| Birth Date: | 26 November 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Death Date: | 20 March 1934 (aged 48) |
| Death Place: | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Height: | 173 cm |
| Weight: | 61 kg |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 1500–5000 m |
| Club: | Örgryte IS |
| Pb: | 1500 m – 4:07.14 (1911) 5000 m – 15:25.2 (1912) |
Thorild Olsson (26 November 1886 – 19 March 1934) was a Swedish runner who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.[1] He helped the Swedes win Silver in the men's 3000 m teams race. Each team consisted of 5 runners starting simultaneously but only the placings of the first 3 in each team counted. The final consisted of teams from USA, Sweden and Great Britain. USA won the event with places 1, 3 and 5 while the Swedes with Thorild Olsson 2nd, Ernst Wide 4th and Bror Fock 7th took silver. Olsson's time of 8:44.6 would have been a world record before the 1912 games. (Translated from Swedish by his grandson who has seen photos of him finishing second.)