Hjalmar Johannessen

Not to be confused with Hjalmar Johansen.
Hjalmar Johannessen
Personal information
Born(1907-05-24)24 May 1907
Trondheim, Norway
Died19 August 1959(1959-08-19) (aged 52)
Oslo
Sport
SportAthletics
ClubSK Freidig

Hjalmar "Hjalle" Johannessen (24 May 1907 – 19 August 1959) was a Norwegian athlete who specialized in the 400 and 800 metres, and later a sports writer. He was born in Trondheim,[1] and as an athlete he represented the local club SK Freidig; later Oslo TF.[2]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Norway
1932 1932 Summer Olympics Los Angeles Quarterfinal (400 M) 800 meters, 1:54.3 minutes

400 meters, 49.4seconds

1936 1936 Summer Olympics Los Angeles Semi-final (800 M) 800 meters, 1:56.0 minutes[3]

He became Norwegian 400 metres champion in 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1935,[4] and 800 metres champion in 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1936 and 1937.[5]

His personal best time was 1:52.1 minutes, achieved in September 1935 in Stockholm.[6] In the 400 metres he had 48.6 seconds, achieved in September 1935 at Bislett stadion.[7]

After retiring he was a sports editor in the newspaper Morgenposten.[8] In 1946 he married Gunvor Høidal from Oslo. The marriage ended in divorce in 1952.[1] He died in 1959.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Møller, Trygve Juul (1963). Studentene fra 1938 : biografiske opplysninger, statistikk og artikler samlet til 25 års jubileet 1963 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Bokkomiteen for studentene fra 1938. p. 230.
  2. ^ Norwegian championships medalists, men's 1500 m Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ a b Norwegian international athletes - J Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ Norwegian championships medalists, men's 400 m Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  5. ^ Norwegian championships medalists, men's 800 m Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  6. ^ Norwegian all-time list, 800 m men Archived 2008-08-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  7. ^ Norwegian all-time list, 400 m men Archived 2008-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  8. ^ Stanghelle, Harald; Harberg, Kjell (13 August 2009). "Leif Husebye (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).


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