1905 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Poster 1905
Venue	Stadspark, Groningen, Netherlands
Dates	21-22 January 1905
Competitors	4 from 2 nations
Medalists men
Coen de Koning   NED
«1904 Kristiania	1906 Helsinki»

The 1905 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 21 and 22 January 1905 at the ice rink Stadspark in Groningen, Netherlands.

Sigurd Mathisen was defending champion. He did not participated and did not defend his title.

Coen de Koning won three of the four distances and became World champion.

Allround results

Place	Athlete	Country	500m	5000m	1500m	10000m
01 !	Coen de Koning	Netherlands	51.6 (2)	9:17.6 (1)	2:41.0 (1)	19:16.0 (1)
NC2	Martinus Lørdahl	Norway	49.8 (1)	9:57.0 (2)	2:46.4 (2)	21:07.0 (2)
NC	Sietse van de Waard	Netherlands	57.6 (3)	11:20.4 (3)	3:04.4 (3)
NC	G. Bernard	Netherlands	NF	11:45.2 (4)

* = 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.

References