Artur Svensson
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Artur Svensson was a Swedish
athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
He competed for a Sweden in the 1924 Summer Olympics
held in Paris
, France
in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Erik Byléhn
, Gustaf Weijnarth
and Nils Engdahl
.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
He competed for a Sweden in the 1924 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics
At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, 27 athletics events were contested, all for men only.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:657 athletes from 40 nations competed. Ten nations competed in athletics for the first time...
held in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
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in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Erik Byléhn
Erik Byléhn
Erik Byléhn was a middle distance runner from Sweden, who won a silver medal over 800 m at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. The race was won by Douglas Lowe of Great Britain. Four years earlier Byléhn was a member of the silver winning Swedish team on the 4x400m Relay.-References:*...
, Gustaf Weijnarth
Gustaf Weijnarth
Carl Gustaf Olof Wejnarth was a Swedish athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Eskilstuna and died in Örebro....
and Nils Engdahl
Nils Engdahl
Nils Engdahl was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for a Sweden in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the 400 metres where he won the bronze medal....
.