Knut Lindberg

Knut Lindberg
Knut Lindberg at the 1912 Olympic Games
Full name	Knut Andreas Lindberg
nation	Sweden
birthday	February 2, 1882
place of birth	Gothenburg ,  Sweden
size	179 cm
Weight	72 kg
date of death	April 6, 1961
Place of death	Gothenburg, Sweden
Career
discipline	Sprint , javelin , decathlon
Best performance	100 m: 10.6 s; 200 m: 22.3 s Javelin: 45.17 m
society	Örgryte IS
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 × Olympic Intermediate Games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Stockholm 2012 4 × 100 m  Olympic Intermediate Games silver Athens 1906 Javelin throw
last change: February 13, 2017

Knut Andreas Lindberg (born February 2, 1882 in Gothenburg ; † April 6, 1961 ) was a Swedish athlete who was active at the beginning of the 20th century both in pentathlon and in individual disciplines such as sprinting and javelin throwing . With a height of 1.79 m, his competition weight was 72 kg.

He took part in the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens , the 1908 Olympic Games in London and the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm .

In 1906 in Athens he was sixth in the pentathlon with 37 points (points awarded after placement in the individual competitions) and in the 100-meter run with 11.8 seconds. The javelin was thrown in the so-called "freestyle", in which the end of the spear was held with the fingertips. According to the rule at the time, only the top three finishers were allowed to go through the three finals after qualifying. In Athens, where a total of 15 throwers started, all three finalists came from Sweden: Eric Lemming , Knut Lindberg and Bruno Söderström . Lindberg won the silver medal with 45.12 m behind Lemming (gold with 53.90 m) and ahead of Söderström (bronze with 44.92 m).

Two years later in London, Knut Lindberg retired over 100 meters, over 200 meters and in the mixed relay in the lead. In the "freestyle" javelin throw he also did not reach the final.

Knut Lindberg, 1912

At the games in Stockholm in front of his home crowd, he was eliminated from the preliminary round over 100 meters in 11.1 seconds. He also missed the final over 200 meters in 22.4 seconds. With the Swedish 4 x 100 meter relay , he reached the final. The Swedish relay won silver in 42.6 seconds behind the British relay in 42.4 seconds. The German relay team crossed the finish line first after 42.4 seconds, but was disqualified due to a faulty replacement.

literature

• 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

• Knut Lindberg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )