Arne Åhman

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Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Gold 1948 London Triple jump

Per Arne Åhman (born February 4, 1925 in Nordingrå) is a former Swedish triple jumper.

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London he was allowed to commence the jumping on the slowly deteriorating track as the start list was sorted alphabetically, his name being written Aaman in English. His first jump measured 15.40 metres, a new Swedish record. The following jumpers were all troubled by the track quality, and Åhman eventually won the Olympic gold medal.

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Olympic champions in men's triple jump
1896: James Connolly • 1900: Myer Prinstein • 1904: Myer Prinstein • 1906: Peter O'Connor • 1908: Timothy 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
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