World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Clas Thunberg (1924)
Venue	Pohjoissatama, Helsinki, Finland
Dates	1–2 March
Competitors	16 from 4 nations
Medalist men
Roald Larsen   NOR Uuno Pietilä   FIN Julius Skutnabb   FIN
← 1923 Stockholm 1925 Oslo→

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 ^[1]

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.

References