Oskar Fredriksen (speed skater)

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

Oskar Fredriksen

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	Stockholm
10,000 m	20.21,4	14 January 1893	Amsterdam
500 m	0.47,8	21 January 1894	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.