Håkan Lidman
Håkan Lidman ( Erik Håkan Lidman ; born January 31, 1915 in Gothenburg , † June 6, 2000 in Estepona , Spain ) was a Swedish hurdler whose special route was the 110-meter distance .
Life
At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Lidman finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles behind Forrest Towns (USA), Don Finlay (GBR) and Fritz Pollard (USA) in 14.5 seconds .
Without the Americans at the start, Finlay and Lidman were also the favorites for the 1938 European Athletics Championships in Paris. Finlay won with a European record of 14.3 seconds in front of Lidman (14.5) and the Dutchman Reindest Brasser (14.8). In 1940 Lidman set a European record with 14.0 seconds, which was not beaten until 1956. For this achievement he was honored with the Svenska Dagbladet gold medal.
At the European Championships in 1946 , the first after World War II, which took place in Oslo from August 22 to 25, 1946, the Swedish athletes were the most successful participants. Håkan Lidman won the hurdles sprint in 14.6 seconds ahead of Belgian Pol Braekman in 14.9 seconds. At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , Lidman reached the final again 12 years after his first Olympic participation and finished sixth in 14.6 seconds.
He was Swedish champion in hurdles fourteen times, from 1934 to 1945, as well as 1947 and 1948. In 1946 he did not start at the Swedish championships because he protested against his association, which had banned many athletes for violating the amateur regulations before the European championships.
Håkan Lidman was 1.89 m tall and weighed 78 kg when he was active.
Top performances
- 110 meter hurdles: 14.0 seconds (1940)
- 200 meter hurdles: 24.0 seconds (1943)
- 400 meter hurdles: 58.2 seconds (1937)
- 100-meter run: 10.9 seconds (1943)
- 200-meter run: 22.2 seconds (1943)
literature
- Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2001. Worcester 2001, ISBN 1-899807-11-X
- Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV )
Web links
- Håkan Lidman in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lidman, Håkan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lidman, Erik Håkan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish hurdler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gothenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 2000 |
| Place of death | Estepona |