Arne Borg
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s swimming | |||
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| Silver | 1924 Paris | 400 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 1924 Paris | 1500 m freestyle | |
| Bronze | 1924 Paris | 4x200 m freestyle relay | |
| Gold | 1928 Amsterdam | 1500 m freestyle | |
| Bronze | 1928 Amsterdam | 400 m freestyle | |
Arne Borg (born August 18, 1901 – died November 7, 1987) was a famous swimmer from Sweden, who won the gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. However, he is better remembered for breaking 32 world records during the 1920s.
He would win the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1926 (shared with Edwin Wide). Borg also won a silver medal in Water Polo at the European Championships.
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| Olympic champions in men's 1500 m freestyle |
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| 1906: Henry Taylor | 1908: Henry Taylor | 1912: George Hodgson | 1920: Norman Ross | 1924: Boy Charlton | 1928: Arne Borg | 1932: Kusio Kitamura | 1936: Noboru Terada | 1948: James McLane | 1952: Ford Kronno | 1956: Murray Rose | 1960: John Konrads | 1964: Bob Windle | 1968: Mike Burton | 1972: Mike Burton | 1976: Brian Goodell | 1980: Vladimir Salnikov | 1984: Mike O'Brien | 1988: Vladimir Salnikov | 1992: Kieren Perkins | 1996: Kieren Perkins | 2000: Grant Hackett | 2004: Grant Hackett |
| Preceded by Sten Pettersson |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal with Edwin Wide 1926 |
Succeeded by Sven Salén |
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