1923 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Clas Thunberg (1924)
VenueÖstermalms Idrottsplats, Stockholm, Sweden
Dates10–11 February
Competitors18 from 5 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Clas Thunberg  FIN
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Harald Strøm  NOR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yakov Melnikov  URS

The 1923 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 10 and 11 February 1923 at the ice rink Östermalms Idrottsplats in Stockholm, Sweden.

Harald Strøm was defending champion but did not succeed in prolonging his title.
Clas Thunberg became World champion for the first time.

Allround results

Place Athlete Country Points 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Clas Thunberg  Finland 11.0 45.2 (1) 9:10.3 (2) 2:26.3 (2) 18:21.3 (6)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Harald Strøm  Norway 13.0 47.4 (6) 9:13.6 (3) 2:27.2 (3) 17:58.4 (1)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yakov Melnikov Soviet Union Soviet Union 14.0 47.0 (4) 9:06.2 (1) 2:30.4 (6) 18:09.0 (3)
4 Roald Larsen  Norway 17.0 47.6 (7) 9:17.8 (5) 2:24.9 (1) 18:14.4 (4)
5 Ole Olsen  Norway 24.0 49.3 (13) 9:16.5 (4) 2:29.5 (5) 17:59.9 (2)
6 Julius Skutnabb  Finland 25.0 48.0 (8) 9:20.4 (6) 2:28.0 (4) 18:23.2 (7)
7 Oskar Olsen  Norway 36.0 45.9 (2) 9:23.3 (8) 2:34.1 (15) 18:48.4 (11)
8 Eric Blomgren  Sweden 36.0 48.4 (9) 9:29.1 (10) 2:31.6 (9) 18:28.3 (8)
9 Fridtjof Paulsen  Norway 37.0 49.6 (14) 9:22.4 (7) 2:30.8 (7) 18:29.2 (9)
10 Platon Ippolitov Soviet Union Soviet Union 41.0 49.8 (15) 9:32.8 (11) 2:32.5 (10) 18:19.3 (5)
11 Asser Wallenius  Finland 42.0 46.9 (3) 9:53.0 (16) 2:32.6 (11) 18:56.5 (12)
12 Harald Halvorsen  Norway 42.0 47.2 (5) 9:49.7 (14) 2:31.3 (8) 19:17.8 (15)
13 Toivo Ovaska  Finland 52.0 48.7 (10) 9:49.3 (13) 2:33.5 (12) 19:29.2 (17)
14 Waldemar Bergström  Finland 52.5 51.1 (16) 9:26.5 (9) 2:39.3 (17) 18:35.3 (10)
15 Knut Sundheim  Norway 55.0 49.2 (12) 9:50.8 (15) 2:33.8 (14) 19:07.0 (14)
16 Werner Eriksson  Sweden 58.0 48.9 (11) 10:15.3 (18) 2:33.6 (13) 19:22.9 (16)
17 Gustaf Andersson  Sweden 59.0 51.2 (18) 9:32.9 (12) 2:38.6 (16) 19:06.6 (13)
18 Karl Johansson  Sweden 69.5 51.1 (16) 10:02.6 (17) 2:39.6 (18) 19:32.9 (18)
* = 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

  1. ^ "Results of the 1923 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.