ADELSKALENDER

The 'Adelskalender' is a ranking table for speed skating.

Contents

Description

Current Adelskalender

Men

Women

References

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
1500 m:	1:51.29	=	111.29 seconds. Divided by	3 gives 37.096 points
5000 m:	6:34.96	=	394.96 seconds. Divided by	10 gives 39.496 points
10000 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 - 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		35.58	1:42.78	6:09.68	12:55.11	145.563
2	Shani Davis		35.17	1:42.32	6:10.49	13:05.94	145.623
3	Sven Kramer		36.41	1:44.86	6:07.48	12:41.69	146.195
4	Enrico Fabris		35.99	1:44.02	6:10.23	13:10.60	147.216
5	Jochem Uytdehaage		36.27	1:44.57	6:14.66	12:58.92	147.538
6	Carl Verheijen		36.99	1:45.78	6:08.98	12:55.30	147.913
7	Håvard Bøkko		35.87	1:44.57	6:16.59	13:14.03	148.087
8	Eskil Ervik		37.03	1:45.73	6:10.65	12:59.69	148.322
9	Erben Wennemars		34.68	1:42.80	6:28.42	13:35.67	148.572
10	Ivan Skobrev		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		37.51	1:51.79	3:53.34	6:48.97	154.560
2	Anni Friesinger		37.77	1:53.19	3:58.52	6:58.39	157.092
3	Claudia Pechstein		38.99	1:54.83	3:57.35	6:46.91	157.515
4	Kristina Groves		38.75	1:53.58	3:58.62	6:54.55	157.835
5	Ireen Wüst		38.44	1:52.38	3:59.74	6:59.87	157.843
6	Martina Sáblíková		40.72	1:54.55	3:57.04	6:45.61	158.971
7	Daniela Anschutz-Thoms		39.70	1:55.29	3:58.59	6:56.15	159.510
8	Maki Tabata		39.18	1:54.56	4:01.01	7:00.09	159.543
9	Jennifer Rodriguez		37.87	1:54.61	4:04.99	7:07.93	159.697
10	Renate Groenewold		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