Knut Johannesen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Speed Skating | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 10,000 m | |
| Silver | 1960 Squaw Valley | 5,000 m | |
| Gold | 1960 Squaw Valley | 10,000 m | |
| Gold | 1964 Innsbruck | 5,000 m | |
| Bronze | 1964 Innsbruck | 10,000 m | |
Knut ("Kuppern") Johannesen (born 6 November 1933) is a former speed skater from Norway.
Johannesen won the World Allround Championships in 1957 and 1964, the European Allround Championships in 1959 and 1960, and won the Norwegian Allround Championships eight times (1955 and 1957–1963). He was twice Olympic Champion, on the 10,000 meters distance at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and on the 5,000 meters at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. He held the top #1 position on the Adelskalenderen for a total of 1100 days.
Johannesen also set a total of four world records in the course of his career, the most famous of which was his 15:46.6 on the 10,000 m at the 1960 Olympics. The Soviet-Russian skaters Nikolay Shtelbaums and Vladimir Shilykovskij had earlier improved on the equally famous 1952 world record 16.32.6 of Hjalmar Andersen, but the 15:46.6 result, along with Kjell Bäckman's 16:14.2 result from an earlier pair, was the first officially recognised world record achievement since 1952.
[edit] References
- Fra Kampen til Squaw Valley (Aschehoug, Oslo, 1956)
- På'n igjen (Aschehoug, Oslo, 1960)
- Knut Johannesen at SkateResults.com
| Leaders of the Adelskalender |
|---|
|
Rudolf Ericsson - Peder Østlund - Jaap Eden - Oscar Mathisen - Ivar Ballangrud - Michael Staksrud - Åke Seyffarth - Nikolay Mamonov - Hjalmar Andersen - Boris Shilkov - Dmitriy Sakunenko - Juhani Järvinen - Knut Johannesen - Jonny Nilsson - Per Ivar Moe - Eduard Matusevich - Ard Schenk - Kees Verkerk - Magne Thomassen - Hans van Helden - Vladimir Lobanov - Jan Egil Storholt - Sergey Marchuk - Vladimir Belov - Eric Heiden - Viktor Shasherin - Andrej Bobrov - Nikolay Gulyayev - Michael Hadschieff - Eric Flaim - Johann Olav Koss - Falko Zandstra - Rintje Ritsma - Gianni Romme - Jochem Uytdehaage - Chad Hedrick |
| Olympic champions in men's 5000 m speed skating |
|---|
| 1924: Clas Thunberg | 1928: Ivar Ballangrud | 1932: Irving Jaffee | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Reidar Liaklev | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Boris Shilkov | 1960: Viktor Kosichkin | 1964: Knut Johannesen | 1968: Fred Anton Maier | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Sten Stensen | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Tomas Gustafson | 1988: Tomas Gustafson | 1992: Geir Karlstad | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Gianni Romme | 2002: Jochem Uytdehaage | 2006: Chad Hedrick |
| Olympic champions in men's 10000 m speed skating |
|---|
| 1924: Julius Skutnabb | 1932: Irving Jaffee | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Åke Seyffarth | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Sigvard Ericsson | 1960: Knut Johannesen | 1964: Jonny Nilsson | 1968: Johnny Höglin | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Piet Kleine | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Igor Malkov | 1988: Tomas Gustafson | 1992: Bart Veldkamp | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Gianni Romme | 2002: Jochem Uytdehaage | 2006: Bob de Jong |
| Preceded by None |
Oscar Mathisen Award 1959 |
Succeeded by Boris Stenin |
