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Champions speed skating all-round (2)

This table consists of four pages that contain approximately 130 years of speed skating history, as follows:

Page 1: 1884-1914
Page 2: 1922-1960
Page 3: 1961-1984
Page 4: 1985-present

In this table the results of the European, the World and the Olympic Championships are brought together. It was attempted to note the names of both persons and towns in their native spellings. Undoubtedly there are places in which this was not done correctly. Should you notice words that need to be corrected, please, do not hesitate and advise the curator.

Year	E/W/O	Town-Country	500 m	1500 m	5000 m	10000 m	Overall
Due to the Second World War no championships have been held between 1915 tot 1922.
1922	E W	Helsinki-FIN Oslo-NOR	Thunberg-FIN Larsen-NOR	Thunberg-FIN Thunberg-FIN	Thunberg-FIN Strøm-NOR	Bergström-NOR Strøm-NOR	Thunberg-FIN Strøm-NOR
1923	E W	Hamar-NOR Stockholm-SWE	Thunberg-FIN Thunberg-FIN	Thunberg-FIN Larsen-NOR	Strøm-NOR Melnikov-USR	Olsen-NOR Strøm-NOR	Strøm-NOR Thunberg-FIN
In 1924 the first Olympic winter games have been organized and from then on every four years. The first time an overall result was made up as was the custom with the European and World championships. After 1924 only the results of the individual distances were made up.
1924	E W O	Oslo-NOR Helsinki-FIN Chaminix-F	Olsen-NOR Thunberg-FIN Jewtraw-USA	Thunberg-FIN Larsen-NOR Thunberg-FIN	Larsen-NOR Larsen-NOR Thunberg-FIN	Larsen-NOR Pietilä-FIN Skutnabb-FIN	Larsen-NOR Larsen-NOR Thunberg-FIN
1925	E W	St. Moritz-CH Oslo-NOR	Larsen-NOR Thunberg-FIN	Polacsek-AUT Thunberg-FIN	Polacsek-AUT Thunberg-FIN	Polacsek-AUT Pietilä-FIN	Polacsek-AUT Thunberg-FIN
1926	E W	Chamonix-F Trondheim-NOR	Skutnabb-FIN Larsen-NOR	Skutnabb-FIN Ballangrud-NOR	Skutnabb-FIN Ballangrud-NOR	Polacsek-AUT Ballangrud-NOR	Skutnabb-FIN Ballangrud-NOR
1927	E W	Stockholm-SWE Tampere-FIN	Thunberg-FIN Thunberg-FIN	Thunberg-FIN Thunberg-FIN	Evensen-NOR Evensen-NOR	Evensen-NOR Evensen-NOR	Evensen-NOR Evensen-NOR
1928	E W O	Oslo-NOR Davos-SUI St. Moritz-SUI	Thunberg-FIN Thunberg-FIN Thunberg-FIN +Evensen-NOR	Thunberg-FIN Thunberg-FIN Thunberg-FIN	Evensen-NOR Ballangrud-NOR Ballangrud-NOR	Ballangrud-NOR Carlsen-NOR afgelast wegens slechte ijscond.	Thunberg-FIN Thunberg-FIN -
