Audun Boysen

Audun Boysen

Personal information
Born	May 10, 1929
Medal record Men’s athletics Olympic Games Bronze 1956 Melbourne 800 metres European Championships Bronze 1954 Bern 800 metres Silver 1958 Stockholm 800 metres

Audun Boysen (May 10, 1929 – March 2, 2000) was a Norwegian middle distance runner. Born in Bjarkøy and raised in Rissa, he first represented Rissa I.L. and later IK Tjalve in Oslo.

Boysen was a prominent 800 metre runner in the 1950s, and he won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the 1958 European Championships and another bronze at the 1954 European Championships. He set three world records over 1,000 metres, the last being 2:19.0 in 1955.

The same year he ran 800 metres in 1:45.9, setting a new Norwegian record. Incidentally, the man who beat him in that race, Belgian Roger Moens, ran a world record time. That Norwegian record stood for 37 years until July 3, 1992 when it was broken by Atle Douglas (1:45.15) and Vebjørn Rodal (1:45.33). Rodal became Olympic champion four years later.

References

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Awards
Preceded by Stein Eriksen	Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year 1955	Succeeded by Egil Danielsen