Bernt Johansson

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Bernt Johansson
Bernt Harry Johansson, 1976 Olympic Road Race Gold Medalist (detail).jpg
Bernt Johansson winning the men's individual road race during the Olympic Summer Games in Montréal, Québec Province, Canada in July 1976
Personal information
Full nameBernt Harry Johansson
Born (1953-04-18) 18 April 1953 (age 70)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1977–1978 Fiorella–Mocassini
1979–1981 Magniflex–Famcucine
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (1979)

One-day races and Classics

Olympic Road Race (1976)
Trofeo Baracchi (1977)
Giro dell'Emilia (1978)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Men's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1976 Montreal Individual road race
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1974 Montreal Team time trial

Bernt Harry Johansson (born 18 April 1953) is a Swedish former road bicycle racer, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1981. His sporting career began with Mariestadcyklisten. [1] A competitor at the 1972 Summer Olympics, he represented his native country once again at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he won the men's individual road race. [2] For that performance Johansson was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal the same year, together with track and field athlete Anders Gärderud, who claimed gold in the men's 3000 m steeplechase in Montreal.

Contents

Career achievements

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 19771978197919801981
Jersey gold.svg Vuelta a España
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 20 9 3 DNF DNF
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  1. Petersson, Thure (1977). Cykelkalendern 1977. Jönköpping: Svenska Cykelförbundet. p. 53.
  2. "Bernt Johansson Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
Preceded by Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
with Anders Gärderud

1976
Succeeded by