 Hedda Hynne in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 13 March 1990 Skien, Norway |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 800 metres |
| Club | Strindheim IL [1] |
Hedda Hynne (born 13 March 1990) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres. [2] She competed at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Her personal bests in the event are 1:58:10 outdoors (Bellinzona 2020) and 2:01.55 indoors (Reykjavik 2017). Both are current national records.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Norway | |||||
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 22nd (h) | 800 m | 2:05.08 |
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 9th (h) | 800 m | 2:03.96 |
| European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 7th | 800 m | 2:00.94 | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 38th (h) | 800 m | 2:01.64 | |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 11th (h) | 800 m | 2:04.88 |
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 10th (sf) | 800 m | 1:59.38 | |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 16th (h) | 800 m | 2:05.73 |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 12th (sf) | 800 m | 2:01.03 | |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 27th (h) | 800 m | 2:06.46 |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 23rd (sf) | 800 m | 2:02.38 | |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 16th (h) | 800 m | 2:04.17 |
| World Championships | Eugene, United States | 44th (h) | 800 m | 2:06.27 | |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 19th (h) | 800 m | 2:03.64 | |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 9th (h) | 800 m | 2:03.34 |
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