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Pål Sverre Benum (born 3 August 1935) is a Norwegian long-distance runner. He specialized in the longest track distances, 5000 and 10,000 metres, in which he also competed at 1964 Olympic Games as well as cross-country running. On the track he became national champion three times, in addition to nine titles in cross-country. After his active career he became a professor of medicine. ==Athletic career== He was born in Verdal as an older brother of historian Edgeir Benum. He moved to Oslo and represented the club IL i BUL.〔〔 His personal best times were 8:09.6 in the 3000 metres (1964), 9:19.2 in the 3000 metre steeplechase (1963), 14:06.6 in the 5000 metres (1964) and 29:13.6 in the 10,000 metres (1964). In middle distance races he had 1:54.8 in the 800 metres (1959), 3:47.6 in the 1500 metres (1959) and 4:13.1 in the mile run (1959).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/alletider/Documents/sen/mb.htm )〕 His only international outing came at the 1964 Summer Olympics, where he placed nineteenth in the 10,000 metres.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/internasjonalt/Documents/mb.htm )〕 On the track he became Norwegian champion in the 5000 metres in 1962 and 1964. He also won a bronze medal in 1959 and silver in 1961.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/m5000.htm )〕 He won the 10,000 metres in 1963 ahead of reigning champion Magnar Lundemo, and then took a bronze medal in 1964. By 1964/1965, his teammate and competitor Thor Helland had established himself as dominant in the 5000 and 10,000 metres in Norway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/m10000.htm )〕 Benum also co-held the Norwegian club record in the 4 x 1500 metres relay. With his club IL i BUL he broke IK Tjalve's record in September 1958 at Bislett stadion with the time of 15:53.4 minutes. Benum and BUL later smashed their own record, clocking in 15:40.0 in July 1959 at the same track. Tjalve later reclaimed it with the time 15:28.4 in 1965. Benum dominated Norwegian cross-country running in the early 1960s. He won the 3 kilometre cross-country championship in 1959, 1962, 1963 and 1964 and took the silver in 1961.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/m3kmt.htm )〕 In the now-defunct 8 kilometre event he won Norwegian titles in 1962, 1963 and 1964.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/m8kmt.htm )〕 He also won the road relay Holmenkollstafetten with IL i BUL. As a teenager, Benum was also a decent speed skater with personal bests of 49.1 in the 500 metres (1954), 2.38.8 in the 1500 metres (1952). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pål Benum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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