Bo Ljungberg

Bo Alexander Ljungberg (21 November 1911 – 19 March 1984) was a Swedish athlete. He won two silver medals in the pole vault at the European Championships and competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics as both a pole vaulter and a triple jumper.[1]

Bo Ljungberg
Personal information
Born21 November 1911
Stoby, Sweden
Died19 March 1984 (aged 72)
Jönköping, Sweden
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Pole vault, triple jump
ClubMAI, Malmö
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)PV – 4.15 m (1935)
TJ – 14.73 m (1934)
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
European Championships
1934 TurinPole vault
1938 ParisPole vault
International University Games
1933 TurinPole vault
1939 ViennaPole vault

Career

Bo Ljungberg won gold in the pole vault at the 1933 International University Games in Turin, clearing 3.90 m.[2] At the following year's European Championships, also in Turin, he jumped 4.00 m and won silver behind Germany's Gustav Wegner;[3] he also competed in the triple jump, placing 8th with 14.01 m.[4]

He also took part in both events at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin; in the triple jump he managed 14.35 m and placed eighteenth, while in the pole vault he again cleared 4.00 m and shared sixth place with ten others.[1] At the 1938 European Championships he repeated his silver medal from four years before, clearing 4.00 m once more.[2][4] In 1939 he won a second International University Games medal, clearing 3.90 m for third place.[2]

Ljungberg set his personal pole vault best, 4.15 m, in 1935,[1] breaking Henry Lindblad's Swedish record of 4.13 m from the 1931 Finnkampen.[5] The new record lasted until 1946, when Lars Andrén cleared 4.16 m.[6] Ljungberg's personal best in the triple jump was 14.73 m from 1934.[1]

References
  1. "Bo Ljungberg Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  2. "World Student Games (Pre-Universiade)". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  3. "European Championships (Men)". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  4. Bo Ljungberg at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  5. Jukola, Martti (1935). Huippu-urheilun historia (in Finnish). Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö.
  6. "ST-pokalen fyller 70 år" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. 7 November 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2014.


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