Bernt Harry Johansson (born 18 April 1953) is a Swedish former
road bicycle racer
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1981. His sporting career began with Mariestadcyklisten.
A competitor at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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, he represented his native country once again at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...
in
Montreal, Quebec
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, Canada, where he won the
men's individual road race.
For that performance Johansson was awarded the
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal the same year, together with track and field athlete
Anders Gärderud, who claimed gold in the men's 3000 m steeplechase in Montreal.
Career achievements
Major results
;1972
: 3rd
Road race, National Road Championships
;1973
: 1st Stage 12
Tour d'Algérie
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: 2nd Overall
Milk Race
The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time.
The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...
;1974
: 1st
Team time trial
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The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
,
UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
(with
Tord Filipsson
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Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters ...
,
Lennart Fagerlund
Lennart Fagerlund (born 2 April 1952) is a Swedish former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad ...
&
Sven-Åke Nilsson)
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
;1975
: 1st Overall
Milk Race
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The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...
::1st Stage 8
;1976
: 1st
Road race,
Summer Olympics
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: 1st Stages 7 & 12
Tour du Maroc
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a ser ...
: 1st Stage 7
Milk Race
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The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...
;1977
: 1st Overall
Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana
::1st Stage 2
: 1st
Trofeo Baracchi
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(with
Carmelo Barone
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Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Econom ...
)
: 1st GP Forli
: 2nd
Giro dell'Emilia
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: 3rd
Gran Piemonte
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: 3rd
Trofeo Laigueglia
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: 3rd
Giro del Veneto
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In 2012 the race merged with another Italian classic, Coppa ...
: 3rd
GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
The Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Prato, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicyc ...
;1978
: 1st
Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
The Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Prato, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicy ...
: 1st
Giro dell'Emilia
The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour, and since 2020 it's part of the UCI ProSeries calendar. The ...
: 1st GP Forli
: 1st Stage 1c (ITT) Cronostaffetta
: 2nd
Giro di Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cy ...
: 2nd
Giro del Lazio
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...
: 3rd
Trofeo Baracchi
The Trofeo Baracchi was a major Italian cycling race that ran for 50 years. It was created by Mino Baracchi, in memory of his father Angelo who was a great cycle racing fan. Originally (from 1941) an amateur individual time trial, from 1944 it wa ...
(with
Gianbattista Baronchelli
Gianbattista Baronchelli (born 6 September 1953) is an Italian retired professional road racing cyclist (1974–1989). He obtained a total of 94 victories.
Baronchelli was born in Ceresara, in the Province of Mantua. In 1973, as an amateur, h ...
)
: 3rd
GP Lugano
The Gran Premio di Lugano ( en, Grand Prix of Lugano) is a road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Prior to 1981 it was held as an individual time trial but in recent years it has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe ...
: 3rd
Giro del Veneto
The Giro del Veneto is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in the region of Veneto, Italy. The race is a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
In 2012 the race merged with another Italian classic, Coppa ...
: 4th
Giro di Toscana
The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015. On 4 April 2016 it was announced that the race will r ...
: 4th
Giro di Romagna
The Giro della Romagna was a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Italian region of Romagna. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was discontinued in 2011, and in 2013, it merged with the M ...
: 5th
Coppa Placci
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The race is named after Antonio Placci, a cyclist born in Imola w ...
: 9th Overall
Giro d'Italia
;1979
: 1st
Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
The Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Prato, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicy ...
: 2nd
Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria
The Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria is a road bicycle race held annually in Province of Reggio Calabria
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: 3rd Overall
Giro d'Italia
::1st Stages 11 & 14
: 3rd
La Flèche Wallonne
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The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
: 3rd
Giro dell'Appennino
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Famous riders like Fausto Coppi, Francesco Moser, Felice Gimond ...
: 3rd
Coppa Placci
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The race is named after Antonio Placci, a cyclist born in Imola w ...
: 4th Overall
Giro di Puglia
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: 7th
Giro di Romagna
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: 8th
Giro del Lazio
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...
;1980
: 1st
Giro del Lazio
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: 2nd Overall
Vuelta a Andalucía
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::1st Stage 5b
: 4th
Gran Piemonte
The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI ...
: 4th
Giro dell'Emilia
The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour, and since 2020 it's part of the UCI ProSeries calendar. The ...
: 6th
Milano–Torino
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: 7th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...
: 7th
G.P. Camaiore
;1981
: 2nd
Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria
The Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria is a road bicycle race held annually in Province of Reggio Calabria
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Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
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1953 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Gothenburg
Swedish male cyclists
Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Swedish Giro d'Italia stage winners
Olympic cyclists of Sweden
Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
UCI Road World Champions (elite men)
20th-century Swedish people
21st-century Swedish people