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Sweden Athletics at the 1960 Roma Summer Games

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Host City: Roma, Italy
Date Started: August 31, 1960
Date Finished: September 8, 1960

Events for Sweden: 21
Participants for Sweden: 26 (22 men and 4 women)
Youngest Participant for Sweden: Ulla-Britt Wieslander (18 years, 83 days)
Oldest Participant for Sweden: John Ljunggren (40 years, 365 days)
Most Medals for Sweden (Athlete): John Ljunggren (1 medal)

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Men's 200 metres

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Lennart Jonsson 27 Men's 200 metres 6 h9 r1/4

Men's 400 metres

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Alf Petersson 27 Men's 400 metres 1 h2 r1/4

Men's 800 metres

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Per Knuts 22 Men's 800 metres 7 h2 r2/4

Men's 1,500 metres

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Dan Waern 27 Men's 1,500 metres 4

Men's Marathon

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Arnold Vaide 34 Men's Marathon 21
Evert Nyberg 35 Men's Marathon 58

Men's 400 metres Hurdles

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Per-Owe Trollsås 27 Men's 400 metres Hurdles 3 h4 r1/3

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Gunnar Karlsson-Tjörnebo 33 Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase 5
Lage Tedenby 23 Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase 5 h3 r1/2

Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Hans-Olof Johansson 24 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 6 h2 r2/3
Per-Owe Trollsås 27 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 6 h2 r2/3
Lennart Jonsson 27 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 6 h2 r2/3
Alf Petersson 27 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 6 h2 r2/3

Men's 20 kilometres Walk

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Lennart Back 27 Men's 20 kilometres Walk 6
John Ljunggren 40 Men's 20 kilometres Walk 7
Lennart Carlsson 27 Men's 20 kilometres Walk 14

Men's 50 kilometres Walk

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
John Ljunggren 40 Men's 50 kilometres Walk 2 Silver
Erik Söderlund 35 Men's 50 kilometres Walk AC
Åke Söderlund 35 Men's 50 kilometres Walk AC

Men's High Jump

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Stig Pettersson 25 Men's High Jump 5
Kjell-Åke Nilsson 18 Men's High Jump 7T

Men's Triple Jump

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Sten Erickson 30 Men's Triple Jump 11

Men's Shot Put

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Erik Uddebom 26 Men's Shot Put 20 QR

Men's Discus Throw

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Östen Edlund 25 Men's Discus Throw 24 QR
Erik Uddebom 26 Men's Discus Throw 27 QR

Men's Hammer Throw

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Birger Asplund 31 Men's Hammer Throw 24T QR

Men's Javelin Throw

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Knut Fredriksson 30 Men's Javelin Throw 6

Women's 200 metres

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Ulla-Britt Wieslander 18 Women's 200 metres 3 h2 r1/3

Women's 80 metres Hurdles

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Ulla-Britt Wieslander 18 Women's 80 metres Hurdles 4 h1 r1/3

Women's High Jump

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Inga-Britt Lorentzon 24 Women's High Jump 6T

Women's Discus Throw

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Wivianne Bergh 21 Women's Discus Throw 12

Women's Javelin Throw

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Ingrid Almqvist 32 Women's Javelin Throw 14 QR

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