 Bernt Johansson winning the men's individual road race during the Olympic Summer Games in Montréal, Québec Province, Canada in July 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Bernt Harry Johansson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 April 1953 Gothenburg, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1977–1978 | Fiorella–Mocassini | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Magniflex–Famcucine | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
