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Espen Borge
Espen Borge (born 8 September 1961) is a retired Norwegian runner who specialized in 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented IF Hellas and IK Tjalve. He finished seventh in 1500 m at the 1989 European Indoor Championships. In addition he competed at the 1987 World Championships and the 1989 World Cross Country Championships without success. He became Norwegian champion in 800 m in 1984 and 1986 and in 1500 m in 1987, 1988 and 1991. In 1985 and 1986, Borge ran collegiately in the US for the University of Arkansas where he finished 3rd in the 1500 metres at the 1986 NCAA Outdoor Championships, the primary college athletics competition in the US. Personal bests *800 metres - 1:47.41 min (1984) - fourteenth among Norwegian 800 m runners. *1500 metres - 3:38.74 min (1987) - sixth among Norwegian 1500 m runners, only behind Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Lars Martin Kaupang, Vebjørn Rodal, Knut Kvalheim Knut Kvalheim (born 14 June 1950) is a retired Norwegian long-distan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Martin Kaupang
Lars Martin Kaupang (born 18 August 1952) is a Norwegian middle distance runner. He specialized in the 1500 metres, in which he held the Norwegian record from 1976 to 2012. He hailed from Larvik and was discovered in school by teacher, coach and former runner Tor Torgersen. He represented the club Larvik TIF; for some time the short-lived cooperation club Larvik FIK. Internationally he participated at the 1974 European Championships and the 1976 Summer Olympics without reaching the final. He had a rather short career pinnacle, only winning three Norwegian championship medals; the gold in the 1500 metres in 1974, 1975 and 1976. His personal best times were 1:49.8 minutes in the 800 metres (1976), 3:37.4 in the 1500 metres (1976) and 3:59.9 in the mile run (1974). His 1500 metres time was a Norwegian record until 2012, when it was broken by Henrik Ingebrigtsen. In long-distance races he had 8:01.0 in the 3000 metres (1975) and 13:56.0 in the 5000 metres (1975). He was a board mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Male Long-distance Runners
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Living People
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1961 Births
Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Cemal Gürsel forms the new government of Turkey (25th gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen
Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen (born 26 January 1982 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian track and field athlete who mainly competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented the club Sandnes IL Sandnes Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Sandnes, founded in 1946. The club has sections for track and field athletics, orienteering and skiing. Athletes competing for Sandnes IL include Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen, .... International competitions References * 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Stavanger Norwegian male long-distance runners Norwegian male steeplechase runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Norway {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Svenøy
Jim Svenøy (born 22 April 1972, in Fræna) is a retired Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ... athlete who specialized in the 3000 metre steeplechase. Competition record External links * 1972 births Living people People from Fræna Norwegian male long-distance runners Norwegian male steeplechase runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Norway UTEP Miners men's track and field athletes European Athletics Championships medalists Norwegian expatriates in the Netherlands Sportspeople from Møre og Romsdal {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Kvalheim
Arne Kvalheim (born 25 April 1945 in Hønefoss) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner. He is the brother of Knut Kvalheim. He finished fourth at the 1974 European Indoor Championships (3000 m) and sixth at the 1974 European Championships (5000 m). He also competed without reaching the final at the 1968 Summer Olympics as well as the European Championships in 1966 and 1971. He was a Norwegian champion in 800 metres in 1966, 1500 metres in 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 and 1972 and 5000 metres in 1969, 1970 and 1971. In Norway, he represented the sports club IK Tjalve. While studying in the United States, both brothers ran for the University of Oregon and the Oregon Track Club and helped the club setting a world record in the 4 x 1 mile relay at Eugene on May 30, 1968 in 16:05,0 min. His personal best times were: *800 metres - 1:48.7 min (1967). *1500 metres - 3:38.5 min (1968) *3000 metres - 7:44.8 min (1974) *5000 metres - 13:26.4 min (1974) *10,000 metres The 10,000 met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Kvalheim
Knut Kvalheim (born 14 June 1950) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner. He is the brother of Arne Kvalheim. He finished fourteenth at the 1974 European Championships (5000 m), ninth at the 1976 Summer Olympics (5000 m) and ninth at the 1978 European Championships (10,000 m). He also competed without reaching the final at the European Championships in 1971 and 1982. He was a Norwegian champion in 1500 metres in 1973, 3000 metres steeplechase in 1975, 5000 metres in 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1982. and 10,000 metres in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1982. He represented the sports club IK Tjalve. While studying in the United States, both brothers ran for the University of Oregon and the Oregon Track Club. He held the Norwegian records in 1500, 3000, 5000 and 10,000 m for many years. His personal best times were: *1500 metres - 3:38.1 min (1976) - sixth on the Norwegian all-time list. * 3000 metres - 7:42.4 min (1974) - third on the Norwegian all-time list, only behi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vebjørn Rodal
Vebjørn Rodal (born 16 September 1972) is a retired Norwegian middle distance athlete, who won the gold medal in the 800 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics with the time 1:42.58. Biography Rodal, born and raised in Berkåk, made his international senior debut in 1992, at the Barcelona Olympics, reaching the semi-finals in his event, the 800 m. Part of a group of successful Norwegian athletes, he won his first international medal only two years later, placing second at the 1994 European Championships . By finishing third in the final of the 1995 World Championships, he established himself as one of the top 800 m runners in the world, and was among the medal contenders for the 1996 Summer Olympics, held in Atlanta. Not present at the Olympics was world champion Wilson Kipketer, who had emigrated from Kenya to Denmark, but wasn't allowed to run for his new country by the Kenyans. This made the final wide open. Rodal made the final, which was run in a blistering pace. Rodal overtook m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Ingebrigtsen
Henrik Ingebrigtsen (born 24 February 1991) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner who competes mainly in the 1500 metres. He represented Norway at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. His younger brothers, Filip Ingebrigtsen and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, are also middle-distance runners, the latter of which won the 1500m gold at the 2020 games. Athletic career Ingebrigtsen first broke the 3:40 barrier in the 1500 meters at the age of 19. He won the gold medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki at the 1500 metres event. He followed it by finishing 5th at the Olympic Games in London with a new national record of 3:35.43. Ingebrigtsen further improved the national record to 3:33.95 at the Diamond League meet held in Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Züric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1500 Metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilometers or approximately miles. The event is closely associated with its slightly longer cousin, the mile race, from which it derives its nickname "the metric mile". The demands of the race are similar to that of the 800 metres, but with a slightly higher emphasis on aerobic endurance and a slightly lower sprint speed requirement. The 1500 metre race is predominantly aerobic, but anaerobic conditioning is also required. Each lap run during the world-record race run by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1998 in Rome, Italy averaged just under 55 seconds (or under 13.8 seconds per 100 metres). 1,500 metres is three and three-quarter laps around a 400-metre track. During the 1970s and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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