As a senior, he participated in his first World Allround Championships in 1987 in Heerenveen.
•
Flaim was number one on the Adelskalender, the all-time allround speed skating ranking, from 17 February 1988 to 21 March 1992 – a total of 1494 days, which is almost exactly equal to Eric Heiden's reign length of 1495 days.
•
In his favorite distance he had the disadvantage of starting in the first pair on the 1,500 m and immediately broke Igor Zhelezovski's world record.
•
In 1989, Flaim won the 1,000 m World Cup, a first place overall finish shared with Austrian skater Michael Hadschieff.
The last great championship event for a long time on this ice rink was held in 1988—the Men's World Speed Skating Championship—which was won by the American skater Eric Flaim.
Only three days later, he lost this first place to Eric Flaim.
Eric Clapton | Eric Heiden | Eric | Eric Maschwitz | Eric Idle | Eric Burdon | Eric Flint | Eric Roberts | Eric Bogosian | Eric Hobsbawm | Eric Church | Eric S. Raymond | Eric Newby | Eric Massa | Eric Fischl | Eric Gill | Eric Stoltz | Eric Martsolf | Eric Schmidt | Eric McFadden | Eric Marienthal | Eric Lindros | Eric Cantor | Eric Cantona | Eric Bristow | Eric Zimmerman | Eric Whitacre | Eric Tsang | Eric Sheppard | Eric Carle |