Knut Tore Børø (born 28 September 1948 in

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) is a retired

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long-distance runner who specialized in 5000 and

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. He represented

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. At the 1974 European Championships he finished eleventh in the 5000 m and sixth in the 10,000 m. He competed at the Summer Olympics in

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

, without reaching the finals, and

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, dropping out of the 10,000-metre final due to a leg injury (see Hannus, Matti, ed., "The Montreal Olympic Book", Helsinki: Juoksija/Runner Magazine, 1976), and placed 29th at the

1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Monza, Italy, at the Mirabello Racecourse on 16 March 1974. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, a ...

. He became Norwegian champion in 5000 m in 1973 and 1975 and in 10,000 m in 1973.

Personal bests

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- 7:49.4 min (1974) - seventh among Norwegian 3000 m runners. *5000 metres - 13:21.8 min (1975) - sixth among Norwegian 5000 m runners. *10,000 metres - 27:56.2 min (1975) - fourth among Norwegian 10,000 m runners, only behind

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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 1 ...

and

John Halvorsen John Halvorsen (born 17 August 1966) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in 10,000 metres and cross-country running. He represented IF Minerva. In 10,000 m he finished sixteenth at the 1988 Summer Olympics, twelfth at the ...

.Norwegian all-time list 10,000 metres

References

1948 births Living people Norwegian male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway People from Hitra Sportspeople from Trøndelag {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub