Oldest Men who set a world record
# | name | age (days) | date | discipline | record | |
1 | Clas Thunberg | FIN | 14156 d = 38 y 278 d | 8 Jan 1932 | 3000 meters | 5:19.2 |
2 | Clas Thunberg | FIN | 13796 d = 37 y 283 d | 13 Jan 1931 | 500 meters | 0:42.6 |
3 | Clas Thunberg | FIN | 13429 d = 36 y 281 d | 11 Jan 1930 | 1000 meters | 1:28.4 |
4 | Clas Thunberg | FIN | 13072 d = 35 y 289 d | 19 Jan 1929 | 500 meters | 0:42.8 |
5 | Stefan Groothuis | NED | 12409 d = 33 y 356 d | 14 Nov 2015 | Team sprint | 1:18.79 |
6 | Ivar Ballangrud | NOR | 12389 d = 33 y 335 d | 6 Feb 1938 | 10,000 meters | 17:14.4 |
7 | Erben Wennemars | NED | 11696 d = 32 y 8 d | 9 Nov 2007 | 1500 meters | 1:42.32 |
8 | Derek Parra | USA | 11664 d = 31 y 341 d | 19 Feb 2002 | 1500 meters | 1:43.95 |
9 | Ivar Ballangrud | NOR | 11639 d = 31 y 316 d | 18 Jan 1936 | 5000 meters | 8:17.2 |
10 | Yevgeny Grishin | URS | 11634 d = 31 y 311 d | 28 Jan 1963 | 500 meters | 0:39.5 |
11 | Yevgeny Grishin | URS | 11633 d = 31 y 310 d | 27 Jan 1963 | 500 meters | 0:39.6 |
12 | Allan Potts | USA | 11571 d = 31 y 248 d | 18 Jan 1936 | 500 meters | 0:42.4 |
13 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 11463 d = 31 y 140 d | 15 Mar 2008 | 2x500 meters | 68.310 |
14 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | CAN | 11439 d = 31 y 116 d | 10 Dec 2017 | 5000 meters | 6:01.86 |
15 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 11336 d = 31 y 13 d | 9 Nov 2007 | 500 meters | 0:34.03 |
16 | Ivar Ballangrud | NOR | 11285 d = 30 y 327 d | 29 Jan 1935 | 3000 meters | 4:49.6 |
17 | Hans Engnestangen | NOR | 11266 d = 30 y 308 d | 29 Jan 1939 | 1500 meters | 2:13.8 |
18 | Yevgeny Kulikov | URS | 11265 d = 30 y 307 d | 28 Mar 1981 | 500 meters | 0:36.91 |
19 | Eskil Ervik | NOR | 11256 d = 30 y 298 d | 5 Nov 2005 | 3000 meters | 3:37.28 |
20 | Carl Verheijen | NED | 11150 d = 30 y 192 d | 4 Dec 2005 | 10,000 meters | 12:57.92 |
21 | Bart Veldkamp | BEL | 11076 d = 30 y 118 d | 20 Mar 1998 | 3000 meters | 3:48.91 |
22 | Gerard van Velde | NED | 11036 d = 30 y 78 d | 16 Feb 2002 | 1000 meters | 1:07.18 |
23 | Stefan Groothuis | NED | 11024 d = 30 y 67 d | 29 Jan 2012 | Sprint combination | 136.810 |
24 | Roald Larsen | NOR | 10989 d = 30 y 33 d | 4 Feb 1928 | 500 meters | 0:43.1 |
25 | Hans Engnestangen | NOR | 10908 d = 29 y 315 d | 5 Feb 1938 | 500 meters | 0:41.8 |
26 | Erben Wennemars | NED | 10878 d = 29 y 285 d | 13 Aug 2005 | Small combination | 146.365 |
27 | Ronald Mulder | NED | 10852 d = 29 y 260 d | 14 Nov 2015 | Team sprint | 1:18.79 |
28 | Yury Sergeyev | URS | 10779 d = 29 y 187 d | 19 Jan 1955 | 500 meters | 0:40.8 |
29 | Kjeld Nuis | NED | 10712 d = 29 y 120 d | 10 Mar 2019 | 1500 meters | 1:40.17 |
30 | Kjeld Nuis | NED | 10711 d = 29 y 119 d | 9 Mar 2019 | 1000 meters | 1:06.18 |
31 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | CAN | 10689 d = 29 y 97 d | 21 Nov 2015 | 10,000 meters | 12:36.30 |
32 | Fred Anton Maier | NOR | 10677 d = 29 y 85 d | 9 Mar 1968 | 5000 meters | 7:16.7 |
33 | Fred Anton Maier | NOR | 10675 d = 29 y 83 d | 7 Mar 1968 | 3000 meters | 4:17.5 |
34 | Knut Johannesen | NOR | 10673 d = 29 y 81 d | 26 Jan 1963 | 5000 meters | 7:37.8 |
35 | Knut Johannesen | NOR | 10667 d = 29 y 75 d | 20 Jan 1963 | Big combination | 183.035 |
36 | Fred Anton Maier | NOR | 10664 d = 29 y 72 d | 25 Feb 1968 | Big combination | 176.340 |
37 | Knut Johannesen | NOR | 10659 d = 29 y 67 d | 12 Jan 1963 | 3000 meters | 4:33.9 |
38 | Fred Anton Maier | NOR | 10654 d = 29 y 62 d | 15 Feb 1968 | 5000 meters | 7:22.4 |
39 | Fred Anton Maier | NOR | 10636 d = 29 y 44 d | 28 Jan 1968 | 10,000 meters | 15:20.3 |
40 | Fred Anton Maier | NOR | 10629 d = 29 y 37 d | 21 Jan 1968 | 10,000 meters | 15:29.5 |
41 | Fred Anton Maier | NOR | 10615 d = 29 y 23 d | 7 Jan 1968 | 5000 meters | 7:26.2 |
42 | Nikolay Mamonov | URS | 10614 d = 29 y 22 d | 23 Jan 1952 | 5000 meters | 8:03.7 |
43 | Charles Mathiesen | NOR | 10612 d = 29 y 20 d | 3 Mar 1940 | 10,000 meters | 17:01.5 |
44 | Sverre Farstad | NOR | 10591 d = 28 y 363 d | 6 Feb 1949 | Big combination | 188.958 |
45 | Lasse Efskind | NOR | 10563 d = 28 y 335 d | 14 Jan 1973 | Sprint combination | 154.400 |
46 | Hjalmar Andersen | NOR | 10562 d = 28 y 335 d | 10 Feb 1952 | 10,000 meters | 16:32.6 |
Lasse Efskind | NOR | 10562 d = 28 y 334 d | 13 Jan 1973 | 500 meters | 0:38.0 | |
Lasse Efskind | NOR | 10562 d = 28 y 334 d | 13 Jan 1973 | 1000 meters | 1:17.6 | |
49 | Hjalmar Andersen | NOR | 10548 d = 28 y 321 d | 27 Jan 1952 | 10,000 meters | 16:51.4 |
Valery Muratov | URS | 10548 d = 28 y 321 d | 18 Mar 1975 | Sprint combination | 153.390 | |
Valery Muratov | URS | 10548 d = 28 y 321 d | 18 Mar 1975 | 500 meters | 0:37.85 | |
vet | = oldest skater with world record on this discipline |