Erik Byléhn
Bror Erik Byléhn (born January 15, 1898 in Bollnäs , † November 14, 1986 in the United States) was a Swedish athlete . With a height of 1.71 m, his competition weight was 61 kg.
He won silver at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris with the Swedish 4-by-400-meter relay behind the US relay, but was eliminated in both the 400-meter run and the 800-meter run in the preliminary run . In 1925, Byléhn became the Swedish champion in the 400-meter run and the 800-meter run.
In 1928 he became the Swedish 800 meter champion for the second time. At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 , he won another Olympic silver medal with a new Swedish record of 1: 52.8 seconds over 800 m. He was a second behind the British Olympic champion Douglas Lowe .
literature
- Peter Matthews (Ed): Athletics '88 / 9 , London 1988 ISBN 0-948208-05-8
- Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics . Berlin 1999, published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV
Web links
- Profile (english)
- Erik Byléhn in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Byléhn, Erik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Byléhn, Bror Erik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bollnas |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 14, 1986 |
| Place of death | United States |