Oskar Albinus "Albin" Stenroos (24 February 1889 – 30 April 1971) was a Finnish runner, who won the

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at the 1924 Olympics. Stenroos ran his first marathon in 1909, placing third at the national championships, but then moved to shorter distances, down to 1500 m. He would run his next marathon in 1924. In 1910, he won the 10,000 m race at the Finnish nationals. In the absence of Hannes Kolehmainen, Stenroos won the national titles over 5000 m and 10,000 m from 1912 to 1916 and the cross country title in 1915–1917. At the

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, Stenroos won the bronze medal over 10,000 m behind Kolehmainen. He also finished sixth in the cross country and aided his team to second place. In 1915, he ran his first

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over 30 km (1:48:06.2), which he improved in 1924 (1:46:11.6). He also held the 20 km world record in 1923 (1:07:11.2). He skipped the

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, but decided to run the marathon in 1924. He won the race in hot conditions, beating second-placed Romeo Bertini by almost six

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s. He placed second at the 1926

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and retired after failing to finish in 1927.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stenroos, Albin 1889 births 1971 deaths People from Vehmaa Finnish male long-distance runners Finnish male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic cross country runners Athletes from Southwest Finland