Ants Antson

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Men’s speed skating
Olympic medal record
Gold	1964 Innsbruck	1500 m

Ants Antson (born 11 November 1938 in Tallinn, Estonia) is a former speed skater.

He trained at Kalev Voluntary Sports Society. Competing for the Soviet Union, Ants Antson had his best year in 1964, when he became European Allround Champion, became Olympic Champion on the 1,500 m at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, and set a new world record on the 3,000 m. For his achievements that year, he received the Oscar Mathisen Award.

The two gold medals Antson won in 1964 turned out to be his only international medals, although he did won some national medals at the Soviet Allround Championships – gold in 1967, silver in 1965 and 1968, and bronze in 1966. He participated in the 1,500 m at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, but despite skating a new personal record, he finished only 12th.

[edit] World records

Over the course of his career, Antson skated one world record:

Distance	Time	Date	Location
3,000 m	4:27.3	11 February 1964	Oslo

[edit] Personal records

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

Distance	Time	Date	Location	WR
500 m	40.7	16 January 1968	Medeo	39.5
1,500 m	2:07.2	16 February 1968	Grenoble	2:02.5
5,000 m	7:34.8	16 January 1968	Medeo	7:26.2
10,000 m	15:57.7	18 January 1964	Oslo	15:33.0