1912 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Oscar Mathisen World champion 1912
Venue	Gamle Frogner, Kristiania, Norway
Dates	17–18 February 1912
Competitors	15from 4 nations
Medalist men
01 ! Oscar Mathisen  NOR 02 ! Gunnar Strömstén  FIN 03 ! Trygve Lundgreen  NOR
Medalist women

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

Nikolay Strunnikov was defending champion but did not take part in these championships. Oscar Mathisen had the lowest amount 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

Place	Athlete	Country	Points	500m	5000m	1500m	10000m
01 !	Oscar Mathisen	Norway	4	44.2 (1)	8:45.2 (1)	2:20.8 (1)	17:46.3 (1)
02 !	Gunnar Strömstén	Finland	10,5	47.0 (5)	8:53.3 (3)	2:26.1 (2)	18:13.3 (2)
03 !	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

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