Mogens Daniel Guldberg (born 2 August 1963 in

Kalundborg Kalundborg () is a Danish city with a population of 16,211 (1 January 2022),middle distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

from

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, who represented his native country at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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. There he was eliminated in the semifinals of the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...

. He represented

Sparta Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referred ...

. He finished twelfth at the 1990 European Championships. Over

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

at the

IAAF World Indoor Championships The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport. Organised by the World Athletics, the competition was inaugurated as the ''World Indoor G ...

he finished eighth in

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, fourth in

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and fifth in

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

. He is a one-time national champion (1995) in the men's 5,000 metres.

International competitions

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European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

, Stuttgart, Germany , 22nd (h) , 1500 m , 3:42.84 , - , rowspan=2, 1987 , World Indoor Championships , Indianapolis, United States , 8th , 3000 m , 8:10.25 , - ,

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

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, Italy , 24th (sf) , 1500 m , 3:50.79 , - , 1988 ,

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, South Korea , 16th (sf) , 1500 m , 3:39.86 , - , 1990 ,

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, Yugoslavia , 12th , 1500 m , 3:42.76 , - , rowspan=2, 1991 , World Indoor Championships ,

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, Barcelona , 4th , 3000 m , 7:44.76 , - ,

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, Japan , 20th (sf) , 1500 m , 3:44.34 , - , 1993 , World Indoor Championships ,

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, Canada , 5th , 3000 m , 7:52.60 , - , 1994 ,

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, Finland , 17th (sf) , 1500 m , 3:40.89 , - !colspan=6, {#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf)

References

* 1963 births Living people People from Kalundborg Danish male middle-distance runners Danish male long-distance runners Olympic male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Denmark Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Japan Championships in Athletics winners Sportspeople from Region Zealand 20th-century Danish people {{Denmark-athletics-bio-stub