title: 1889 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
text: # 1889 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
  
  The 1889 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 8 and 9 January at the ice rink Museumplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is the first World Allround Speed Skating Championships, it's unofficial because there was no International Skating Union (ISU is founded in 1892)
  
  Three distances were skated at the World Championship, the ½ mile (850 meter), the 1 mile (1609 meter) and the 2 miles (3219 meter). One became champion if one won all three distances.
  
  The Russian Aleksandr Pansjin didn't win the final at the 2 miles and was not declared as winner due to the rules.
  
  ## Allround results
  
  | Place | Athlete | Country | ½ mile kwalification | ½ mile skate-off | ½ mile final | 1 mile kwalification | 1 mile final | 2 mile kwalification | 2 mile final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | NC1 | Aleksandr Panshin | Russia | 1:24.6 (1) | | 1:25.6 (1) | 2:59.0 (1) | 2:58.6 (1) | 6:31.6 (1) | 6:31.0 (2) |
  | NC2 | Joe Donoghue | United States | 1:35.0 (9)* | | | 3:05.0 (2) | 3:00.2 (2) | 6:34.2 (2) | 6:24.0 (1) |
  | NC3 | Klaas Pander | Netherlands | 1:30.8 (2) | | 1:30.8 (2) | 3:26.0 (11) | | 6:50.0 (4) | 6:46.8 (4) |
  | NC4 | George Jurrjens | Netherlands | 1:35.6 (10) | | | 3:10.3 (3) | 3:07.2 (3) | 6:49.0 (3) | 6:43.2 (3) |
  | NC5 | A. Couvée | Netherlands | 1:33.0 (5) | 1:32.2 (2) | | 3:19.0 (6) | | 7:04.8 (5) | |
  | NC6 | Louis Tebbutt | United Kingdom | 1:34.0 (7) | | | 3:14.0 (4) | 3:12.4 (4) | 7:07.2 (6) | |
  | NC7 | C. Venema | Netherlands | 1:33.2 (6) | | | 3:21.0 (9) | | 7:11.0 (7)* | |
  | NC8 | G. van Blommestein | Netherlands | 1:41.0 (19) | | | 3:30.6 (16) | | 7:50.0 (9) | |
  | NC9 | Jakob de Jong | Netherlands | 1:40.0 (16) | | | 3:30.2 (15) | | 7:35.2 (8) | |
  | NC | T. Vethake | Netherlands | 1:44.0 (21) | | | 3:39.8 (19) | | NF | |
  | NC | D. Doijer | Netherlands | 1:43.0 (20) | | | 3:26.8 (12) | | NF | |
  | NC | Charles Tebbutt | United Kingdom | 1:33.0 (4) | 1:32.0 (1) | NF | 3:20.2 (8) | | NS | |
  | NC | Pim Mulier | Netherlands | 1:37.0 (12) | | | 3:32.0 (18) | | NS | |
  | NC | R. Broekmeijer | Netherlands | 1:40.0 (16) | | | 3:18.4 (5) | | NS | |
  | NC | G. Green | United Kingdom | 1:38.0 (15) | | | 3:28.8 (14) | | NS | |
  | NC | Willem van Vollenhoven | Netherlands | 1:36.8 (11) | | | 3:27.0 (13) | | NS | |
  | NC | Wim de Boer | Netherlands | 1:37.0 (12) | | | 3:20.0 (7) | | NS | |
  | NC | James Loveday | United Kingdom | 1:34.4 (8) | | | NS | | NS | |
  | NC | William Loveday | United Kingdom | 1:32.0 (3) | | 1:34.0 (3) | 3:21.6 (10) | | NS | |
  | NC | J. van Vollenhoven | Netherlands | 1:40.0 (16) | | | NS | | NS | |
  | NC | Foeke Tjalma | Netherlands | 1:37.0 (14)* | | | NS | | NS | |
  | NC | P. Ruitinga | Netherlands | NF | | | 3:31.0 (17) | | NS | |
  
      * = Fell
  
      NC = Not classified
      NF = Not finished
      NS = Not started
      DQ = Disqualified
  
  Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com
  
  ## Rules
  
  Three distances have to be skated:
  
  * ½ mile (805 m)
  * 1 mile (1609 m)
  * 2 miles (3219 m)
  
  One could only win the World Championships by winning at all three distances, so there would be no World Champion if no skater won all three distances.
  
  The winner of the distances was decided by a final of the best four skaters of the distance. If the same time was skated a skate-off is skated to decide the ranking.
  
  Silver and bronze medals were not awarded.
  
  