1923 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
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Clas Thunberg (1924)
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| Venue | Östermalms Idrottsplats, , Sweden | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 10–11 February 1923 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 18from 5 nations | ||||||||||||
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Clas Thunberg |
 FIN
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Harald Strøm |
 NOR
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Yakov Melnikov |
 URS
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The 1923 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 10 and 11 February 1923 at the ice rink Östermalms Idrottsplats in , Sweden.
Harald Strøm was defending champion but did not succeed in prolonging his title.
Clas Thunberg became World champion for the first time.
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com
Four distances have to be skated:
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.
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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