 (6) 9:13.6 (3) 2:27.2 (3) 17:58.4 (1) Yakov Melnikov URS 1922 Soviet Union 14.0 47.0 (4) 9:06.2 (1) 2:30.4 (6) 18:09.0 (3)4 Roald Larsen 17.0 47.6 (7) 9:17.8 (5) 2:24.9 (1) 18:14.4 (4)5 Ole Olsen 24.0 49.3 (13) 9:16.5 (4) 2:29.5 (5) 17:59.9 (2)6 Julius Skutnabb 25.0 48.0 (8) 9:20.4 (6) 2:28.0 (4) 18:23.2 (7)7 Oskar Olsen 36.0 45.9 (2) 9:23.3 (8) 2:34.1 (15) 18:48.4 (11)8 Eric Blomgren 36.0 48.4 (9) 9:29.1 (10) 2:31.6 (9) 18:28.3 (8)9 Fridtjof Paulsen 37.0 49.6 (14) 9:22.4 (7) 2:30.8 (7) 18:29.2 (9)10 Platon Ippolitov URS 1922 Soviet Union 41.0 49.8 (15) 9:32.8 (11) 2:32.5 (10) 18:19.3 (5)11 Asser Wallenius 42.0 46.9 (3) 9:53.0 (16) 2:32.6 (11) 18:56.5 (12)12 Harald Halvorsen 42.0 47.2 (5) 9:49.7 (14) 2:31.3 (8) 19:17.8 (15)13 Toivo Ovaska 52.0 48.7 (10) 9:49.3 (13) 2:33.5 (12) 19:29.2 (17)14 Waldemar Bergström 52.5 51.1 (16) 9:26.5 (9) 2:39.3 (17) 18:35.3 (10)15 Knut Sundheim 55.0 49.2 (12) 9:50.8 (15) 2:33.8 (14) 19:07.0 (14)16 Werner Eriksson 58.0 48.9 (11) 10:15.3 (18) 2:33.6 (13) 19:22.9 (16)17 Gustaf Andersson 59.0 51.2 (18) 9:32.9 (12) 2:38.6 (16) 19:06.6 (13)18 Karl Johansson 69.5 51.1 (16) 10:02.6 (17) 2:39.6 (18) 19:32.9 (18) * = Fell NC = Not classified NF = Not finished NS = Not started DQ = Disqualified Source: SpeedSkatingStats.comResults of the 1923 World Championship Allround Men http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=wchall&year=1923 SpeedSkatingStats.com 25 August 2012 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 June 2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, 1923 1923 World Allround World Allround, 1923 Category:International sports competitions in Stockholm World Allround Speed Skating Championships World Allround Speed Skating Championships Category:1920s in Stockholm