Ferdinand Bie Explained

Ferdinand Bie
Birth Date:1888 2, df=y
Birth Place:Drammen, Buskerud, Norway
Death Place:Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway
Height:1.74m (05.71feet)
Weight:72kg (159lb)
Sport:Pentathlon, long jump, hurdles
Club:Oslo IL
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Ferdinand Reinhardt Bie (16 February 1888 – 9 November 1961) was a Norwegian track and field athlete. At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm he won the silver medal in pentathlon.[1] On winner Jim Thorpe's subsequent disqualification for having played semi-professional baseball in 1913, Bie was declared Olympic champion, but refused to accept the gold medal from the IOC.[2] In 1982 Thorpe was reinstated as champion by the IOC; however, Bie was still listed as co-champion[3] until the IOC announced 15 July 2022 that Thorpe's gold medal had been reinstated and Bie became the silver medalist.[4]

He also finished eleventh in the long jump, and competed in 110 metres hurdles and decathlon, but failed to finish.[5] He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1910 and 1917[6] and in 110 m hurdles in 1910.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ferdinand Bie . Olympedia . 22 April 2021.
  2. Book: Jim Reisler. Cash and Carry: The Spectacular Rise and Hard Fall of C.C. Pyle, America's First Sports Agent. 26 November 2008. McFarland. 978-0-7864-5262-0. 60–.
  3. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee medal database
  4. News: Jim Thorpe reinstated as winner of the 1912 Olympics pentathlon and decathlon gold medals. Gonzalez. Isabel. CBS Sports. 15 July 2022. 16 July 2022.
  5. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/internasjonal/mb.htm Norwegian international athletes – B
  6. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mlj.htm Norwegian championships in long jump
  7. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m110h.htm Norwegian championships in 110 metres hurdles