Gustaf Nils Jansson (5 January 1922 – 11 April 2012) was a

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long-distance runner who won the bronze medal in the

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at the

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. He finished fifth at the

1954 European Athletics Championships The 5th European Athletics Championships were held at Stadion Neufeld from 25–29 August 1954 in the Swiss capital Bern. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Medal summary Complete results were publis ...

.Gustaf Jansson
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1922 births 2012 deaths People from Filipstad Municipality Swedish male long-distance runners Swedish male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes from Värmland County 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub