Great Olympians

Biographies - GUS

Nikolay Nikolayevich Gusakov

B. 1934-05-14, Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1991-12-14
Nordic Combined (1 bronze)

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Individual	7th	bronze	fourth	6840
				6840

Mariya Gusakova

B. 1931-02-06, Ryazan, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Cross-Country Skiing (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1960	1964	HP
10 km	gold	bronze	10560
3 x 5 km	silver		1000
			11560

Aleksey Vasilyevich Gusarov

B. 1964-07-08, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, represented the Soviet Union in 1988
Ice Hockey (2 gold)

	1988	1992	1994	1998	HP
Men's Team	gold			silver	6500
					6500

Bernd Guse

B. 1941-02-23, Berlin, Germany, represented West Germany
Canoeing - Sprint Kayak

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Kayak Singles 1000 metres		Rep:5th	0.272
Men's Kayak Fours 1000 metres	SF:5th		8.6
			8.872

Bruno Guse

B. 1939-07-13, Odessa, Ukraine, represented Germany
Boxing

	1960	1964	HP
Men's Welterweight (-67 kg)	R2	R3	80.15
			80.15

Güsemiin Jalaa

B. 1949-07-18, represented Mongolia
Judo

	1976	1984	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+93 kg)	fifth		826.4
Men's Heavyweight (+95 kg)		R1	826.4
			826.4

Ilona Maria Gusenbauer

B. 1947-09-16, Gummersbach, Germany, represented Austria
Athletics (1 bronze)

	1968	1972	HP
Women's High Jump	8th	bronze	4224
			4224

Aleksandr Petrovich Gusev

B. 1955-02-21, Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Hockey (1 bronze)

	1980	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Gusev

B. 1947-01-21, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2020-07-22
Ice Hockey (1 gold)

	1976	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Eduard Nikolayevich Gusev

B. 1936-03-14, Tula, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2016-09-14
Cycling - Track

	1956	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	QF	430.5
		430.5

Sergey Gusev

B. 1947-12-09, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Aquatics - Swimming

	1968	HP
Men's 100 metres Freestyle	SF:17th	4
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	(silver)	64
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay	(bronze)	64
		132

Klara Nesterova

B. 1937-03-08, Tambov, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Speed Skating (1 gold)

	1960	1964	HP
500 m	sixth		640
1000 m	gold		6400
1500 m	fourth		1600
3000 m		fourth	1600
			10240

Georgy Gushchenko

B. 1931-03-02, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing

	1952	1956	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	2Rep:2nd		734
Men's Eights		Rep:3rd	734
			734

Aleksey Petrovich Gushchin

B. 1922-01-05, Voronezh, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1986-12-14
Shooting (1 gold)

	1960	HP
Men's Free Pistol	gold	9600
		9600

Eduard Viktorovich Gushchin

B. 1940-07-27, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2011-03-14
Athletics (1 bronze)

	1968	HP
Men's Shot Put	bronze	3840
		3840

Lidiya Gusheva

B. 1952-02-11, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Athletics - Track & Field

	1980	HP
Women's Long Jump	12th	60
		60

Gushiken Koji

B. 1956-11-12, Japan
Artistic Gymnastics (2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

1984 HP

Men's Individual Combined gold 6400

Men's Team Combined bronze 640

Men's Horizontal Bar bronze 640

Men's Parallel Bars fifth 250

Men's Vault silver (*) 1000

Men's Pommeled Horse - -

Men's Rings gold 1600

Men's Floor Exercises 8th 64

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(*) the silver medal at the vault was shared by 4 gymnasts (a.o. Li Ning)

Gushiken Kosei

B. 1942-06-10, represented Japan
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's Triple Jump	QU:14th	24
		24

Yury Soltanbekovich Gusov

B. 1940-03-18, Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Freestyle Wrestling

	1972	HP
Men's Welterweight (-74 kg)	9th	240
		240

Efraín Gusquiza Flores

B. 1945-03-13, Lima, Peru
Weightlifting

	1968	HP
Men's Middle−Heavyweight (-90 kg)	15th	15
		15

Alistair Samuel Guss

B. 1965-06-10, Melbourne, Vict., Australia
Alpine Skiing

	1984	HP
Men's Downhill	34th	-2.16
		0.0016

Antony Guss

B. 1959-01-09, Melbourne, Vict., Australia
Alpine Skiing

	1980	HP
Men's Downhill	26th	0.064
Men's Giant Slalom	41st	-4.64
Men's Slalom	32nd	-2.40
		0.068064

Lloyd Guss

B. 1959-01-22, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Athletics - Track & Field & Bobsleigh

	1984	1988	HP
Men's 400 m Hurdles	R1:27th		0.06
Men's Two		10th	125
Men's Four		13th	19.2
			144.26

