1924 - 2016
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 13,046 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Rune Larsson is the 597th most popular athlete (down from 429th in 2019), the 739th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 631st in 2019) and the 37th most popular Swedish Athlete.
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Among athletes, Rune Larsson ranks 597 out of 3,059. Before him are Ernst Schultz, Eero Lehtonen, Paul Van Asbroeck, Leo Sexton, Grete Waitz, and Louis Wilkins. After him are Mihaela Peneș, Teresa Ciepły, Carl Johnson, Gustaf Söderström, Alexander Tikhonov, and Eugène Balme.
1879 - 1906
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 591
1898 - 1959
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 592
1874 - 1959
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 593
1909 - 1968
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 594
1953 - 2011
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 595
1882 - 1950
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 596
1924 - 2016
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 597
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 598
1937 - 2006
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 599
1898 - 1932
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 600
1865 - 1958
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 601
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 602
1874 - 1914
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 603
Among people born in 1924, Rune Larsson ranks 328. Before him are Alime Abdenanova, Priscilla Pointer, Faith Domergue, Göran Malmqvist, Emmanuel Scheffer, and Ingemar Johansson. After him are Leslie Phillips, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Arkady Vorobyov, John Winter, César Lattes, and Julio Musimessi. Among people deceased in 2016, Rune Larsson ranks 341. Before him are Françoise Mallet-Joris, Malick Sidibé, Solomon W. Golomb, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Motiur Rahman Nizami, and Geydar Dzhemal. After him are Kimbo Slice, Lothar Späth, James Joseph Dresnok, Bobby Vee, Tom M. Apostol, and Amelia Bence.
1924 - 1944
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 322
1924 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 323
1924 - 1999
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 324
1924 - 2019
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 325
1924 - 2012
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 326
1924 - 2009
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 327
1924 - 2016
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 328
1924 - 2022
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 329
1924 - 1978
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 330
1924 - 2012
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 331
1924 - 2007
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 332
1924 - 2005
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 333
1924 - 1997
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 334
1930 - 2016
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 335
1935 - 2016
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 336
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 337
1938 - 2016
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 338
1943 - 2016
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 339
1947 - 2016
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 340
1924 - 2016
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 341
1974 - 2016
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 342
1937 - 2016
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 343
1941 - 2016
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 344
1943 - 2016
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 345
1923 - 2016
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 346
1914 - 2016
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 347
Among people born in Sweden, Rune Larsson ranks 739 out of 1,612. Before him are Åke Seyffarth (1919), Eivar Widlund (1905), Nils Karlsson (1917), Sven Landberg (1888), Gunnar Lindström (1896), and Olof Mellberg (1977). After him are Åke Johansson (1928), Bill Skarsgård (1990), Gustaf Söderström (1865), Glenn Strömberg (1960), Puma Swede (1976), and Sven Thofelt (1904).
1919 - 1998
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 733
1905 - 1968
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 734
1917 - 2012
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 735
1888 - 1962
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 736
1896 - 1951
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 737
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 738
1924 - 2016
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 739
1928 - 2014
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 740
1990 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 741
1865 - 1958
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 742
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 743
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 744
1904 - 1993
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 745
Among athletes born in Sweden, Rune Larsson ranks 37. Before him are Axel Norling (1884), Hjalmar Andersson (1889), Carl Silfverstrand (1885), Alfred Swahn (1879), Ingemar Johansson (1924), and Gunnar Lindström (1896). After him are Gustaf Söderström (1865), Sven Thofelt (1904), Magdalena Forsberg (1967), Johan Jarlén (1880), Nils Engdahl (1898), and Erik Larsson (1912).
1884 - 1964
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 31
1889 - 1971
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 32
1885 - 1975
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 33
1879 - 1931
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 34
1924 - 2009
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 35
1896 - 1951
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 36
1924 - 2016
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 37
1865 - 1958
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 38
1904 - 1993
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 39
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 40
1880 - 1955
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 41
1898 - 1983
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 42
1912 - 1982
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 43