Fredrik Svanström
Aadolf Fredrik Svanström was a Finnish middle-distance runner, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
He won one medal at the Finnish Championships in Athletics:
He broke a few Finnish records in middle-distance running, but only one of them was ratified:
- 1000 metres with the time 2:38.2 in Braunschweig, German Empire, in 1907. However, before 1923 only races in Finland were ratified as national records.
- 1500 metres, 4:22.0, Turku, 1 September 1907. Was ratified.
- Mile, 4:38.8, Stockholm, Sweden, 14 September 1907. Not ratified.
- 1500 metres, 4:19.6, Stockholm, Sweden, 15 September 1907. Not ratified.
In 1911 he graduated as a veterinary physician from the University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover.