1894 World Allround Speed Skating Championships Explained

Event:World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Venue:Saltsjöbanen, Stockholm, Sweden
Dates:10–11 February
Competitors:19
Nations:6
Goldm:Not declared
Prev:1893 Amsterdam
Next:1895 Hamar

The 1894 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 10 and 11 February 1894 at the ice rink Saltsjöbanen in Stockholm, Sweden. 19 skaters from six countries participated.[1] It is the first World Allround Speed Skating Championships skated outside off Amsterdam. The Dutch skater Jaap Eden was the defending champion. No new champion was declared because none of the skaters won three distances.

Allround results

PlaceAthleteCountry500m500m
final
5000m1500m1500m
final
10000m
NC154.4 (9) 10:01.0 (2)2:56.8 (7)19:43.8 (2)
NC255.8 (12)10:19.0 (3)2:52.6 (5)20:28.6 (4)
NC3Frithjof Ericson56.6 (14)10:21.6 (4)3:02.4 (10)20:08.8 (3)
NC4Mauritz Callin53.4 (8)10:22.6 (5)3:06.2 (13)*20:43.4 (6)
NC5John Larsson55.0 (10)10:49.2 (9)2:58.8 (9)20:35.0 (5)
NC6Gustaf Johansson55.4 (11)10:44.0 (8)2:58.6 (8)20:45.4 (7)
NC7James Aveling56.0 (13)11:02.8 (11)3:06.8 (15)21:51.0 (12)
NC8Fredrik Gölin59.2 (17)10:54.2 (10)3:06.0 (12)21:48.4 (11)
NC51.8 (5)9:32.0 (1)2:45.8 (2)2:35.6 (1)NS
NCPeder Østlund51.0 (2)52.2 (4)10:25.6 (6)2:48.4 (3)2:48.2 (3)NS
NCSven Bodee58.2 (16)10:31.0 (7)NF20:55.0 (8)
NCJosef Jahnzon1:04.8 (18)*11:08.0 (11)NSNS
NCJaap Eden51.4 (3)50.4 (2)NF2:45.2 (1)2:36.2 (2)19:12.4 (1)
NCAlfred Næss50.4 (1)51.4 (3)NS 2:55.4 (6)NS
NCOskar Fredriksen51.4 (3)50.4 (1)NS2:49.8 (4)2:49.8 (4)NF
NCGustaf Gustafsson52.2 (6)NS3:03.2 (11)NS
NCHelmer Langborg53.0 (7)NS NSNS
NCJohan Lindstedt56.8 (15)NS3:06.2 (13)21:17.6 (10)
NCGunnar LangborgNS NS NS NF

* = Fell

NC = Not classified

NF = Not finished

NS = Not started

DQ = DisqualifiedSource: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]

Rules

Four distances had to be skated: 500, 1500, 5000 and 10,000 m. One could earn the world title only by winning at least three of the four distances, otherwise the title would be vacant. The winner of the 500 and 1500 meter was decided by a skate off of the best four skaters of the distance. Silver and bronze medals were not awarded.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Distance Result: World Allround Championships 1894. Speedskating News. en. February 1894. 21 February 2017.
  2. Web site: Results of the 1894 World Championship Allround Men. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 25 August 2012.