John Ljunggren

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Olympic medal record
Men’s athletics
Gold	1948 London	50 kilometre walk
Silver	1960 Rome	50 kilometre walk
Bronze	1956 Melbourne	50 kilometre walk

John Ljunggren (born 9 September 1919 - 13 January 2000) was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre walk.

John first competed in the Olympics iat the 1948 Summer Olympics held in post war London. He competed for a Sweden in the 50 kilometre walk where he literally walked away with the gold medal.

His next Olympic success came in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 50 kilometre walk where he won the bronze medal. He returned four years later in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy where he was unable to match his 1948 perrformance but he improved his 1952 position in the 50 kilometre walk to silver medal behind Great Britain’s Don Thompson. In the european championship he won the gold medal in the 1946 and the silver medal in the 1950.