<page_title> World record progression 500 m speed skating men </page_title> <table> <cell> Sweden Hasse Börjes <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 38.9 <col_header> Result </col_header> </cell> <cell> Soviet Union Valery Muratov <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 38.99 <col_header> Result </col_header> </cell> </table>
When Valery Muratov skated 38.99 six days later, it was automatically timed and since – when disregarding the hundredths of a second – the result was the same as the time set by Börjes.