Tor Øivind Ødegård (born 28 February 1969) is a retired

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middle distance runner who specialized in the

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. He represented Fredrikstad IF and IF Minerva. He finished fourth at the

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. He also competed at the

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and

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without reaching the finals. He became Norwegian champion in 1991 and 1994. His personal best time is 1:45.42 minutes, achieved in August 1997 in

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. This places him third among Norwegian 800 m runners, only behind

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 s ...

and

Atle Douglas Atle Douglas (born 9 June 1968 in Oxford, England) is a retired Norwegian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He represented BFG Fana, SK Vidar, Bergen FIK, IL Gular and IL Norna-Salhus during his active career. He finished ...

.Norwegian all-time list 800 metres

References

* 1969 births Living people Norwegian male middle-distance runners Place of birth missing (living people) {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub