Per-Olof Olsson

Personal information

Born

10 December 1918
Stockholm, Sweden

Died

12 October 1982 (aged 63)
Vadstena, Sweden

Sport

Swimming

Strokes

Freestyle, backstroke

Club

SoIK Hellas, Nacka

Medal record

European Championships (LC)
Competitor for Sweden
	1947 Monte Carlo	4×200 m freestyle
	1947 Monte Carlo	100 m freestyle

Per-Olof Verner Olsson (10 December 1918 – 12 October 1982) was a Swedish swimmer who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[1] He finished fourth in the 4×200 m relay and sixth in the 100 m freestyle.^[2] He won two medals in these events at the 1947 European Aquatics Championships.

References

↑ Per-Olof Olsson. Swedish Olympic Committee
↑ Per-Olof Olsson. sports-reference.com

European Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1926: Germany (Heitmann, Rademacher, Berges, Heinrich)
1927: Germany (Heitmann, Rademacher, Berges, Heinrich)
1931: Hungary (Wanié, Szabados, Székely, Bárány)
1934: Hungary (Gróf, Maróthy, Csik, Lengyel)
1938: Germany (Birr, Heimlich, Freese, Plath)
1947: Sweden (Olsson, Lundén, Östrand, Johansson)
1950: Sweden (Sjunnerholm, Östrand, Johansson, Larsson)
1954: Hungary (Till, Dömötör, Kádas, Nyéki)
1958: Soviet Union (Nikolayev, Struzhanov, Luzhkovsky, Nikitin)
1962: Sweden (Rosendahl, Lindberg, Svensson, Bengtsson)
1966: Soviet Union (Ilyichov, Belits-Geiman, Pletnev, Novikov)
1970: West Germany (Lampe, Von Schilling, Meeuw, Fassnacht)
1974: West Germany (Steinbach, Lampe, Meeuw, Nocke)
1977: Soviet Union (Raskatov, Rusin, Koplyakov, Krylov)
1981: Soviet Union (Shemetov, Salnikov, Chayev, Koplyakov)
1983: West Germany (Fahrner, Schowtka, Schmidt, Gross)
1985: West Germany (Schowtka, Gross, Schadt, Fahrner)
1987: West Germany (Sitt, Henkel, Fahrner, Gross)
1989: Italy (Trevisan, Gleria, Lamberti, Battistelli)
1991: Soviet Union (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Tayanovich, Sadovyi)
1993: Russia (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Mukin, Sadovyi)
1995: Germany (Keller, Lampe, Spanneberg, Zesner)
1997: Great Britain (Palmer, Clayton, Meadows, Salter)
1999: Germany (Keller, Pohl, Conrad, Kiedel)
2000: Italy (Rosolino, Pelliciari, Cercato, Brembilla)
2002: Italy (Pelliciari, Brembilla, Cappellazzo, Rosolino)
2004: Italy (Brembilla, Pelliciari, Rosolino, Magnini)
2006: Italy (Rosolino, Berbotto, Cassio, Magnini)
2008: Italy (Brembilla, Rosolino, Cassio, Magnini)
2010: Russia (Lobintsev, Izotov, Perunin, Sukhorukov)
2012: Germany (Biedermann, Colupaev, Rapp, Wallburger)
2014: Germany (Backhaus, Lebherz, Rapp, Biedermann)

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