Owe Jonsson

Owe Jonsson ( born November 23, 1940 in Växjö, † September 29, 1962 between Växjö and Alvesta ) was a Swedish athlete.

In September 1962, the European Championships took place in Belgrade. After Owe Jonsson was excreted in the 100 -meter run to lead, he won on September 14, the flow over 200 meters in 20.8 seconds. His intertread he won in 21.0 seconds. In the final on 16 September stood with Jocelyn Delecour and Marian Foik two very experienced athletes the young Italian Sergio Ottolina and Jonsson opposite, the German Heinz Schumann and Briton David Jones completed the finals. Jonsson pulled down the stretch and won all of them with a new championship record of 20.7 seconds before Foik and Ottolina in 20.8 seconds, 21.0 seconds Delecour was in fourth ahead of Jones.