Lars Hall

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Lars Hall

File:Olavi Mannonen, Lars Hall, Väinö Korhonen 1956.jpg Lars Hall (middle) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1927-04-30)30 April 1927 Karlskrona, Sweden
Died	26 April 1991(1991-04-26) (aged 63) Täby, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Modern pentathlon
Club	Flottans IF, Karlskrona Flottans IF, Stockholm
Medal record Representing Sweden Olympic Games File:Olympic rings.svg Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki Individual Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne Individual Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Team World Championships Gold medal – first place 1949 Stockholm team Gold medal – first place 1950 Bern Individual Gold medal – first place 1950 Bern Team Gold medal – first place 1951 Helsingborg Individual Gold medal – first place 1951 Helsingborg Team Gold medal – first place 1953 Chile Team

Lars Göran Ivar Hall (30 April 1927 – 26 April 1991) was a Swedish modern pentathlete who competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. He won the individual event at both Games and finished second with the Swedish team in 1952. In 1952 he became the first civilian Olympic champion in modern pentathlete.

For his achievements, Hall was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1956 (shared with cross-country skier Sixten Jernberg).