World record progression 500 m speed skating men

World record progression 500 m speed skating men

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Name	Result	Date	Venue	Meeting

Sweden Oscar Grundén	50.8	28 February 1891	Stockholm

Norway Einar Halvorsen	50.2	28 February 1892	Hamar

Norway Alfred Næss	49.4	5 February 1893	Hamar

Norway Einar Halvorsen	48.0	26 February 1893	Hamar

Norway Alfred Næss	48.0	26 February 1893	Hamar

Norway Oskar Fredriksen	47.8	21 January 1894	Kristiania

Norway Einar Halvorsen	47.0	24 February 1894	Hamar	European Championships

Norway Alfred Næss	47.0	24 February 1894	Hamar	European Championships

Norway Wilhelm Mauseth	46.8	3 February 1895	Trondhjem

Norway Peder Østlund	46.6	7 February 1897	Trondhjem

Norway Peder Østlund	45.2	10 February 1900	Davos

Norway Rudolf Gundersen	44.8	27 January 1906	Davos	European Championships

Finland Johan Vikander	44.4	9 February 1908	Davos

Norway Sigurd Mathisen	44.4	9 February 1908	Davos

Norway Oscar Mathisen	44.2	17 February 1912	Kristiania	World Allround Championships

Norway Oscar Mathisen	44.0	16 March 1913	Hamar

Norway Oscar Mathisen	43.7	10 January 1914	Kristiania

Norway Oscar Mathisen	43.4	17 January 1914	Davos

Norway Roald Larsen	43.1	4 February 1928	Davos	World Allround Championships

Finland Clas Thunberg	42.8	19 January 1929	Davos	European Championships

Finland Clas Thunberg	42.6	13 January 1931	St. Moritz

Norway Hans Engnestangen	42.5	21 January 1933	Davos

United States Allan Potts	42.4	18 January 1936	Oslo

Norway Hans Engnestangen	42.3	30 January 1937	Davos	European Championships

Norway Hans Engnestangen	41.8	5 February 1938	Davos	World Allround Championships

Soviet Union Yuri Sergeev	41.7	6 January 1952	Medeo

Soviet Union Yuri Sergeev	41.2	19 January 1952	Medeo

Soviet Union Yuri Sergeev	40.9	25 January 1953	Medeo

Soviet Union Yuri Sergeev	40.8	19 January 1955	Medeo

Soviet Union Yevgeny Grishin	40.2	22 January 1956	Misurina

Soviet Union Yevgeny Grishin	40.2	28 January 1956	Misurina	Winter Olympics

Soviet Union Yevgeny Grishin	40.2	24 February 1960	Squaw Valley	Winter Olympics

Soviet Union Yevgeny Grishin	39.6	27 January 1963	Medeo

Soviet Union Yevgeny Grishin	39.5	28 January 1963	Medeo

West Germany Erhard Keller	39.2	28 January 1968	Inzell

Japan Keiichi Suzuki	39.2	1 March 1969	Inzell

Soviet Union Valery Muratov	39.09	9 January 1970	Medeo

Soviet Union Boris Gulyaev	39.03	13 January 1970	Medeo

Sweden Hasse Börjes	38.9	18 January 1970	Davos

Soviet Union Valery Muratov	38.99	24 January 1970	Medeo

Sweden Hasse Börjes	38.87	25 January 1970	Medeo

Soviet Union Valery Muratov	38.73	29 January 1970	Medeo

Japan Keiichi Suzuki	38.71	7 March 1970	Inzell

Sweden Hasse Börjes	38.46	8 March 1970	Inzell

West Germany Erhard Keller	38.42	14 March 1971	Inzell

West Germany Erhard Keller	38.3	2 January 1972	Inzell

Finland Leo Linkovesi	38.0	8 January 1972	Davos

West Germany Erhard Keller	38.0	4 March 1972	Inzell

Sweden Hasse Börjes	38.0	4 March 1972	Inzell

Norway Lasse Efskind	38.0	13 January 1973	Davos

Soviet Union Yevgeny Kulikov	37.99	15 March 1975	Medeo

Soviet Union Yevgeny Kulikov	37.97	16 March 1975	Medeo

Soviet Union Valery Muratov	37.85	18 March 1975	Medeo

Soviet Union Yevgeny Kulikov	37.20	28 March 1975	Medeo

Soviet Union Yevgeny Kulikov	37.00	29 March 1975	Medeo

Soviet Union Yevgeny Kulikov	36.91	28 March 1981	Medeo

Soviet Union Pavel Pegov	36.68	25 March 1983	Medeo

Soviet Union Pavel Pegov	36.57	26 March 1983	Medeo

United States Nick Thometz	36.55	19 March 1987	Heerenveen

East Germany Uwe-Jens Mey	36.45	14 February 1988	Calgary	Winter Olympics

Germany Uwe-Jens Mey	36.43	19 January 1992	Davos

United States Dan Jansen	36.41	25 January 1992	Davos

United States Dan Jansen	36.41	19 March 1993	Calgary

United States Dan Jansen	36.02	20 March 1993	Calgary

United States Dan Jansen	35.92	4 December 1993	Hamar

United States Dan Jansen	35.76	30 January 1994	Calgary	World Sprint Championships

Japan Hiroyasu Shimizu	35.39	2 March 1996	Calgary

Japan Hiroyasu Shimizu	35.36	28 March 1998	Calgary

Japan Hiroyasu Shimizu	34.82	28 March 1998	Calgary

Canada Jeremy Wotherspoon	34.76	20 February 1999	Calgary	World Sprint Championships

Canada Jeremy Wotherspoon	34.63	29 January 2000	Calgary

Japan Hiroyasu Shimizu	34.32	10 March 2001	Salt Lake City	World Single Distance Championships

Japan Joji Kato	34.30	19 November 2005	Salt Lake City

South Korea Lee Kang-seok	34.25	9 March 2007	Salt Lake City	World Single Distance Championships

Canada Jeremy Wotherspoon	34.03	9 November 2007	Salt Lake City

Russia Pavel Kulizhnikov	34.00	15 November 2015	Calgary	World Cup

Russia Pavel Kulizhnikov	33.98	20 November 2015	Salt Lake City	World Cup

Japan Tatsuya Shinhama	33.83	9 March 2019	Salt Lake City	World Cup Final

Russia Pavel Kulizhnikov	33.61	9 March 2019	Salt Lake City	World Cup Final

Sentence(s)

When Valery Muratov skated 38.99 six days later, it was automatically timed and since – when disregarding the hundredths of a second – the result was the same as the time set by Börjes.

final_sentence: When Valery Muratov skated 38.99 six days later, it was automatically timed and since – when disregarding the hundredths of a second – the result was the same as the time set by Börjes.