Ivar Eriksen

Alf Ivar Eriksen (born 7 March 1942) is a former speed skater from Norway.

Ivar Eriksen

Ivar Eriksen in 1968
Personal information
Born	(1942-03-07) 7 March 1942 (age 83) Hamar, Norway
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Speed skating
Club	Aktiv SK, Oslo
Medal record Representing  Norway Olympic Games Men's speed skating 1968 Grenoble 1500 m

He won a silver medal in 1500 m., shared with Ard Schenk, at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble; at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck he came on sixth place on the same distance.^[1][2] Over the course of his career, Eriksen skated five world records^[2] and was the first to skate 1,000 m below 1:20.0. After the 1972 season, Eriksen joined the European long track skaters' professional league, the International Speedskating League.

World records

Discipline	Time	Date	Location
3000 m	4.33,0	28 February 1963	Oslo
1000 m	1.20,5	9 March 1968	Inzell
1000 m	1.20,3	8 February 1969	Inzell
1000 m	1.19,5	1 March 1969	Inzell
1000 m	1.19,2	15 January 1971	Davos

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[3]

Personal records^[1]

• 500 m – 39.1
• 1000 m – 1:19.2
• 1500 m – 2:04.0
• 5000 m – 7:55.6
• 10000 m – 16:33.4