1896 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Jaap Eden First official ISU-World Champion
Venue	Joesoepovski Park, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Dates	7–8 February 1896
Competitors	14 from 4 nations
Medalists men
Jaap Eden   NED
«1895 Hamar	1897 Montreal»

The 1896 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 7 and 8 February 1896 at the ice rink Joesoepovski Park in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Jaap Eden was the defending champion, he prolonged his title by winning all four distances.

Allround results

Place	Athlete	Country	500m	5000m	1500m	10000m
01 !	Jaap Eden	Netherlands	50.2 (1)	9:03.2 (1)	2:36.2 (1)	18:52.4 (1)
NC2	Gustaf Estlander	Finland	53.8 (3)	9:42.4 (2)	2:44.2 (2)	19:57.4 (2)
NC3	Johan Wink	Finland	55.0 (7)	9:48.6 (3)	2:54.4 (6)	20:12.2 (3)
NC4	Nikolay Fyodorov	Russia	1:00.8 (10)	11:01.2 (8)	3:12.6 (11)	23:11.6 (5)
NC	N. Obukhov	Russia	58.8 (9)	10:59.0 (7)	3:08.2 (10)	NF
NC	Sergey Muller	Russia	54.2 (4)	10:03.2 (4)	2:49.2 (4)	NS
NC	V. Gumbin	Russia	1:03.2 (11)	11:19.8 (9)	3:18.2 (12)	NS
NC	A. Nikolayev	Russia	56.6 (8)	NS	NF	NS
NC	Eduard Vollenveyder	Russia	54.6 (5)	NS	NS	NS
NC	Aleksandr Papikin	Russia	52.8 (2)	NS	2:54.4 (6)	NS
NC	Pyotr Kusminski	Russia	54.8 (6)	NS	2:53.2 (5)	NS
NC	M. Pfeffer	Russia	NF	10:48.0 (6)	3:02.6 (9)	NS
NC	Julius Seyler	German Empire	NS	NS	2:44.2 (2)	NS
NC	H. Roos	Russia	NS	10:12.6 (5)	2:56.0 (8)	21:05.6 (4)

* = Fell

NC = Not classified

NF = Not finished

NS = Not started

DQ = Disqualified

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[1]

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