1889 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Pim Mulier
Participant of the 1889 World Allround Championships
VenueMuseumplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates8–9 January
Competitors22 from 4 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) None declared

The 1889 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 8 and 9 January at the ice rink Museumplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is the first World Allround Speed Skating Championships, it's unofficial because there was no International Skating Union (ISU is founded in 1892)

Three distances were skated at the World Championship, the ½ mile (850 meter), the 1 mile (1609 meter) and the 2 miles (3219 meter). One became champion if one won all three distances.

The Russian Aleksandr Pansjin didn't win the final at the 2 miles and was not declared as winner due to the rules.

Allround results

Place Athlete Country ½ mile
kwalification 		½ mile
skate-off 		½ mile
final 		1 mile
kwalification 		1 mile
final 		2 mile
kwalification 		2 mile
final
NC1 Aleksandr Panshin  Russia 1:24.6 (1) 1:25.6 (1) 2:59.0 (1) 2:58.6 (1) 6:31.6 (1) 6:31.0 (2)
NC2 Joe Donoghue United States 1:35.0 (9)* 3:05.0 (2) 3:00.2 (2) 6:34.2 (2) 6:24.0 (1)
NC3 Klaas Pander  Netherlands 1:30.8 (2) 1:30.8 (2) 3:26.0 (11) 6:50.0 (4) 6:46.8 (4)
NC4 George Jurrjens  Netherlands 1:35.6 (10) 3:10.3 (3) 3:07.2 (3) 6:49.0 (3) 6:43.2 (3)
NC5 A. Couvée  Netherlands 1:33.0 (5) 1:32.2 (2) 3:19.0 (6) 7:04.8 (5)
NC6 Louis Tebbutt  United Kingdom 1:34.0 (7) 3:14.0 (4) 3:12.4 (4) 7:07.2 (6)
NC7 C. Venema  Netherlands 1:33.2 (6) 3:21.0 (9) 7:11.0 (7)*
NC8 G. van Blommestein  Netherlands 1:41.0 (19) 3:30.6 (16) 7:50.0 (9)
NC9 Jakob de Jong  Netherlands 1:40.0 (16) 3:30.2 (15) 7:35.2 (8)
NC T. Vethake  Netherlands 1:44.0 (21) 3:39.8 (19) NF
NC D. Doijer  Netherlands 1:43.0 (20) 3:26.8 (12) NF
NC Charles Tebbutt  United Kingdom 1:33.0 (4) 1:32.0 (1) NF 3:20.2 (8) NS
NC Pim Mulier  Netherlands 1:37.0 (12) 3:32.0 (18) NS
NC R. Broekmeijer  Netherlands 1:40.0 (16) 3:18.4 (5) NS
NC G. Green  United Kingdom 1:38.0 (15) 3:28.8 (14) NS
NC Willem van Vollenhoven  Netherlands 1:36.8 (11) 3:27.0 (13) NS
NC Wim de Boer  Netherlands 1:37.0 (12) 3:20.0 (7) NS
NC James Loveday  United Kingdom 1:34.4 (8) NS NS
NC William Loveday  United Kingdom 1:32.0 (3) 1:34.0 (3) 3:21.6 (10) NS
NC J. van Vollenhoven  Netherlands 1:40.0 (16) NS NS
NC Foeke Tjalma  Netherlands 1:37.0 (14)* NS NS
NC P. Ruitinga  Netherlands NF 3:31.0 (17) NS
* = Fell
NC = Not classified
NF = Not finished
NS = Not started
DQ = Disqualified

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]

Rules

Three distances have to be skated:

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

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

The winner of the distances 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

  1. ^ "Results of the 1889 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.