Ingemar Johansson (athlete)
Ingemar Johansson ( Bror Ingemar Ture Johansson ; born April 25, 1924 in Hagfors , † April 18, 2009 in Värmskog ) was a Swedish walker .
From 1946 to 1948 he was the Swedish 10-kilometer walking champion. In 1947 he set his personal best in 45: 00.0 minutes. At the Olympic Games in London in 1948, Werner Hardmo , who set the current world record in 1945, John Mikaelsson and Johansson, all three Swedish walkers qualified for the final. Hardmo was disqualified in the final, Mikaelsson won with half a minute ahead of Johansson, who in turn reached the finish with 16 seconds ahead of third-placed Swiss Fritz Schwab .
Two years after London, Johansson gave up at the European Athletics Championships in Brussels in 1950 . In 1951 he won the Swedish championship again.
literature
- Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2010. SportsBooks, Cheltenham 2010, ISBN 978-1-899807-92-5 (obituary p. 96)
Web links
- Ingemar Johansson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Johansson, Ingemar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johansson, Bror Ingemar Ture (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hagfors |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 2009 |
| Place of death | Värmskog |