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Arne Borg
Personal information
Full name Claes Arne Borg
Date of birth 18 August 1901(1901-08-18)
Date of death 7 November 1987 (aged 86)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Competitor for  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold 1928 Amsterdam 1500 m freestyle
Silver 1924 Paris 400 m freestyle
Silver 1924 Paris 1500 m freestyle
Bronze 1924 Paris 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze 1928 Amsterdam 400 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold 1926 Budapest 400 m freestyle
Gold 1926 Budapest 1500 m freestyle
Gold 1927 Bologna 100 m freestyle
Gold 1927 Bologna 400 m freestyle
Gold 1927 Bologna 1500 m freestyle
Silver 1926 Budapest 100 m freestyle
Silver 1927 Bologna 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze 1926 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle

Claes Arne Borg (18 August 1901 – 7 November 1987) was a famous swimmer from Sweden, who won the gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. However, he is better remembered for breaking 32 world records during the 1920s.

He won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1926 (shared with Edwin Wide). Borg also won a silver medal in water polo at the European Championships.

He is the twin brother of Åke Borg.

Clubs

Records
Preceded by
Canada George Hodgson		 Men's 1500 metres freestyle
world record holder (long course)
8 July 1923 – 15 July 1924		 Succeeded by
Australia Boy Charlton
Preceded by
Australia Boy Charlton		 Men's 1500 metres freestyle
world record holder (long course)
18 August 1926 – 10 August 1938		 Succeeded by
Japan Tomikatsu Amano
Awards
Preceded by
Sten Pettersson		 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
with Edwin Wide
1926		 Succeeded by
Sven Salén
Olympic Champions in Men's 1500 m Freestyle
European Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle

1926: István Bárány (HUN) • 1927: Arne Borg (SWE) • 1931: István Bárány (HUN) • 1934: Ferenc Csík (HUN) • 1938: Kees Hoving (NED) • 1947: Alexandre Jany (FRA) • 1950: Alexandre Jany (FRA) • 1954: Imre Nyéki (HUN) • 1958: Paolo Pucci (ITA) • 1962: Alain Gottvallès (FRA) • 1966: Bob McGregor (GBR) • 1970: Michel Rousseau (FRA) • 1974: Peter Nocke (FRG) • 1977: Peter Nocke (FRG) • 1981: Per Johansson (SWE) • 1983: Per Johansson (SWE) • 1985: Stéphan Caron (FRA) • 1987: Sven Lodziewski (GDR) • 1989: Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) • 1991: Alexander Popov (URS) • 1993: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 1995: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 1997: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 1999: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2000: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 2002: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2004: Filippo Magnini (ITA) • 2006: Filippo Magnini (ITA) • 2008: Alain Bernard (FRA)
European Champions in Men's 400 m Freestyle

1926: Arne Borg (SWE) • 1927: Arne Borg (SWE) • 1931: István Bárány (HUN) • 1934: Jean Taris (FRA) • 1938: Björn Borg (SWE) • 1947: Alexandre Jany (FRA) • 1950: Alexandre Jany (FRA) • 1954: György Csordás (HUN) • 1958: Ian Black (GBR) • 1962: Jan Bontekoe (NED) • 1966: Frank Wiegand (GDR) • 1970: Gunnar Larsson (SWE) • 1974: Aleksandr Samsonov (URS) • 1977: Sergey Rusin (URS) • 1981: Borut Petrič (YUG) • 1983: Vladimir Salnikov (URS) • 1985: Uwe Daßler (GDR) • 1987: Uwe Daßler (GDR) • 1989: Artur Wojdat (POL) • 1991: Yevgeny Sadovyi (URS) • 1993: Antti Kasvio (FIN) • 1995: Steffen Zesner (GER) • 1997: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) • 1999: Paul Palmer (GBR) • 2000: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) • 2002: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) • 2004: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) • 2006: Yury Prilukov (RUS) • 2008: Yury Prilukov (RUS)
European Champions in Men's 1500 m Freestyle

1926: Arne Borg (SWE) • 1927: Arne Borg (SWE) • 1931: Olivér Halassy (HUN) • 1934: Jean Taris (FRA) • 1938: Björn Borg (SWE) • 1947: György Mitró (HUN) • 1950: Hans-Günther Lehmann (FRG) • 1954: György Csordás (HUN) • 1958: Ian Black (GBR) • 1962: József Katona (HUN) • 1966: Semyon Belitz-Geyman (URS) • 1970: Hans Fassnacht (FRG) • 1974: Frank Pfütze (GDR) • 1977: Vladimir Salnikov (URS) • 1981: Vladimir Salnikov (URS) • 1983: Vladimir Salnikov (URS) • 1985: Uwe Daßler (GDR) • 1987: Rainer Henkel (FRG) • 1989: Jörg Hoffmann (GDR) • 1991: Jörg Hoffmann (GER) • 1993: Jörg Hoffmann (GER) • 1995: Jörg Hoffmann (GER) • 1997: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) • 1999: Igor Snitko (UKR) • 2000: Igor Chervynskyi (UKR) • 2002: Yury Prilukov (RUS) • 2004: Yury Prilukov (RUS) • 2006: Yury Prilukov (RUS) • 2008: Yury Prilukov (RUS)







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