Magne Thomassen (born 1 May 1941) is a former
speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...
from
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 ...
. He participated in international championships over a period of more than ten years. He took part in 23 country matches for Norway in the period 1959–1971 and competed in the
European Speed Skating Championships,
World Allround Speed Skating Championships The World Allround Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of the world. The event is held over two days, with all skaters entering the first three distances (500 m, ...
and
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The World Sprint Speed Skating Championships are annual speed skating championships. The championships are held over a two-day period, with the skaters racing one 500 m and one 1,000 m each day.
Since the higher speeds towards the end ...
between 1962 and 1972.
Biography
After setting a
world record
A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...
on the 1,500 meters with the time 2:02.5 on 5 February 1972, Magne Thomassen conquered the first position on the
Adelskalenderen ranking for a period of two days until
Kees Verkerk regained that position.
Thomassen became Norwegian allround champion in 1968. He became the first winner of the Norwegian sprint speed skating championship in 1970, a title he also won the year thereafter.
Thomassen won silver in the 500 m event of the
1968 Winter Olympic Games,
[ silver in the ]World Allround Speed Skating Championships The World Allround Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of the world. The event is held over two days, with all skaters entering the first three distances (500 m, ...
in 1968 and 1970, bronze in the 1970 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The World Sprint Speed Skating Championships are annual speed skating championships. The championships are held over a two-day period, with the skaters racing one 500 m and one 1,000 m each day.
Since the higher speeds towards the end ...
as well as bronze in the 1968 allround European Speed Skating Championships.
He represented the club Trondhjems Skøiteklub.
Records
World record
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[
]
Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the ''WR'' column lists the official world records on the dates that Thomassen skated his personal records.[
Note that Thomassen's score on the Big combination was no world record because Kees Verkerk skated an even lower total of points on that day.
]
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
* Eng, Trond. ''All Time International Championships, Complete Results: 1889 – 2002''. Askim, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2002.
* Eng, Trond; Gjerde, Arild and Teigen, Magne. ''Norsk Skøytestatistikk Gjennom Tidene, Menn/Kvinner, 1999 (6. utgave)''. Askim/Skedsmokorset/Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1999.
* Eng, Trond; Gjerde, Arild; Teigen, Magne and Teigen, Thorleiv. ''Norsk Skøytestatistikk Gjennom Tidene, Menn/Kvinner, 2004 (7. utgave)''. Askim/Skedsmokorset/Veggli/Hokksund, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2004.
* Eng, Trond and Petersen, Preben Gorud. ''Norges Landskamper, Komplette resultater 1929 – 86''. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1986.
* Eng, Trond and Teigen, Magne. ''Komplette Resultater fra offisielle Norske Mesterskap på skøyter, 1894 – 2005''. Askim/Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2005.
* Teigen, Magne. ''Komplette Resultater Norske Mesterskap På Skøyter, 1887 – 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior''. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.
* Teigen, Magne. ''Komplette Resultater Internasjonale Mesterskap 1889 – 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior, allround/sprint''. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.
External links
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Magne Thomassen
at SpeedSkatingStats.com
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1941 births
Living people
World record setters in speed skating
Norwegian male speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters for Norway
Olympic silver medalists for Norway
Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists
People from Melhus
Sportspeople from Trøndelag