Sweden at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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Göran Abrahamsson Karl Göran Abrahamsson (19 September 1931 – 6 March 2018) was a Swedish épée and foil fencer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an inter ...

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John Sundberg John Sundberg (20 December 1920 – 10 February 2004) was a Swedish sport shooter. He competed in various rifle events at the 1956 and 1964 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in 50 metre rifle three positions 50 meter rifle three positio ...

Jan Poignant Jan Poignant (born 2 November 1941) is a Swedish former sports shooter. He competed in three events at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport ev ...

John Sundberg John Sundberg (20 December 1920 – 10 February 2004) was a Swedish sport shooter. He competed in various rifle events at the 1956 and 1964 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in 50 metre rifle three positions 50 meter rifle three positio ...

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Lennart Ahlin Erik Lennart Ahlin (26 July 1916 – 12 July 1995) was a Swedish sports shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won the Swedish Championship in skeet shooting in 1959 and in trap shooting in 1964, 1965, and ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

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