Hans Gustaf Bo Berglund (24 February 1918 – 17 September 2006) was a

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sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. He won the gold in the K-2 1000 m event at the

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. Berglund also won two medals at the

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with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1948) and a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1938). Note that the K-4 1000 m event was not part of the Summer Olympics until the 1964 games in

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. It was considered an extraordinary event and was part of the

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's 1948 world championships rather than the 1948 Games. After retiring from competitions Berglund served as a technical expert for the

at the 1956 and 1964 Olympics. His son Bo also became an Olympic canoeist.

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* * 1918 births 2006 deaths Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Swedish male canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Stockholm {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub