SWE   
Date of birth:
4 x 400m Olympic Silver Medallist 1924
4 Olympic Bronzes
1920: 4x1, 3x3000TEAM, 3xCCTEAM 1948: 4x4
4 x 100m European Champion 1946
4 x 2 Laps European Indoor Champion 1974
4 x 100m European Silver Medallist 1938
6 European Bronzes
1934: 4x4 1938: 4x4 1946: 4x4 1950: 4x1, 4x4 1958: 4x4
4 x 400m 4th at Olympic Games 1928
4 x 400m 4th at World Indoor Championships 2006
4 x 100m 5th at Olympic Games 1996
4 x 400m 5th at Olympic Games 1936
4 x 400m 5th at Olympic Games 1920
4 x 400m 7th at Olympic Games 1972
4 x 400m 7th at World Championships 1983
4 x 100m 8th at World Championships 1993
4 x 100m European Junior Champion 2015
4 x 400m World Indoor Alltime no. 56 3:07.10 Moskva 12 Mar 2006
4 x 200m World Alltime no. 23 1:25.33 Rennes 12 Sep 1998
4 x 400m World Alltime no. 44 3:02.57 München 10 Sep 1972
4 x 100m World Alltime no. 35 38.63 Atlanta GA 2 Aug 1996

▲PROGRESSION

Personal bests in BOLD.

 
4 x 100m
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
1920  42.9hw    3Antwerpen22 Aug
1924  43.0hw    3s3Colombes13 Jul
1936  41.5aw    3h3Berlin8 Aug
1971  40.67w    5h1Helsinki14 Aug
1974  40.11w    5h1Roma7 Sep
1979  41.45w    5h2-19Bydgoszcz18 Aug
1985  40.92w    5h1-19Cottbus24 Aug
1987  41.39w    7h1-19Birmingham8 Aug
1989  40.79w    4h1-19Varaždin26 Aug
1990  40.23w    2Oslo14 Jul
1992  39.75w    1Jönköping24 May
1993  39.22w    8Stuttgart22 Aug
1994  39.05w    4Helsinki13 Aug
1996  38.63w   NR3s2Atlanta GA2 Aug
1997  40.37w    4h2-22Turku12 Jul
1998  39.32w    6Budapest23 Aug
1999  39.18w    1Lappeenranta25 Jul
2000  39.52w    1Helsinki2 Sep
2001  39.56w   NU23R 1Ludvika27 Jun
2002  39.63w    2Sevilla22 Jun
2003  39.47w    1Lappeenranta21 Jun
2004  39.52w    7Bydgoszcz19 Jun
2005  39.69w    2Göteborg/U27 Aug
2006  39.78w    3Praha17 Jun
2007  40.36w    6Vaasa23 Jun
2008  39.91w    1Helsinki29 Aug
2009  40.56w    8-19Novi Sad26 Jul
2010  40.17w    4r2Budapest19 Jun
2011  39.94w    5r1Stockholm/S18 Jun
2012  39.64w    1Göteborg/U1 Sep
2013  39.23w    2Regensburg8 Jun
2014  39.27w    5h1Zürich16 Aug
2015  39.20w    2rBCheboksary20 Jun
2016  39.37w    7h1Amsterdam9 Jul
2017  39.61w    1Stockholm/S2 Sep
2018  39.86w    1Sollentuna28 Jun
2019  39.62w    1Stockholm/S25 May
2020  40.44w    1Tampere5 Sep
 
4 x 200m
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
1998  1:25.33w   Rennes12 Sep
Indoor Alltime  Show/hide
1999  1:27.35iw    1Tallinn21 Feb
2001  1:25.10iw   1Umeå24 Feb
2005  1:25.26iw   NR 2Glasgow29 Jan
2012  1:26.71iw    1Steinkjer11 Feb
2013  1:25.65iw    1Växjö9 Feb
2015  1:25.81iw    4Bærum14 Feb
2016  1:26.66iw    3Växjö13 Feb
2017  1:28.09iw    3Växjö26 Feb
 
