Hans Berglund

Who was Hans Berglund?

Hans Berglund was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. He won the gold in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Berglund also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold and a silver. Note that the K-4 1000 m event was not part of the Summer Olympics until the 1964 games in Tokyo. It was considered an extraordinary event and was part of the International Canoe Federation's 1948 world championships rather than the 1948 Games.

Berglund's son, Bo, competed in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.