Lars Hall

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Sweden Sweden
Men's Modern pentathlon
Olympic Games
Gold 1952 Helsinki Individual
Gold 1956 Melbourne Individual
Silver 1952 Helsinki Team
World championships
Gold 1950 Individual
Gold 1951 Individual

Lars Göran Ivar Hall (30 April 1927 in Karlskrona - 26 April 1991 in Täby) is a Swedish modern pentathlete, world champion and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he received an individual gold medal in modern pentathlon, and also a silver medal with the Swedish team.[1]

He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he again received an individual gold medal.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Modern Pentathlon"databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 15, 2008)
  2. ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Modern Pentathlon"databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 15, 2008)
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Olympic champions in men's modern pentathlon
1912: Gösta Lilliehöök · 1920: Gustaf Dyrssen · 1924: Bo Lindman · 1928: Sven Thofelt · 1932: Johan Oxenstierna · 1936: Gotthard Handrick · 1948: William Grut · 1952: Lars Hall · 1956: Lars Hall · 1960: Ferenc Németh · 1964: Ferenc Török · 1968: Björn Ferm · 1972: András Balczó · 1976: Janusz Pyciak-Peciak · 1980: Anatoli Starostin · 1984: Daniele Masala · 1988: János Martinek · 1992: Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek · 1996: Alexander Parygin · 2000: Dmitri Svatkovskiy · 2004: Andrey Moiseev
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