Hasse Börjes

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

Hasse Börjes
Personal information
Born (1948-01-25) 25 January 1948
Rättvik, Sweden
Sport
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Men’s Speed skating
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Sapporo500 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 1970Switzerland Davos
500 m0.38,8725 January 1970Soviet Union Medeo
500 m0.38,468 March 1970Germany Inzell
Sprint combination163.30012 December 1971Norway Kongsberg
500 m0.38,04 March 1972Germany Inzell

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[4]

References
  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 Machine – International Skating Union (Retrieved on April 9, 2008)
  4. "Hasse Börjes". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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