1924 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
# 1924 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 1924 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 1 and 2 March 1924 at the ice rink Pohjoissatama in Helsinki, Finland.

Clas Thunberg was defending champion but did not succeed in prolonging his title. Roald Larsen became World champion for the first time.

## Allround results

| Place | Athlete | Country | Points | 500m | 5000m | 1500m | 10000m |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Roald Larsen | Norway | 7.0 | 46.0 (3) | 8:54.5 (1) | 2:27.8 (1) | 18:18.0 (1) |
| | Uuno Pietilä | Finland | 13.5 | 47.3 (8) | 8:57.8 (2) | 2:29.9 (4) | 18:05.9 (4) |
| | Julius Skutnabb | Finland | 17.0 | 47.0 (6) | 9:01.8 (4) | 2:29.9 (5) | 18:20.2 (5) |
| 4 | Asser Wallenius | Finland | 19.0 | 45.4 (2) | 9:05.2 (7) | 2:29.5 (3) | 18:58.5 (3) |
| 5 | Ivar Ballangrud | Norway | 21.0 | 49.8 (12) | 9:00.5 (3) | 2:31.0 (6) | 18:17.0 (6) |
| 6 | Toivo Ovaska | Finland | 24.5 | 47.0 (7) | 9:12.4 (9) | 2:29.4 (2) | 19:06.2 (2) |
| 7 | Yrjö Päivinen | Finland | 30.0 | 50.0 (13) | 9:03.6 (6) | 2:33.9 (9) | 18:36.2 (9) |
| 8 | Viljo Kanerva | Finland | 33.0 | 48.8 (11) | 9:08.2 (8) | 2:34.4 (10) | 18:50.3 (10) |
| 9 | Lauri Helanterä | Finland | 37.0 | 46.5 (4) | 9:39.9 (14) | 2:33.1 (8) | 20:14.2 (8) |
| 10 | Ilmari Danska | Finland | 38.0 | 47.8 (9) | 9:32.6 (13) | 2:32.6 (7) | 19:49.3 (7) |
| 11 | Walter Tverin | Finland | 40.0 | 47.9 (10) | 9:19.1 (10) | 2:35.5 (13) | 19:20.8 (12) |
| 12 | Waldemar Bergström | Finland | 42.0 | 51.8 (14) | 9:20.2 (12) | 2:40.8 (14) | 18:47.0 (13) |
| 13 | Christfried Burmeister | United Kingdom | 42.0 | 55.7 (15) | 9:19.2 (11) | 2:34.6 (12) | 18:56.8 (11) |
| NC | Clas Thunberg | Finland | - | 45.0 (1) | 9:03.2 (5) | - | - |
| NC | Hans Kleeberg jr. | Germany | - | 58.0 (16) | DNF | - | - |
| NC | Harald Belewicz | Finland | - | 46.8 (5) | 9:43.0 (15) | 2:34.4 (11) | - |

    * = 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.

