John Halvorsen (born 17 August 1966) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship-level events. The ...

and

cross-country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open cou ...

. He represented IF Minerva. In 10,000 m he finished sixteenth at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

, twelfth at the 1990 European Championships and nineteenth at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

. At the 1987 World Championships he competed in both 10,000 m and

5000 m The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

without reaching the finals. His highest place from the

IAAF World Cross Country Championships World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the In ...

was a tenth place from

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

. He also attended University of Ottawa and is also a record 4 times Canadian University (CIAU) Cross Country Champion and a 5 times all Canadian as well as two times Canadian Cross Country Champion and won several Canadian 10K Road Championships. He was very successful on the US Road Racing Circuit and was the 1989 Runners World Road Racer of the Year and won several of the major US Road Races including the Lilac Bloomsday 12 km, Gaspatilla 15 km, Red Lobster 10 km, Boston Milk Run and holds the 14th fastest all-time 12 km Road Race Performance He is the past Race Director for the Ottawa Race Weekend featuring the Ottawa Marathon and the Ottawa 10K for which he held the course record for 20 years (28:12 set in 1988) He was a founding organizer of the Canada Army Run also held in Ottawa. He became Norwegian champion in 5000 m in 1992 and 1993 and in 10,000 m in 1986 and 1991-1993.

Personal bests

* 5000 metres - 13:20.44 min (1989) - 6th among Norwegian 5000 m runners, only behind

Marius Bakken Marius Bakken (born March 27, 1978, in Sandefjord) is a Norwegian runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, having run distances from 800 to 10,000 metres in his early career. He represents IL Runar. He finished ninth at the 2001 World Cham ...

, Sindre Buraas,

Henrik Ingebrigtsen Henrik Ingebrigtsen (born 24 February 1991) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner who competes mainly in the 1500 metres. He represented Norway at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. A member of the Ingebrigtsen family, his younger brothers, F ...

Jakob Ingebrigtsen Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner who is the world record holder in the short track 1500 metres, short track Mile run, mile, 2000 ...

and

Are Nakkim Are Nakkim (born 13 February 1964) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres. He represented Moss IL during his active career. Are Nakkim attended Boston University, where he ran cross country and track. H ...

. * 10,000 metres - 27:43.34 min (1990) - third among Norwegian 10,000 m runners, only behind

and Knut Kvalheim. *

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- 1:03:15 hrs (1992) - eleventh among Norwegian half marathon runners.Norwegian all-time list half marathon

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Halvorsen, John 1966 births Living people Norwegian male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen