Oskar Fredriksen (speed skater) explained

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

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Speed Skating. Complete history list of World Records. International Skating Union. 18 February 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120205184935/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-181536-198754-94643-0-file,00.pdf. 5 February 2012.
2. Web site: Oskar Fredriksen. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 28 August 2012.