1890 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 1890 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 3 and 4 January at the ice rink Museumplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It's an unofficial championship because the ISU was founded in 1892.

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
VenueMuseumplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates3-4 January
Competitors17 from 5 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) None declared

Four distances were skated at the World Championship, the ½ mile (805 meter), the 1 mile (1609 meter), the 2 miles (3219 meter) and the 5 miles (8047 meter). One became champion if one won three of the four distances.

The Norwegian Adolf Norseng did not become World Champion because he only won two distances of the four. He skated the fastest ½ mile in qualifying but finished second in the final.

Allround results edit

Place Athlete Country ½ mile
qualifying
½ mile
final
1 mile 2 mile 5 mile
NC1 Adolf Norseng   Norway 1:22.4 (1) 1:24.6 (2) 3:07.0 (2) 6:25.0 (1) 16:48.4 (1)
NC2 George Jurrjens   Netherlands 1:31.2 (6) 3:15.0 (3) 6:53.0 (3) 18:33.4 (2)
NC3 Fritz Ahrendt   German Empire 1:31.4 (7) 3:34.6 (6) 7:20.8 (5) 19:38.4 (3)
NC Klaas Pander   Netherlands 1:22.6 (2) 1:24.4 (1)* 3:06.0 (1) 6:33.4 (2) NS
NC Jaap Houtman   Netherlands 1:30.8 (5) 3:20.0 (4) 7:09.0 (4) NS
NC N.J. Kampers   Netherlands 1:45.0 (10) NS NS 20:40.0 (4)
NC Willem de Boer   Netherlands 1:37.0 (9) NS NS NS
NC Aleksandr Panshin   Russia 1:26.0 (3) 1:26.0 (3) NS NS NS
NC Even Godager   Norway 1:26.8 (4) 1:27.0 (4) NS NS NS
NC Foeke Tjalma   Netherlands 1:31.6 (8) NS NS NS
NC J.E. Jurrjens   Netherlands 2:02.0 (11)* NS NS NS
NC A.L. Couvée   Netherlands NF NS NS NS
NC G.J.M. Couvée   Netherlands NF NS NS NS
NC C.F. Jibbens   Netherlands NF NS NS NS
NC Charles Tebbutt   United Kingdom NS 3:25.6 (5) NF NS
NC Rosenau   Netherlands NS NS NS NS
NC Verspijck   Netherlands NS NS NS NS
* = Fell
NC = Not classified
NF = Not finished
NS = Not started
DQ = Disqualified

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]

Rules edit

Four distances have to be skated:

  • ½ mile (805 m)
  • 1 mile (1609 m)
  • 2 miles (3219 m)
  • 5 miles (8047 m)

One could only win the World Championships by winning at three of the four distances, so there would be no World Champion if no skater won three distances.

The winner of the ½ mile was decided by a final of the best four skaters of the distance. If the same time was skated a skate-off is skated to decide the ranking.

Silver and bronze medals were not awarded.

References edit

  1. ^ "Results of the 1890 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.