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Olympic medal record
Men's Cycling
Bronze medal – third place Tokyo 1964 Team Road Race
Silver medal – second place Mexico City 1968 Team Road Race
Bronze medal – third place Mexico City 1968 Individual Road Race

Gösta Pettersson (born November 23, 1940 in Alingsås Municipality) is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist and three-time Olympic medalist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1971 Giro d'Italia.

In 1967, The Fåglum brothers (Erik Pettersson, Gösta Pettersson, Sture Pettersson and Tomas Pettersson) were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. The brothers won the World Amateur Cycling Championships between 1967-1969 along with a silver medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Results and Teams

Professional

1974 – Magniflex
  • 2nd Overall – Tour de Suisse
    • 2nd, Prologue (ITT)
    • 2nd, Stage 9b
    • 3rd, Stage 3c (ITT)
    • 4th, Stage 3b
    • 5th, Stage 5
    • 6th, Stage 2
1973 – Scic
  • 7th Overall – Tour de Suisse
    • 1st, Stage 8b
    • 4th, Stage 2b
1972 – Ferretti
1971 – Ferretti
  • 1st Overall – Giro d'Italia
  • 1st Overall – Ronde van de Appennijnen
1970 – Ferretti

Amateur

1969
  • 1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial
1968
  • 1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial
  • 2nd (Silver) – 1968 Summer Olympics – 100 km Team Time Trial
  • 3rd (Bronze) – 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Road Race
1967
  • 1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial
1964
  • 3rd (Bronze) – 1964 Summer Olympics – 100 km Team Time Trial
  • 3rd (Bronze) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 185 km Men's Road Race


Preceded byEddy Merckx Winner of the Giro d'Italia
1971
Succeeded byEddy Merckx
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