1893 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 1893 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 13 and 14 January at the ice rink Museumplein in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is the fourth World Allround Speed Skating Championships organised at the Museumplein in Amsterdam. (The championships in 1892 were canceled due to thaw). It was the first official World Allround Speed Skating Championship after the foundation of the International Skating Union (ISU) in 1892. The Dutch skater Jaap Eden became the first official ISU-World allround by winning the 1500, 5000 en 500 meter. He did not need to finish the 10000m according to the rules. Oskar Fredriksen from Norway skated the championship the first World record at the 10000 meter.

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Jaap Eden
First official ISU-World Champion
VenueMuseumplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates13–14 January
Competitors17 from 4 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jaap Eden  NED

Allround results

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Place Athlete Country 1500m 1500m
final
5000m 500m 500m
final
10000m
  Jaap Eden   Netherlands 2:49.2 (1) 2:48.2 (1) 9:59.0 (1) 51.2 (2) 51.2 (1) NF
NC2 Rudolf Ericson   Sweden 2:54.0 (4) 2:59.2 (3) 10:36.8 (3) 52.2 (4) 52.2 (4) 21:13.0 (2)
NC3 Filip Petersen   Norway 2:58.2 (7) 10:31.4 (2) 54.0 (7) 21:23.4 (3)
NC4 Julius von Salzen   German Empire 2:58.0 (5) 11:15.0 (5) 53.2 (5) 22:23.4 (4)
NC5 Maurits Cartier van Dissel   Netherlands 3:18.0 (9) 11:24.4 (6) 59.6 (11) 23:04.0 (5)
NC6 Wim de Boer   Netherlands 3:21.0 (11) 11:38.2 (8) 59.0 (10) 23:39.2 (6)
NC7 Jan Vervoort   Netherlands 3:28.4 (12) 11:57.6 (10) 1:01.0 (13) 23:57.0 (9)
NC8 Willem Gronert   Netherlands 3:38.4 (15) 11:52.0 (9) 1:01.2 (14) 23:45.0 (7)
NC N.N.   Netherlands NS NS 1:00.6 (12) NF
NC Einar Halvorsen   Norway 2:52.6 (3) 3:01.0 (4) 10:43.0 (4) 51.0 (1) 52.0 (2) NS
NC Oskar Fredriksen   Norway 2:49.2 (1) 2:55.0 (2) NF 52.0 (3) 52.0 (3) 20:21.4 (1) WR
NC Bernhard Bruzelius   Sweden 2:58.0 (5) NF 55.0 (8) NS
NC Dirk de Koe   Netherlands 3:28.4 (12) 11:31.0 (7) NS NS
NC J. Schoenmaker   Netherlands 3:31.4 (14)* 12:06.0 (11) NS NS
NC R. Damste   Netherlands 3:40.4 (16) 12:54.0 (12) NS NS
NC Albert de Wely   Netherlands 3:09.8 (8) NS 53.8 (6) 23:52.0 (8)
NC Hector van Sminia   Netherlands 3:18.6 (10) NS 58.0 (9) 25:00.0 (10)
* = Fell
NC = Not classified
NF = Not finished
NS = Not started
DQ = Disqualified

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]

Rules

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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.

References

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  1. ^ "Results of the 1893 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.