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Hjalmar Andersson

Personal information
Born	13 July 1889 Ljusnarsberg Municipality, Sweden
Died	2 November 1971 (aged 82) Insjön, Sweden
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Cross-country running
Club	Insjöns IF, Insjön, Leksand
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm Individual cross country 1912 Stockholm Team cross country

Svensk Hjalmar Zakeus Andersson (13 July 1889 – 2 November 1971) was a Swedish cross-country runner. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm and won an individual silver and team gold medals. The course was rather hilly and approximately 12 km long; it was not made known to competitors before the race.

References

1. "Hjalmar Andersson". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
2. Hjalmar Andersson. sports-reference.com
3. Hjalmar Andersson. Swedish Olympic Committee
4. Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Cross-Country, Individual Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com

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• Hjalmar Andersson at Olympedia
• Hjalmar Andersson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)

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