Gösta Pettersson

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Gösta Pettersson

Personal information

Full name

Gösta Pettersson

Born

October 23, 1940
Alingsås Municipality, Sweden

Team information

Current team

Retired

Discipline

Road

Role

Rider

Rider type

Overall rider

Professional team(s)

1970–1972
1973
1974

Ferretti
Scic
Magniflex

Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

General Classification (1971)

1 Stage (1972)

Tour de Romandie (1970)

Tour de Suisse - 1 stage (1973)

Medal record

Competitor for Sweden
Road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Silver	1968 Mexico City	Team road race
Bronze	1964 Tokyo	Team road race
Bronze	1968 Mexico City	Individual road race
Road bicycle racing
World Championships
Bronze	1964 Sallanches	Amateur's Road Race

Infobox last updated on
July 15, 2008

Gösta Pettersson (born November 23, 1940 in Alingsås Municipality) is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist and three-time Olympic medalist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1971 Giro d'Italia. He was also third in the 1970 Tour de France which was in his first year as a professional, at age 30.

In 1967, The Fåglum brothers (Erik, Gösta, Sture and Tomas Pettersson) were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. The brothers won the World Amateur Cycling Championships between 1967-1969 along with a silver medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Results and Teams

1964 (amateur)

3rd (Bronze) – 1964 Summer Olympics – 100 km Team Time Trial

3rd (Bronze) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 185 km Men's Road Race

1967 (amateur)

1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial

1968 (amateur)

1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial

2nd (Silver) – 1968 Summer Olympics – 100 km Team Time Trial

3rd (Bronze) – 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Road Race

1st overall – Tour of Britain

1969 (amateur)

1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial

1970 – Ferretti

1st Overall – Tour de Romandie

1st – Coppa Sabatini

3rd Overall – Tour de France

1st – Trofeo Baracchi (with Tomas Pettersson)

1971 – Ferretti

1st Overall – Giro d'Italia

1st Overall – Giro dell'Appennino

1st Overall – Giro delle Marche

1973 – Scic

7th Overall – Tour de Suisse

Winner stage 8b

1974 – Magniflex

2nd Overall – Tour de Suisse

Grand Tours overall classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Giro	6	1	6	13	10
Tour	3	WD	-	-	-
Vuelta	-	-	-	-	-

WD = Withdrew

External links

Gösta Pettersson profile at Cycling Archives
Official Tour de France results for Gösta Pettersson

Awards
Preceded by Kurt Johansson	Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal with Erik Petterson, Sture Petterson and Tomas Petterson 1967	Succeeded by Toini Gustafsson-Rönnlund

v t e Giro d'Italia winners of the General classification

1909 Luigi Ganna 1910–11 Carlo Galetti 1912^* Team Atala (Carlo Galetti, Giovanni Micheletto, Eberardo Pavesi) 1913 Carlo Oriani 1914 Alfonso Calzolari 1915–18 World War I 1919 Costante Girardengo 1920 Gaetano Belloni 1921–22 Giovanni Brunero 1923 Costante Girardengo 1924 Giuseppe Enrici 1925 Alfredo Binda 1926 Giovanni Brunero 1927–29 Alfredo Binda 1930 Luigi Marchisio 1931 Francesco Camusso 1932 Antonio Pesenti 1933 Alfredo Binda 1934 Learco Guerra 1935 Vasco Bergamaschi 1936–37 Gino Bartali 1938–39 Giovanni Valetti 1940 Fausto Coppi 1941–45 World War II 1946 Gino Bartali 1947 Fausto Coppi 1948 Fiorenzo Magni 1949 Fausto Coppi 1950 Hugo Koblet 1951 Fiorenzo Magni 1952–53 Fausto Coppi 1954 Carlo Clerici 1955 Fiorenzo Magni 1956 Charly Gaul 1957 Gastone Nencini 1958 Ercole Baldini 1959 Charly Gaul 1960 Jacques Anquetil 1961 Arnaldo Pambianco 1962–63 Franco Balmamion 1964 Jacques Anquetil 1965 Vittorio Adorni 1966 Gianni Motta 1967 Felice Gimondi 1968 Eddy Merckx 1969 Felice Gimondi 1970 Eddy Merckx 1971 Gösta Pettersson 1972–74 Eddy Merckx 1975 Fausto Bertoglio 1976 Felice Gimondi 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Johan de Muynck 1979 Giuseppe Saronni 1980 Bernard Hinault 1981 Giovanni Battaglin 1982 Bernard Hinault 1983 Giuseppe Saronni 1984 Francesco Moser 1985 Bernard Hinault 1986 Roberto Visentini 1987 Stephen Roche 1988 Andy Hampsten 1989 Laurent Fignon 1990 Gianni Bugno 1991 Franco Chioccioli 1992–93 Miguel Indurain 1994 Evgeni Berzin 1995 Tony Rominger 1996 Pavel Tonkov 1997 Ivan Gotti 1998 Marco Pantani 1999 Ivan Gotti 2000 Stefano Garzelli 2001 Gilberto Simoni 2002 Paolo Savoldelli 2003 Gilberto Simoni 2004 Damiano Cunego 2005 Paolo Savoldelli 2006 Ivan Basso 2007 Danilo Di Luca 2008 Alberto Contador 2009 Denis Menchov 2010 Ivan Basso 2011 Michele Scarponi 2012 Ryder Hesjedal 2013 Vincenzo Nibali

^*This Giro was contested solely by teams, with no individual classification

Persondata
Name	Pettersson, Gösta
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1940-10-23
Place of birth	Alingsås, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death

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