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39:Personal information
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208:Discus throw
156:Medal record
123:Discus throw
71:(1985-05-18)
54:2 April 1907
1699:1985 deaths
1694:1907 births
1652:Paul Jessup
1606:Robert Weir
1590:Robert Weir
1588:1996–2000:
1573:Kevin Brown
1565:Robert Weir
1540:Paul Mardle
1515:Robert Weir
1506:Brad Cooper
1497:John Powell
1479:John Powell
1462:John Powell
1444:John Powell
1062:1876–1913:
850:Lars Riedel
508:22 December
394:22 December
368:22 December
269:Paul Winter
249:Paul Jessup
69:18 May 1985
1688:Categories
1598:Glen Smith
1393:Dave Weill
1160:Jules Noël
465:9 December
310:References
202:1934 Turin
50:1907-04-02
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284:Magdeburg
259:. At the
142:Personal
132:IFK Falun
112:Athletics
77:Nynäshamn
1637:Records
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226:Swedish
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1400:1964:
1391:1963:
1382:1962:
1373:1961:
1365:1960:
1346:1959:
1337:1958:
1329:1957:
1312:1954:
1295:1951:
1286:1950:
1277:1949:
1268:1948:
1239:1939:
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1221:1937:
1212:1936:
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1185:1933:
1176:1932:
1167:1931:
1158:1930:
1149:1929:
1140:1928:
1131:1927:
1114:1923:
1105:1922:
1096:1921:
1087:1920:
1070:1914:
304:Berlin
296:Ă–rebro
243:Career
179:Sweden
176:
96:Weight
88:Height
81:Sweden
1583:(IRL)
1558:(AUS)
1525:(CUB)
1508:(BAH)
1499:(USA)
1490:(USA)
1481:(USA)
1464:(USA)
1455:(RSA)
1446:(USA)
1429:(NZL)
1412:(SWE)
1395:(USA)
1386:(USA)
1377:(RSA)
1341:(SAF)
1316:(HUN)
1299:(ITA)
1290:(BEL)
1281:(HUN)
1272:(IRL)
1263:(NED)
1243:(GRE)
1234:(ITA)
1225:(GRE)
1216:(JAM)
1207:(SWE)
1198:(IRL)
1189:(HUN)
1180:(IRL)
1171:(HUN)
1162:(FRA)
1153:(NOR)
1144:(GER)
1135:(HUN)
1126:(IRL)
1109:(FIN)
1100:(SWE)
1091:(IRE)
1074:(FIN)
1005:(SLO)
988:(LTU)
971:(LTU)
954:(POL)
937:(GER)
920:(GER)
903:(POL)
886:(LTU)
869:(HUN)
852:(GER)
835:(BLR)
818:(GDR)
801:(URS)
784:(TCH)
767:(GDR)
750:(FIN)
733:(TCH)
716:(GDR)
699:(GDR)
682:(URS)
665:(POL)
648:(ITA)
631:(ITA)
614:(ITA)
597:(GER)
580:(SWE)
456:(PDF)
265:Turin
118:Event
109:Sport
104:Sport
992:2024
975:2022
958:2018
941:2016
924:2014
907:2012
890:2010
873:2006
856:2002
839:1998
822:1994
805:1990
788:1986
771:1982
754:1978
737:1974
720:1971
703:1969
686:1966
669:1962
652:1958
635:1954
618:1950
601:1946
584:1938
567:1934
510:2014
467:2014
396:2014
370:2014
271:and
257:IAAF
253:Oslo
144:best
129:Club
66:Died
44:Born
302:in
263:in
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1032:t
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