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Rune Larsson

1924 - 2016

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Karl Rune Larsson (17 June 1924 – 17 September 2016) was a Swedish sprinter and hurdler who specialized in 400 m events. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics and won two bronze medals in 1948: in the 400 m hurdles and 4 × 400 m relay. He also won bronze medals in the same events at the European championships of 1946 and 1950. Larsson received the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rune Larsson is the 531st most popular athlete (up from 970th in 2019), the 619th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 891st in 2019) and the 25th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rune Larsson ranks 531 out of 6,025. Before him are William Gilmore, František Pospíšil, Steve Anderson, Jānis Daliņš, František Janda-Suk, and Thelma Hopkins. After him are Tatyana Shchelkanova, Eddie Hart, Yiannis Kouros, Natalya Lisovskaya, Norman Read, and Alfons Dorfner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Rune Larsson ranks 292. Before him are Alime Abdenanova, Alphons Egli, John Winter, Michael Sela, José Lázaro Robles, and Riccardo Cucciolla. After him are Anthony Caro, Ricardo Infante, Tatyana Lioznova, Attilio Giovannini, Mohamed M. Atalla, and Raoul Coutard. Among people deceased in 2016, Rune Larsson ranks 281. Before him are Yang Jiang, Alphons Egli, Pen Sovan, Garry Shandling, Jimmy Bain, and Yvette Chauviré. After him are Pierre Aubert, Ken Adam, Raoul Coutard, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Afeni Shakur, and Turgay Şeren.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Rune Larsson ranks 619 out of 1,879. Before him are Hasse Jeppson (1925), Karl-Erik Palmér (1929), Tore Svensson (1927), Sven Lindqvist (1932), Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721), and Gösta Ekman (1939). After him are Olle Anderberg (1919), Bengt Ekerot (1920), David Lagercrantz (1962), Sven Thofelt (1904), Eivar Widlund (1905), and Gert Fredriksson (1919).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Rune Larsson ranks 25. Before him are Karl-Erik Nilsson (1922), Adolf Wiklund (1921), Henry Eriksson (1920), Alfred Swahn (1879), Gustaf Söderström (1865), and Kjell Bäckman (1934). After him are Sven Thofelt (1904), Gert Fredriksson (1919), John Mikaelsson (1913), Nils Engdahl (1898), Lars Hall (1927), and Janne Lundblad (1887).

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