Pär Arvidsson

Pär Arvidsson

Personal information
Full name	Pär Arvidsson
Nickname(s)	Pära
Nationality	Sweden
Born	February 27, 1960 (1960-02-27) (age 51) Finspång, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	butterfly
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for  Sweden Olympic Games Gold 1980 Moscow 100 m butterfly World Championships (LC) Bronze 1978 Berlin 100 m butterfly European Championships (LC) Silver 1977 Jönköping 100 m butterfly Silver 1981 Split 100 m butterfly Silver 1981 Split 4×100 m medley Bronze 1977 Jönköping 200 m butterfly

Pär Arvidsson (born February 27, 1960 in Finspång) was a butterfly swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow,^[1][2] after having set the world record in the same event a couple of months earlier in Austin, Texas. He held the record until April 1981.^[3]

Between 1976 and 1983 he became Swedish champion 22 times.

He held the Swedish record in the 200 butterfly until 2008.

After Graduating from the University of California Berkeley with a degree in economics he attended and graduated Harvard Business School.

Contents 1 Personal bests 1.1 Long course (50 m) 2 Clubs 3 References

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Event	Time		Date	Meet	Location	Ref
14 ! 100 m butterfly	54.15		01980-04-11 11 April 1980	-	United States, Austin, TX ! Austin, TX, United States
15 ! 200 m butterfly	2:00.42		01979-08-18 18 August 1979	US Summer Nationals	United States, Fort Lauderdale, FL ! Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States

Legend: WR – World record; ER – European record; NR – Swedish record;
Records not set in finals: (h) – heat; (sf) – semifinal; (r) – relay 1st leg; (rh) – relay heat 1st leg; (b) – B final; † – en route to final mark; (tt) – time trial

Clubs

• Finspångs SK

Records
Preceded by Joe Bottom	Men's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) April 11, 1980 – April 3, 1981	Succeeded by William Paulus
Awards
Preceded by Darrell Griffith Mark D. Herrmann 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

References

Olympic Champions in Men's 100 m Butterfly 1968: Douglas 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 2008: Michael Phelps

1976 Sweden Olympic Swimming Team Men's Competition Pär Arvidsson • Anders Bellbring • Mikael Brandén • Leif Ericsson • Bengt Gingsjö • Bengt Jönsson • Dan Larsson • Anders Norling • Peter Pettersson • Svante Rasmuson Women's Competition Gunilla Andersson • Anette Fredriksson • Ida Hansson • Gunilla Lundberg • Pia Mårtensson • Diana Olsson • Ylva Persson • Ann-Sofi Roos

1980 Sweden Olympic Swimming Team Men's Competition Pär Arvidsson • Gary Andersson • Bengt Baron • Peter Berggren • Glen Christiansen • Per Holmertz • Per Johansson • Thomas Lejdström • Per-Alvar Magnusson • Ove Nylén • Per-Ola Quist • Anders Rutqvist • Michael Söderlund • Per Wikström Women's Competition Armi Airaksinen • Agneta Eriksson • Tina Gustafsson • Eva-Marie Håkansson • Birgitta Jönsson • Carina Ljungdahl • Agneta Mårtensson • Helena Peterson • Ann-Sofi Roos • Annika Uvehall

Persondata
Name	Arvidsson, Par
Alternative names
Short description	Swimmer
Date of birth	February 27, 1960
Place of birth	Finspång, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death