Bengt Linders

Bengt Linders
Personal information
Full nameBengt Jakob Linders
Born(1904-06-04)4 June 1904
Stockholm, Sweden
Died25 December 1984(1984-12-25) (aged 80)
Helsingborg, Sweden
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubStockholms KK

Bengt Linders (4 June 1904 – 25 December 1984) was a Swedish swimmer who finished fourth in the men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1924 Summer Olympics and the 1926 European Aquatics Championships. He won the Swedish championship in the 400 metre breaststroke in 1924, 1925 and 1926 and the 200 metre breaststroke in 1925, and set Swedish national records in the 100 metre and 200 metre breaststroke events.

Career

Linders represented Stockholms KK at the club level.

At the 1924 Olympics he won his first-round heat in 3:03.4 and placed second in his semi-final in 3:01.4. In the final he finished fourth in 3:02.2. In August 1924 Linders won the 400 metre breaststroke in 6:30.6 at the Swedish championships in Gothenburg.

In March 1925 he set a Swedish record of 2:56.5 in the 200 metre breaststroke, breaking Thor Henning's five-year-old record of 2:58.4. At the Swedish championships held at Strömbadet in Stockholm in July and August 1925, he won the 200 metre breaststroke in 2:58.2 and the 400 metre breaststroke in 6:29.2. In October of the same year, at Centralbadet in Stockholm, he lowered his 200 metre breaststroke record by 2.9 seconds to 2:53.6, finishing ahead of Henning.

In March 1926 he set a Swedish record of 1:19.4 in the 100 metre breaststroke, breaking Henning's record of 1:20.8 which had stood since 1921. In July 1926 he won the 400 metre breaststroke at the Swedish championships for the third consecutive year. In August 1926 he participated in the European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, finishing fourth in the 200 metre breaststroke final.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bengt Linders". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Die Europameisterschaften im Schwimmen" [The European Swimming Championships]. Neue Freie Presse (in German). No. 22247. 21 August 1926. p. 9 – via Austrian National Library.
  3. ↑ "200 metres Breaststroke, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 October 2026.
  4. ↑ "Svenska mästerskapstävlingarna i simning" [The Swedish championship swimming competitions]. Sydsvenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 12 August 1924. p. 8 – via National Library of Sweden.
  5. ↑ "Stockholm tog nio mästerskapstecken vid simtävlingarna" [Stockholm took nine championship badges at the swimming competition]. Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning (in Swedish). 11 August 1924. p. 14 – via National Library of Sweden.
  6. ↑ "Svenskt rekord av Bengt Linders bröstsim 200 m." [Swedish record by Bengt Linders, 200 m breaststroke]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 16 March 1925. p. 13 – via National Library of Sweden.
  7. ↑ "S M-simningarna började: omtvistad svikthoppsseger för Öberg före Hellquist" [The Swedish championship swimming begins: disputed springboard win for Öberg ahead of Hellquist]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 1 August 1925. p. 10 – via National Library of Sweden.
  8. ↑ "Tre simmästerskap till landsortsbor, tre till Stockholm" [Three swimming championships to provincial swimmers, three to Stockholm]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2 August 1925. p. 7 – via National Library of Sweden.
  9. ↑ "Vackert simrekord av Bengt Linders: 200 m. bröstsim, 2.53,6" [Fine swimming record by Bengt Linders: 200 m breaststroke, 2:53.6]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 26 October 1925. p. 14 – via National Library of Sweden.
  10. ↑ "Bengt Linders nådde ny rekordtid, 1.19,4, på 100 m. bröstsim" [Bengt Linders reached a new record time, 1:19.4, in the 100 m breaststroke]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 29 March 1926. p. 10 – via National Library of Sweden.
  11. ↑ "Lundahl vann över Å. Borg på 200 fritt" [Lundahl beat Å. Borg in the 200 freestyle]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 1 August 1926. p. 9 – via National Library of Sweden.