Thomas Hedvin Byberg (18 September 1916 – 13 October 1998) born in

Hommelvik Hommelvik is the administrative centre of the municipality of Malvik in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the ''Hommelvika'', a bay off of the Trondheimsfjord. Hommelvik is about southwest of the village of Muruvik ...

was a

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 the ...

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. ...

. He represented ''Hommelvik Idrettslag'' and ''Trondhjems Skøiteklub''. At the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

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, Byberg won a silver medal on 500 m. The time 43.2 was one tenth of a second behind his fellow Norwegian team member

Finn Helgesen Finn Helgesen (25 April 1919 – 3 September 2011) was a speed skater from Norway. Career Competing in the 500 m he won the national title in 1947 and 1949 and an Olympic gold medal in 1948. In 1948 he set a new Olympic record at 43.1 seconds ...

. The silver medal was shared with two Americans, Ken Bartholomew and

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Personal records

43.2 - 1:34.0 - 2:23.7 - 5:12.9 - 8:51.9 - 18:49.1

External links

Thomas Byberg on SkateResults.com
1916 births 1998 deaths Norwegian male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Speed skaters at the 1948 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics People from Malvik Sportspeople from Trøndelag 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub