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lists the official world records on the dates that
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score of 168.868 points. His highest ranking on the
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Claeson won several more medals, including a bronze medal on the 1,500 m at the
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1448:Shani Davis
1312:Oleg Bozhev
1272:Eric Heiden
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1302:1983:
1294:1982:
1286:1981:
1278:1980:
1262:1976:
1254:1975:
1246:1974:
1238:1973:
1222:1969:
1214:1968:
1198:1965:
1190:1964:
1182:1963:
1174:1962:
1166:1961:
1158:1960:
1150:1959:
1142:1958:
1134:1957:
1126:1956:
1118:1955:
1110:1954:
1102:1953:
1086:1949:
1078:1948:
1070:1947:
1055:1939:
1047:1938:
1039:1937:
1031:1936:
1023:1935:
1015:1934:
1007:1933:
999:1932:
991:1931:
983:1930:
967:1927:
959:1926:
951:1925:
943:1924:
935:1923:
927:1922:
883:1905:
875:1904:
862:1901:
854:1900:
838:1897:
817:1893:
603:Inzell
563:Inzell
525:Inzell
463:Result
433:Inzell
252:Medals
204:Sweden
153:Sweden
150:
134:Men's
88:Weight
80:Height
73:Sweden
69:Älvsjö
715:from
679:from
491:38.0
487:Davos
477:500 m
469:Venue
460:Event
362:1970
360:1969
352:1973
326:1974
321:1969
202:from
101:Sport
96:Sport
753:1973
660:2012
466:Date
411:Date
408:Time
354:1974
323:1971
318:1973
229:and
111:Club
52:Born
472:WR
244:of
213:of
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629:^
452:WR
399::
342:–
206:.
71:,
60:)
798:e
791:t
784:v
662:.
357:–
339:–
336:–
305:–
302:–
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