- Source: Thorild Olsson
- Thorild Olsson
- Torhild
- List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)
- Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres team race
- Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
- Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet
- List of 1912 Summer Olympics medal winners
- Ohlsson
- Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Thorild Olsson (26 November 1886 – 19 March 1934) was a Swedish runner who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He helped the Swedes win Silver in the men's 3000 m teams race. Each team consisted of 5 runners starting simultaneously, but only the placings of the first 3 in each team counted. The final consisted of teams from the USA, Sweden and Great Britain. USA won the event with places 1, 3 and 5 while the Swedes, with Thorild Olsson 2nd, Ernst Wide 4th and Bror Fock 7th, took silver. Olsson's time of 8:44.6 would have been a world record before the 1912 games. (Translated from Swedish by his grandson, who has seen photos of him finishing second.)
References
External links
Thorild Olsson at Olympedia
Thorild Olsson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)