Marcel Hansenne
Appearance
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's athletics | ||
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1948 London | 800 metres |
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Marcel Hansenne (January 24, 1917 – March 22, 2002) was a French middle distance runner, who won the bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London over 800 m in a time of 1:49.8 min.[1] The race was won by Mal Whitfield. Hansenne also equalled Rune Gustafsson's 1000 m world record of 2:21.4 in Gothenburg in 1948. Hansenne was born in Tourcoing.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marcel Hansenne Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 2002 deaths
- Sportspeople from Tourcoing
- Athletes from Hauts-de-France
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- French male middle-distance runners
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Olympic athletes for France
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- French athletics Olympic medalist stubs