1924 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 1924 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 1 and 2 March 1924 at the ice rink Pohjoissatama in Helsinki, Finland.

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Clas Thunberg (1924)
VenuePohjoissatama, Helsinki, Finland
Dates1–2 March
Competitors16 from 4 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roald Larsen  NOR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Uuno Pietilä  FIN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Julius Skutnabb  FIN

Clas Thunberg was defending champion but did not succeed in prolonging his title.
Roald Larsen became World champion for the first time.

Allround results edit

Place Athlete Country Points 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m
  Roald Larsen   Norway 7.0 46.0 (3) 8:54.5 (1) 2:27.8 (1) 18:18.0 (1)
  Uuno Pietilä   Finland 13.5 47.3 (8) 8:57.8 (2) 2:29.9 (4) 18:05.9 (4)
  Julius Skutnabb   Finland 17.0 47.0 (6) 9:01.8 (4) 2:29.9 (5) 18:20.2 (5)
4 Asser Wallenius   Finland 19.0 45.4 (2) 9:05.2 (7) 2:29.5 (3) 18:58.5 (3)
5 Ivar Ballangrud   Norway 21.0 49.8 (12) 9:00.5 (3) 2:31.0 (6) 18:17.0 (6)
6 Toivo Ovaska   Finland 24.5 47.0 (7) 9:12.4 (9) 2:29.4 (2) 19:06.2 (2)
7 Yrjö Päivinen   Finland 30.0 50.0 (13) 9:03.6 (6) 2:33.9 (9) 18:36.2 (9)
8 Viljo Kanerva   Finland 33.0 48.8 (11) 9:08.2 (8) 2:34.4 (10) 18:50.3 (10)
9 Lauri Helanterä   Finland 37.0 46.5 (4) 9:39.9 (14) 2:33.1 (8) 20:14.2 (8)
10 Ilmari Danska   Finland 38.0 47.8 (9) 9:32.6 (13) 2:32.6 (7) 19:49.3 (7)
11 Walter Tverin   Finland 40.0 47.9 (10) 9:19.1 (10) 2:35.5 (13) 19:20.8 (12)
12 Waldemar Bergström   Finland 42.0 51.8 (14) 9:20.2 (12) 2:40.8 (14) 18:47.0 (13)
13 Christfried Burmeister   United Kingdom 42.0 55.7 (15) 9:19.2 (11) 2:34.6 (12) 18:56.8 (11)
NC Clas Thunberg   Finland - 45.0 (1) 9:03.2 (5) - -
NC Hans Kleeberg jr.   Germany - 58.0 (16) DNF - -
NC Harald Belewicz   Finland - 46.8 (5) 9:43.0 (15) 2:34.4 (11) -
* = Fell
NC = Not classified
NF = Not finished
NS = Not started
DQ = Disqualified

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]

Rules edit

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 edit

  1. ^ "Results of the 1924 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.