The 1923 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 10 and 11 February 1923 at the ice rink Östermalms Idrottsplats in Stockholm, Sweden.
Harald Strøm was defending champion but did not succeed in prolonging his title. Clas Thunberg became World champion for the first time.
Allround results PlaceAthleteCountryPoints500m5000m1500m10000m Clas Thunberg 11.0 45.2 (1) 9:10.3 (2) 2:26.3 (2) 18:21.3 (6) Harald Strøm 13.0 47.4 (6) 9:13.6 (3) 2:27.2 (3) 17:58.4 (1) Yakov Melnikov Soviet Union 14.0 47.0 (4) 9:06.2 (1) 2:30.4 (6) 18:09.0 (3)4 Roald Larsen 17.0 47.6 (7) 9:17.8 (5) 2:24.9 (1) 18:14.4 (4)5 Ole Olsen 24.0 49.3 (13) 9:16.5 (4) 2:29.5 (5) 17:59.9 (2)6 Julius Skutnabb 25.0 48.0 (8) 9:20.4 (6) 2:28.0 (4) 18:23.2 (7)7 Oskar Olsen 36.0 45.9 (2) 9:23.3 (8) 2:34.1 (15) 18:48.4 (11)8 Eric Blomgren 36.0 48.4 (9) 9:29.1 (10) 2:31.6 (9) 18:28.3 (8)9 Fridtjof Paulsen 37.0 49.6 (14) 9:22.4 (7) 2:30.8 (7) 18:29.2 (9)10 Platon Ippolitov Soviet Union 41.0 49.8 (15) 9:32.8 (11) 2:32.5 (10) 18:19.3 (5)11 Asser Wallenius 42.0 46.9 (3) 9:53.0 (16) 2:32.6 (11) 18:56.5 (12)12 Harald Halvorsen 42.0 47.2 (5) 9:49.7 (14) 2:31.3 (8) 19:17.8 (15)13 Toivo Ovaska 52.0 48.7 (10) 9:49.3 (13) 2:33.5 (12) 19:29.2 (17)14 Waldemar Bergström 52.5 51.1 (16) 9:26.5 (9) 2:39.3 (17) 18:35.3 (10)15 Knut Sundheim 55.0 49.2 (12) 9:50.8 (15) 2:33.8 (14) 19:07.0 (14)16 Werner Eriksson 58.0 48.9 (11) 10:15.3 (18) 2:33.6 (13) 19:22.9 (16)17 Gustaf Andersson 59.0 51.2 (18) 9:32.9 (12) 2:38.6 (16) 19:06.6 (13)18 Karl Johansson 69.5 51.1 (16) 10:02.6 (17) 2:39.6 (18) 19:32.9 (18) * = 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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