Hasse Börjes

Hasse Börjes

Personal information
Born	(1948-01-25) 25 January 1948 (age 76) Rättvik, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Representing  Sweden Men's Speed skating Olympic Games 1972 Sapporo 500 m

Hasse Börjes (born 25 January 1948) is a Swedish speed skater, Olympic silver medalist and former world record holder in the 500 m.

Born in Rättvik, at the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo Börjes was silver medalist at the 500 meter speed skating event.^[1] During those games he also was the Swedish flag-bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Hasse Börjes improved the world record on 500m three times in 1970 (38.9 seconds, 38.87, and 38.46 seconds), and equaled the then record in 1972 (38.0 seconds).^[3]

World records

Discipline	Time	Date	Location
500 m	0.38,9	18 January 1970	Davos
500 m	0.38,87	25 January 1970	Medeo
500 m	0.38,46	8 March 1970	Inzell
Sprint combination	163.300	12 December 1971	Kongsberg
500 m	0.38,0	4 March 1972	Inzell

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[4]

References

1. "1972 Winter Olympics – Sapporo, Japan – Speed Skating" Archived 2007-04-07 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on April 9, 2008)
2. "Fakta: Tidigare svenska fanbärare" (in Swedish). Sveriges radio. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
3. Historical World Records Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine – International Skating Union (Retrieved on April 9, 2008)
4. "Hasse Börjes". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

External links

• Hasse Börjes at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Hasse Börjes in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
• Hasse Börjes at SpeedSkatingNews.info
• Hasse Börjes at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Hasse Börjes at Olympedia
• Hasse Börjes at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)