Marilla Guss

B. 1963-07-09, Melbourne, Vict., Australia
Alpine Skiing

	1984	HP
Women's Downhill	28th	0.0256
		0.0256

P. Gussmann

from Passaic, NJ
Gymnastics

	1904	HP
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Combined	53rd	-6.19
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Field sports	82nd	-13.72
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Apparatus work	43rd	-5.48
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Team	10th	18.75
		18.75000499

Olympic Competitor nr 1734

1904-07-01-10:00? - Gymnastics - Turnverein - Individual gymnastics - 43rd
1904-07-02-10:00? - Gymnastics - Turnverein - Individual athletics - 82nd - Individual combined - 53rd - Team - tenth (18.75)

Reinhard Gust

B. 1950-04-10, Rostock, M-V, Germany, represented East Germany
Rowing (1 silver)

	1972	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	silver	3000
		3000

(Sven) Tomas Gustafson

B. 1959-12-28, Katrineholm, Sweden
Speed Skating (3 gold, 1 silver)

	1980	1984	1988	1992	HP
Men's 500 m	-	36th	-	-	-3.64
Men's 1500 m	7th	-	-	-	400
Men's 5000 m	12th	gold	gold	13th	12859.2
Men's 10000 m	12th	silver	gold	-	10440
					23699.20064

Although the 10000 m was his speciality, he had to let the gold at Sarajevo to Igor Malkov by just 0.05 seconds. On the other hand, he took the gold at 5000 m (Malkov's specialty) by 0.02 seconds.
His wife Elizabeth was skipper of the Swedish Curling team that won bronze at that sport's first (official) Olympic appearance at Nagano.

(Johan Gustaf) Anton Gustafsson

B. 1877-02-06, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 1943-11-16
Tug-of-War (1 bronze)

	1906	HP
Men's Team	bronze	960
		960

Olympic Competitor nr 3072

1906-04-30-16:00 - Tug-of-War - semifinals - lost (QB)
1906-04-30-16:30 - Tug-of-War - bronze medal match - won (960)

August Gustafsson

Olympic Competitor nr 6127

1912-07-08-17:15 - Tug-of-War - Single Match - won (3200)

Aulo Gustafsson

B. 1908-12-05, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 1982-08-19
Aquatics - Swimming

	1928	HP
Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay	fifth	250
		250

Birger Gustafsson

Olympic Competitor nr 4579

1908-07-27-12:30 - Sailing - 6 Meter class, race one - fifth
1908-07-28-12:30 - Sailing - 6 Meter class, race two - fifth
1908-07-29-12:30 - Sailing - 6 Meter class, race three - fifth - final ranking fifth (562.5)

Bo Henning Gustafsson

B. 1954-09-29, Strömstad, Sweden
Athletics - Track & Field

	1980	1984	1988	HP
Men's 20 km Walk	dnf			-2.16
Men's 50 km Walk	dnf	silver	7th	4400.04
				4400.0416

Christina Maria Gustafsson

B. 1951-04-14, Eskilstuna, Sweden
Shooting

	1984	HP
Women's Air Rifle	11th	64
Women's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions	9th	160
		224

Emil Gustafsson

Olympic Competitor nr 5338

1912-07-01-15:00 - Shooting - Military Rifle, Free position - 15th (10)

(Bror) Erik Gustafsson

B. 1943-09-24, Jyväskylä, Finland
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's 100 metres	QF:36th	-3.64
Men's 4x100 m Relay	SF:5th	32.5
		32.50064

Erkki Gustafsson

B. 1912-12-31, Helsinki, Finland, then part of Russia; D. 1996-01-13
Football

	1936	HP
Men's Team	R1	26.38
		26.38

Helge Gustafsson

B. 1900-01-16, Ervalla, Sweden; D. 1981-10-05
Gymnastics (1 gold)

	1920	HP
Men's Team combined, Swedish system	gold	1600
		1600

Janne Gustafsson

Olympic Competitor nr 3247

1908-07-09-10:00? - Shooting - Free Rifle, team, day one
1908-07-10-10:00? - Shooting - Free Rifle, team, day two - second (750)
1908-07-10-14:00? - Shooting - Military Rifle, team, day one
1908-07-11-14:00? - Shooting - Military Rifle, team, day two - fifth (187.5)
1908-07-11-14:00? - Shooting - Free Rifle, 3 positions - fifth (750)

Karl Gustafsson

B. 1888-09-16, Köping, Sweden; D. 1960-02-20
Football

	1908	1912	1920	HP
Men's Team	fourth	CR1	CR1	525.5
				525.5

Olympic Competitor nr 4733

1908-10-20-15:00 - Football - quarterfinal - lost (Qb)
1908-10-23-15:00 - Football - bronze medal match - lost (307.5)
1912-06-29-19:00 - Football - round one - lost (Qc)
1912-07-01-19:00 - Football - consolation round - lost (54)

