Pär Arvidsson
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Swimming | |||
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| Gold | Moscow 1980 | 100m Butterfly | |
Pär Arvidsson (born February 27, 1960 in Finspång) was a butterfly swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100m butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, after having set the world record in the same event a couple of months earlier in Austin, Texas.
Between 1976 and 1983 he became Swedish champion 22 times.
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- Finspångs SK
| Preceded by Darrell Griffith Mark D. Hermann Donald J. Paige Ronald K. Perry Randy Lee Schleusener |
NCAA Top Five Award Class of 1982 Par J. Arvidsson Rowdy Gaines Oliver Luck Kenneth W. Sims Lynette Woodard |
Succeeded by Bruce Baumgartner John Elway Richard J. Giusto Charles F. Kiraly David R. Rimington |
1968: Doug Russell | 1972: Mark Spitz | 1976: Matt Vogel | 1980: Pär Arvidsson | 1984: Michael Groß | 1988: Anthony Nesty | 1992: Pablo Morales | 1996: Denis Pankratov | 2000: Lars Frölander | 2004: Michael Phelps
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