Gösta Pettersson

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Olympic medal record
Men's Cycling
Bronze	Tokyo 1964	Team Road Race
Silver	Mexico City 1968	Team Road Race
Bronze	Mexico City 1968	Individual Road Race

Gösta Pettersson (born November 23, 1940 in Alingsås Municipality) is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist and three-time Olympic medalist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1971 Giro d'Italia.

In 1967, The Fåglum brothers (Erik Pettersson, Gösta Pettersson, Sture Pettersson and Tomas Pettersson) were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. The brothers won the World Amateur Cycling Championships between 1967-1969 along with a silver medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Results and Teams

[edit] Professional

1974 – Magniflex

• 2nd Overall – Tour de Suisse
  • 2nd, Prologue (ITT)
  • 2nd, Stage 9b
  • 3rd, Stage 3c (ITT)
  • 4th, Stage 3b
  • 5th, Stage 5
  • 6th, Stage 2

1973 – Scic

• 7th Overall – Tour de Suisse
  • 1st, Stage 8b
  • 4th, Stage 2b

1972 – Ferretti

1971 – Ferretti

• 1st Overall – Giro d'Italia
• 1st Overall – Ronde van de Appennijnen

1970 – Ferretti

• 1st Overall – Tour de Romandie
• 1st – Coppa Sabatini
• 3rd Overall – Tour de France

[edit] Amateur

1969

• 1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial

1968

• 1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial
• 2nd (Silver) – 1968 Summer Olympics – 100 km Team Time Trial
• 3rd (Bronze) – 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Road Race

1967

• 1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial

1964

• 3rd (Bronze) – 1964 Summer Olympics – 100 km Team Time Trial
• 3rd (Bronze) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 185 km Men's Road Race

Preceded by: Eddy Merckx

Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1971

Succeeded by: Eddy Merckx