Tommy Persson

Swedish long-distance runner

Lars Tommy Persson (born 23 December 1954 in Östra Grevie, Skåne) is a retired long-distance runner from Sweden.^[1] He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics (1980 and 1984) in the men's marathon, finishing in 30th place in Moscow. Persson, nicknamed "Tomis", won the 1985 Stockholm Marathon.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Sweden
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	30th	Marathon	2:21:11
1981	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	Marathon	2:12:07
	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	10th	Marathon	2:13:23 ^[2]
	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	7th	Marathon	2:12:19
1982	Miami Marathon	Miami, United States	2nd	Marathon	2:12:32
1982	European Championships	Athens, Greece	—	Marathon	DNF
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	22nd	Marathon	2:14:57
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	—	Marathon	DNF
1985	Stockholm Marathon	Stockholm, Sweden	1st	Marathon	2:17:18

References

^ Sports Reference: Tommy Persson
^ https://www.arrs.run/MaraRank/ATM_Mara1981.htm Course 150 m short on remeasurement

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Stockholm Marathon – men's winners

1979: Jukka Toivola (FIN)
1980: Jeff Wells (USA)
1981: Bill Rodgers (USA)
1982: Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE)
1983: Hugh Jones (GBR)
1984: Agapius Masong (TAN)
1985: Tommy Persson (SWE)
1986: Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE)
1987: Kevin Forster (GBR)
1988: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN)
1989: Dave Clarke (GBR)
1990: Simon Robert Naali (TAN)
1991: Åke Eriksson (SWE)
1992: Hugh Jones (GBR)
1993: Daniel Mbuli (RSA)
1994: Tesfaye Bekele (ETH)
1995: Åke Eriksson (SWE)
1996: Tesfaye Bekele (ETH)
1997: Benson Masya (KEN)
1998: Martin Ojuko (KEN)
1999–2000: Alfred Shemweta (SWE)
2001: Anders Szalkai (SWE)
2002: My Tahar Echchadli (MAR)
2003: Josphat Chemjor (KEN)
2004: Joseph Riri (KEN)
2005: Kasirayi Sita (ZIM)
2006–07: Philip Bandawe (ZIM)
2008: Willy Korir (KEN)
2009: Paul Kipkemei Kogo (KEN)
2010: Joseph Lagat (KEN)
2011: Shumi Gerbaba (ETH)
2012: Methkal Abu Drais (JOR)
2013: Shume Gerbaba (ETH)
2014: Benjamin Bitok (KEN)
2015: Yekeber Bayabel (ETH)
2016: Stanley Koech (KEN)
2017: Abrha Milaw (ETH)
2018: Lawi Kiptui (KEN)
2019: Nigussie Sahlesilassie (ETH)
2020: cancelled
2021: Fikadu Teferi (ETH)
2022: Felix Kirwa (KEN)

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