4 x 300m
Indoor Alltime  Show/hide
2014  2:16.88iw    2Tampere8 Feb
2017  2:16.40iw   4Tampere11 Feb
 
4 x 400m
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
1920  3:24.3hw    5Antwerpen23 Aug
1924  3:17.0hw    2Colombes13 Jul
1928  3:15.8hw    4Amsterdam5 Aug
1934  3:16.60w    3Torino9 Sep
1936  3:13.0aw    5Berlin9 Aug
1938  3:17.30w    3Paris5 Sep
1946  3:15.00w    3Oslo25 Aug
1948  3:16.48w    3London7 Aug
1950  3:11.60w    NR3Bruxelles27 Aug
1952  3:13.55w    3h1Helsinki26 Jul
1954  3:12.50w    4Bern29 Aug
1958  3:10.70w    NR3Stockholm24 Aug
1960  3:10.91w    3h4Roma7 Sep
1962  3:07.70w    NR4Beograd16 Sep
1969  3:08.90w    7Athína20 Sep
1971  3:07.20w    NR2h2Helsinki14 Aug
1972  3:02.57w   NR7München10 Sep
1974  3:05.50w    2h2Roma7 Sep
1982  3:05.32w    5h1Athína10 Sep
1983  3:08.57w    7Helsinki14 Aug
1984  3:07.32w    4h1Los Angeles CA10 Aug
1992  3:06.17w    1Helsinki30 Aug
1993  3:09.76w   NU20R Skien22 Aug
1995  3:13.10w    5-19Nyíregyháza30 Jul
1997  3:07.27w    6-22Turku12 Jul
1998  3:06.67w   NR 1Västerås14 Jun
1999  3:04.71w    2Lahti6 Jun
2000  3:06.35w    6Gateshead16 Jul
2001  3:03.91w    4Bydgoszcz15 Jun
2002  3:04.04w    2Sevilla23 Jun
2003  3:06.71w    2Lappeenranta22 Jun
2004  3:03.35w    6Bydgoszcz20 Jun
2005  3:03.62w    5h1Helsinki13 Aug
2006  3:06.12w    3Praha18 Jun
2007  3:06.78w    2Vaasa24 Jun
2008  3:08.24w    3Istanbul22 Jun
2009  3:08.35w    6r1Leiria21 Jun
2010  3:08.53w    4r2Budapest20 Jun
2011  3:07.88w    4r1Stockholm/S19 Jun
2012  3:11.48w    1Göteborg/U2 Sep
2014  3:10.05w    2Helsinki31 Aug
2015  3:08.83w    3rBCheboksary21 Jun
2016  3:04.95w    6h2Amsterdam9 Jul
2017  3:08.73w    2Vaasa25 Jun
2018  3:09.37w    1Tampere1 Sep
2019  3:09.66w    1Stockholm/S25 Aug
2020  3:09.53w    1Tampere6 Sep
Indoor Alltime  Show/hide
2013  3:09.42iw    5Göteborg/Sc3 Mar
 
4 x 800m
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
1996  7:19.44w   Huddinge8 Jun
Indoor Alltime  Show/hide
2020  8:41.11iw   1Örebro28 Mar
 
4 x 2 Laps
Indoor Alltime  Show/hide
1974  3:04.55iw   1Göteborg9 Mar
 
4 x Lap
Indoor Alltime  Show/hide
2011  2:14.84iw   1Tampere5 Feb
 
Mixed Cross Country Relay
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
2017  19:02.00w    4Šamorín10 Dec
2018  16.32w   6Tilburg9 Dec
2019  18:45.00w    8Lisboa8 Dec

▲IN MAJOR EVENTS

 
Outdoor
European Half Marathon Cup
EC 2016: 53:14:55
4 x 100m
OG 1920: 342.9h 1h343.4h
OG 1924: 3s343.0h 1h543.8h
OG 1936: 3h341.5a
EC 1938: 241.1h 3h142.0h
EC 1946: 141.5h 1h241.9h
EC 1950: 341.9h 3h242.1h
EC 1954: 641.3h 2h341.1h
EC 1958: h2DNF
EC 1962: 440.1h
EC 1971: 5h140.67
EC 1974: 5h140.11
EJ 1979: 5h2-1941.45 -19DQ
EJ 1985: 5h1-1940.92
EJ 1987: 7h1-1941.39
EJ 1989: 6-1941.30 4h1-1940.79
WC 1993: 839.22
EC 1994: 439.05 4h239.47
EJ 1995: h2-19DNF
WC 1995: DQ
OG 1996: 538.67 3s238.63 2h339.02
EJ 1997: 7-2241.27 4h2-2240.37 3h2-1940.53 -19DNF
EC 1998: 639.32 4h239.44
EJ 1999: 7-2239.93 5-1940.40 1h1-2239.76 3h1-1940.55
ECp 2000: 639.82
EJ 2001: 4-1940.10 h2-22DQ 4h2-1940.95
EC 2002: 8h139.99
EJ 2003: 4-2239.64 4h2-2240.19
ECp 2004: 739.52
WJ 2004: h2-19DNF h2-19DNF
EC 2006: 6h240.14
WJ 2006: 6h2-1940.28
WJ 2008: 4h2-1940.72
EJ 2009: 8-1940.56 5h1-1940.72
ETC 2009: 5r140.58
ETC-1 2010: 4r240.17
EJ 2011: 4h2-2240.45
ETC 2011: 5r139.94
EC 2012: 6h139.87
EJ 2013: 8-2239.58 2h2-2239.95
ETC-1 2013: 239.55
EC 2014: 5h139.27
ETC 2014: 4rB39.33
EJ 2015: 1-1939.73 4h1-2240.08 1h1-1940.01 -22DNF
ETC 2015: 2rB39.20
EC 2016: 7h139.37
EJ 2017: h1-22DNF
ETC-1 2017: DQ
EC 2018: h1DNF
EJ 2019: 6-1941.57 7h1-2240.39 3h1-1940.45
ETC 2019: 4rB40.01
4 x 400m
OG 1920: 53:24.3h 3h23:46.4h
OG 1924: 23:17.0h 2h13:37.5h
OG 1928: 43:15.8h 2h23:21.2h
EC 1934: 33:16.60
OG 1936: 53:13.0a 2h23:14.6a
EC 1938: 33:17.30
EC 1946: 33:15.00
OG 1948: 33:16.48 2h33:21.0a
EC 1950: 33:11.60 1h13:17.40
OG 1952: 3h13:13.55
EC 1954: 43:12.50 2h13:12.80
EC 1958: 33:10.70 2h23:14.60
OG 1960: 6s23:11.05 3h43:10.91
EC 1962: 43:07.70 3h13:10.20
EC 1969: 73:08.90 3h23:35.10
EC 1971: 73:08.18 2h23:07.20
OG 1972: 73:02.57 3h13:03.05
EC 1974: 73:12.60 2h23:05.50
EC 1982: 83:06.91 5h13:05.32
EJ 1983: 6-193:10.28 2h1-193:11.28
WC 1983: 73:08.57
OG 1984: 7s13:09.40 4h13:07.32
EJ 1993: 7-193:16.59 4h2-193:12.47
EJ 1995: 5-193:13.10 3h2-193:13.14
EJ 1997: 6-223:07.27 3h1-223:10.19
EJ 1999: 5h1-193:12.03
ECp 2000: 63:06.35
EJ 2001: 5-193:10.01 4h2-193:12.53
WC 2001: 5h13:04.02
ECp 2004: 63:03.35
EJ 2005: 5h1-223:10.55 4h1-193:11.13
WC 2005: 5h13:03.62
EC 2006: 7h23:07.73
EJ 2007: h2-22DQ
ETC 2009: 6r13:08.35
ETC-1 2010: 4r23:08.53
ETC 2011: 4r13:07.88
ETC-1 2013: 3rB3:10.78
ETC 2014: 4rB3:10.12
ETC 2015: 3rB3:08.83
EC 2016: 6h23:04.95
EJ 2017: 6h1-223:11.26
ETC-1 2017: 23:08.73
EC 2018: h1DQ
ETC 2019: 6rB3:12.13
Medley Relay
EY 2016: 7-171:56.29 4h2-171:57.17
Mixed Cross Country Relay
EC 2017: 419:02.00
EC 2018: 616.32
EC 2019: 818:45.00
3000m Team Competition
OG 1920: 3=2.4h 2=h11.2h
OG 1924: 3h22.1h
Cross Country Team Competition
OG 1920: 3=2.3h
OG 1924: DNF
 
