Gösta Pettersson

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Medal record
Competitor for Sweden
Road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Silver	1968 Mexico City	Team road race
Bronze	1964 Tokyo	Team road race
Bronze	1968 Mexico City	Individual road race

Gösta Pettersson (born November 23, 1940 in Alingsås Municipality) is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist and three-time Olympic medalist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1971 Giro d'Italia. He was also third in the 1970 Tour de France which was in his first year as a professional, at age 30.

In 1967, The Fåglum brothers (Erik Pettersson, Gösta Pettersson, Sture Pettersson and Tomas Pettersson) were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. The brothers won the World Amateur Cycling Championships between 1967-1969 along with a silver medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Results and Teams

1964 (amateur)

3rd (Bronze) – 1964 Summer Olympics – 100 km Team Time Trial

3rd (Bronze) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 185 km Men's Road Race

1967 (amateur)

1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial

1968 (amateur)

1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial

2nd (Silver) – 1968 Summer Olympics – 100 km Team Time Trial

3rd (Bronze) – 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Road Race

1st overall – Tour of Britain

1969 (amateur)

1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial

1970 – Ferretti

1st Overall – Tour de Romandie

1st – Coppa Sabatini

3rd Overall – Tour de France

1971 – Ferretti

1st Overall – Giro d'Italia

1st Overall – Giro dell'Appennino

1st Overall – Giro delle Marche

1973 – Scic

7th Overall – Tour de Suisse

Winner stage 8b

1974 – Magniflex: 2nd Overall – Tour de Suisse

Sporting positions
Preceded by Eddy Merckx	Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1971	Succeeded by Eddy Merckx
Awards
Preceded by Kurt Johansson	Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal with Erik Petterson, Sture Petterson and Tomas Petterson 1967	Succeeded by Toini Gustafsson-Rönnlund