Gösta Leandersson
Gösta Leandersson|
Leandersson at the 1949 Boston Marathon |
| Personal information |
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| Born |
22 April 1918 |
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| Died |
1995 (aged c. 77) |
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| Sport |
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| Sport |
Athletics |
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| Event(s) |
Marathon, 10,000 m |
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| Club |
Vålådalens SK |
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| Achievements and titles |
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| Personal best(s) |
Marathon – 2:19:36 (1953)
10,000 m – 31:29.0 (1943)[1] |
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Gösta Leandersson (22 April 1918 – 1995) was a Swedish marathon runner. He won the Košice Peace Marathon in 1948 and 1950 and Boston Marathon in 1949. At the European championships he finished fifth in 1946 and fourth in 1950.[1][2]
References
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- 1924: Karol Halla (TCH)
- 1925: Pál Király (HUN)
- 1926: Hans Hempel (GER)
- 1927–28: József Galambos (HUN)
- 1929: Hans Hempel (GER)
- 1930: István Zelenka (HUN)
- 1931: Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG)
- 1932–33: József Galambos (HUN)
- 1934: Josef Šulc (TCH)
- 1935: Arthur Motmillers (LAT)
- 1936: György Balaban (AUT)
- 1937: Désiré Leriche (FRA)
- 1939: József Kiss (HUN)
- 1941: József Gyimesi (HUN)
- 1942: József Kiss (HUN)
- 1943: Géza Kiss (HUN)
- 1944: Rezső Kövári (HUN)
- 1945: Antonín Špiroch (TCH)
- 1946: Mikko Hietanen (FIN)
- 1947: Charles Heirendt (LUX)
- 1948: Gösta Leandersson (SWE)
- 1949: Martti Urpalainen (FIN)
- 1950: Gösta Leandersson (SWE)
- 1951: Jaroslav Śtrupp (TCH)
- 1952: Erkki Puolakka (FIN)
- 1953: Walter Bednář (TCH)
- 1954: Erkki Puolakka (FIN)
- 1955: Evert Nyberg (SWE)
- 1956: Thomas Hilt Nilsson (SWE)
- 1957: Ivan Filin (URS)
- 1958: Pavel Kantorek (TCH)
- 1959: Sergei Popov (URS)
- 1960: Samuel Hardicker (GBR)
- 1961: Abebe Bikila (ETH)
- 1962: Pavel Kantorek (TCH)
- 1963: Buddy Edelen (USA)
- 1964: Pavel Kantorek (TCH)
- 1965: Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL)
- 1966: Gyula Tóth (HUN)
- 1967: Nedjalko Farčić (YUG)
- 1968: Václav Chudomel (TCH)
- 1969: Demissie Wolde (ETH)
- 1970: Mikhail Gorelov (URS)
- 1971: Gyula Tóth (HUN)
- 1972: John Farrington (AUS)
- 1973: Vladimir Moyseyev (URS)
- 1974: Keith Angus (GBR)
- 1975: Choe Chang Sop (PRK)
- 1976: Takeshi So (JPN)
- 1977–78: Go Chun Son (PRK)
- 1979: Jouni Kortelainen (FIN)
- 1980: Alexey Lyagushev (URS)
- 1981: Hans-Joachim Truppel (GDR)
- 1982: György Sinkó (HUN)
- 1983: František Višnický (TCH)
- 1984: Ri Dong Myong (PRK)
- 1985: Valentin Starikov (URS)
- 1986: František Višnický (TCH)
- 1987: Jörg Peter (GDR)
- 1988: Michael Heilmann (GDR)
- 1989: Karel David (TCH)
- 1990: Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS)
- 1991: Vlastimil Bukovjan (TCH)
- 1992–93: Wiesław Pałczyński (POL)
- 1994: Petr Pipa (SVK)
- 1995–96: Marnix Goegebeur (BEL)
- 1997: My Tahar Echchadli (MAR)
- 1998: Andrzej Krzyścin (POL)
- 1999: Róbert Štefko (SVK)
- 2000: Ernest Kipyego (KEN)
- 2001–02: David Kariuki (KEN)
- 2003: Grigoriy Andreyev (RUS)
- 2004: Adam Dobrzyński (POL)
- 2005: David Maiyo (KEN)
- 2006: Edwin Kipchom (KEN)
- 2007: William Biama (KEN)
- 2008: Dejene Yirdaw (ETH)
- 2009: Jacob Kipkorir Chesire (KEN)
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