Geir Karlstad

Norwegian speed skater

Geir Karlstad

Geir Karlstad

Personal information
Nationality| Norwegian
Born|  (1963-07-07) 7 July 1963 (age 61)
Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway
Height| 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight| 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country| Norway
Sport| Speed skating
Club| SK Ceres (1972/73-1981/82)
Ask SK (1982/83-1986/87)
Lillestrøm SK (1987/88-1991/92)
Turned pro| 1981
Retired| 1992
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)| 500 m: 39.41 (1992)
1000 m: 1:22.5 (1981)
1500 m: 1:55.24 (1992)
3000 m: 3:59.78 (1987)
5000 m: 6:43.59 (1987)
10 000 m: 13:48.29 (1992)

Medal record

Men's speed skating
Olympic Games
| 1992 Albertville | 5,000 m
| 1992 Albertville | 10,000 m
World Allround
| 1989 Oslo | Allround
European Allround
| 1989 Gothenburg | Allround
World Junior
| 1982 Innsbruck | Allround
Norwegian Allround
| 1989 Hundorp | Allround
| 1990 Verdal | Allround
| 1985 Trondheim | Allround
| 1986 Jevnaker | Allround
| 1988 Oslo | Allround
| 1991 Hol/Gol | Allround
| 1992 Savalen | Allround
Norwegian Single Distances
| 1987 Stavanger | 5,000 m
| 1987 Stavanger | 10,000 m
| 1988 Hundorp | 5,000 m
| 1992 Trondheim | 5,000 m
| 1987 Stavanger | 1,500 m
| 1990 Brandbu | 1,500 m
| 1990 Brandbu | 5,000 m

Geir Karlstad (born 7 July 1963) is a Norwegian former speed skater and national team speed skating coach.

## Biography

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Although best at the longest distances (the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m), Geir Karlstad became Junior World Allround Champion in 1982 and, as a senior, won bronze in both the World and European Allround Championships in 1989. Among the dominating speed skaters in the 1980s, Karlstad competed at the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics, winning no medals. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, he won the gold medal on the 5,000 m and the bronze on the 10,000 m while skating for Lillestrøm SK. He also represented Aktiv SK, but in his youth he represented SK Ceres.

A severe back injury forced him to end his career before the 1994 Winter Olympics of Lillehammer held in his homeland. He had originally intended to end his career at those Winter Olympics. From 1998 to 2002, he was the national team coach of the Norwegian speed skating team. Karlstad received the Oscar Mathisen Award in 1986.

## Medals

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An overview of medals won by Karlstad at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:

Championships  | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal

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Winter Olympics | 1992 (5,000 m) | – | 1992 (10,000 m)
World Allround | – | – | 1989
European Allround | – | – | 1989
Norwegian Allround | 1989
1990 | 1985
1986
1988
1991
1992 | –
Norwegian Single Distance | 1987 (5,000 m)
1987 (10,000 m)
1988 (5,000 m)
1992 (5,000 m) | 1987 (1,500 m)
1990 (1,500 m)
1990 (5,000 m) | –

## Records

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### World records

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Over the course of his career, Karlstad set five world records:

Discipline | Time | Date | Location

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10,000 m | 14.12,14 | 16 February 1986 | Inzell
10,000 m | 14.03,92 | 15 February 1987 | Heerenveen
5,000 m | 6.45,44 | 22 November 1987 | Heerenveen
5,000 m | 6.43,59 | 4 December 1987 | Calgary
10,000 m | 13.48,51 | 6 December 1987 | Calgary

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]

### Personal records

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To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Karlstad skated his personal records.

Event | Result | Date | Venue | WR

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500 m | 39.41 | 17 January 1992 | Heerenveen | 36.45
1,000 m | 1:22.5 | 25 January 1981 | Notodden | 1:13.60
1,500 m | 1:55.24 | 22 March 1992 | Calgary | 1:52.06
3,000 m | 3:59.78 | 19 March 1987 | Heerenveen | 4:03.22
5,000 m | 6:43.59 | 4 December 1987 | Calgary | 6:45.44
10,000 m | 13:48.29 | 19 January 1992 | Heerenveen | 13:43.54
Big combination | 160.189 | 19 January 1992 | Heerenveen | 157.396

Karlstad's personal record on the 3,000 m was not a world record because Leo Visser skated 3:59.27 at the same tournament.

Karlstad has an Adelskalender score of 159.596 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was seventh place.

## References

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1. ^ "Geir Karlstad". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

## External links

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* Geir Karlstad in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
* Geir Karlstad at SpeedSkatingNews.info
* Geir Karlstad at SpeedSkatingStats.com
* Geir Karlstad at Olympics.com
* Geir Karlstad at Olympedia
* Personal records from The Skatebase

Awards

Preceded by

Hein Vergeer

|  Oscar Mathisen Award
1986  | Succeeded by

Nikolay Gulyayev

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Olympic champions in men's 5000 m speed skating

* 1924:  Clas Thunberg (FIN)
* 1928:  Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)
* 1932:  Irving Jaffee (USA)
* 1936:  Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)
* 1948:  Reidar Liaklev (NOR)
* 1952:  Hjalmar Andersen (NOR)
* 1956:  Boris Shilkov (URS)
* 1960:  Viktor Kosichkin (URS)
* 1964:  Knut Johannesen (NOR)
* 1968:  Fred Anton Maier (NOR)
* 1972:  Ard Schenk (NED)
* 1976:  Sten Stensen (NOR)
* 1980:  Eric Heiden (USA)
* 1984:  Tomas Gustafson (SWE)
* 1988:  Tomas Gustafson (SWE)
* 1992:  Geir Karlstad (NOR)
* 1994:  Johann Olav Koss (NOR)
* 1998:  Gianni Romme (NED)
* 2002:  Jochem Uytdehaage (NED)
* 2006:  Chad Hedrick (USA)
* 2010:  Sven Kramer (NED)
* 2014:  Sven Kramer (NED)
* 2018:  Sven Kramer (NED)
* 2022:  Nils van der Poel (SWE)

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