1898 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
International speed skating competition
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The 1898 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 6 and 7 February 1898 at the ice rink Eisstadion in Davos, Switzerland.
| World Allround Speed Skating Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gustaf Estlander Participant of the 1898 World Championship | |||||
| Venue | Eisstadion, Davos, Switzerland | ||||
| Dates | 6â7 February | ||||
| Competitors | 12 from 3 nations | ||||
| Medalist men | |||||
| |||||
Jack McCulloch was the defending champion but did not participate.
The Norwegian Peder Ãstlund 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 Ãstlund |  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 | .svg){kind=small} 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.