Nils Sandström
{{short description|Swedish sprinter}}
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|birth_date= 9 August 1893
|birth_place= Gothenburg, Sweden
| death_date = 17 June 1973 (aged 79)
| death_place = Stockholm, Sweden
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|pb=100 m – 10.7 (1921)
200 m – 22.2 (1922)
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Nils Sandström (9 August 1893 – 17 June 1973) was a Swedish sprinter who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76376 |title=Nils Sandström |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=4 July 2021}} He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay, but failed to reach the finals of individual 100 m and 200 m events.
Between 1917 and 1925 Sandström collected 23 medals at the Swedish Championships. He was the 1919–20 champion in the 100 m, and won eight titles in the 4 × 100 m (1919–21, 1923) and 4 × 400 m relays (1919–22). He never won the 200 m Swedish title despite holding the national record in this event in 1917–1920.
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[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/n/nils-sandstrom.html Nils Sandström]. Swedish Olympic Committee
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Category:Athletes from Gothenburg
Category:Swedish male sprinters
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Sweden
Category:Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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