Hasse Börjes Explained

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Birth Place:Rättvik, Sweden
Birth Date:25 January 1948

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

DisciplineTimeDateLocation
500 m0.38,918 January 1970 Davos
500 m0.38,8725 January 1970 Medeo
500 m0.38,468 March 1970 Inzell
Sprint combination163.30012 December 1971 Kongsberg
500 m0.38,04 March 1972 Inzell

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=37&sp=SPE "1972 Winter Olympics  - Sapporo, Japan  - Speed Skating"
  2. Web site: Fakta: Tidigare svenska fanbärare. Sveriges radio. Swedish. 5 February 2014. 22 November 2016.
  3. http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-181536-198754-94643-0-file,00.pdf Historical World Records
  4. Web site: Hasse Börjes. SpeedSkatingStats.com. 29 August 2012.