Oslo Atletklub is a

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sports club from

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

. It now only has a section for

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. The club was founded as ''Kristiania Atletklub'' on 4 October 1916. Their best athlete was

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who became an Olympic gold medalist in

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in 1924. Haakon Hansen and Kristoffer Nilsen also competed at the 1924 Olympics, and

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competed at the 1928 Olympics. Arthur Nord represented the club in

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in 1924 and 1928. The club also competed in

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, where Tormod Normann was the club's best achiever. Boxing, wrestling and swimming were later discontinued.

References

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