1908 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
# 1908 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 1908 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 8 and 9 February 1908 at the ice rink Eisstadion in Davos, Switzerland. THis year it was the first time also Silver and Bronze medals were awarded. Also a point system was introduced to make a ranking, but the rule that if one won three distances became automatic World champion was still valid.

There was no defending champion. Oscar Mathisen won three distances and became World champion. He also had the lowest number of points awarded.

## Allround results

| Place | Athlete | Country | Points | 500m | 5000m | 1500m | 10000m |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Oscar Mathisen | Norway | 13 | 54.4 (14)* | 8:55.4 (1) | 2:20.8 (1) | 18:01.8 (1) |
| | Martin Sæterhaug | Norway | 13,5 | 46.2 (4) | 9:04.4 (4) | 2:23.4 (2) | 18:28.6 (5) |
| | Moje Öholm | Sweden | 15 | 45.2 (2) | 9:04.8 (5) | 2:23.6 (4) | 18:30.2 (6) |
| 4 | Gunnar Strömstén | Finland | 16 | 47.2 (7) | 9:01.6 (3) | 2:25.4 (7) | 18:04.0 (2) |
| 5 | Antti Wiklund | Finland | 16 | 47.4 (8) | 9:01.4 (2) | 2:24.2 (5) | 18:24.0 (4) |
| 6 | Thomas Bohrer | Austria | 19,5 | 46.2 (4) | 9:42.8 (8) | 2:27.6 (9) | 18:21.2 (3) |
| 7 | Arne Schrey | Finland | 23 | 46.4 (6) | 9:07.6 (6) | 2:24.4 (6) | 18:55.2 (8) |
| 8 | Jean Pettersson | Sweden | 30 | 48.4 (10) | 9:53.0 (9) | 2:29.8 (11) | 18:53.0 (7) |
| 9 | Ejnar Sørensen | Denmark | 36 | 49.6 (11) | 10:26.4 (15)* | 2:34.0 (13) | 19:07.4 (9) |
| 10 | Frederick Dix | United Kingdom | 38 | 51.6 (13) | 9:54.0 (10) | 2:35.0 (14) | 19:11.4 (10) |
| NC | Johan Vikander | Finland | - | 44.8 (1) | 9:20.6 (7) | 2:23.4 (2) | NS |
| NC | Sigurd Mathisen | Norway | - | 45.4 (3) | 9:56.4 (11) | 2:26.2 (8) | NS |
| NC | Franz Wathén | Finland | - | 47.4 (8) | 10:00.8 (12) | 2:27.8 (10) | NS |
| NC | Franz Schilling | Austria | - | 50.4 (12) | 10:07.2 (13) | 2:32.0 (12) | NS |
| NC | Henny Kalt | Netherlands | - | NF | 10:18.6 (14) | NS | 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

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.