1929	E W	Davos-SUI Oslo-NOR	Thunberg-FIN Thunberg-FIN	Thunberg-FIN Thunberg-FIN	Ballangrud-NOR Ballangrud-NOR	Ballangrud-NOR Staksrud-NOR	Ballangrud-NOR Thunberg-FIN
1930	E W	Trondheim-NOR Oslo-NOR	Ballangrud-NOR Pedersen-NOR	Ballangrud-NOR Stadsrud-NOR	Ballangrud-NOR Stadsrud-NOR	Ballangrud-NOR Ballangrud-NOR	Ballangrud-NOR Staksrud-NOR
1931	E W	Stockholm-SWE Helsinki-FIN	Thunberg-FIN Thunberg-FIN	Thunberg-FIN Thunberg-FIN	Blomqvist-FIN Blomqvist-FIN	Blomqvist-FIN Blomqvist-FIN	Thunberg-FIN Thunberg-FIN
1932	E W O	Davos-SUI Lake Placid-USA Lake Placid-USA	Thunberg-FIN Pedersen-NOR Shea-USA	Thunberg-FIN Ballangrud-NOR Shea-USA	Thunberg-FIN Ballangrud-NOR Jaffee-USA	Blomqvist-FIN Ballangrud-NOR Jaffee-USA	Thunberg-FIN Ballangrud-NOR -
1933	E W	Vyborg-RUS Trondheim-NOR	Blomqvist-SWE Engnestangen-NOR	Ballangrud-NOR Thunsberg-FIN	Ballangrud-NOR Ballangrud-NOR	Ballangrud-NOR Schröder-USA	Ballangrud-NOR Engnestangen-NOR
1934	E W	Hamar-NOR Helsinki-NOR	Engnestangen-NOR Pedersen-NOR	Staksrud-NOR Evensen-NOR	Stiepl-AUT Vasenius-FIN	Stiepl-AUT Carlsen-NOR	Staksrud-NOR Evensen-NOR
1935	E W	Helsinki-FIN Oslo-NOR	Evensen-NOR Haraldsen-NOR	Wazulek-AUT Ballangrud-NOR	Stiepl-AUT Stadsrud-NOR	Stiepl-AUT Staksrud-NOR	Wazulek-AUT Staksrud-NOR
From 1936 to 1948 and also in 1967 the European championships did not comprise contests over 10000 m but over 3000 m instead. The winners of this distance have been mentioned in the 10000 m column with the addition of '3 km' between brackets.
1936	E W O	Oslo-NOR Davos-CH Garmisch-Partenkirchen-GER	Krog-NOR Lamb-USA Ballangrud-NOR	Ballangrud-NOR Ballangrud-NOR Ch. Mathisen-NOR	Stiepl-AUT Ballangrud-NOR Ballangrud-NOR	Ballangrud-NOR (3 km) Vasenius-FIN Ballangrud-NOR	Ballangrud-NOR Ballangrud-NOR -
1937	E W	Davos-CH Oslo-NOR	Engnestangen-NOR Krog-NOR	Staksrud-NOR Engnestangen-NOR	Staksrud-NOR Stiepl-AUT	Staksrud-NOR (3 km) Stiepl-AUT	Staksrud-NOR Staksrud-NOR
1938	E W	Oslo-NOR Davos-CH	Engnestangen-NOR Engnestangen-NOR	Ch. Mathisen-NOR Engnestangen-NOR	Haraldsen-NOR Ballangrud-NOR	Stiepl-AUT (3 km) Ballangrud-NOR	Ch. Mathisen-NOR Ballangrud-NOR
1939	E W	Riga-LET Helsinki-FIN	Wasenius-FIN Engnestangen-NOR	Ch. Mathisen-NOR Wasenius-FIN	Berzinš-LET Ch. Mathisen-NOR	Berzinš-LET (3 km) Berzinš-LET	Berzinš-LET Wasenius-FIN
Due to the Second World War no championships and winter games have been held between 1940 and 1947.
