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    John Arthur Ljunggren (9 September 1919 – 13 January 2000) was a Swedish race walker. He competed in the 50 kilometer event at the 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960...
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  • son of a clergyman Gustaf Ljunggren (1893–1984), Swedish athlete Gustaf Ljunggren (1894–1966), Swedish chemist John Ljunggren (1919–2000), Swedish athlete...
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    Yevgeny Maskinskov  Soviet Union John Ljunggren  Sweden 1960 Rome details Don Thompson  Great Britain John Ljunggren  Sweden Abdon Pamich  Italy 1964...
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    Yevgeny Maskinskov  Soviet Union John Ljunggren  Sweden 1960 Rome details Don Thompson  Great Britain John Ljunggren  Sweden Abdon Pamich  Italy 1964...
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  • player 8 January – Henry Eriksson, athlete (born 1920). 13 January – John Ljunggren, athlete (born 1919). 25 January – Folke Ekström, chess player (born...
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  • Yevgeny Maskinskov  Soviet Union John Ljunggren  Sweden 1960 Rome details Don Thompson  Great Britain John Ljunggren  Sweden Abdon Pamich  Italy 1964...
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  • Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase  Gold John Mikaelsson 1948 London Athletics Men's 10 km walk  Gold John Ljunggren 1948 London Athletics Men's 50 km walk...
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    kilometres walk details Don Thompson  Great Britain 4:25:30.0 (OR) John Ljunggren  Sweden 4:25:47.0 Abdon Pamich  Italy 4:27:55.4 High jump details Robert...
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    details John Mikaelsson  Sweden 45:13.2 (OR) Ingemar Johansson  Sweden 45:43.8 Fritz Schwab  Switzerland 46:00.2 50 kilometres walk details John Ljunggren  Sweden...
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  • Liberman, 82, American psychologist, complications during heart surgery. John Ljunggren, 80, Swedish race walker and Olympic champion. Alfred Nzo, 74, South...
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    31 °C, the front two competitors were disqualified, and Thompson beat John Ljunggren of Sweden by 17 seconds to win the gold medal in 4 hours 25 minutes...
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    10 km walk details John Mikaelsson  Sweden Ingemar Johansson  Sweden Fritz Schwab  Switzerland Men's 50 km walk details John Ljunggren  Sweden Gaston Godel...
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    Summer Olympic Games took place July 31. The final was won by Swede John Ljunggren. Prior to the competition, the existing Olympic record was as follows...
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  • sport shooter Allan Larsson, politician Björn Lekman, speed skater John Ljunggren, Olympic gold medalist in racewalking Alexander Lundh, motorcycle racer...
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    Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold John Ljunggren Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 31 July  Gold Arne Åhman Athletics Men's triple jump 3 August  Gold...
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    Read  New Zealand 4:30:42.8 Yevgeny Maskinskov  Soviet Union 4:32:57.0 John Ljunggren  Sweden 4:35:02.0 High jump details Charles Dumas  United States 2.12...
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    Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 1,459 inhabitants in 2010. John Ljunggren - Olympic race walker "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare...
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    Ingvar Kamprad, active in Elmtaryd, business leader, founder of IKEA John Ljunggren; former head bartender at Operabaren and author of Europe's first cocktail...
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    Johannes, Eliud Kipchoge, Bernard Lagat, Ivet Lalova-Collio, Li Ling, John Ljunggren, Chris Maddocks, Zalina Marghieva, Paul Martin, Churandy Martina, Fiona...
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  • Read  New Zealand 4:30:42.8 Yevgeny Maskinskov  Soviet Union 4:32:57.0 John Ljunggren  Sweden 4:35:02.0 High jump details Charles Dumas  United States 2.12...
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  • Dordoni  Italy 4:40:43 John Ljunggren  Sweden 4:43:25 Verner Ljunggren  Sweden 4:49:28 4 Josef Doležal  Czechoslovakia 4:55:49 5 John Proctor  Great Britain...
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    1920. The Swedish athlete with most participations in the sport was John Ljunggren who participated in 5 Olympic Games between 1948 and 1964, winning one...
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  • Don Thompson  Great Britain John Ljunggren  Sweden Abdon Pamich  Italy...
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    Wilhelm Ljunggren (7 October 1905 – 25 January 1973) was a Norwegian mathematician, specializing in number theory. Ljunggren was born in Kristiania and...
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  • Paraschivescu  Romania 4:41:05.2 8 Ion Baboie  Romania 4:41:52.8 9 John Ljunggren  Sweden 4:43:45.2 10 Giuseppe Kressevich  Italy 4:44:30.2 11 Harold...
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  • Gold John Ljunggren  Sweden Silver Harry Forbes  Great Britain Bronze Charles Megnin  Great Britain...
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    co-founder of the Quarry Hill Creative Center, in Tucson, Arizona (d. 2014); John Ljunggren, Swedish speed walker, gold medalist at the 1948 Summer Olympics, bronze...
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  •  Great Britain John Ljunggren  Sweden Abdon Pamich  Italy high jump details Robert Shavlakadze  Soviet Union Valeriy Brumel  Soviet Union John Thomas  United...
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  • Mikėnas  Soviet Union 1:32:03.0 Bruno Junk  Soviet Union 1:32:12.0 4 John Ljunggren  Sweden 1:32:24.0 5 Stan Vickers  Great Britain 1:32:34.2 6 Don Keane...
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    1961  Lennart Back (SWE) 1:32:33  John Ljunggren (SWE) 1:34:07  Erik Söderlund (SWE) 1:34:44 1963  John Ljunggren (SWE) 1:34:20  Erik Söderlund (SWE)...
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