Johannes Andersen

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameEinar Harry Johannes•Andersen
Used nameJohannes•Andersen
Born29 September 1888 in Oslo, Oslo (NOR)
Died2 December 1967 in Oslo, Oslo (NOR)
Measurements168 cm / 53 kg
AffiliationsIK Tjalve, Oslo (NOR)
NOC Norway

Biography

Norway decided to send a team for the cross-country event at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, but had no national championship in this event until 1913, so their team was selected from their best long-distance runners on the track. Andersen set a national 5,000 m record of 16:05.1 in Oslo (then Kristiania) in June 1912, and in the second Olympic selection race he ran 10,000 metres in 34:29, competing against a relay team. He was one of Norway’s top long-distance runners from 1907-16, but never won a Norwegian championship. He died in his home town of Oslo in 1969 at age 79.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1912 Summer Olympics Athletics NOR Johannes Andersen
Cross-Country, Individual, Men (Olympic) 22
Cross-Country, Team, Men (Olympic) Norway 4