Thomas Wassberg
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1980 Lake Placid | 15 km | |
| Gold | 1984 Sarajevo | 50 km | |
| Gold | 1984 Sarajevo | 4 x 10 km | |
| Gold | 1988 Calgary | 4 x 10 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1982 Oslo | 50 km | |
| Gold | 1987 Oberstdorf | 30 km | |
| Gold | 1987 Oberstdorf | 4 x 10 km | |
| Silver | 1985 Seefeld | 15 km | |
| Silver | 1987 Oberstdorf | 15 km | |
| Silver | 1987 Oberstdorf | 50 km | |
| Bronze | 1985 Seefeld | 4 x 10 km | |
Thomas Wassberg (born March 27, 1956) was a Swedish cross country skier.
He won the World Cup in 1977. In 1980 he received Bragdmedaljen, an award given to the best Swedish sportsman/sportswoman each year. He did however refuse to accept the award in protest to an earlier decision by the award committee.
Wassberg won four gold Medals at the Winter Olympics: in 15 km (1980), 50 km (1984), and the 4 x 10 km relay (1984, 1988). At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he earned three golds (50 km: 1982, 30 km: 1987, and 4 x 10 km: 1987), three silvers (15 km: 1985, 1987; 50 km (1987), and one bronze (4 x 10 km: 1985). Additionally, Wassberg won the 50 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival three times (1980, 1982, and 1987) and the 15 km twice (1979, 1985).
At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, Wassberg edged out Finland's Juha Mieto by 0.01 seconds in the 15 km, the closest cross country skiing race in Olympic history. This incident led the FIS to change their timing to the nearest one-tenth of a second, the so-called Lex Mieto–Wassberg, the argument being that the timing instrument is artificially accurate compared to the practical uncertainties involved in a cross-country ski race. At the 1984 Winter Olympics, Wassberg beat out fellow Swede Gunde Svan by 4.9 seconds in the 50 km, the closest margin of victory ever in that event. Giorgio Di Centa (Italy) edged out Eugeni Dementiev (Russia) by 0.8 seconds at the 2006 Winter Olympics, but that was for the mass-start "bicycle race" version of the event.
Wassberg was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1980.
[edit] External links
- FIS profile
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
As 18 km - 1924: Thorleif Haug * 1928: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1932: Sven Utterström * 1936: Erik August Larsson * 1948: Martin Lundström * 1952: Hallgeir Brenden
As 15 km - 1956: Hallgeir Brenden * 1960: Håkon Brusveen * 1964: Eero Mäntyranta * 1968: Harald Grønningen * 1972: Sven-Åke Lundbäck * 1976: Nikolay Bazhukov * 1980: Thomas Wassberg * 1984: Gunde Svan * 1988: Mikhail Devyatyarov * 2002: Andrus Veerpalu * 2006: Andrus Veerpalu
1924: Thorleif Haug * 1928: Per Erik Hedlund * 1932: Veli Saarinen * 1936: Elis Wiklund * 1948: Nils Karlsson * 1952: Veikko Hakulinen * 1956: Sixten Jernberg * 1960: Kalevi Hämäläinen * 1964: Sixten Jernberg * 1968: Ole Ellefsæter * 1972: Pål Tyldum * 1976: Ivar Formo * 1980: Nikolay Zimyatov * 1984: Thomas Wassberg * 1988: Gunde Svan * 1992: Bjørn Dæhlie * 1994: Vladimir Smirnov * 1998: Bjørn Dæhlie * 2002: Mikhail Ivanov * 2006: Giorgio Di Centa
1936 Finland Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Matti Lähde, & Kalle Jalkanen
1948 Sweden Nils Östensson, Nils Täpp, Gunnar Eriksson, & Martin Lundström
1952 Finland Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, & Tapio Mäkelä
1956 Soviet Union Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolay Anikin, & Vladimir Kuzin
1960 Finland Toimi Alatalo, Eero Mäntyranta, Väinö Huhtala, & Veikko Hakulinen
1964 Sweden Karl-Åke Asph, Sixten Jernberg, Janne Stefansson, & Assar Rönnlund
1968 Norway Odd Martinsen, Pål Tyldum, Harald Grønningen, & Ole Ellefsæter
1972 Soviet Union Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev, & Vyacheslav Vedenin
1976 Finland Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, & Arto Koivisto
1980 Soviet Union Vasily Rochev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Yevgeny Belyayev, & Nikolay Zimyatov
1984 Sweden Thomas Wassberg, Benny Tord Kohlberg, Jan Ottosson, Gunde Svan
1988 Sweden Jan Ottosson, Thomas Wassberg, Gunde Svan & Torgny Mogren
1992 Norway Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Kristen Skjeldal & Bjørn Dæhlie
1994 Italy Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta & Silvio Fauner
1998 Norway Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, & Thomas Alsgaard
