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1900 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
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International speed skating competition
World Allround Speed Skating Championships Alfred Ingvald Naess circa 1900 wearing his skating medals.jpg 200 Alfred NæssParticipated in the 1900 World Championship Frognerkilen, Kristiania, Norway 24–25 February 12 1 Edvard Engelsaas NOR 1899 Berlin 1901 Stockholm
The 1900 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 24 and 25 February 1900 at the ice rinks Frognerkilen in Kristiania (Today: Oslo), Norway.https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&query=schaatsen&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_gte_+%2201-01-1900%22%29&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_lte_+%2201-12-1900%22%29&facets%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=artikel&redirect=true&identifier=ddd:010126914:mpeg21:a0151&resultsidentifier=ddd:010126914:mpeg21:a0151 Gevonden in Delpher - Het nieuws van den dag : Kleine courant The first day was skated at the ice rink Friedenauer Sportplatz (a 400 m ice rink). Due to the bad ice conditions the second day the distances were skated at the ice rink Westeisbahn (a 335 m ice rink).
Peder Østlund was the defending champion, after 2 distances he stopped.
Edvard Engelsaas won three distances and became the new World champion.
Allround results
PlaceAthleteCountry500m5000m1500m10000m Edvard Engelsaas 47.4 (3) 9:34.2 (1) 2:38.4 (1) 20:09.4 (1)
NC2 Alfred Næss 47.2 (2) 9:59.2 (7) 2:42.0 (2) 20:49.2 (4)
NC3 Rudolf Gundersen 50.2 (5) 9:49.0 (3) 2:43.0 (3) 20:36.6 (3)
NC4 Carl Frantzen 52.2 (10)9:55.6 (5)2:46.4 (4)20:12.2 (2)
NC5 Thorvald Thomsen 51.2 (7)9:54.8 (4)2:46.6 (5)20:59.8 (5)
NC6 Rudolf Røhne 50.2 (5)9:58.8 (6)2:50.8 (8)22:11.4 (8)
NC7 Hans Johansen 55.4 (11)10:08.0 (10)3:01.2 (10)21:13.4 (6)
NC8 Olaf Johansen 56.0 (12)10:14.4 (12) 21:20.2 (7)
NC Asbjørn Bye 50.0 (4)10:06.8 (9)2:49.8 (6)NS
NC Leonhard Kristoffersen 51.8 (8)10:09.4 (11)2:53.8 (9)NS
NC John Skjefstad 52.0 (9)10:01.6 (8)2:50.0 (7)NS
NC Peder Østlund 46.4 (1)9:43.0 (2) NS NS
* = Fell
NC = Not classified
NF = Not finished
NS = Not started
DQ = Disqualified
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.comResults of the 1900 World Championship Allround Men http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=wchall&year=1900 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
June 2017
World Allround Speed Skating Championships, 1900
1900 World Allround
World Allround, 1900
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