Rune Hammarström (November 16, 1920 – May 3, 1999) was a
Swedish
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speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skatin ...
who competed in the
1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...
.
In 1948 he finished ninth in the
10000 metres competition and 16th in the
5000 metres event.
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Speed skating 1948
1920 births
1999 deaths
Swedish male speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters for Sweden
Speed skaters at the 1948 Winter Olympics
20th-century Swedish people
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