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	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		In 1908, Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn was already 60 years old when he won his first Olympic gold medal.
		At the 1912 Stockholm Games, Swahn placed fifth in the individual single-shot event, but then won a bronze in the double-shot and a gold in the team single-shot.
		Oscar SWAHN of Sweden aim his gun during a running deer shooting competition.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?par_i_id=56496 (127 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1908 London
		Marksmen Oscar and Alfred Swahn of Sweden became the first father-and-son act to win Olympic gold medals, and Russia won its first gold medal for ice skating, the only winter event to appear in the Olympic Games before the First World War.
		Swahn slumped somewhat at home at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, with a gold in the team event, but only a bronze in individual events.
		Swahn and son were not the only family act at the 1908 Olympics, either.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1908.html (1217 words)

	Oscar Swahn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Oscar è iscritto ora nella gara di tiro al bersaglio mobile a squadre e vince il titolo diventando il più vecchio vincitore di una medaglia d'oro alle Olimpiadi
		Come se non bastasse, Swahn è passato alla storia anche come l'atleta più anziano salito sul podio alle Olimpiadi in una gara individuale: sempre nell'edizione di di Anversa, l'arzillo svedese coglie il bronzo nella gara individuale, all'età di 64 anni e 256 giorni.
		Oscar, tra gli iscritti anche nel 1924, è costretto a disertare la competizione perchè malato.
	www.info-service.it /tiber/swahn.htm (184 words)

	Shooting — news reports, Sydney results, ancient origins, Olympic history, Atlanta results, the competition, rules in ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The stars of those early events, including the running deer shooting contest, included a certain Oscar Swahn, of Sweden.
		Swahn shot his way to three gold, a silver and two bronze medals from 1908 to 1920.
		At his last Games, he finished second as a member of the team running deer shooting, double trap squad from Sweden and thus, at 72 years and 279 days of age, became the oldest competitor and medal winner in Olympic history.
	www.times-olympics.co.uk /communities/shooting/shootinghistory.html (703 words)

	Oscar Swahn -- the oldest Olympian (photos attached)
		Oscar SWAHN of Sweden (left) and Gustave Adolphe crown prince of Sweden talk together during a shooting event.
		Oscar SWAHN of Sweden, 3rd in the men's running deer shooting (double shot), 5th in the single shot and 1st in the team competition, poses for photographs.
		Swede Per Olof ARVIDSSON, Oscar SWAHN, Ake LUNDEBERG and Alfred SWAHN, winners of the team running deer shooting competition.
	en.beijing2008.com /37/56/article212015637.shtml (265 words)

	The Olympics in the North - ExploreNorth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		For the first time, as well, women were allowed to compete in swimming events - prior to 1912, the only sports open to them were tennis and golf (in the ancient Greek games, women could not even watch).
		Oscar and/or his son Alfred competed in shooting events at every Olympic Game from 1900 until 1924, and in 1908, 1912 and 1920 they were teammates.
		Oscar was 73 years old when he competed at his last Olympics, and between them they won 6 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze medals for Sweden.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/weekly/aa101698.htm (1017 words)

	KFFL Community - Geriatric Olympians
		07-18-2004 04:52 PM The oldest medalist is Oscar Swahn of Sweden who was 72 years, 279 (or 280) days.
		Note: It is generally believed to be Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn, who won the last of his 6 Olympic medal (a Silver in the Running Deer, Double Shot Team event) on 26 July 1920 at Antwerp.
		The oldest medalist is Oscar Swahn of Sweden who was 72 years, 279 (or 280) days.
	www.kffl.com /forums/printthread.php?t=77488 (509 words)

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		Baird replaces Coates in the books, and if the Americans can win a medal he can replace Max Houben, who was 50 when Belgium won the silver in the four-man bobsled in 1948, as the oldest winter medalist.
		The oldest summer Olympian, Swahn was 64 years, 258 days old when he won a shooting gold in the 1912 Stockholm Games.
		Swahn came back eight years later, at 72, to win a silver in Antwerp, Belgium - his sixth medal over three games.
	www.usolympicteam.com /44338.htm (709 words)

	Oscar Swahn: campeón a los 60 años / 23 de Octubre de 2006
		Pero Oscar continuará su lucha particular contra todos sus adversarios y contra su propio calendario: al día siguiente, en la misma prueba, pero por equipos, acompañado por su hijo Alfred -28 años- y Arvid Knöppel, gana su segunda presea dorada.
		Oscar y Alfred forjaron toda una dinastía olímpica.
		Oscar murió el uno de mayo de 1927.
	www.cronica.com.mx /nota.php?id_nota=126213 (561 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		France’s Suzanne Lenglen dominated women’s tennis singles so completely that she lost only four games in the ten sets she played.
		At age 72, Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn earned a silver medal in the team double-shot running deer event to become the oldest medalist ever.
		The 1920 12-foot dinghy sailing event was the only event in Olympic history to be held in two countries.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1920 (337 words)

	Lexikon Oscar Swahn
		Vier Jahre später in Stockholm gewann Oscar Swahn erneut die Team-Goldmedaille in der Disziplin "Laufender Hirsch" (Einzelschuss).
		Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1920 in Antwerpen war Oscar Swahn der älteste aller Teilnehmer.
		Bei allen Teamwettkämpfen, bei denen Oscar Swahn eine Medaille gewann, war auch sein Sohn Alfred Swahn in der Mannschaft.
	lexikon.freenet.de /Oscar_Swahn (314 words)

