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1897 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

International speed skating competition

Field	Value
event	World Allround Speed Skating Championships
image	Alfred Ingvald Naess circa 1900 wearing his skating medals.jpg
image_size	200
caption	Alfred Næss
Participant of the 1897 World Championship
venue	Crystal Stadium, Montréal, Canada
dates	5, 6 and 9 February
competitors	10
nations	3
goldm	Jack McCulloch
goldmNation	CAN
prev	1896 Saint Petersburg
next	1898 Davos

Participant of the 1897 World Championship The 1897 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place on 5, 6 and 9 February 1897 at the ice rink Crystal Stadium in Montréal, Canada. It was the first World championship outside of Europe. Canada had the honour of organizing this World championship because it was the first non-European member of the International Skating Union.

Jaap Eden was the defending champion, but he stopped with ice skating after the 1896 season and did not defend his title. He started a career as a cyclist.

The Norwegian Alfred Næss won the first distance (500 metres) and the Canadian Jack McCulloch the second distance (5000 metres). At the third distance (1500 metres), Næss and McCulloch dead-heated for the fastest time, meaning a skate-off was needed to decide who was the winner and still able to win three distances.

After McCulloch won the skate-off, he won the 10000 metres, with only three others starting, and became World Champion.

Two days later, officials discovered an error in measuring the 5000 metre course, meaning the competitors had skated 4200 metres: two laps too few.

The results were annulled, and the next morning (9 February), the 5000 metres was re-skated, though some skaters had already left Canada, meaning only four skaters took part. McCulloch won again, and was confirmed as World Champion.

Allround results

Place	Athlete	Country	500m	5000m	1500m	1500m
Skate-off	10000m	5000m
Re-skated
	Jack McCulloch	[[File:Canadian Red Ensign 1868-1921.svg	22px]] Canada	48.2 (2)	8:32.8 (1)	2:42.4 (1)	2:40.8 (1)	20:02.4 (1)	9:25.4 (1)
NC2	John Davidson	[[File:Canadian Red Ensign 1868-1921.svg	22px]] Canada	50.2 (5)	8:52.6 (3)	2:47.4 (4)		20:43.4 (3)	10:00.6 (3)
NC	Julius Seyler	[[File:Flag of the German Empire.svg	22px]] German Empire	48.6 (3)*	8:47.6 (2)	2:43.2 (3)		20:42.2 (2)
NC	C. Greene	[[File:Canadian Red Ensign 1868-1921.svg	22px]] Canada	49.2 (4)	8:52.8 (4)	2:48.6 (6)		21:23.4 (4)
NC	Alfred Næss	[[File:Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg	22px]] Norway	46.8 (1)	9:01.5 (7)	2:42.4 (1)	2:41.2 (2)	NS
NC	Martinus Lørdahl	[[File:Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg	22px]] Norway	50.6 (6)*	8:55.0 (5)	2:52.4 (8)*		NS	9:39.2 (2)
NC	W. Merrit	[[File:Canadian Red Ensign 1868-1921.svg	22px]] Canada	50.8 (7)	8:57.0 (6)	2:52.0 (7)		NS
NC	Tom Moore	[[File:Canadian Red Ensign 1868-1921.svg	22px]] Canada	50.8 (7)	9:07.4 (8)	2:48.2 (5)		NS
NC	A. Lee	[[File:Canadian Red Ensign 1868-1921.svg	22px]] Canada	56.0 (10)	9:39.2 (10)	3:08.8 (9)		NS	NF
NC	A. Pilkie	[[File:Canadian Red Ensign 1868-1921.svg	22px]] Canada	53.4 (9)	9:15.6 (9)	NF		NS

: * = Fell : NC = Not classified : NF = Not finished : NS = Not started : DQ = Disqualified Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

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

"Results of the 1897 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com.

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