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| Born | 10 May 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 March 2000(2000-03-02) (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Audun Boysen (10 May 1929 – 2 March 2000) was a Norwegian middle distance runner. Born in Bjarkøy and raised in Rissa, he first represented Rissa IL and later IK Tjalve in Oslo.
Boysen was a prominent 800 metre runner in the 1950s, and he won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the 1958 European Championships and another bronze at the 1954 European Championships. He set three world records over 1,000 metres, the last being 2:19.0 in 1955.
The same year he ran 800 metres (2,600 ft) in 1:45.9, setting a new Norwegian record. Incidentally, the man who beat him in that race, Belgian Roger Moens, ran a world record time, with Boysen also under the old world record. That Norwegian record stood for 37 years until 3 July 1992 when it was broken by Atle Douglas (1:45.15) and Vebjørn Rodal (1:45.33). Rodal became Olympic champion four years later.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Audun Boysen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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| Preceded byStein Eriksen | Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year 1955 |
Succeeded byEgil Danielsen |
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