Nils Gunnar Lindström (11 February 1896 – 6 October 1951) was a

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javelin thrower. He competed at the

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and

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and finished in sixth, second and fourteenth place, respectively. His younger brother Elof was also an Olympic javelin thrower. On 12 October 1924 Lindström set a world record at 66.62 m that stood for three years. During his athletics career he won six national titles, in the conventional and two-handed javelin throw, in 1920, 1921, 1924 (2), 1926 and 1927. After retiring he worked as an agricultural consultant and owned a farm outside Eksjö.

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1896 births 1951 deaths Swedish male javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden World record setters in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Malmö AI athletes People from Eksjö Municipality {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub