Gustaf Lindblom

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Olympic medal record
Men’s athletics
Gold 1912 Stockholm Triple jump

Gustaf Lindblom (December 3, 1891 - April 26, 1960) was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump.

He competed for a Sweden in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the triple jump where he won the gold medal. He also competed on 1908 Summer Olympics as epee fencer.

Olympic champions in men's triple jump
1896: James Connolly | 1900: Myer Prinstein | 1904: Myer Prinstein | 1906: Peter O'Connor | 1908: Tim Ahearne | 1912: Gustaf Lindblom | 1920: Vilho Tuulos | 1924: Nick Winter | 1928: Mikio Oda | 1932: Chuhei Nambu | 1936: Naoto Tajima | 1948: Arne Åhman | 1952: Adhemar da Silva | 1956: Adhemar da Silva | 1960: Józef Szmidt | 1964: Józef Szmidt | 1968: Viktor Saneyev | 1972: Viktor Saneyev | 1976: Viktor Saneyev | 1980: Jaak Uudmäe | 1984: Al Joyner | 1988: Hristo Markov | 1992: Mike Conley | 1996: Kenny Harrison | 2000: Jonathan Edwards | 2004: Christian Olsson