Ferdinand Reinhardt Bie (16 February 1888 – 9 November 1961) was a Norwegian track and field athlete. At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, he won the silver medal in pentathlon.[1] On winner Jim Thorpe's subsequent disqualification for having played semi-professional baseball in 1913, Bie was declared Olympic champion, but refused to accept the gold medal from the IOC.[2] In 1982 Thorpe was reinstated as champion by the IOC; however, Bie was still listed as co-champion[3] until the IOC announced 15 July 2022 that Thorpe's gold medal had been reinstated and Bie became the silver medalist.[4]
 Bie at the 1912 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 February 1888 Drammen, Buskerud, Norway | |||||||||||
| Died | 8 November 1961 (aged 73) Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Pentathlon, long jump, hurdles | |||||||||||
| Club | Oslo IL | |||||||||||
Medal record
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He also finished eleventh in the long jump and competed in 110 metres hurdles and decathlon but failed to finish.[5] He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1910 and 1917[6] and in 110 m hurdles in 1910.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Ferdinand Bie". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ Jim Reisler (26 November 2008). Cash and Carry: The Spectacular Rise and Hard Fall of C.C. Pyle, America's First Sports Agent. McFarland. pp. 60–. ISBN 978-0-7864-5262-0.
- ^ International Olympic Committee medal database
- ^ Gonzalez, Isabel (15 July 2022). "Jim Thorpe reinstated as winner of the 1912 Olympics pentathlon and decathlon gold medals". CBS Sports. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ Norwegian international athletes – B Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ Norwegian championships in long jump Archived February 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ Norwegian championships in 110 metres hurdles Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
External links
edit- Ferdinand Bie at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Ferdinand Bie at World Athletics
- Ferdinand Bie at Olympics.com
- Ferdinand Bie at Olympedia
