Ingvar Bengtsson (athlete)
Ingvar Bengtsson ( Bengt Rolf Ingvar Bengtsson; born April 10, 1922 in Obbola , † April 6, 2001 in Söderhamn ) was a Swedish middle -distance runner who had specialized in the 800-meter distance .
At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 he was fifth and fourth at the European Athletics Championships in Brussels in 1950 .
From 1948 to 1950 he was Swedish champion three times in a row. He set his personal best of 1: 49.4 minutes on July 21, 1948 in Gävle .
Web links
- Ingvar Bengtsson in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
- Ingvar Bengtsson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Bengtsson, Ingvar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bengtsson, Bengt Rolf Ingvar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish middle distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Obbola |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 2001 |
| Place of death | Soderhamn |