Adelskalender
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The Adelskalender is a ranking table for speed skating.
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[edit] Description
The Adelskalender (meaning directory of nobility) was introduced in Norway. It is a ranking of skaters based on their all-time personal records for certain distances. As in samalog competitions, the skater's time (measured in seconds) for each distance is divided in 500 metre averages, truncated (not rounded) to 3 decimal places, and the results are then added up – the lower the sum, the better. The samalog system was introduced in 1928, replacing ranking points in the traditional 4 distance championships. Note that for the Adelskalender, this system can of course also be used to reconstruct scores based on personal records that were set before the samalog system was invented.
Note, however, that (unlike at 4 distance championships) the Adelskalender score is calculated over a skater's entire career, not that skater's results during one tournament. Theoretically, this would make it possible for a skater to hold the current world records in all 4 distances (and thus, of course, be number one on the Adelskalender), without ever having set a 4 distance championships samalog record, or even having won - or participated in - such a tournament.
For example, the points for Johann Olav Koss, Norway, are calculated as follows:
| 500 m: | 37.98 | = | 37.98 seconds. Divided by | 1 gives 37.980 points |
| 1,500 m: | 1:51.29 | = | 111.29 seconds. Divided by | 3 gives 37.096 points |
| 5,000 m: | 6:34.96 | = | 394.96 seconds. Divided by | 10 gives 39.496 points |
| 10,000 m: | 13:30.55 | = | 810.55 seconds. Divided by | 20 gives 40.527 points |
| Total: | 155.099 points |
The classical Adelskalender consists of the Allround Championships distances: 500 m - 1,500 m - 5,000 m - 10,000 m for men; 500 m - 1,500 m - 3,000 m - 5,000 m for women. Similar rankings in many other combinations are maintained by enthusiasts and available on the Internet.
[edit] Current Adelskalender
[edit] Men
This table is correct as of 2006-11-19.
[edit] Women
This table is correct as of 2006-11-19.
[edit] References
- Current rankings in the men's Adelskalender - maintained by Evert Stenlund
- Current rankings in the women's Adelskalender - maintained by Evert Stenlund
| Leaders of the Adelskalender |
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Rudolf Ericsson - Peder Østlund - Jaap Eden - Oscar Mathisen - Ivar Ballangrud - Michael Staksrud - Åke Seyffarth - Nikolay Mamonov - Hjalmar Andersen - Boris Shilkov - Dmitriy Sakunenko - Juhanni Järvinen - Knut Johannesen - Jonny Nilsson - Per Ivar Moe - Eduard Matusevich - Ard Schenk - Kees Verkerk - Magne Thomassen - Hans van Helden - Vladimir Lobanov - Jan Egil Storholt - Sergey Marchuk - Vladimir Belov - Eric Heiden - Viktor Shasherin - Andrej Bobrov - Nikolay Gulyayev - Michael Hadschieff - Eric Flaim - Johann Olav Koss - Falko Zandstra - Rintje Ritsma - Gianni Romme - Jochem Uytdehaage - Chad Hedrick |
| Leaders of the Adelskalender women |
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Natalya Petruseva - Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich - Karin Enke - Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn - Gunda Niemann - Claudia Pechstein - Anni Friesinger - Cindy Klassen |
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