title: 1912 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
text: # 1912 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
  
  The 1912 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 17 and 18 February 1912 at the ice rink Gamle Frogner in Kristiania, Norway.
  
  Nikolay Strunnikov was defending champion but did not take part in these championships. Oscar Mathisen had the lowest number of points awarded and won all four distances. He became World champion for the third time. He and Jaap Eden are the only ice-skaters winning the World championship three times (so far).
  
  ## Allround results
  
  | Place | Athlete | Country | Points | 500m | 5000m | 1500m | 10000m |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Oscar Mathisen | Norway | 4 | 44.2 (1) | 8:45.2 (1) | 2:20.8 (1) | 17:46.3 (1) |
  | | Gunnar Strömstén | Finland | 10,5 | 47.0 (5) | 8:53.3 (3) | 2:26.1 (2) | 18:13.3 (2) |
  | | Trygve Lundgreen | Norway | 12,5 | 47.0 (5) | 8:52.5 (2) | 2:27.3 (4) | 18:15.3 (3) |
  | 4 | Martin Sæterhaug | Norway | 19 | 46.6 (3) | 9:11.9 (7) | 2:26.3 (3) | 18:57.9 (7) |
  | 5 | Ernst Cederlöf | Sweden | 20 | 47.2 (7) | 9:06.6 (4) | 2:28.2 (5) | 18:18.2 (6) |
  | 6 | Stener Johannessen | Norway | 22 | 48.1 (10) | 9:07.1 (5) | 2:28.3 (6) | 18:16.8 (5) |
  | 7 | Vasili Ippolitov | Russia | 24,5 | 48.2 (11) | 9:07.9 (6) | 2:28.9 (7) | 18:16.7 (4) |
  | 8 | Einar Berntsen | Norway | 31,5 | 48.2 (11) | 9:27.7 (9) | 2:32.4 (8) | 19:16.4 (8) |
  | 9 | Olaf Hansen | Norway | 36 | 51.0 (14) | 9:47.7 (11) | 2:39.8 (13) | 19:57.2 (9) |
  | NC | Magnus Herseth | Norway | - | 47.7 (9) | 10:05.6 (14) | 2:35.8 (11) | NF |
  | NC | Thoralf Thoresen | Norway | - | 47.5 (8) | 9:47.6 (10) | 2:35.2 (10) | NF |
  | NC | Bjarne Frang | Norway | - | 46.7 (4) | 9:57.6 (13) | 2:33.8 (9) | NS |
  | NC | Reidar Gundersen | Norway | - | 48.6 (13) | 9:53.0 (12) | 2:38.0 (12) | NS |
  | NC | Henning Olsen | Norway | - | 46.2 (2) | 9:14.5 (8) | NS | NS |
  | NC | Aksel Mathiesen | Norway | - | NF | NS | 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.
  
  