# Audun Boysen

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{{short description|Norwegian middle-distance runner}}
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|birth_date=10 May 1929
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{{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze| [1956 Melbourne](/source/1956_Summer_Olympics)| [800 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_800_metres)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/European_Championships_in_Athletics)}}
{{MedalSilver| [1958 Stockholm](/source/1958_European_Championships_in_Athletics) |[800 m](/source/1958_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_800_metres)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1954 Bern](/source/1954_European_Athletics_Championships)|[800 m](/source/1954_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_800_metres)}}
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'''Audun Boysen''' (10 May 1929 – 2 March 2000) was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) [middle distance](/source/middle_distance_track_event) runner. Born in [Bjarkøy](/source/Bjark%C3%B8y_Municipality) and raised in [Rissa](/source/Rissa_Municipality), he first represented [Rissa IL](/source/Rissa_IL) and later [IK Tjalve](/source/IK_Tjalve) in Oslo.

Boysen was a prominent [800 metre](/source/800_metres) runner in the 1950s, and he won a bronze medal at the [1956 Summer Olympics](/source/1956_Summer_Olympics), a silver medal at the [1958 European Championships](/source/1958_European_Championships_in_Athletics) and another bronze at the [1954 European Championships](/source/1954_European_Championships_in_Athletics). He set three world records over 1,000 metres, the last being 2:19.0 in 1955.

The same year he ran {{convert|800|m}} in 1:45.9, a new Norwegian record, finishing second to Belgian [Roger Moens](/source/Roger_Moens), who ran a world record time, with Boysen also under the old record. That Norwegian record stood for 37 years until 3 July 1992 when it was broken by [Atle Douglas](/source/Atle_Douglas) (1:45.15) and [Vebjørn Rodal](/source/Vebj%C3%B8rn_Rodal) (1:45.33). Rodal became Olympic champion four years later.

==References==
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Category:Olympic athletes for Norway
Category:1929 births
Category:2000 deaths
Category:Norwegian men middle-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics
Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen

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