Long Track Speed Skating Ranking List
Evolution world records, men 500m
Peder S. Ullestad 
Vangisen 16-03-1884 61,0
Erik Persson 
Lindesberg 06-02-1891 54,4
Even Godager Stockholm-Nybroviken 28-02-1891 53,0
Adolf D. Norseng Stockholm-Nybroviken 28-02-1891 51,4
Gustaf A. Fjaerstad Stockholm-Nybroviken 28-02-1891 51,0
1 OSCAR GRUNDÉN Stockholm-Nybroviken 28-02-1891 50,8
2 EINAR HALVORSEN Hamar-Mjøsa 28-02-1892 50,2
Alfred Næss Trondheim 29-01-1893 50,0
3 ALFRED NÆSS Hamar-Mjøsa 05-02-1893 49,4
Alfred Næss Kristiania 12-02-1893 49,4
Alfred Næss Kristiania 19-02-1893 48,0
Alfred Næss Hamar-Mjøsa 26-02-1893 48,2
4 EINAR HALVORSEN Hamar-Mjøsa 26-02-1893 48,0
5 ALFRED NÆSS Hamar-Mjøsa 26-02-1893 48,0
6 OSCAR F. FREDERIKSEN Kristiania 27-01-1894 47,8
7 EINAR HALVORSEN Hamar-Mjøsa 24-02-1894 47,0
8 ALFRED NÆSS Hamar-Mjøsa 24-02-1894 47,0
Alfred Næss Davos 16-01-1895 47,0
9 WILHELM A. MAUSETH Trondheim 03-02-1895 46,8
Alfred Næss Hamar-Mjøsa 12-01-1896 46,8
Alfred Næss Montreal 05-02-1897 46,8
10 PEDER ØSTLUND Trondheim 07-02-1897 46,6
Julius Seyler 
Davos 00-01-1898 46,2
Peder Østlund Davos 25-01-1898 46,0
11 PEDER ØSTLUND Davos 10-02-1900 45,2
12 RUDOLF GUNDERSEN Davos 27-01-1906 44,8
Johan Wikander 
Davos 27-01-1906 44,8
Mauritz Öholm Davos 02-02-1907 44,8
Sigurd Mathisen Davos 09-02-1908 44,8
13 SIGURD MATHISEN Davos 09-02-1908 44,4
14 JOHAN WIKANDER Davos 09-02-1908 44,4
15 OSCAR MATHISEN Kristiania 17-02-1912 44,2
Oscar Mathisen Kristiania 01-02-1913 44,2
16 OSCAR MATHISEN Hamar-Mjøsa 13-03-1913 44,0
17 OSCAR MATHISEN Kristiania 10-01-1914 43,7
18 OSCAR MATHISEN Davos 17-01-1914 43,4
Oscar Mathisen Kristiania 07-02-1920 43,3
Haakon Pedersen Davos 04-02-1928 43,4
19 ROALD LARSEN Davos 04-02-1928 43,1
Oscar Mathisen Davos 14-01-1929 43,0
20 CLAS THUNBERG Davos 19-01-1929 42,8
21 CLAS THUNBERG Sankt Moritz 13-01-1931 42,6
22 HANS ENGNESTANGEN Davos 21-01-1933 42,5
23 ALAN W. POTTS 
Oslo-Frogner 18-01-1936 42,4
24 HANS ENGNESTANGEN Davos 30-01-1937 42,3
Leo Freisinger Davos 05-02-1938 41,9
25 HANS ENGNESTANGEN Davos 05-02-1938 41,8
Sverre Farstad Davos 05-02-1949 41,8
26 JURIJ SERGEEV 
Alma Ata 06-01-1952 41,7
27 JURIJ SERGEEV Alma Ata 19-01-1952 41,2
Jurij Sergeev Alma Ata 08-01-1953 41,1
28 JURIJ SERGEEV Alma Ata 25-01-1953 40,9
29 JURIJ SERGEEV Alma Ata 19-01-1955 40,8
30 EVGENIJ GRISJIN Misurina 22-01-1956 40,2
31 EVGENIJ GRISJIN Misurina 28-01-1956 40,2
Evgenij Grisjin Alma Ata 03-01-1960 40,2
Evgenij Grisjin Squaw Valley 24-01-1960 40,2
William Disney Squaw Valley 29-01-1960 40,1
Evgenij Grisjin Squaw Valley 16-02-1960 40,0
Evgenij Grisjin Squaw Valley 28-02-1960 39,6
32 EVGENIJ GRISJIN Alma Ata 27-01-1963 39,6
