1896
This year4, only 10 ISU members have known times from the ISU distances: AUT, BOH, FIN, GER, GBR, HUN, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE. Thus we need a preliminary round of 2 matches. The participating semi-finalists from last year, NED, NOR and BOH are exempt from the preliminary round. The draw: AUT-SWE, GBR-RUS. The matches proceed as follows:Austria-Sweden 1-4
Britain-Russia 0-4
The first round proper thus consists of BOH, FIN, GER, HUN, NED, NOR, RUS and SWE. The finalists from last year, NED and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: FIN-RUS, NED-SWE, GER-BOH, HUN-NOR. Results of the matches:
Finland-Russia 4-0
Netherlands-Sweden 4-0
Germany-Bohemia 5-0
Hungary-Norway 1-5
Semi-final draw: FIN-GER, NED-NOR. Matches:
Finland-Germany 0-5
Netherlands-Norway 1-5
Bronze final: Finland-Netherlands 0-4
FINAL: Germany-Norway
49,8 - 46,8 (0-1)
2.05,2 - 1.56,2 (0-2)
2.35,2 - 2.30,0 (0-3)
- - 7.45,0 (0-4)
9.26,6 - 8.57,0 (0-5)
18.35,0 - 20.26,6 (0-6)
Final result 0-6
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 3x NED GOLD 1895 SWE Silver 1893 GER Silver 1896 BOH bronze 1895 RUS 4th 2x USA 4th 1895 FIN 4th 1896 HUN QF 3x BOH QF 2x DEN QF 1893 GBR QF 1894 AUT QF 1895 SWI QF 1895 CAN PR 1894