Oskar Fredriksen (speed skater)

Oskar Fredriksen

Oskar Fredriksen (4 July 1870 – 16 August 1920) was a Norwegian speedskater.

In 1890 he became the first registered world record holder in the 5,000-meter race. He did it again in 1893 in the 10,000-meter race. In 1894 Fredriksen set a world record in the 500-meter race with a time of 47.8 seconds.[1]

World records

Discipline Time Date Location
5000 m 9.19,8 2 March 1890 Sweden Stockholm
10,000 m 20.21,4 14 January 1893 Netherlands Amsterdam
500 m 0.47,8 21 January 1894 Norway Kristiania

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]

References

  1. ^ "Speed Skating. Complete history list of World Records" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  2. ^ "Oskar Fredriksen". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 28 August 2012.


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