33 EVGENIJ GRISJIN Alma Ata 28-01-1963 39,5
Thomas Gray Colorado Springs 26-12-1963 39,5
Erhard Keller Inzell 26-12-1967 39,5
Erhard Keller Inzell 27-01-1968 39,5
34 ERHARD KELLER Inzell 28-01-1968 39,2
Keiichi Suzuki 
Karuizawa 01-03-1968 39,2
Keiichi Suzuki Karuizawa 02-03-1968 39,2
Anatolij Leposjkin Alma Ata 27-01-1969 39,2
Anatolij Leposjkin Alma Ata 07-02-1969 38,8
35 KEIICHI SUZUKI Inzell 01-03-1969 39,2
36 VALERIJ MURATOV Alma Ata 09-01-1970 39,09
37 BORIS GULJAEV Alma Ata 13-01-1970 39,03
38 HASSE BÖRJES Davos 18-01-1970 38,9
39 VALERIJ MURATOV Alma Ata 24-01-1970 38,99e
40 HASSE BÖRJES Alma Ata 25-01-1970 38,87
41 VALERIJ MURATOV Alma Ata 29-01-1970 38,73
42 KEIICHI SUZUKI Inzell 07-02-1970 38,71
43 HASSE BÖRJES Inzell 08-03-1970 38,46
44 ERHARD KELLER Inzell 14-03-1971 38,42
Takayuki Hida Karuizawa 05-12-1971 38,4
45 ERHARD KELLER Inzell 02-01-1972 38,30
46 LEO LINKOVESI Davos 08-01-1972 38,0
Erhard Keller Davos 15-01-1972 38,0
47 HASSE BÖRJES Inzell 04-03-1972 38,0
48 ERHARD KELLER Inzell 04-03-1972 38,0
49 LASSE EFSKIND Davos 13-01-1973 38,0
50 EVGENIJ KULIKOV Alma Ata 15-03-1975 37,99
51 EVGENIJ KULIKOV Alma Ata 17-03-1975 37,97
52 VALERIJ MURATOV Alma Ata 18-03-1975 37,85
53 EVGENIJ KULIKOV Alma Ata 28-03-1975 37,20
54 EVGENIJ KULIKOV Alma Ata 29-03-1975 37,00
Anatolij Medennikov Alma Ata 14-03-1980 37,0
Jukka Salmela Alma Ata 31-03-1980 36,8
55 EVGENIJ KULIKOV Alma Ata 28-03-1981 36,91
56 PAVEL PEGOV Alma Ata 25-03-1983 36,68
57 PAVEL PEGOV Alma Ata 26-03-1983 36,57
Sergej Fokitsjev Alma Ata 15-12-1985 36,4
58 NICK THOMETZ Heerenveen 19-03-1987 36,55
Nick Thometz Alma Ata 26-03-1987 36,23
59 UWE MEY 
Calgary 14-02-1988 36,45
60 UWE MEY Davos 19-01-1992 36,43
61 DAN JANSEN Davos 25-01-1992 36,41
62 DAN JANSEN Calgary 19-03-1993 36,41
Takahiro Hamamichi Calgary 20-03-1993 36,32
63 DAN JANSEN Calgary 20-03-1993 36,02
64 DAN JANSEN Hamar 04-12-1993 35,92
65 DAN JANSEN Calgary 30-01-1994 35,76
66 HIROYASU SHIMIZU Calgary 03-03-1996 35,39
67 HIROYASU SHIMIZU Calgary 28-03-1998 35,36
Mike Ireland 
Calgary 28-03-1998 35,05
68 HIROYASU SHIMIZU Calgary 28-03-1998 34,82
69 JEREMY WOTHERSPOON Calgary 20-02-1999 34,76
70 JEREMY WOTHERSPOON Calgary 29-01-2000 34,63
71 HIROYASU SHIMIZU Salt Lake City 10-03-2001 34,32
72 JOJI KATO Salt Lake City 19-11-2005 34,30
73 KANG-SEOK LI 
Salt Lake City 9- 3-2007 34,25
74 JEREMY WOTHERSPOON Calgary 9-11-2007 34,03
75 PAVEL KULIZJNIKOV 
Calgary 15-11-2015 34,00
76 PAVEL KULIZJNIKOV Salt Lake City 20-11-2015 33,98
Tatsuya Shinhama Salt Lake City 9- 3-2019 33,835
77 PAVEL KULIZJNIKOV Salt Lake City 9- 3-2019 33,616
e Seen as equal achievement, both Börjes and Muratov were recordholder at the time.