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John [a] Skovbjerg (born 22 January 1956) [1] is a Danish marathon runner, who won the 1984 Berlin Marathon, and came second at the 1985 and 1986 Vienna City Marathons.
Skovbjerg competed for Aarhus Gymnastikforening. [2] He came 37th in the men's marathon event at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics. [3]
Skovbjerg won the 1984 Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:13:25, [4] after pulling away from West German Wolfgang Krüger in the final few kilometres of the race. [5] He won the race by a few seconds, [6] and his time was a course record, [7] beating the previous record by two seconds. [2] After the race, it was noticed that Skovbjerg had folded his race number, meaning that the sponsor could not be seen. As a result, he received a reduction in prize money; for a time, he had been threatened with disqualification. [5]
In 1985, Skovbjerg came second at the Vienna City Marathon, [8] [9] and seventh at the 1985 Berlin Marathon. [1] In 1986, he again came second at the Vienna City Marathon, [8] and finished 12th in the 1986 Berlin Marathon. [1]