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Jan Karlsson
Full name: Jan Egon Karlsson
Nickname(s): Janne
Gender: Male
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Weight: 168 lbs (76 kg)
Born: November 15, 1945 in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Affiliations: Trollhättans Atletklubb, Trollhättan (SWE)
Country: 
Sweden
Sport: Wrestling
Medals: 1 Silver, 1 Bronze (2 Total)
Biography
Jan Karlsson had the following finishes at major championships – 1973 World Championship: 74.0 kg. Greco-Roman (2nd); 1973 World Championship: 74.0 kg. Freestyle (3rd); 1974 World Championship: 74.0 kg. Greco-Roman (5th); 1967 European Championship: 70.0 kg. Freestyle (2nd); 1970 European Championship: 74.0 kg. Freestyle (2nd); 1968 European Championship: 70.0 kg. Freestyle (3rd); 1969 European Championship: 74.0 kg. Greco-Roman (3rd); 1966 European Championship: 70.0 kg. Freestyle (4th); 1972 European Championship: 74.0 kg. Greco-Roman (4th); |
Results
| Games | Age | City | Sport | Event | Team | NOC | Rank | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Summer | 22 | Ciudad de México | Wrestling | Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman | Sweden | SWE | AC | ||
| 1968 Summer | 22 | Ciudad de México | Wrestling | Men's Lightweight, Freestyle | Sweden | SWE | AC | ||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman | Sweden | SWE | 3 | Bronze | |
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Men's Welterweight, Freestyle | Sweden | SWE | 2 | Silver | |
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman | Sweden | SWE | 7 | ||
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Men's Welterweight, Freestyle | Sweden | SWE | AC |
Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman
| Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | Rank | Date | Result | RE | BP | MR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Summer | 22 | Ciudad de México | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Final Standings | AC | 1968-10-23 | Eliminated r3/8 | 7,0 | |||
| 1968 Summer | 22 | Ciudad de México | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Three | 13T | 1968-10-25 | 7,0 | ||||
| 1968 Summer | 22 | Ciudad de México | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Three | Match #8 | 2 | 1968-10-25 | Horvat (YUG) decision, Karlsson (SWE) | 3,0 | ||
| 1968 Summer | 22 | Ciudad de México | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Two | 12T | 1968-10-24 | 4,0 | ||||
| 1968 Summer | 22 | Ciudad de México | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Two | Match #12 | 1 | 1968-10-24 | Karlsson (SWE) fall (2:10), Holzer (USA) | 0,0 | ||
| 1968 Summer | 22 | Ciudad de México | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round One | 20T | 1968-10-23 | 4,0 | ||||
| 1968 Summer | 22 | Ciudad de México | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round One | Match #11 | 2 | 1968-10-23 | Sapunov (URS) fall (6:07), Karlsson (SWE) | 4,0 |
Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman
| Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | Rank | Date | Result | BP | MR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Final Standings | 3 | 1972-09-06 | ||||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Five | 3 | 1972-09-09 | 6,0 | |||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Five | Match #3 | 1 | 1972-09-09 | Karlsson (SWE) decision, Kecman (YUG) | 1,0 | |
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Four | 4T | 1972-09-09 | 5,0 | |||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Four | Match #2 | 2 | 1972-09-09 | Kolev (BUL) decision, Karlsson (SWE) | 3,0 | |
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Three | 1T | 1972-09-08 | 2,0 | |||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Three | Match #3 | 1 | 1972-09-08 | Karlsson (SWE) fall (8:47), Krzesiński (POL) | 0,0 | |
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Two | 2T | 1972-09-07 | 2,0 | |||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Two | Match #5 | 1 | 1972-09-07 | Karlsson (SWE) decision, Neist (USA) | 1,0 | |
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round One | 6T | 1972-09-06 | 1,0 | |||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round One | Match #5 | 1 | 1972-09-06 | Karlsson (SWE) decision, Vlad (ROU) | 1,0 | |
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Final Standings | 7 | 1976-07-20 | ||||
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Four | 7 | 1976-07-23 | 8,0 | |||
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Four | Match #2 | 2 | 1976-07-23 | Göpfert (GDR) decision (9-5), Karlsson (SWE) | 3,0 | |
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Three | 6T | 1976-07-22 | 5,0 | |||
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Three | Match #1 | 1 | 1976-07-22 | Karlsson (SWE) decision (10-5), Nagatomo (JPN) | 1,0 | |
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Two | 5T | 1976-07-21 | 4,0 | |||
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Two | Match #2 | 1 | 1976-07-21 | Karlsson (SWE) fall (2:40), Kiss (AUT) | 0,0 | |
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round One | 10T | 1976-07-20 | 4,0 | |||
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round One | Match #2 | AC | 1976-07-20 | Karlsson (SWE) , Ciobotaru (ROU) DQ (passivity) | 4,0 |
Men's Lightweight, Freestyle
| Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | Rank | Date | Result | RE | BP | MR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Summer | 22 | Ciudad de México | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Final Standings | AC | 1968-10-17 | Eliminated r2/7 | 6,0 | |||
| 1968 Summer | 22 | Ciudad de México | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Two | 17 | 1968-10-18 | 6,0 | ||||
| 1968 Summer | 22 | Ciudad de México | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Two | Match #9 | 2 | 1968-10-18 | Wells (USA) decision, Karlsson (SWE) | 3,0 | ||
| 1968 Summer | 22 | Ciudad de México | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round One | 15T | 1968-10-17 | 3,0 | ||||
| 1968 Summer | 22 | Ciudad de México | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round One | Match #9 | 2 | 1968-10-17 | Valchev (BUL) decision, Karlsson (SWE) | 3,0 |
Men's Welterweight, Freestyle
| Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | Rank | Date | Result | BP | RE | MR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Final Standings | 2 | 1972-08-27 | |||||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Six | 2 | 1972-08-31 | 4,0 | ||||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Six | Match #1 | 1 | 1972-08-31 | Karlsson (SWE) decision, Seger (FRG) | 1,0 | ||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Five | 3 | 1972-08-30 | 3,0 | ||||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Five | Match #4 | AC | 1972-08-30 | Karlsson (SWE) | 0,0 | ||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Four | 5 | 1972-08-30 | 3,0 | ||||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Four | Match #6 | 1 | 1972-08-30 | Karlsson (SWE) fall (5:36), Musil (TCH) | 0,0 | ||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Three | 6T | 1972-08-29 | 3,0 | ||||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Three | Match #8 | 1 | 1972-08-29 | Karlsson (SWE) fall (3:49), Yaghoub (PAK) | 0,0 | ||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Two | 10T | 1972-08-28 | 3,0 | ||||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Two | Match #11 | 2 | 1972-08-28 | Nitschke (GDR) decision, Karlsson (SWE) | 3,0 | ||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round One | 1T | 1972-08-27 | 0,0 | ||||
| 1972 Summer | 26 | München | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round One | Match #11 | 1 | 1972-08-27 | Karlsson (SWE) fall (2:28), Shakar (AFG) | 0,0 | ||
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Final Standings | AC | 1976-07-27 | 6,0 | Eliminated r3/6 | |||
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Three | 11 | 1976-07-29 | 6,0 | ||||
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Three | Match #7 | 2 | 1976-07-29 | Dziedzic (USA) decision (11-5), Karlsson (SWE) | 3,0 | ||
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Two | 8T | 1976-07-28 | 3,0 | ||||
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round Two | Match #8 | 2 | 1976-07-28 | Hempel (GDR) decision (11-4), Karlsson (SWE) | 3,0 | ||
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round One | 1T | 1976-07-27 | 0,0 | ||||
| 1976 Summer | 30 | Montréal | Wrestling | Sweden | SWE | Round One | Match #8 | 1 | 1976-07-27 | Karlsson (SWE) decision (24-1), Akers (AUS) | 0,0 |
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