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Gunnar Larsson

1951 - Today

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Karl Gunnar Larsson (born 12 May 1951) is a former swimmer from Sweden. He won the 400 metre individual medley event at the 1972 Summer Olympics by two one-thousandths (0.002) of a second over American Tim McKee, breaking the Olympic record. The controversy over the accuracy of such timing was the reason the international swimming rules were subsequently changed, and today swimming times are measured in hundredths of a second. He also won the 200 metre individual medley event at the same Olympic Games, setting the new world record. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Larsson is the 111th most popular swimmer (up from 121st in 2019), the 898th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,090th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Gunnar Larsson ranks 111 out of 709. Before him are Oscar Grégoire, Matt Biondi, Ulrike Richter, Lynn Burke, László Szabados, and Yoshiyuki Tsuruta. After him are Ada Kok, Gilbert Bozon, Ginny Duenkel, Géza Kádas, Perry McGillivray, and William Yorzyk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Gunnar Larsson ranks 438. Before him are Dominique Dropsy, Francesco De Gregori, Spike Edney, Carol J. Adams, Bernard Challandes, and Timothy Zahn. After him are Izzat Ghazzawi, Jean-Louis Borloo, Mike D'Antoni, Hans-Georg Aschenbach, Helen Shaver, and Luc Millecamps.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gunnar Larsson ranks 898 out of 1,879. Before him are Jan Boklöv (1966), Hjördis Nordin (1932), Lennart Klingström (1916), Ingvar Gärd (1921), Ferdinand Boberg (1860), and Ola Rapace (1971). After him are Anders Tegnell (1956), Per Berlin (1921), Nils Täpp (1917), Gunnar Setterwall (1881), Per Olof Sundman (1922), and Kim Källström (1982).

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Among SWIMMERS In Sweden

Among swimmers born in Sweden, Gunnar Larsson ranks 6. Before him are Arne Borg (1901), Martha Norelius (1909), Pontus Hanson (1884), Åke Borg (1901), and Greta Johansson (1895). After him are Sarah Sjöström (1993), Therese Alshammar (1977), Bengt Baron (1962), Lars Frölander (1974), Anders Holmertz (1968), and Anna-Karin Kammerling (1980).

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