Sigurd Mathisen

Sigurd Mathisen ( born April 26, 1884 in Kristiania, † March 4, 1919 ) was a Norwegian speed skater.

Sigurd Mathisen was an older brother of the later speed skating legend Oscar Mathisen. In 1904 he became world champion in the all around at home in Kristiania. Originally Peter Sinnerud had won the title, but had been disqualified because of his amateur status was denied.

In 1908, Mathisen improved the world record over 500 meters in 44.4 seconds. In the same competition, this was successfully Johan Vikander. The record had been four years in hand, to his brother Oscar Mathisen him broke.

Personal Best

¹ = world record at the time of the run

Medal World All-Round Speed Skating Championships Davos Jaap Eden Jack McCulloch Coen de Koning Roald Larsen Bernt Evensen Michael Staksrud Hans Engnestangen Birger Wasenius Lassi Parkkinen Odd Lundberg Hjalmar Andersen Oleg Goncharenko Boris Shilkov Knut Johannesen Henk van der Grift Jonny Nilsson Per Ivar Moe Fred Anton Maier Harm Kuipers Piet Kleine Hilbert van der Duim Hein Vergeer Nikolay Gulyayev Eric Flaim Leo Visser Johann Olav Koss Roberto Sighel Falko Zandstra Rintje Ritsma Ids Postma Gianni Romme Jochem Uytdehaage Chad Hedrick Shani Davis Sven Kramer
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