Samuel Pihlström

Samuel Pihlström
Pihlström in the 2025 World Indoor Championships final
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born (2001-03-08) 8 March 2001
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Middle distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 1500m: 3:30.87 (Rome, 2025)NR
  • Mile: 3:49.70 (Oslo, 2025)
NR
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Sweden
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 Birmingham1500 metres
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Espoo1500 metres

Samuel Pihlström (born 8 March 2001) is a Swedish middle-distance runner. The Swedish national record holder over 1500 metres and mile, he won the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 2026 European Championships. He has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]

Biography

In June 2022 competing in Madrid, Spain at a World Athletics Continental Tour event, he won the men's 1500m in a personal best time of 3:38.46.[2] That month, he finished fifth at the Stockholm Diamond League 1500m event.[3] In August 2022, he competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich in the 1500 metres.[4] He was a bronze medalist in the 1500 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo.[5][6]

In January 2024, he set a new national indoor record for the 1500 metres of 3:35.47 in Ostrava.[7] He was selected to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where he qualified for the final before finishing in eighth place overall.[8] He finished fifth in the 1500 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024.[9] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres, running a personal best of 3:33.58 in the repechage round but missing out on a place in the semi-final by two hundredths of a second behind George Mills of Great Britain.[10]

He ran a Swedish indoor record of 3:54.78 for the mile at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on 4 February 2025.[11] Competing in Karlsruhe on 7 February 2025 he won over 1500m in a time of 3:35.62.[12] was awarded a wild card place for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, for his performances on the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Tour.[13] Competing at the Championships, he qualified for the final of the 1500 metres, finishing in fifth place overall.[14]

On 6 June 2025, he ran 3:30.87 to set a new national record in the 1500 metres at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome.[15] He ran a national record 3:49.70 in the Dream Mile at the 2025 Bislett Games in Oslo on 12 June 2025.[16] He won the 1500 metres at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event in Stockholm, part of the 2025 Diamond League.[17] He placed eighth over 1500 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.[18]

In September 2025, he was a finalist over 1500 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, placing eleventh overall.[19][20]

He ran an indoors personal best of 3:33.47 for the 1500 metres at the Copernicus Cup in Toruń on 22 February 2026.[21] He won titles over both 1500 metres and 800 metres at the 2026 Swedish Indoor Championships in Stockholm.[22][23] Competing at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, he advanced to the final of the 1500 m after winning his heat, before placing fourth in the final in 3:40.59.[24][25] On 15 August, he won the silver medal over 1500 metres at the 2026 European Championship in Birmingham, finishing in 3:36.16 behind Stefan Nillessen of the Netherlands having burst out of the pack late in the race. Speaking afterwards he said "I'm really overwhelmed. Second shouldn't be possible from where I started with one lap left to go…In the last lap I felt like it was a long way up to the medals, but I was feeling strong so I just pushed on the back straight".[26][27] On 23 August, he placed fifth in 3:31.41 for the 1500 m in the Diamond League at the 2026 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Silesia, Poland.[28]

References

  1. ↑ "Samuel Pihlstrom". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Triple jumper Eckhardt-Noack leaps to European leading 14.48m in Madrid". European Athletics. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "2022 Stockholm DL: Mondo Breaks the WR* As A Guy With A 13:34 5000 PB STUNS Jacob Kiplimo and Runs 7:29 to Win 3000". Lets Run. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  4. ↑ Smythe, Steve (August 22, 2022). "Brits rule Europe – full results from Munich 2022". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "U23 EC in Espoo, Finland July 12–16". Friidrott.se. July 29, 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Gürth eclipses championship record to strike 3000m steeplechase gold for Germany". European Athletics. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Brilliant finish by Samuel Pihlström - new Swedish record". Friidrottaren. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "Men's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Robert (June 2, 2024). "2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results". Letsrun. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Men's 1500m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Hailu and Crestan impress as meeting records fall in Ostrava". World Athletics. 4 Feb 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  12. ↑ "Mitton and Mihambo make strong statements in Karlsruhe". World Athletics. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  13. ↑ "11 World Indoor Tour champions win wild cards for Nanjing". World Athletics. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  14. ↑ "Men's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  15. ↑ "Chebet goes No.2 all time with 14:03.69 5000m in Rome". World Athletics. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  16. ↑ "Results - Oslo Diamond League Bislett Games 2025". Watch Athletics. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  17. ↑ "Duplantis breaks pole vault record in Stockholm". BBC Sport. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  18. ↑ Collett, Jasmine (28 August 2025). "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  19. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  20. ↑ "Hälle's Samuel Pihlström and Mia Barnett compete in the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo". bohuslaningen.se. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  21. ↑ "Dosso and Charlton Set World Leads at Copernicus Cup in Toruń". Watch Athletics. 22 Feb 2026. Retrieved 23 Feb 2026.
  22. ↑ "Swedish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 28 Feb 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  23. ↑ "Swedish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  24. ↑ Monti, David (20 March 2026). "BRUTAL MIDDLE DISTANCE QUALIFYING RACES ON FIRST DAY OF WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Runnerspace. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  25. ↑ "Garcia gains 1500m gold at Kujawy Pomorze". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  26. ↑ Larsson, Jonathan (15 August 2026). "Sensationellt EM-silver till Samuel Pihlström". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  27. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (15 Aug 2026). "Nillessen wins in a final of surprises". European Athletics. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  28. ↑ "Results - Silesia Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2026. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
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