Gustaf Jansson

Nils Gustaf Jansson ( born January 5, 1922 in Brattfors, Värmland, † April 11, 2012 in Karlstad ) was a Swedish athlete who was successful in the early 1950s as a marathon runner. The 1.78 m wide and 67 -kg athlete competed for the IK Viking in Hagfors.

Career

Gustaf Jansson won 1950-1953 a total of seven national championships:

In addition, he achieved top rankings on the following courses:

  • 2:42:48 hrs ( 2 ) on 16 July 1950 in Sala
  • 2:29:19,0 hours ( 2 ) on 3 August 1951 in Tampere
  • 2:31:43 hours ( 1 ) on 8 July 1951 in Halmstad
  • 2:26:07,0 hours ( 3 ) in 1952 in Filipstad
  • 2:29:02 hours ( 1 ) on 15 June 1952 in Södertälje
  • 2:27:04 hours ( 1 ) on 14 June 1953 in Falköping
  • 2:27:27.8 hrs ( 5 ) on 25 August 1954 in Bern
  • 2:31:58 hrs ( 3 ) on 18 July 1954 in Karlstad
  • 2:31:04.8 hours ( 4 ) on 4 September 1955 in Copenhagen
  • 2:21:40 hrs ( 41.1 km ) ( 6 ) on April 19, 1955 in Boston

At the oldest European marathon, the Kosice Marathon, he participated three times and reached the following placements:

  • Location 2 ( 2:35:12,4 hours) 1950
  • 2nd place ( 2:27:27 hrs ) 1954
  • 11th place ( 2:31:58 hrs ) 1955

He was able to celebrate in 1952, when he participated along with 65 other athletes, including from Sweden Gustaf Östling and Henry Norrström, at the Olympic Games in Helsinki, his greatest success. After about half the distance Emil Zatopek and Gustaf Jansson moved past the hitherto leading British Jim Peters (who later abandoned the race ). In the final phase Jansson was the Czechs, who won the gold medal in 2:23:03,2 hours, but no longer follow and had even the Argentines Reinaldo Gorno ( silver in 2:25:35,0 hours) draw leave. However, he managed to save third place finish - with 2:26:07,0 hours he was almost half a minute before the South Korean Choi Yun -chil and won bronze.

Two years later, at the European Championships in Berne in 1954, he could almost repeat his time between Helsinki and with 2:26:45,6 hrs. She put him in 5th place ( it won the Finn Veikko Karvonen in 2:24:51,6 hours).

Sala, Sweden Jim Peters (athlete) Argentina 1954 European Athletics Championships Finland
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