Tommy Persson
Swedish long-distance runner
Lars Tommy Persson (born 23 December 1954 in Östra Grevie, Skåne) is a retired long-distance runner from Sweden.[1] He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics (1980 and 1984) in the men's marathon, finishing in 30th place in Moscow. Persson, nicknamed "Tomis", won the 1985 Stockholm Marathon.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 30th | Marathon | 2:21:11 |
1981 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | Marathon | 2:12:07 |
New York City Marathon | New York, United States | 10th | Marathon | 2:13:23 [2] | |
Fukuoka Marathon | Fukuoka, Japan | 7th | Marathon | 2:12:19 | |
1982 | Miami Marathon | Miami, United States | 2nd | Marathon | 2:12:32 |
European Championships | Athens, Greece | — | Marathon | DNF | |
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 22nd | Marathon | 2:14:57 |
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | — | Marathon | DNF |
1985 | Stockholm Marathon | Stockholm, Sweden | 1st | Marathon | 2:17:18 |
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Stockholm Marathon – men's winners
- 1979: Jukka Toivola (FIN)
- 1980: Jeff Wells (USA)
- 1981: Bill Rodgers (USA)
- 1982: Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE)
- 1983: Hugh Jones (GBR)
- 1984: Agapius Masong (TAN)
- 1985: Tommy Persson (SWE)
- 1986: Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE)
- 1987: Kevin Forster (GBR)
- 1988: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN)
- 1989: Dave Clarke (GBR)
- 1990: Simon Robert Naali (TAN)
- 1991: Åke Eriksson (SWE)
- 1992: Hugh Jones (GBR)
- 1993: Daniel Mbuli (RSA)
- 1994: Tesfaye Bekele (ETH)
- 1995: Åke Eriksson (SWE)
- 1996: Tesfaye Bekele (ETH)
- 1997: Benson Masya (KEN)
- 1998: Martin Ojuko (KEN)
- 1999–2000: Alfred Shemweta (SWE)
- 2001: Anders Szalkai (SWE)
- 2002: My Tahar Echchadli (MAR)
- 2003: Josphat Chemjor (KEN)
- 2004: Joseph Riri (KEN)
- 2005: Kasirayi Sita (ZIM)
- 2006–07: Philip Bandawe (ZIM)
- 2008: Willy Korir (KEN)
- 2009: Paul Kipkemei Kogo (KEN)
- 2010: Joseph Lagat (KEN)
- 2011: Shumi Gerbaba (ETH)
- 2012: Methkal Abu Drais (JOR)
- 2013: Shume Gerbaba (ETH)
- 2014: Benjamin Bitok (KEN)
- 2015: Yekeber Bayabel (ETH)
- 2016: Stanley Koech (KEN)
- 2017: Abrha Milaw (ETH)
- 2018: Lawi Kiptui (KEN)
- 2019: Nigussie Sahlesilassie (ETH)
- 2020: cancelled
- 2021: Fikadu Teferi (ETH)
- 2022: Felix Kirwa (KEN)
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