Gustaf Dyrssen

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Medal record
Competitor for the Flag of Sweden Sweden
Men's Modern pentathlon
Men's Olympic Games
Gold 1920 Antwerp Modern pentathlon
Silver 1924 Paris Modern pentathlon
Men's fencing
Men's Olympic Games
Silver 1936 Berlin Team Épée

Gustaf Dyrssen (born November 24, 1891) was a Swedish modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where he received a gold medal in modern pentathlon.[1] He received a silver medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.[2]

He participated on the Swedish fencing team at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where the team received a silver medal in épée.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "1920 Summer Olympics – Antwerp, Belgium – Modern Pentathlon" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 31, 2008)
  2. ^ "1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Modern Pentathlon" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 31, 2008)


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Olympic champions in men's modern pentathlon
1912: Gösta Lilliehöök · 1920: Gustaf Dyrssen · 1924: Bo Lindman · 1928: Sven Thofelt · 1932: Johan Oxenstierna · 1936: Gotthard Handrick · 1948: William Grut · 1952: Lars Hall · 1956: Lars Hall · 1960: Ferenc Németh · 1964: Ferenc Török · 1968: Björn Ferm · 1972: András Balczó · 1976: Janusz Pyciak-Peciak · 1980: Anatoli Starostin · 1984: Daniele Masala · 1988: János Martinek · 1992: Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek · 1996: Alexander Parygin · 2000: Dmitri Svatkovskiy · 2004: Andrey Moiseev
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