Bertil Karlsson

{{short description|Swedish long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = | image = Bertil Karlsson.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = 19 September 1919 | birth_place =Uppsala, Sweden | death_date = 31 December 2012 (aged 93) | death_place = Uppsala, Sweden | height = 175 cm | weight = 63 kg | country = | sport = Athletics | event = 5000 m, 10,000 m | pb = 5000 m – 14:31.4 (1947)<br>10000 m – 30:10.0 (1951).<ref name=sr/><ref name=tf>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=3213&Gender=M Bertil Karlsson]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref> | club = IF Linnéa, Stockholm | alma_mater = | retired = | olympics = | highestranking = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = }}

'''Karl Bertil Karlsson''' (19 September 1919 – 31 December 2012) was a Swedish athlete who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He finished 13th in the men's 10,000 metres event and was eliminated in the heats of the men's 5000 metres.<ref name=sr>{{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2=Jeroen Heijmans|author3=Bill Mallon|author4=Hilary Evans|title = Bertil Karlsson Biography and Statistics|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|date = May 2011|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/bertil-karlsson-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210220/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/bertil-karlsson-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-17|accessdate = 12 June 2011}}</ref> He was the Swedish champion in the 4,000 metre cross-country in 1949, the 5000 metre distance in 1950, and the 10,000 metre distance in 1952.<ref name="Swedish1">''Focus Presenterar Sporten 2'', Almqvist & Wiksell/Gebers Förlag AB, Stockholm 1967.</ref><ref name="Swedish2">''Friidrottens först och störst'', Stig Gustafson/Forum, Helsingborg 1975.</ref>

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==External links== *[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/b/bertil-karlsson.html Bertil Karlsson's profile at the Swedish Olympic Committee] {{in lang|sv}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karlsson, Bertil}} Category:1919 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Swedish men long-distance runners Category:Olympic athletes for Sweden Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes from Uppsala Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen