Per Ivar Moe

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Men’s Speed Skating
Olympic medal record
Silver	1964 Innsbruck	5,000 m

Per Ivar Moe (born 11 November 1944 in Lillehammer) is a former speed skater from Norway.

In 1963, 18 year old Per Ivar Moe won bronze at the European Allround Championships, an achievement he would repeat the following year (1964). In addition, in 1964, he became the first in 8 years to beat Knut Johannesen at the Norwegian Championships. That year, he also participated in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and won a silver medal on the 5,000 m in a time of 7:38.6, a mere 0.2 seconds behind Johannesen. At first, it seemed that Moe had won gold when 7:38.7 was displayed as Johannesen's time, but this was quickly corrected to 7:38.4.

In 1965, Moe won silver at the European Championships and two weeks later he became World Allround Champion. For his achievements, he received the 1965 Oscar Mathisen Award. After a disappointing season in 1966, Moe retired to complete his university degree.

[edit] Personal records

Distance	Time	Date	Location
500 m	41.6	23 February 1963	Karuizawa
1,000 m	1:36.5
1,500 m	2:06.9	26 January 1966	Davos
3,000 m	4:31.8
5,000 m	7:38.6	5 February 1964	Innsbruck
10,000 m	15:47.8	19 January 1964	Oslo

Moe was number one on the Adelskalender, the all-time allround speed skating ranking, from 26 January 1964 to 13 February 1965 and for 4 more days in January 1966 – a total of 388 days. He has an Adelskalender score of 177.150 points.