Henry Eriksson

Knut Henry Krylbo Eriksson was a Swedish middledistance runner who specialized in the 1500 m event. In 1946 he finished second behind Lennart Strand, both at the national and European Championships. OnJuly 1947, at the national championships at Malm, Eriksson and Strand had a very close 1500 m race. Strand won, equaling the world record at 343.0, and Eriksson finished second, setting his alltime personal best at 344.4. Eriksson beat Strand at the 1948 Swedish Championships and at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He retired the same year and returned to his work as a fireman.

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