Stig Roar Husby (born 12 September 1954 in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

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) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner. He represented

Strindheim IL Strindheim Idrettslag is a Norwegian multisports club located in Trondheim. It has sections for athletics, handball, football, speed skating, and cross-country skiing. The cross-country ski team has several world cup competitors (see separate ar ...

and

IL i BUL Idrottslaget i Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo (also BUL, Oslo) is a sports club in Oslo, Norway, founded on 8 January 1913. It is one of several branches of Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo, a local chapter of Noregs Mållag and Noregs Ungdomslag. IL i BUL h ...

. In

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 3000 m sho ...

he finished fourth at the 1973 European Junior Championships and eighth at the 1985 European Indoor Championships. He finished tenth in

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

at the 1983 World Championships but did not finish at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

. He became Norwegian champion in

5000 metres 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 ...

in 1983 and 1985 and 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 ...

in 1975, 1979, 1980 and 1983. He has his education from the

Norwegian School of Sport Sciences The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (, NIH) is a public university located at Sognsvann in Oslo, Norway. It has the national responsibility for education and research related within sport sciences. It provides education at the Bachelor, Mast ...

Personal bests

- 7:50.92 min (1985) - eleventh among Norwegian 3000 m runners. *5000 metres - 13:27.53 min (1984) - eighth among Norwegian 5000 m runners. *10,000 metres - 28:32.88 min (1983) - thirteenth among Norwegian 10,000 m runners. *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcu ...

- 1:03:38 min (1988) *Marathon - 2:11:29 min (1983) - second among Norwegian marathon runners, only behind

Geir Kvernmo Geir Kvernmo (born 29 October 1955) is a Norwegian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seo ...

.Norwegian all-time list marathon

Achievements

References

* 1954 births Living people Norwegian male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni Athletes from Trondheim 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub