Adelskalender

The Adelskalender is a ranking table for speed skating.

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:

The classical Adelskalender consists of the Allround Championships distances: 500 m - 1500 m - 5000 m - 10000 m for men; 500 m - 1500 m - 3000 m - 5000 m for women. Similar rankings in many other combinations are maintained by enthusiasts and available on the Internet.

Current Adelskalender

Men

This table is correct as of 2007-03-10.

Pos	Name	Country	500 m	1500 m	5000 m	10000 m	Samalog
1	Chad Hedrick	United States	35.58	1:42.78	6:09.68	12:55.11	145.563
2	Shani Davis	United States	35.17	1:42.32	6:10.49	13:05.94	145.623
3	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	36.41	1:44.86	6:07.48	12:41.69	146.195
4	Enrico Fabris	Italy	35.99	1:44.02	6:10.23	13:10.60	147.216
5	Jochem Uytdehaage	Netherlands	36.27	1:44.57	6:14.66	12:58.92	147.538
6	Carl Verheijen	Netherlands	36.99	1:45.78	6:08.98	12:55.30	147.913
7	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	35.87	1:44.57	6:16.59	13:14.03	148.087
8	Eskil Ervik	Norway	37.03	1:45.73	6:10.65	12:59.69	148.322
9	Erben Wennemars	Netherlands	34.68	1:42.80	6:28.42	13:35.67	148.572
10	Ivan Skobrev	Russia	36.00	1:45.36	6:17.36	13:17.54	148.733

Women

This table is correct as of 2007-03-11.

Pos	Name	Country	500 m	1500 m	3000 m	5000 m	Samalog
1	Cindy Klassen	Canada	37.51	1:51.79	3:53.34	6:48.97	154.560
2	Anni Friesinger	Germany	37.77	1:53.19	3:58.52	6:58.39	157.092
3	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	38.99	1:54.83	3:57.35	6:46.91	157.515
4	Kristina Groves	Canada	38.75	1:53.58	3:58.62	6:54.55	157.835
5	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	38.44	1:52.38	3:59.74	6:59.87	157.843
6	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	40.72	1:54.55	3:57.04	6:45.61	158.971
7	Daniela Anschutz-Thoms	Germany	39.70	1:55.29	3:58.59	6:56.15	159.510
8	Maki Tabata	Japan	39.18	1:54.56	4:01.01	7:00.09	159.543
9	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	37.87	1:54.61	4:04.99	7:07.93	159.697
10	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	39.48	1:55.29	3:58.41	7:01.21	159.766

References

• Current rankings in the men's Adelskalender - maintained by Evert Stenlund
• Current rankings in the women's Adelskalender - maintained by Evert Stenlund

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