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1898 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

International speed skating competition

Field	Value
event	World Allround Speed Skating Championships
image	Gustaf Estlander.jpg
image_size	200
caption	Gustaf Estlander
Participant of the 1898 World Championship
venue	Eisstadion, Davos, Switzerland
dates	6–7 February
competitors	12
nations	3
goldm	Peder Østlund
goldmNation	NOR
prev	1897 Montréal
next	1899 Berlin

Participant of the 1898 World Championship The 1898 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 6 and 7 February 1898 at the ice rink Eisstadion in Davos, Switzerland.

Jack McCulloch was the defending champion but did not participate.

The Norwegian Peder Østlund 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 Østlund		[[File:Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg	22px]] Norway	NF	8:52.2 (1)	2:23.6 (1)	18:40.0 (1)
NC2	Julius Seyler	[[File:Flag of the German Empire.svg	22px]] German Empire	47.2 (1)	9:14.6 (3)	2:29.2 (2)	18:47.8 (2)
NC3	Gustaf Estlander	[[File:Flag of Russia.svg	22px]] Finland	47.6 (3)	9:15.0 (5)	2:29.8 (3)	18:55.8 (3)
NC4	Wilhelm Sensburg	[[File:Flag of the German Empire.svg	22px]] German Empire	50.6 (7)	9:09.6 (2)	2:35.4 (6)	19:19.0 (5)
NC5	Jan Banning		47.8 (4)	9:37.0 (8)	2:34.2 (5)	19:45.2 (6)
NC6	Alfred Lauenburg	[[File:Flag of the German Empire.svg	22px]] German Empire	49.6 (5)	10:12.0 (10)	2:53.4 (10)	21:18.6 (7)
NC	Oskar Fredriksen	[[File:Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg	22px]] Norway	47.4 (2)	9:25.0 (6)	2:31.8 (4)	NS
NC	Nikolay Kryukov		53.4 (9)	9:28.6 (7)	2:37.0 (8)	NS
NC	István Szabó	[[File:Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg	22px]] Hungary	50.8 (8)	9:40.6 (9)	NF	NS
NC	Eduard Vollenveyder		50.2 (6)	NS	NS	NS
NC	Jan Greve		NF	9:14.6 (3)	2:38.4 (9)	19:03.6 (4)
NC	Hermann Kleeberg	[[File:Flag of the German Empire.svg	22px]] German Empire	NF	NF	2:36.2 (7)	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 1898 World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com.

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