1923 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Clas Thunberg (1924)
Venue	Östermalms Idrottsplats, Stockholm, Sweden
Dates	10–11 February 1923
Competitors	18 from 5 nations
Medalists men
Clas Thunberg   FIN   Harald Strøm   NOR   Yakov Melnikov   URS
«1922 Kristiania	1924 Helsinki»

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
01 !	Clas Thunberg	Finland	11.0	45.2 (1)	9:10.3 (2)	2:26.3 (2)	18:21.3 (6)
02 !	Harald Strøm	Norway	13.0	47.4 (6)	9:13.6 (3)	2:27.2 (3)	17:58.4 (1)
03 !	Yakov Melnikov	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	Russia	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