Bertil Albertsson
Bertil Albertsson, really low tide Gustav Bertil Andersson ( born September 1, 1921 in Uppsala, † March 3, 2008 in Upplands Väsby ) was a Swedish long-distance runner, who won bronze in 1948 in the 10,000 -meter run.
Albertsson 1947 won its first Swedish championship title in the 5000 -meter run, and 1954 followed for the athletes of the Uppsala Idrottsförening each year a championship, either 5000 meters or 10,000 meters. At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 reached eleven runners the target in the 10,000 meter race. Behind the superior winning Emil Zatopek fought all the other runners only for places. Won silver Alain Mimoun, who had six seconds ahead of Albertsson in 30:53,6 minutes, five seconds behind the Norwegian Martin Stokken reached the fourth goal. The day after the final on the long haul, some finalists tried in qualifying over 5000 meters, but only Zatopek, Albertsson and Stokken could also qualify for the final. Two days later, on August 2, then the final over 5000 meters took place, gave up in the Stokken. It won Gaston Reiff before Zatopek, in 14:39,0 minutes Albertsson had fifth twelve seconds behind the third-placed Willem Slijkhuis.
Two years later at the European Athletics Championships 1950 in Brussels Albertsson went to both Endläufen, but gave over 10,000 meters on. About 5000 meters he was knocked off tenth. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki Albertsson occurred again in both disciplines. In 30:34,6 minutes, he finished twelfth place in the 10,000 meters, ninth over 5000 meters he needed 14:27,8 minutes.
His best times were at 14:15,0 minutes over 5000 meters (1952) and at 29:46,0 seconds in the 10,000 meters ( 1951). The latter time was offered as a Swedish national record of Valter Nyström, who was sixth in 1952 Olympics.
Albertsson was 1.77 m tall and weighed 67 kg in his playing days. In 1946 he had renamed by Bertil Andersson, Bertil Albertsson, his father's name was Albert Andersson.
Championship
- 5000 m: 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953
- 10,000 m: 1948, 1950, 1954