Bror Fock
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Bror Karl Fock was a Swedish
runner who specialized in the 3000 metres
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At the 1912 Summer Olympics
held in Stockholm
, Sweden
he won the silver medal in the 3000 metre team with his teammates Thorild Ohlsson
and Ernst Wide
.
He held the world record in the individual 3000 metres distance briefly in 1912.
He competed for the Stockholm based club AIK.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
runner who specialized in the 3000 metres
3000 metres
The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...
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At the 1912 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics
These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only.The athletics programme grew by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre races were introduced for the first time, as the 5 mile event was eliminated...
held in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
he won the silver medal in the 3000 metre team with his teammates Thorild Ohlsson
Thorild Ohlsson
Thorild Olsson was a Swedish athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Gothenburg....
and Ernst Wide
Ernst Wide
Ernst Wide was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre team.He competed for a Sweden in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the 3000 metre team where he won the silver medal with his team mates Thorild Ohlsson and Bror Fock....
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He held the world record in the individual 3000 metres distance briefly in 1912.
He competed for the Stockholm based club AIK.