1895
This season there are 13 members with known times from the ISU distances: AUT, BOH, DEN, FIN, GER, GBR, HUN, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE, SWI, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 5 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, SWE, NED, NOR and RUS are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: SWE-DEN, GER-RUS, AUT-GBR, USA-HUN, SWI-FIN. The matches proceed as follows:Sweden-Denmark 4-0
Germany-Russia 5-0
Austria-Britain 5-0
USA-Hungary 1-1; skated distances 1-1; USA win on samalog points
Switzerland-Finland 2-1
The first round proper thus consists of AUT, BOH, GER, NED, NOR, SWE, SWI and USA. The finalists from last year, NED and NOR, are seeded. The draw is as follows: NED-SWE, AUT-BOH, GER-NOR, SWI-USA. Results of the matches:
Netherlands-Sweden 5-0
Austria-Bohemia 2-3
Germany-Norway 1-4
Switzerland-USA 1-1; skated distances 2-1—USA win
Semi-final draw: NOR-USA, NED-BOH. Matches:
Norway-USA 5-0
Netherlands-Bohemia 4-1
Bronze final: USA-Bohemia 0-4
FINAL: Norway-Netherlands
46,8 - 48,2 (1-0) 2.15,0 - 2.01,0 (1-1) 2.32,8 - 2.25,4 (1-2) 9.04,2 - 8.41,0 (1-3) 18.50,0 - 17.56,0 (1-4)
Final result 1-4
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 2x NED GOLD 1895 SWE Silver 1893 GER bronze 1893 BOH bronze 1895 RUS 4th 2x USA 4th 1895 HUN QF 2x DEN QF 1893 BOH QF 1893 FIN QF 1894 GBR QF 1894 AUT QF 1895 SWI QF 1895 CAN PR 1894