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Hjalmar ("Hjallis") Johan Andersen (born
12 March 1923) is a former
speed skater from
Norway who won three gold medals at the
1952 Winter Olympic Games of
Oslo, Norway.
Short biography
Hjalmar Andersen was born on
Rødøy, an island off the coast of
Nordland in Norway. He grew up in
Lademoen, a part of
Trondheim where mostly workers lived, and where sport and friendship was an important part of life. He made his international debut at the
1948 Winter Olympic Games of
St. Moritz,
Switzerland. He won the qualifying race for 1,500 m, but he was still not selected for the Norwegian team for this distance. He was selected for the 10,000 m team, but because of the terrible ice conditions he didn't finish the race.
Andersen was the best skater of the world in the period of 1950 to 1952. In each of those three years, he became
World Allround Champion, making him one of only four male skaters to have won this title in three consecutive years – the other three being
Oscar Mathisen (1912-1914),
Ard Schenk (1970-1972), and
Eric Heiden (1977-1979). In those same years, 1950-1952, he was also
European Allround Champion and Norwegian Allround Champion, thus winning the "triple" (World, European, and National Allround Championships) for three consecutive years. In addition, he also set three world records in those three years, as well as winning three gold medals (on the 1,500 m, the 5,000 m, and the 10,000 m) at the 1952 Winter Olympics of Oslo.
Andersen quit skating after the 1952 Winter Olympics, but he was talked into giving it a new try in 1954. He became Norwegian Champion for the fourth time and won both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m at the European Championships in
Davos,
Switzerland that year, winning silver in the overall standings. He qualified for the
1956 Olympics and earned a sixth place on the 10,000 m.
During his career he set four
world records. His 10,000 m world record in 1949 (16:57.4) was the first official world record below 17 minutes on the distance. As it was skated outside of Norway it didn't count as a Norwegian national record, of which Andersen set eight during his skating career. Andersen represented
Sportsklubben Falken (Sports Club Falcon) in Trondheim.
Andersen was also a great
cyclist on a national level, and he was awarded the
Egebergs Ærespris in 1951 for his achievements in speed skating and cycling.
Medals
An overview of medals won by Andersen at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
| Championships | Gold medal |
Silver medal |
Bronze medal
|
| Winter Olympics |
1952 (1,500 m)
1952 (5,000 m)
1952 (10,000 m) |
– |
– |
| World Allround |
1950
1951
1952 |
– |
– |
| European Allround |
1950
1951
1952 |
1949
1954 |
– |
| Norwegian Allround |
1950
1951
1952
1954 |
– |
1949
1956 |
World records
Over the course of his career, Andersen skated four
world records:
Norwegian records
Note that in the days Hjalmar skated a Norwegian record could only be skated in Norway itself, so his Davos world record couldn't become a Norwegian record as well.
Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the
WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Andersen skated his personal records.
Adelskalender
Andersen had a final
Adelskalender score of 187.446 points. He held first place on the Adelskalender for 708 days between 1952 and 1954.
date 500 m 1500 m 5000 m 10.000 m points
24-01-1952 42,2 2.17,4 8.03,7 17.08,8 187,810 (
Nikolaj Mamonov)
10-02-1952 43,7 2.16,4 8.07,3 16.32,6 187,526
18-01-1954 42,2 2.17,4 8.03,7 16.52,2 186,980 (
Nikolaj Mamonov)
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