1890 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Museumplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates	8-9 January 1890
Competitors	17 from 5 nations
Medalists men
None declared
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The 1890 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 3 and 4 January at the ice rink Museumplein in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It's an unofficial championship because there was no International Skating Union (ISU is founded in 1892)

Four distances were skated at the World Championship, the ½ mile (850 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 didn't become World Champion because he only won two distances, he skated the fastest ½ miles but did not win the final.

Allround results

Place	Athlete	Country	½ mile kwalification	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

Four distances have to be skated:

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

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