Lars-Erik Börje Gustafsson

B. 1938-08-17, Visby, Sweden; D. 2014-12-26
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	HP
Men's 3000 metres Steeplechase	8th	384
		384

(Gunvor) Margareta Gustafsson

B. 1951-04-14, Eskilstuna, Sweden
Shooting

	1984	HP
Women's Air Rifle	23rd	0.256
Women's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions	14th	16
		16.256

Marianne Gustafsson

B. 1913-02-25, Eskilstuna, Sweden; D. 1999-11-13
Aquatics - Swimming

	1928	HP
Women's 200 m Breaststroke	SF:6th	78
		78

Mats Uno Gustafsson

B. 1957-10-23, Udevalla, Sweden
Cycling - Road

	1980	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-18.15
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	12th	30
		30

(Axel) Ragnar Gustafsson

B. 1930-07-20, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 2016-02-24
Equestrianism - Eventing

	1960	HP
Eventing, Individual	dnf	-10.32
Eventing, Team	dnf	-
		-10.32

Rolf Gustafsson

B. 1906-12-18, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 1986-09-21
Boxing

	1928	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57.2 kg)	R1	4.92
		4.92

Toini Gustafsson

B. 1938-01-17, Suomussalmi, Oulu, Finland, brought to Sweden as a child, represented Sweden
Cross-Country Skiing (2 gold, 2 silver)

1964 1968 HP

5 km sixth gold 7040

10 km eighth gold 6656

3x5 km silver silver 2000

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	1964	1968	HP
5 km	sixth	gold	7040
10 km	eighth	gold	6656
3x5 km	silver	silver	2000
			15696

(Lars) Thomas Gustafsson

B. 1948-03-29, Stockholm, Sweden
Bobsleigh

	1972	HP
Men's Four	11th	48
		48

Tina Isabel Gustafsson

B. 1962-09-30, Norrköping, Sweden
Aquatics - Swimming (1 silver)

	1980	HP
Women's 200 m Freestyle	15th	10
Women's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay	silver	1000
Women's 4 x 100 m Medley Relay	fourth	400
		1410

Jan Erik Gustavsen

B. 1946-02-06, Brandval, Norway
Road Cycling

	1968	HP
Road Race	47th	-5.60
		0.000006

Linda Lee Gustavson

B. 1949-11-30, Santa Cruz, Cal., USA
Aquatics - Swimming (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1968	HP
Women's 100 metres Freestyle	bronze	2560
Women's 400 metres Freestyle	silver	4000
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	gold	1600
		8160

Bengt Olov Emanuel Gustavsson

B. 1928-01-13, Ringarum, Sweden; D. 2017-02-16
Football (1 bronze)

	1952	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Carina Birgitta Gustavsson

B. 1962-03-24, Ängelholm, Sweden
Rowing

	1984	1988	HP
Women's Double Sculls	fourth	eighth	2320
			2320

(Päbel Bengt) Erik Gustavsson

B. 1956-02-20, Malung, Sweden
Cross-Country Skiing

	1980	HP
Men's 50 kilometres	34th	-2.16
		0.0016

Ingrid Margareta Gustavsson

B. 1950-03-10, Luleå, Sweden
Aquatics - Swimming

	1968	HP
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	R1:11th	16
		16

Karl-Johan Gustavsson

B. 1958-05-05, Lidköping, Sweden
Freestyle Wrestling & Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1984	HP
FR Men's Heavyweight (-100 kg)	grp:5th	195
GR Men's Heavyweight (-100 kg)	grp:4th	492
		687

Lars-Eric Gustavsson

B. 1935-06-06, Göteborg, Sweden
Rowing

	1960	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	Rep:4th	1.718
Men's Eights	Rep:3rd	34
		35.718

Ulf Lindor Gustavsson

B. 1937-12-13, Skålerud, Sweden
Rowing

	1960	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	Rep:4th	1.718
Men's Eights	Rep:3rd	34
		35.718

Marcel Gustin

B. 1895-11-25, represented Belgium; D. 1977-01-14
Athletics

	1920	HP
Men's 100 m	R1:3rd	0.023
Men's 200 m	R1:3rd	0.023
		0.046

Gerhard Gustmann

B. 1910-08-13, Bonn, N-W, Germany; D. 1992-03-30
Rowing (1 gold)

	1936	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	gold	8000
		8000

Written 2002-08-15 - last modified 2024-09-12

This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.

	1984	HP
Men's Individual Combined	gold	6400
Men's Team Combined	bronze	640
Men's Horizontal Bar	bronze	640
Men's Parallel Bars	fifth	250
Men's Vault	silver (*)	1000
Men's Pommeled Horse	-	-
Men's Rings	gold	1600
Men's Floor Exercises	8th	64
		10594