CREATE TABLE table_204_912 (id DECIMAL, "rank" DECIMAL, "athlete" TEXT, "country" TEXT, "time" DECIMAL, "notes" TEXT)

who was faster , mikio oyama or arnulf sunde ?
SELECT "athlete" FROM table_204_912 WHERE "athlete" IN ('mikio oyama', 'arnulf sunde') ORDER BY "time" LIMIT 1
SELECT "athlete" FROM "table_204_912" WHERE "athlete" IN ('mikio oyama', 'arnulf sunde') ORDER BY "time" NULLS FIRST LIMIT 1