Hasse Börjes

Hasse Börjes
Personal information
Born (1948-01-25) 25 January 1948 (age 76)
Rättvik, Sweden
Sport
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Men's Speed skating
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Sapporo 500 m

Hasse Börjes (born 25 January 1948) is a Swedish speed skater, Olympic silver medalist and former world record holder in the 500 m.

Born in Rättvik, at the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo Börjes was silver medalist at the 500 meter speed skating event.[1] During those games he also was the Swedish flag-bearer during the opening ceremony.[2]

Hasse Börjes improved the world record on 500m three times in 1970 (38.9 seconds, 38.87, and 38.46 seconds), and equaled the then record in 1972 (38.0 seconds).[3]

World records

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Discipline Time Date Location
500 m 0.38,9 18 January 1970 Switzerland Davos
500 m 0.38,87 25 January 1970 Soviet Union Medeo
500 m 0.38,46 8 March 1970 Germany Inzell
Sprint combination 163.300 12 December 1971 Norway Kongsberg
500 m 0.38,0 4 March 1972 Germany Inzell

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[4]

References

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  1. ^ "1972 Winter Olympics – Sapporo, Japan – Speed Skating" Archived 2007-04-07 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on April 9, 2008)
  2. ^ "Fakta: Tidigare svenska fanbärare" (in Swedish). Sveriges radio. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  3. ^ Historical World Records Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback MachineInternational Skating Union (Retrieved on April 9, 2008)
  4. ^ "Hasse Börjes". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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