Helge Løvland

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Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Gold 1920 Antwerp Decathlon

Helge Andreas Løvland (May 11, 1890 - April 26, 1984) was a Norwegian track athlete. He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1920 Olympics.

Løvland was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris in 1919.

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Olympic champions in the all around, pentathlon and decathlon
As all-around
1904: Tom Kiely
As pentathlon
As decathlon
1912: Jim Thorpe/Hugo Wieslander • 1920: Helge Løvland • 1924: Harold Osborn • 1928: Paavo Yrjölä • 1932: James Bausch • 1936: Glenn Morris • 1948+1952: Bob Mathias • 1956: Milt Campbell • 1960: Rafer Johnson • 1964: Willi Holdorf • 1968: Bill Toomey • 1972: Nikolai Avilov • 1976: Bruce Jenner • 1980+1984: Daley Thompson • 1988: Christian Schenk • 1992: Robert Změlík • 1996: Dan O'Brien • 2000: Erki Nool • 2004: Roman Šebrle
Preceded by
Gunnar Andersen		 Egebergs Ærespris
1919		 Succeeded by
Harald Strøm
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