Ferdinand Bie

Ferdinand Bie
Bie at the 1912 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1888-02-16)16 February 1888
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway
Died8 November 1961(1961-11-08) (aged 73)
Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportPentathlon, long jump, hurdles
ClubOslo IL
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1912 Stockholm Pentathlon

Ferdinand Reinhardt Bie (16 February 1888 – 9 November 1961) was a Norwegian track and field athlete. At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, he won the silver medal in pentathlon.[1] On winner Jim Thorpe's subsequent disqualification for having played semi-professional baseball in 1913, Bie was declared Olympic champion, but refused to accept the gold medal from the IOC.[2] In 1982 Thorpe was reinstated as champion by the IOC; however, Bie was still listed as co-champion[3] until the IOC announced 15 July 2022 that Thorpe's gold medal had been reinstated and Bie became the silver medalist.[4]

He also finished eleventh in the long jump and competed in 110 metres hurdles and decathlon but failed to finish.[5] He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1910 and 1917[6] and in 110 m hurdles in 1910.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Ferdinand Bie". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ Jim Reisler (26 November 2008). Cash and Carry: The Spectacular Rise and Hard Fall of C.C. Pyle, America's First Sports Agent. McFarland. pp. 60–. ISBN 978-0-7864-5262-0.
  3. ^ International Olympic Committee medal database
  4. ^ Gonzalez, Isabel (15 July 2022). "Jim Thorpe reinstated as winner of the 1912 Olympics pentathlon and decathlon gold medals". CBS Sports. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  5. ^ Norwegian international athletes – B Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  6. ^ Norwegian championships in long jump Archived February 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  7. ^ Norwegian championships in 110 metres hurdles Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
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