Indoor
4 x 400m
WC 2006: 43:07.32 3h23:07.10
EC 2013: 53:09.42
4 x 2 Laps
EC 1974: 13:04.55
Relay
ECp 2008: 44:16.35

▲PERSONAL BESTS

note: click on event name to get head to head stats against another athlete,
click on indoor/outdoor to see PB progression.

 
4 x 100m
Winstreak: 2 (finals)  Show/hide   
Outdoor38.63    NRAtlanta GA2 Aug 1996
 
4 x 200m
Outdoor1:25.33    Rennes12 Sep 1998
Indoor1:25.10    Umeå24 Feb 2001
 
4 x 300m
Indoor2:16.40    Tampere11 Feb 2017
 
4 x 400m
Winstreak: 3 (finals)  Show/hide   
Outdoor3:02.57    NRMünchen10 Sep 1972
Indoor3:07.10    NRMoskva12 Mar 2006
 
4 x 800m
Winstreak: 1 (finals)  Show/hide   
Outdoor7:19.44    Huddinge8 Jun 1996
Indoor8:41.11    Örebro28 Mar 2020
 
4 x 2 Laps
Winstreak: 1 (finals)  Show/hide   
Indoor3:04.55    Göteborg9 Mar 1974
 
Medley Relay
Outdoor1:56.29    Tbilisi17 Jul 2016
 
4 x Lap
Winstreak: 1 (finals)  Show/hide   
Indoor2:14.84    Tampere5 Feb 2011
 
Mixed Cross Country Relay
Outdoor16.32    Tilburg9 Dec 2018
 
Relay
Indoor4:16.35    Moskva16 Feb 2008

▲AVERAGES & 10 BEST RESULTS

4 x 100m, 10 best results (legal):
38.63   3s2Atlanta GA2 Aug 1996
38.67   5Atlanta GA3 Aug 1996
39.02   2h3Atlanta GA2 Aug 1996
39.05   4Helsinki13 Aug 1994
39.18   1Lappeenranta25 Jul 1999
39.20   2rBCheboksary20 Jun 2015
39.22   8Stuttgart22 Aug 1993
39.23   2Regensburg8 Jun 2013
39.27   5h1Zürich16 Aug 2014
39.31   1Helsinki30 Aug 2014
 
Average: 39.078
 
4 x 400m, 10 best results (legal):
3:02.57   7München10 Sep 1972
3:03.05   3h1München9 Sep 1972
3:03.35   6Bydgoszcz20 Jun 2004
3:03.62   5h1Helsinki13 Aug 2005
3:03.91   4Bydgoszcz15 Jun 2001
3:04.02   5h1Edmonton11 Aug 2001
3:04.04   2Sevilla23 Jun 2002
3:04.71   2Lahti6 Jun 1999
3:04.95   6h2Amsterdam9 Jul 2016
3:05.32   5h1Athína10 Sep 1982
 
Average: 3:03.954
 
4 x 200m, 10 best results (legal):
1:25.10i  1Umeå24 Feb 2001
1:25.26i  2Glasgow29 Jan 2005
1:25.33   Rennes12 Sep 1998
1:25.65i  1Växjö9 Feb 2013
1:25.81i  4Bærum14 Feb 2015
1:26.43   Walnut, Ca24 Apr 1998
1:26.66i  3Växjö13 Feb 2016
1:26.71i  1Steinkjer11 Feb 2012
1:27.35i  1Tallinn21 Feb 1999
1:28.09i  3Växjö26 Feb 2017
 
Average: 1:26.239
 

Total results in db: 324

By event:

European Half Marathon Cup:1
4 x 100m:166
4 x 200m:10
4 x 300m:2
4 x 400m:130
4 x 800m:2
4 x 2 Laps:1
Medley Relay:2
4 x Lap:1
Mixed Cross Country Relay:3
Relay:1
3000m Team Competition:3
Cross Country Team Competition:2

▲IN 2020

position in the world list in brackets following the season's best,
junior list position in green and youth list position in orange.
help: click on competition name or Venue to see competition results.
help: click on placing to see event results in the competition.

