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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rune Larsson has received more than 13,822 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Rune Larsson is the 976th most popular athlete (down from 597th in 2019), the 891st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 738th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rune Larsson ranks 976 out of 6,025. Before him are Nils Skoglund, Babben Enger-Damon, Giorgio Bocchino, Vanderlei de Lima, Giuseppe Galante, and Martin Lauer. After him are Giovanni Invernizzi, Rupert Hollaus, Tatyana Prorochenko, Emil Kellenberger, Armand Duplantis, and György Gedó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Rune Larsson ranks 380. Before him are Audouin Dollfus, Béla Zsitnik, Eugene Dynkin, Robert Körner, Bill Smith, and Giovanni Saldarini. After him are Michael Manley, Mira Alečković, Juan Ponce Enrile, Göran Malmqvist, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, and Erika Mahringer. Among people deceased in 2016, Rune Larsson ranks 392. Before him are Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, Anton Pronk, Michel Rousseau, Bob Baetens, Tapio Mäkelä, and Alexis Arquette. After him are Alberto Sainz, Malick Sidibé, José Luis Artetxe, Erol Keskin, Stanley Mandelstam, and Halfdan T. Mahler.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Rune Larsson ranks 891 out of 1,879. Before him are Thomas Sjöberg (1952), Gösta Olson (1883), Johan Henric Kellgren (1751), Alfred Swahn (1879), Anja Pärson (1981), and Nils Skoglund (1906). After him are Rune Carlsson (1909), William Petersson (1895), Henry Källgren (1931), John Eke (1886), Johan Edman (1875), and Alice Tegnér (1864).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Rune Larsson ranks 55. Before him are Evert Gunnarsson (1929), Gunnar Höjer (1875), Erik Almlöf (1891), Sven-Olov Sjödelius (1933), Alfred Swahn (1879), and Nils Skoglund (1906). After him are William Petersson (1895), John Eke (1886), Johan Edman (1875), Britt Strandberg (1934), Andreas Cervin (1888), and Ragnar Malm (1893).

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