Gunnar Larsson (swimmer)
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Gunnar Larsson (swimmer)
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Karl Gunnar Larsson is a former swimmer from Sweden. He won the 400 metre individual medley event at the 1972 Summer Olympics by two one-thousandths (0.002) of a second over American Tim McKee, breaking the Olympic record. The controversy over the accuracy of such timing was the reason the international swimming rules were subsequently changed, and today swimming times are measured in hundredths of a second. He also won the 200 metre individual medley event at the same Olympic Games, setting the
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Swedish swimmer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Larsson_(swimmer)
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2023-11-28T14:08:52Z
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