Magne Thomassen

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Olympic medal record
Men's Speed Skating
Silver	1968 Grenoble	500 metres

Magne Thomassen (born May 1, 1941) is a former Norwegian speed skater. He participated in international championships over a period of ten years, from 1962 to 1972.

After setting a world record on the 1,500 meters with the time 2:02.5 on February 5, 1972, Magne Thomassen conquered the first position on the Adelskalenderen ranking for a period of two days until Kees Verkerk regained that position.

Thomassen became Norwegian allround champion in 1968. He became the first winner of the Norwegian sprint speed skating championship in 1970, a title he also won the year thereafter.

Thomassen won silver in the 500m event of the 1968 Winter Olympic Games, silver in the World Allround Speed Skating Championships in 1968 and 1970, bronze in the 1970 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships as well as bronze in the 1968 allround European Speed Skating Championships.