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Karl Gunnar Larsson (born 12 May 1951) is a former swimmer from Sweden. He won the 400 m individual medley event at the 1972 Summer Olympics by 0.002 seconds over American Tim McKee breaking the Olympic record. This was the reason the rules were changed and today swimming times are measured in hundredths of a second.He also won the 200 m individual medley event at the same Olympic Games setting the new world record.