The 1909 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 27 and 28 February 1909 at the ice rink Gamle Frogner in Kristiania, Norway.
Oscar Mathisen was defending champion and succeeded in prolonging his title. He had the lowest number of points awarded, and no one won three distances. This was the first time that a World champion was declared without winning at least three distances.
Allround results PlaceAthleteCountryPoints500m5000m1500m10000m Oscar Mathisen 11 45.6 (1) 8:53.8 (3) 2:27.4 (1) 18:52.0 (6) Oluf Steen 14 46.0 (2) 8:58.8 (4) 2:30.6 (3) 18:50.8 (5) Otto Andersson 18 49.0 (8) 8:53.4 (2) 2:34.2 (6) 18:31.8 (2) 4 Yevgeni Burnov 20 50.8 (12) 8:45.0 (1) 2:34.4 (7) 18:17.4 (1) 5 Martin Sæterhaug 20 46.2 (3) 9:07.0 (5) 2:29.8 (2) 18:58.4 (10) 6 Magnus Johansen 20,5 48.2 (6) 9:07.4 (6) 2:31.6 (4) 18:48.2 (4) 7 Sigurd Mathisen 29 47.0 (4) 9:10.4 (9) 2:32.8 (5) 19:16.4 (11) 8 Väinö Wickström Finland 32,5 47.8 (5) 9:18.8 (11) 2:34.6 (8) 18:56.0 (8) 9 Trygve Lundgreen 32,5 48.2 (6) 9:17.6 (10) 2:35.6 (9) 18:53.0 (7) 10 Gotthard Thourén 34 53.2 (13) 9:09.8 (7) 2:39.8 (12) 18:37.6 (3) 11 Olaf Hansen 37 49.8 (9) 9:10.0 (8) 2:37.6 (11) 18:56.0 (8) 12 Konrad Andresen 43,5 49.8 (9) 9:22.0 (12) 2:37.2 (10) 19:32.4 (12) NC Gustav Pedersen – NS 9:43.8 (14) 2:45.0 (14) NS NC Thorleif Torgersen – 50.0 (11) 9:39.2 (13) 2:44.0 (13) 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.
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