Rune Larsson

Rune Larsson (Carl Rune Larsson, born June 17, 1924 in Stockholm ) is a former Swedish hurdler.

Larsson was 1946-1951 sixth consecutive Swedish champion in the 400 - meter hurdles and also won two titles in 1947 and 1948 in the 400 -meter run. Internationally, he first appeared at the European Athletics Championships 1946 in Oslo in appearance than he in 52.5 seconds the bronze medal in the 400 - meter hurdles behind the Finns Bertel Storskrubb ( 52.2 seconds ) and his compatriot Sixten Larsson ( 52.4 seconds) won.

At the 1948 Olympic Games in London Larsson was also successful. In the 400 hurdles, he finished in third place 52.2 seconds behind the Americans Roy Cochran ( 51.1 seconds ) and the Sri Lankans Duncan White ( 51.8 seconds ). Another bronze medal he won as the final runner of the Swedish 4 x 400 meters relay together with Kurt Lundquist, Lars -Erik Wolf Brandt and Folke Alnevik behind the relay races in the United States and France. The same placement with the squadron reached Larsson two years later at the European Athletics Championships 1950 in Brussels.

Rune Larsson is 1,78 m tall and had a competition weight of 70 kg. He started for the UOIF Matteus - Pojkarna. 1951 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal - awarded him.