Athlete
Eric Heiden
Speed skater who won five individual gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics
12 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.
Eric Heiden 1,000 m long-track speed skating
Eric Heiden's recorded 1,000 m long-track speed skating is 1:13.6. Performance date: 1980-01-13. Age at the time: 21. This was a competition result. The source at skoyteforbundet.no gives this mark. Source type: official result.
International meeting, Davos · Long-track speed skating at Davos
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“1.13,60 Eric Heiden”
The Norwegian Skating Association table on PDF page 4 gives the distance, time, date and venue. The stored seconds convert the printed minutes and seconds. The source includes approved and unofficial records; this entry makes no world-record claim.
1980
- 1,000 m long-track speed skating1:15.18
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“1:15.18”
- 1,000 m long-track speed skating1:13.6
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“1.13,60 Eric Heiden”
1979
- 1,000 m long-track speed skating1:14.37
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“1.14,37 Eric Heiden”
- 1,000 m long-track speed skating1:14.99
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“1.14,99 t Eric Heiden”
1978
- 1,000 m long-track speed skating1:14.99
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“1.14,99 Eric Heiden”
Eric Heiden Squat, repetitions unstated
Eric Heiden's recorded Squat, repetitions unstated is 300 lb. Source date: 2005-02-17. This was a working set. The source at snyderemarks.com gives this mark. Source type: interview.
Retrospective account of his speed-skating weight training
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“The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds.”
Heiden states the highest load he used during his skating career. Repetitions and bar position are unstated. The original interview date, February 17, 2005, is the source-date fallback; the interviewer republished it in 2021. This entry keeps the working load separate from a one-repetition maximum. The separate 300-repetition claim is held for conflicting reported loads.
2005
- Squat, repetitions unstated300 lb
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“The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds.”
Eric Heiden 10,000 m long-track speed skating
Eric Heiden's recorded 10,000 m long-track speed skating is 14:28.13. Performance date: 1980-02-23. Age at the time: 21. This was a competition result. The source at skoyteforbundet.no gives this mark. Source type: official result.
1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics · Olympic 10,000 m; Lake Placid outdoor oval
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“14.28,13 Eric Heiden”
The Norwegian Skating Association lists this result in the men’s 10,000 m table on PDF page 10. The row gives Lake Placid and February 23, 1980. Time is 14 minutes 28.13 seconds.
1980
- 10,000 m long-track speed skating14:28.13
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“14.28,13 Eric Heiden”
Eric Heiden 1,500 m long-track speed skating
Eric Heiden's recorded 1,500 m long-track speed skating is 1:55.44. Performance date: 1980-02-21. Age at the time: 21. This was a competition result. The source at olympedia.org gives this mark. Source type: official result. Confidence is medium.
1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics · Olympic 1,500 m; Lake Placid outdoor oval
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“1:55.44”
Olympedia reproduces the Olympic result table and gives the race date. The stored seconds convert the printed time. The IOC result pages returned 502 and the official report transfer timed out; the complete Olympedia table opened.
1980
- 1,500 m long-track speed skating1:55.44
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“1:55.44”
Eric Heiden 5,000 m long-track speed skating
Eric Heiden's recorded 5,000 m long-track speed skating is 7:02.29. Performance date: 1980-02-16. Age at the time: 21. This was a competition result. The source at olympedia.org gives this mark. Source type: official result. Confidence is medium.
1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics · Olympic 5,000 m; Lake Placid outdoor oval
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“7:02.29”
Olympedia reproduces the Olympic result table and gives the race date. The stored seconds convert the printed time. The IOC result pages returned 502 and the official report transfer timed out; the complete Olympedia table opened.
1980
- 5,000 m long-track speed skating7:02.29
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“7:02.29”
Eric Heiden 500 m long-track speed skating
Eric Heiden's recorded 500 m long-track speed skating is 38.03 s. Performance date: 1980-02-15. Age at the time: 21. This was a competition result. The source at olympedia.org gives this mark. Source type: official result. Confidence is medium.
1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics · Olympic 500 m; Lake Placid outdoor oval
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“38.03”
Olympedia reproduces the Olympic result table and gives the race date. The stored seconds convert the printed time. The IOC result pages returned 502 and the official report transfer timed out; the complete Olympedia table opened.
1980
- 500 m long-track speed skating38.03 s
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“38.03”
Eric Heiden 3,000 m long-track speed skating
Eric Heiden's recorded 3,000 m long-track speed skating is 4:06.91. Performance date: 1979-03-18. Age at the time: 20. This was a competition result. The source at skoyteforbundet.no gives this mark. Source type: official result.
International meeting, Savalen · Long-track speed skating at Savalen
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“4.06,91 Eric Heiden”
The Norwegian Skating Association table on PDF page 8 gives the distance, time, date and venue. The stored seconds convert the printed minutes and seconds. The source includes approved and unofficial records; this entry makes no world-record claim.
1979
- 3,000 m long-track speed skating4:06.91
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“4.06,91 Eric Heiden”
1978
- 3,000 m long-track speed skating4:07.01
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“4.07,01 Eric Heiden”
Photo: Koen Suyk / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.