1898 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Gustaf Estlander Participant of the 1898 World Championship
Venue	Eisstadion, Davos, Switzerland
Dates	6–7 February 1897
Competitors	12 from 3 nations
Medalists men
Peder Østlund   NOR
«1897 Montréal	1899 Berlin»

The 1897 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 6 and 7 February 1897 at the ice rink Eisstadion in Davos, Switzerland.

Jack McCulloch was the defending champion ut did not participated.

The Norwegian Peder Østlund won three distances but did not finish the 500 meter. According to the rules he became World champion. The German Julius Seyler who finished all the distances had the best score.

Allround results

Place	Athlete	Country	500m	5000m	1500m	10000m
	Peder Østlund	Norway	NF	8:52.2 (1)	2:23.6 (1)	18:40.0 (1)
NC2	Julius Seyler	German Empire	47.2 (1)	9:14.6 (3)	2:29.2 (2)	18:47.8 (2)
NC3	Gustaf Estlander	Finland	47.6 (3)	9:15.0 (5)	2:29.8 (3)	18:55.8 (3)
NC4	Wilhelm Sensburg	German Empire	50.6 (7)	9:09.6 (2)	2:35.4 (6)	19:19.0 (5)
NC5	Jan Banning	Netherlands	47.8 (4)	9:37.0 (8)	2:34.2 (5)	19:45.2 (6)
NC6	Alfred Lauenburg	German Empire	49.6 (5)	10:12.0 (10)	2:53.4 (10)	21:18.6 (7)
NC	Oskar Fredriksen	Norway	47.4 (2)	9:25.0 (6)	2:31.8 (4)	NS
NC	Nikolay Kryukov	Russia	53.4 (9)	9:28.6 (7)	2:37.0 (8)	NS
NC	István Szabó	Hungary	50.8 (8)	9:40.6 (9)	NF	NS
NC	Eduard Vollenveyder	Russia	50.2 (6)	NS	NS	NS
NC	Jan Greve	Netherlands	NF	9:14.6 (3)	2:38.4 (9)	19:03.6 (4)
NC	Hermann Kleeberg	German Empire	NF	NF	2:36.2 (7)	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

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

Silver and bronze medals were not awarded.

References

1. "Results of the 1898 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.