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Swedish middle-distance runner For Swedish decathlete, see Sven Lundgren (decathlete).

Sven Lundgren
Personal information
Born29 September 1896
Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden
Died18 June 1960 (aged 63)
Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800–5000 m
ClubIK Göta
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800 m – 1:54.3 (1921)
1500 m – 3:59.3 (1924)
Mile – 4:22.8 (1919)
5000 m – 15:27.3 (1918)
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1920 Antwerp 3000 m team

Sven Emil Lundgren (29 September 1896 – 18 June 1960) was a Swedish middle-distance runner who competed in the 800 m, 1500 and 3000 m events at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics.

Career

Lundgren had his best results at the Olympic Games in 1920, when he won a bronze medal in the 3000 m team contest and finished fifth in the 1500 m. He failed to reach the finals in all other events.

Lundgren won eight Swedish titles, four over 800 m and four over 1500 m, six of them in 1919–1921. From 1922 to 1926 he held the world record in the 1000 m, and from 1919 to 1925 in the 4 × 1500 m relay. Lundgren finished second behind Albert Hill in the 1 mile event at the British 1919 AAA Championships and returned for the 1921 AAA Championships, where he finished third behind Edgar Mountain in the 880 yards event.

In retirement Lundgren worked as warehouse manager in Stockholm.

References

  1. ^ Sven Emil Lundgren. sports-reference.com
  2. Sven Lundgren. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. "Sven Lundgren". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. "AAA Championships". Daily Herald. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Amateur Champions". Daily Record. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  7. "Athletics". Northern Whig. 2 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Where Britain leads". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. Sven Lundgren. Swedish Olympic Committee
  10. Sven Lundgren 1896–1960. storagrabbar.se


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