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Bjarne Guldager (14 November 1897 – 29 January 1971) was a Norwegian sprinter. He was born and died in
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and represented
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in
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. Guldager participated in both 100 and 200 metres at the
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, but did not progress from the heats in either event. He was also a part of the
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team that was disqualified. He became Norwegian champion in 100 metres in the years 1921-1925 and in 200 metres in 1921 and 1925. His personal best time was 10.8 seconds, achieved in August 1921 in
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. The same day he ran a career best of 22.3 seconds in the 200 metres.Norwegian all-time list 200 metres


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1897 births 1971 deaths Norwegian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway Athletes from Oslo {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub