Norwegian long-distance runner
Bakken (147) at the Bislett Games in Oslo, July 29, 2005. 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 Championships , fourteenth at the 2002 European Championships and twelfth at the 2005 World Championships . In addition he competed at the 1999 World Championships and the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without success.[1] He became Norwegian champion in 1500 m in 2001, 2003 and 2004[2] and in 5000 m in 2003 and 2005.[3] Following a disappointing 2006 European Championships , Bakken announced his intentions to concentrate on medicine studies in 2007.[4]
In high school, Marius was a foreign exchange student who ran for famed distance coach Joe Newton at York High School, Elmhurst, Illinois , US. In 1996 he won both the 1600 and 3200 races at the IL state track and field championships. His 1600m best at York (1996) was 4:09.2.
Personal bests 800 metres - 1:51.19 min (1997) [5] 1500 metres - 3:38.84 min (2005) - eighth among Norwegian 1500 m runners.[6] 3000 metres - 7:40.77 (2001)[7] 5000 metres - 13:06.39 (2004)[8] 10,000 metres - 28:26.36 min (2000) - tenth among Norwegian 10,000 m runners.[9] References ^ Norwegian international athletes - B Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian) ^ Norwegian championships in 1500 metres Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian) ^ Norwegian championships in 5000 metres Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian) ^ Jarlsbo, Øystein (19 October 2006). "Bakken gir seg". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2007-01-12 . ^ Norwegian all-time list 800 metres Archived 2008-08-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian) ^ Norwegian all-time list 1500 metres Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian) ^ Norwegian all-time list 3000 metres Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian) ^ Norwegian all-time list 5000 metres Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian) ^ Norwegian all-time list 10,000 metres Archived 2008-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian) External links