	Oscar_Swahn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		International Olympic Committee - There is something special about Oscar Swahn that should be mentioned in all schools and sports clubs: he is the oldest person ever to have competed in the Olympic Games and won a gold medal.
		Our Featured Oscar Swahn article on Oscar Swahn Category: Oscar Swahn Oscar Swahn at the 1912 Summer Olympics
		Oscar Swahn has been updated in our database.
	www.demandtwinother.info /Oscar_Swahn (432 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Olympics 2004 \| Shooting \| Sport Guide \| Shooting hits the target
		The programme was more settled after the Second World War, when team competitions were discontinued, and it now stands at 17 events.
		Oscar Swahn is the oldest Olympic competitor having participated in the 1920 team contest at the age of 72 days and 280 days.
		In 1908, Swede Oscar Swahn won two golds and one bronze medal at the age of 60, competing in the running deer single-shot and double-shot events.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/olympics_2004/shooting/history/default.stm (412 words)

	Oscar Swahn
		Oscar Gomer Swahn, born 1847, died 1927, Sweden, was the oldest participant and medalist ever in the modern olympic games.
		He participated in 1908, 1912, and 1920 in rifle shooting.
		Not to be confused with writer Oscar Svahn.
	runeberg.org /authors/swahnosc.html (68 words)

	UIT (ISSF) Shooting
		The sport's reliance on such skills makes shooting a sport in which size and age, unlike athletics or gymnastics, have little bearing on success.
		Oscar Swahn from Sweden was an amazing 72 years old in 1920 when he won his last shooting medal to become the oldest medalist in the history of the Games.
		The youngest shooter to win a medal was 16 year old Konstantin Lukashik from Belarus, who won a Gold medal in 1992.
	www.geocities.com /Colosseum/1190 (341 words)

	U.S. News Online: Sydney 2000 Olympics
		An unknown French boy, thought to be under 10, was a last-minute addition to a winning rowing team in 1900.
		The first athlete over 70 to win a medal: Oscar Swahn of Sweden, 73, who finished second in the running deer shot in 1920.
		In 1958, pole-vaulter Bob Richards was the first Olympian to grace the front of a Wheaties box.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/olympics/first.htm (1092 words)

	Schuylkill Plus Magazine
		A rear gunner in the British Royal Air Force, Seales did his first wing walk to save a pilot when they were shot down in combat.
		At the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Oscar Swahn, a member of the Running Deer shooting team, became the oldest Olympic Gold medal winner.
		Jenny Wood-Allen of Dundee, Scotland, became the oldest female marathon finisher on April 14, 2002, at the age of 90.
	www.schuylkillplus.com /record.shtml (566 words)

	SPORT
		France’s Suzanne Lenglen dominated women’s tennis singles so completely that she lost only four games in the ten sets she played.
		At age 72, Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn earned a silver medal in the team double-shot running deer event to become the oldest medalist ever.
		The 1920 12-foot dinghy sailing event was the only event in Olympic history to be held in two countries.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~ksargsya/sport/olymp/ollet.htm (4837 words)

	Sports - more Olympics facts
		Marjorie Gestring from the USA was 13 when she won gold for diving in Berlin in 1936.
		The oldest team gold medal winner was Oscar Swahn.
		He was 64 when his team won the shooting in 1912.
	www.globalgang.org.uk /reallife/toptrends/olympics_facts2.html (242 words)

	1912 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		American Jim Thorpe won the pentathlon and the newly created decathlon.
		Swedish marksman Oscar Swahn became the oldest Olympic gold medalist (up to that time), at the age of 64, in the deer-shooting event.
		Women's events in swimming and diving were introduced.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1912_Summer_Olympics (284 words)

	1920 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nedo Nadi won 5 gold medals in the fencing events.
		At the age of 72, Sweden's running deer double-shot event champion Oscar Swahn won in the team event to become the oldest Olympic champion ever.
		These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1920 Games.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1920_Summer_Olympics (329 words)

	Olympic Odds 'n' Ends
		Including preliminary heats, she swam in five races and broke the world record in every one of them.
		At the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn collected a silver medal in the team double-shot running deer competition, becoming at age 72 the oldest Olympic medalist ever.
		American swimmer Gertrude Ederle earned a bronze medal in the 100 freestyle at the 1924 Olympics in Paris (the same Games in which Johnny Weismuller came to stardom).
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /olympics/185606_oly_pg5rail11.html (1818 words)

	Schießen - Olympische Spiele 1886 - 1912
		(Alfred Swahn, Arvid Knöppel, Oscar Swahn, Ernst Rosell)
		Ted Ranken - GB Oscar Swahn - SWE
		Schweden (Alfred Swahn, Oscar Swahn, Ake Lundeberg, Per Olof Arvidsson)
	www.sport-komplett.de /sport-komplett/sportarten/o/olympische_spiele/hst/29_1.html (814 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		Howard will be 50 years, five days old on Feb.24, 2006, the day of the Olympic men's curling final.
		The oldest person to win an Olympic gold medal is Oscar Swahn, who captured gold in shooting at the 1912 Games when he was 64.
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	www.cbc.ca /olympics/athletes/athletesnamebio.shtml?russ_howard.html (225 words)

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