1898 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
# 1898 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

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 | 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 | 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

## 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.

