Knut Lindberg

Knut Andreas Lindberg ( born February 2, 1882 in Gothenburg, † April 6, 1961 ) was a Swedish athlete who was at the beginning of the 20th century both in the pentathlon as well as in individual disciplines such as sprinting and javelin active. At a height of 1.79 m his competition weight was 72 kg.

He participated in the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, at the Olympic Games 1908 in London and at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912.

1906 in Athens, he was sixth in Fünkampf with 37 points ( points are awarded according to placement in the individual competitions ) and in the 100 - meter dash at 11.8 seconds. In the javelin was thrown in the so -called " Freestyle " at the end of the spear was performed with the fingertips. The former rule according to which only the top three were admitted after qualification for the final three passages. In Athens, where a total of 15 launchers were at the start, all three finalists came from Sweden: Eric Lemming, Knut Lindberg and Bruno Söderström. Lindberg won with 45,12 m silver medal behind Lemming ( gold with 53.90 meters ) and before Söderström ( bronze with 44.92 m).

Two years later, in London resigned from Knut Lindberg over 100 meters, the 200 meters and in the mixed relay in each case in the flow. In the " freestyle " javelin he also did not reach the final.

At the Games in Stockholm in front of his home crowd, he retired in the 100 meters in 11.1 seconds in the preliminary round of. About 200 meters in 22.4 seconds also he missed the final. With the Swedish 4x100 - meter relay team he reached the finals. The Swedish squadron won in 42.6 seconds silver behind the British squadron in 42.4 seconds. The German squadron crossed after 42.4 seconds also the first to the finish line, but was disqualified because of a faulty.