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Bengt Baron

Personal information
Full name	Bengt Baron
Nickname(s)	Barre
Nationality	Sweden
Stroke(s)	backstroke, butterfly
College team	University of California
Date of birth	6 March 1962 (1962-03-06) (age 47)
Place of birth	Finspång, Östergötland
Height	6'4" (193 cm)
Weight	183 lbs (83 kg)
Medal record Men’s swimming Competitor for  Sweden Olympic Games Gold 1980 Moscow 100 m backstroke Bronze 1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Bronze 1982 Guayaquil 100 m butterfly European Championships (LC) Bronze 1985 Sofia 4×100 m freestyle

Bengt Baron (born 6 March 1962) is a former backstroke swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100 m backstroke at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and was a member of the bronze winning team from Sweden in the 4×100 m freestyle at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. An undergraduate student from the University of California, Baron was named into its Hall of Fame in 1999. In the years 1979–1985 he won a total number of 33 Swedish titles.

After his career as swimmer, Baron attended the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his MBA in 1988. Upon graduation, he joined McKinsey & Company in their Stockholm office, after which he joined numerous consumer companies, including Coca-Cola, AB Frionor (a Norwegian frozen seafood company), and Kodak. In 2001, Baron was named CEO and President of Absolut Vodka. He is married to Agneta Mårtensson.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Event	Time		Date	Meet	Location	Ref
08  100 m backstroke	56.53		01980-07-21 21 July 1980	Olympic Games	Soviet Union, Moscow  Moscow, Soviet Union
09  200 m backstroke	2:04.40		01979-08-18 18 August 1979	-	Sweden, Landskrona  Landskrona, Sweden
14  100 m butterfly	54.47		01980-04-11 11 April 1980	World Championships	Ecuador, Guayaquil  Guayaquil, Ecuador

Legend: WR – World record; ER – European record; NR – Swedish record; Records not set in finals: (h) – heat; (sf) – semifinal; (r) – relay 1st leg; (rh) – relay heat 1st leg; (b) – B final; † – en route to final mark; (tt) – time trial

Clubs

• Finspångs SK
• SK Korrugal
• Järfälla SS

References

• Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté
• Profile

1980 Sweden Olympic Swimming Team Men's Competition  Pär Arvidsson  •  Gary Andersson  •  Bengt Baron  •  Peter Berggren  •  Glen Christiansen  •  Per Holmertz  •  Per Johansson  •  Thomas Lejdström  •  Per-Alvar Magnusson  •  Ove Nylén  •  Per-Ola Quist  •  Anders Rutqvist  •  Michael Söderlund  •  Per Wikström Women's Competition  Armi Airaksinen •  Agneta Eriksson •  Tina Gustafsson •  Eva-Marie Håkansson •  Birgitta Jönsson •  Carina Ljungdahl •  Agneta Mårtensson •  Helena Peterson •  Ann-Sofi Roos •  Annika Uvehall

1984 Sweden Olympic Swimming Team Men's Competition  Bengt Baron  •  Peter Berggren  •  Hans Fredin  •  Anders Grillhammar  •  Anders Holmertz  •  Per Johansson  •  Thomas Lejdström  •  Richard Milton  •  Mikael Örn  •  Anders Peterson  •  Michael Söderlund  •  Tommy Werner Women's Competition  Agneta Eriksson •  Anna-Karin Eriksson •  Karin Furuhed •  Eva-Marie Håkansson •  Petra Hildér •  Annelie Holmström •  Maria Kardum •  Sofia Kraft •  Ann Linder •  Agneta Mårtensson •  Anette Philipsson •  Malin Rundgren