John Skovbjerg

John[lower-alpha 1] Skovbjerg (born 22 January 1956)[1] is a Danish marathon runner, who won the 1984 Berlin Marathon, and came second at the 1985 and 1986 Vienna City Marathons.

John Skovbjerg
Personal information
Born (1956-01-22) 22 January 1956
Denmark
Sport
SportAthletics
Medal record
Representing  Denmark
Marathon
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place1984 BerlinMarathon

Career

Skovbjerg competed for Aarhus Gymnastikforening.[2] He came 37th in the men's marathon event at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.[3]

Skovbjerg won the 1984 Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:13:25,[4] after pulling away from West German Wolfgang Krüger in the final few kilometres of the race.[5] He won the race by a few seconds,[6] and his time was a course record,[7] beating the previous record by two seconds.[2] After the race, it was noticed that Skovbjerg had folded his race number, meaning that the sponsor could not be seen. As a result, he received a reduction in prize money; for a time, he had been threatened with disqualification.[5]

In 1985, Skovbjerg came second at the Vienna City Marathon,[8][9] and seventh at the 1985 Berlin Marathon.[1] In 1986, he again came second at the Vienna City Marathon,[8] and finished 12th in the 1986 Berlin Marathon.[1]

Notes
  1. Some sources refer to him as Johan.

References
  1. John Skovbjerg at World Athletics
  2. "Triumpf i kulde og regn". Århus Stiftstidende (in Danish). 1 October 1984. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021 – via Viva Marathon.
  3. "Marathon Final". The Journal Gazette. 15 August 1983. p. 12. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Benyo, Richard; Henderson, Joe (2002). Running Encyclopedia. Human Kinetics. p. 31. ISBN 9780736037341.
  5. "Three weeks to go! Looking back in history - Countdown part III". Berlin Marathon. 9 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  6. "Marathon Berlin". Indiana Gazette. 1 October 1984. p. 21. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Der BERLIN-MARATHON – Die Sieger und Siegerinnen von 1974 – 2014 – Teil 2" (in German). German Road Races. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  8. "Vienna Marathon Winners". Vienna City Marathon. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  9. "Vienna Marathon". Los Angeles Times. 1 April 1985. p. 34. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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