4 x 100m
46.21iw SB 1-50KristianstadKristianstad11 Jul 
 Mårten Skogman, Mattias Sunneborn, Jörgen Åberg, Peter JohanssonMårten Skogman, Mattias Sunneborn
Jörgen Åberg, Peter Johansson
40.44iw SB 1FINvSWETampereFINvSWE, Tampere5 Sep 
 Thomas Jones, Zion Eriksson, Erik Annerfalk, Anders PihlbladThomas Jones, Zion Eriksson
Erik Annerfalk, Anders Pihlblad
4 x 400m
3:36.17iw SB 1SätraSätra7 Mar 
 Magnus Nilsson, Hjalmar Didrikson, Mattias Sunneborn, Patrik HäggMagnus Nilsson, Hjalmar Didrikson
Mattias Sunneborn, Patrik Hägg
3:09.53iw SB 1FINvSWETampereFINvSWE, Tampere6 Sep 
 Kasper Kadestål, Emil Johansson, Oskar Edlund, Nick Ekelund-ArenanderKasper Kadestål, Emil Johansson
Oskar Edlund, Nick Ekelund-Arenander
4 x 800m
8:41.11iw PB 1ÖrebroÖrebro28 Mar 

▲TOP 100 WORLD LIST POSITIONS

SeasonInd/OutEventPosResult
1996Outdoor4 x 100m738.63
1997Outdoor4 x 100m1440.37
1997Outdoor4 x 400m133:07.27
1998Outdoor4 x 100m839.32
1998Outdoor4 x 400m133:06.67
1999Outdoor4 x 100m3739.18
1999Outdoor4 x 400m463:04.71
2000Outdoor4 x 100m5239.52
2000Outdoor4 x 400m633:06.35
2001Outdoor4 x 100m4739.56
2001Outdoor4 x 400m243:03.91
2001Indoor4 x 400m303:11.16
2002Outdoor4 x 100m4139.63
2002Outdoor4 x 400m223:04.04
2002Indoor4 x 400m53:10.09
2003Outdoor4 x 100m2939.47
2003Outdoor4 x 400m433:06.71
2003Indoor4 x 400m63:09.44
2004Outdoor4 x 100m2539.52
2004Outdoor4 x 400m233:03.35
2004Indoor4 x 400m123:11.12
2005Outdoor4 x 100m6639.69
2005Outdoor4 x 400m233:03.62
2006Outdoor4 x 100m7039.78
2006Outdoor4 x 400m543:06.12
2006Indoor4 x 400m73:07.10
2007Outdoor4 x 400m533:06.78
2008Outdoor4 x 100m9139.91
2008Outdoor4 x 400m903:08.24
2009Outdoor4 x 400m953:08.35
2011Outdoor4 x 400m1003:07.88
2012Outdoor4 x 100m7839.64
2013Outdoor4 x 100m5239.23
2013Indoor4 x 400m263:09.42
2014Outdoor4 x 100m6239.27
2015Outdoor4 x 100m2539.20
2015Outdoor4 x 400m533:08.83
2016Outdoor4 x 100m3039.37
2016Outdoor4 x 400m263:04.95
2017Outdoor4 x 100m4039.61
2017Outdoor4 x 400m433:08.73
2018Outdoor4 x 100m4739.86
2018Outdoor4 x 400m473:09.37
2019Outdoor4 x 400m543:09.66
2020Outdoor4 x 100m1640.44
2020Outdoor4 x 400m93:09.53

▲WINSTREAKS