1947	E W	Stockholm-SWE Oslo-NOR	Janemar-SWE Farstad-NOR	Farstad-NOR Farstad-NOR	Hedlund-SWE Parkkinen-FIN	Seyffarth-SWE (3 km) Liaklev-NOR	Seyffarth-SWE Parkkinen-FIN
1948	E W O	Hamar-NOR Helsinki-FIN St. Moritz-SUI	Lamb-USA +FitzGerald-USA Kudryavtsev-USR Helgesen-NOR	Farstad-NOR Werket-USA Farstad-NOR	Broekman-NED Broekman-NED Liaklev-NOR	Liaklev-NOR Broekman-NED Seyffarth-SWE	Liaklev-NOR Lundberg-NOR -
1949	E W	Davos-SUI Oslo-NOR	Farstad-NOR Henry-USA	Farstad-NOR Werket-USA	Pajor-HUN Pajor-HUN	Andersen-NOR Pajor-HUN	Farstad-NOR Pajor-HUN
1950	E W	Helsinki-FIN Eskilstuna-SWE	Andersen-NOR Werket-USA	Andersen-NOR Werket-USA	Andersen-NOR Andersen-NOR	Liaklev-NOR Andersen-NOR	Andersen-NOR Andersen-NOR
1951	E W	Oslo-NOR Davos-SUI	Andersen-NOR Naito-JPN	Van der Voort-NED Van der Voort-NED	Andersen-NOR Andersen-NOR	Andersen-NOR Andersen-NOR	Andersen-NOR Andersen-NOR
1952	E W O	Östersund-SWE Hamar-NOR Oslo-NOR	Parkkinen-FIN Henry-USA Henry-USA	Van der Voort-NED Van der Voort-NED Andersen-NOR	Andersen-NOR Andersen-NOR Andersen-NOR	Andersen-NOR Andersen-NOR Andersen-NOR	Andersen-NOR Andersen-NOR -
1953	E W	Hamar-NOR Helsinki-FIN	Salonen-FIN Salonen-FIN	Van der Voort-NED Shilkov-USR	Broekman-NED Goncharenko-USR	Broekman-NED Goncharenko-USR	Broekman-NED Goncharenko-USR
1954	E W	Davos-SUI Sapporo-JPN	Grishin-USR Grishin-USR	Shilkov-USR Shilkov-USR	Andersen-NOR Goncharenko-USR	Andersen-NOR Goncharenko-USR	Shilkov-USR Shilkov-USR
1955	E W	Falun-SWE Moskva-USR	Grishin-USR Salonen-USR	Grishin-USR +Elvenes-NOR Goncharenko-USR	Ericsson-SWE Johannesen-NOR	Ericsson-SWE Ericsson-SWE	Ericsson-SWE Ericsson-SWE
1956	E W O	Helsinki-FIN Oslo-NOR Cortina d'Ampezzo-ITA	Grishin-USR Mikhailov-USR Grishin-USR	Mikhailov-USR Shilkov-USR Grishin-USR +Mikhailov-USR	Johannesen-NOR Goncharenko-USR Shilkov-USR	Johannesen-NOR Seiersten-NOR Ericsson-SWE	Grishin-USR Goncharenko-USR -
1957	E W	Oslo-NOR Östersund-SWE	Grishin-USR Grishin-USR	Grishin-USR Shilkov-USR	Johannesen-NOR Johannesen-NOR	Johannesen-NOR Johannesen-NOR	Goncharenko-USR Johannesen-NOR
1958	E W	Eskilstuna-SWE Helsinki-FIN	Ström-SWE +Shilkov-USR Merkulov-USR	Goncharenko-USR Goncharenko-US	Johannesen-NOR Shilikouski-USR	Johannesen-NOR Johannesen-NOR	Goncharenko-USR Goncharenko-USR
1959	E W	Göteborg-SWE Oslo-NOR	Salonen-FIN Voronin-USR	Järvinen-FIN Salonen-FIN	Johannesen-NOR Pesman-NED	Johannesen-NOR Johannesen-NOR	Johannesen-NOR Järvinen-FIN
1960	E W O	Oslo-NOR Davos-SUI Squaw Valley-USA	Zaitsev-USR Grishin-USR Grishin-USR	Johannesen-NOR Stenin-USR Aas-NOR +Grishin-USR	Johannesen-NOR Kotov-USR Kosichkin-USR	Nilsson-SWE Pesman-NED Johannesen-NOR	Johannesen-NOR Stenin-USR -