Career
He was also a finalist at the 1948 Olympics in London, but he finished in sixth place with a throw of 52.98 metres. Ericson twice broke the Swedish national record for the hammer throw–in 1941 with a throw of 56.66 metres and, secondly, in 1947 with a throw of 57.19 metres–and held the record outright from 1941 until 1955.
