Helge Jansson
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Helge Alexander Jansson (1 June 1904 – 17 October 1989) was a Swedish athlete. He competed at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics and finished in seventh and sixth place in the
decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...
, respectively; in 1924 he was also sixth in the high jump with a result of 1.85 m, three centimeters below his personal best.


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1904 births 1989 deaths Swedish decathletes Swedish male high jumpers Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic decathletes {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub