Den 12. jul. 2009 kl. 19.53 skreiv T.B.Hansen:

> The ISU started its limitation policy long before the IOC came to
> think of it, and they apply them to their own ISU championships and
> World Cup as wel as the Olympics.
>

Well, as a matter of fact there was no participation limit until the
1924 OG where each country could enter only 4 skaters in each
distance. As this excluded many good allrounders, this lead to the
present awkward situation of the games being only a single-distance
event.

I believe it was the IOC and not the ISU who imposed that limit. Any
limits to participation in the ISU championships weren't imposed
until 1948.

LEF

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