1909 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 1909 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 27 and 28 February 1909 at the ice rink Gamle Frogner in Kristiania, Norway.
| World Allround Speed Skating Championships | |||||||||||||
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 Oscar Mathisen World champion 1909 | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Gamle Frogner, Kristiania, Norway | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 27–28 February 1909 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 4 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalist men | |||||||||||||
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Oscar Mathisen was defending champion and succeeded in prolonging his title. He had the lowest number of points awarded, and no one won three distances. This was the first time that a World champion was declared without winning at least three distances.
Allround results
| Place | Athlete | Country | Points | 500m | 5000m | 1500m | 10000m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Oscar Mathisen |  Norway | 11 | 45.6 (1) | 8:53.8 (3) | 2:27.4 (1) | 18:52.0 (6) |
 | Oluf Steen | Norway | 14 | 46.0 (2) | 8:58.8 (4) | 2:30.6 (3) | 18:50.8 (5) |
 | Otto Andersson |  Sweden | 18 | 49.0 (8) | 8:53.4 (2) | 2:34.2 (6) | 18:31.8 (2) |
| 4 | Yevgeni Burnov |  Russia | 20 | 50.8 (12) | 8:45.0 (1) | 2:34.4 (7) | 18:17.4 (1) |
| 5 | Martin Sæterhaug | Norway | 20 | 46.2 (3) | 9:07.0 (5) | 2:29.8 (2) | 18:58.4 (10) |
| 6 | Magnus Johansen | Norway | 20,5 | 48.2 (6) | 9:07.4 (6) | 2:31.6 (4) | 18:48.2 (4) |
| 7 | Sigurd Mathisen | Norway | 29 | 47.0 (4) | 9:10.4 (9) | 2:32.8 (5) | 19:16.4 (11) |
| 8 | Väinö Wickström | Finland | 32,5 | 47.8 (5) | 9:18.8 (11) | 2:34.6 (8) | 18:56.0 (8) |
| 9 | Trygve Lundgreen | Norway | 32,5 | 48.2 (6) | 9:17.6 (10) | 2:35.6 (9) | 18:53.0 (7) |
| 10 | Gotthard Thourén | Sweden | 34 | 53.2 (13) | 9:09.8 (7) | 2:39.8 (12) | 18:37.6 (3) |
| 11 | Olaf Hansen | Norway | 37 | 49.8 (9) | 9:10.0 (8) | 2:37.6 (11) | 18:56.0 (8) |
| 12 | Konrad Andresen | Norway | 43,5 | 49.8 (9) | 9:22.0 (12) | 2:37.2 (10) | 19:32.4 (12) |
| NC | Gustav Pedersen | Norway | - | NS | 9:43.8 (14) | 2:45.0 (14) | NS |
| NC | Thorleif Torgersen | Norway | - | 50.0 (11) | 9:39.2 (13) | 2:44.0 (13) | 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
- "Results of the 1909 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.