2002 Norway Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Kristen Skjeldal, & Thomas Alsgaard
2006 Italy Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, & Cristian Zorzi
1926: Matti Raivio * 1954: Vladimir Kuzin * 1958: Kalevi Hämäläinen * 1962: Eero Mäntyranta * 1966: Eero Mäntyranta * 1970: Vyacheslav Vedenin * 1974: Thomas Magnusson * 1978: Sergey Savelyev * 1982: Thomas Eriksson * 1985: Gunde Svan * 1987: Thomas Wassberg * 1989: Vladimir Smirnov * 1991: Gunde Svan * 1993: Bjørn Dæhlie * 1995: Vladimir Smirnov * 1997: Alexey Prokurorov * 1999: Mika Myllylä * 2001: Andrus Veerpalu * 2003: Thomas Alsgaard
1925: František Donth * 1926: Matti Raivio * 1927: John Lindgren * 1929: Anselm Knuuttila * 1930: Sven Utterström * 1931: Ole Stenen * 1933: Veli Saarinen * 1934: Elis Wiklund * 1935: Nils-Joel Englund * 1937: Pekka Niemi * 1938: Kalle Jalkanen * 1939: Lars Bergendahl * 1950: Gunnar Eriksson * 1954: Vladimir Kuzin * 1958: Sixten Jernberg * 1962: Sixten Jernberg * 1966: Gjermund Eggen * 1970: Kalevi Oikarainen * 1974: Gerhard Grimmer * 1978: Sven-Åke Lundbäck * 1982: Thomas Wassberg * 1985: Gunde Svan * 1987: Maurilio De Zolt * 1989: Gunde Svan * 1991: Torgny Mogren * 1993: Torgny Mogren * 1995: Silvio Fauner * 1997: Mika Myllylä * 1999: Mika Myllylä * 2001: Johann Mühlegg * 2003: Martin Koukal * 2005: Frode Estil * 2007: Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
1933 Sweden Per Erik Hedlund, Sven Utterström, Nils-Joel Englund, & Hjalmar Bergström
1934 Finland Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Martti Lappalainen, & Veli Saarinen
1935 Finland Mikko Husu, Klaes Karppinen, Väinö Liikkanen, & Sulo Nurmela
1937 Norway Annar Ryen, Oskar Fredriksen, Sigurd Røen, & Lars Bergendahl
1938 Finland Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala, Martti Lauronen, Pauli Pitkänen, & Klaes Karppinen
1939 Finland Pauli Pitkänen, Olavi Alakulppi, Eino Olkinuora, & Klaes Karppinen
1950 Sweden Nils Täpp, Karl-Erik Åström, Martin Lundström, & Enar Josefsson
1954 Finland August Kiuru, Tapio Mäkelä, Arvo Viitanen, & Veikko Hakulinen
1958 Sweden Sixten Jernberg, Lennart Larsson, Sture Grahn, & Per-Erik Larsson
1962 Sweden Lars Olsson, Sture Grahn, Sixten Jernberg, & Assar Rönnlund
1966 Norway Odd Martinsen, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter, & Gjermund Eggen
1970 Soviet Union Vladimir Voronkov, Valery Tarakanov, Fyodor Simashev & Vyacheslav Vedenin
1974 East Germany Gerd Hessler, Dieter Meinel, Gerhard Grimmer & Gert-Dietmar Klause
1978 Sweden Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Christer Johansson, Tommy Limby & Thomas Magnusson
1982 Norway Lars-Erik Eriksen, Ove Aunli, Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass, & Oddvar Brå and
1982 Soviet Union Vladimir Nikitin, Alexander Batyuk, Yuriy Burlakov, & Alexander Zavyalov
1985 Norway Arild Monsen, Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass, Tor Håkon Holte, & Ove Aunli
1987 Sweden Erik Östlund, Gunde Svan, Thomas Wassberg, & Torgny Mogren
1989 Sweden Christer Majbäck, Gunde Svan, Lars Håland, & Torgny Mogren
1991 Norway Øyvind Skaanes, Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, & Bjørn Dæhlie
1993 Norway Sture Sivertsen, Vegard Ulvang, Terje Langli, & Bjørn Dæhlie
1995 Norway Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, & Thomas Alsgaard
1997 Norway Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, & Thomas Alsgaard
1999 Austria Markus Gandler, Alois Stadlober, Mikhail Botvinov, & Christian Hoffmann
2001 Norway Frode Estil, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Thomas Alsgaard, & Tor Arne Hetland
2003 Norway Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Tore Ruud Hofstad, & Thomas Alsgaard
2005 Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Frode Estil, Lars Berger, & Tore Ruud Hofstad
2007 Norway Eldar Rønning, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Lars Berger, & Petter Northug
| Preceded by Ingemar Stenmark, Erik Håker, & Raisa Smetanina |
Holmenkollen medal 1980 |
Succeeded by Johan Sætre |
| Preceded by Malmö FF |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal (refused) 1980 |
Succeeded by Annichen Kringstad |
Categories: 1956 births | Competitors at the 1980 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1984 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1988 Winter Olympics | Holmenkollen medalists | Holmenkollen winners | Living people | Swedish cross-country skiers | Olympic competitors for Sweden | Winter Olympics medalists
