1912 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 1912 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 17 and 18 February 1912 at the ice rink Gamle Frogner in Kristiania, Norway.

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Oscar Mathisen World champion 1912
VenueGamle Frogner, Kristiania, Norway
Dates17–18 February
Competitors15 from 4 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Oscar Mathisen  NOR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gunnar Strömstén  FIN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Trygve Lundgreen  NOR

Nikolay Strunnikov was defending champion but did not take part in these championships. Oscar Mathisen had the lowest number of points awarded and won all four distances. He became World champion for the third time. He and Jaap Eden are the only ice-skaters winning the World championship three times (so far).

Allround results

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Place Athlete Country Points 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m
  Oscar Mathisen   Norway 4 44.2 (1) 8:45.2 (1) 2:20.8 (1) 17:46.3 (1)
  Gunnar Strömstén   Finland 10,5 47.0 (5) 8:53.3 (3) 2:26.1 (2) 18:13.3 (2)
  Trygve Lundgreen   Norway 12,5 47.0 (5) 8:52.5 (2) 2:27.3 (4) 18:15.3 (3)
4 Martin Sæterhaug   Norway 19 46.6 (3) 9:11.9 (7) 2:26.3 (3) 18:57.9 (7)
5 Ernst Cederlöf   Sweden 20 47.2 (7) 9:06.6 (4) 2:28.2 (5) 18:18.2 (6)
6 Stener Johannessen   Norway 22 48.1 (10) 9:07.1 (5) 2:28.3 (6) 18:16.8 (5)
7 Vasili Ippolitov   Russia 24,5 48.2 (11) 9:07.9 (6) 2:28.9 (7) 18:16.7 (4)
8 Einar Berntsen   Norway 31,5 48.2 (11) 9:27.7 (9) 2:32.4 (8) 19:16.4 (8)
9 Olaf Hansen   Norway 36 51.0 (14) 9:47.7 (11) 2:39.8 (13) 19:57.2 (9)
NC Magnus Herseth   Norway - 47.7 (9) 10:05.6 (14) 2:35.8 (11) NF
NC Thoralf Thoresen   Norway - 47.5 (8) 9:47.6 (10) 2:35.2 (10) NF
NC Bjarne Frang   Norway - 46.7 (4) 9:57.6 (13) 2:33.8 (9) NS
NC Reidar Gundersen   Norway - 48.6 (13) 9:53.0 (12) 2:38.0 (12) NS
NC Henning Olsen   Norway - 46.2 (2) 9:14.5 (8) NS NS
NC Aksel Mathiesen   Norway - NF NS NS NS
* = Fell
NC = Not classified
NF = Not finished
NS = Not started
DQ = Disqualified

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]

Rules

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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

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  1. ^ "Results of the 1912 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.