Gunder Hagg was a Swedish middle-distance runner who set numerous world records across events from 1500 meters to two miles in the early 1940s, in a celebrated rivalry with fellow Swede Arne Andersson, before being ruled ineligible for amateur competition later in the decade.
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Career HighlightSet more than a dozen middle-distance world records in the 1940s, including lowering the mile record to 4:01.4 in 1945, a mark that stood until Roger Bannister's sub-four-minute mile in 1954. 1 Connections
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Gunder Hagg (31 December 1918 - 27 November 2004) was a Swedish runner and multiple world record breaker of the 1940s.
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Gunder Hagg (31 December 1918 - 27 November 2004) was a Swedish runner and multiple world record breaker of the 1940s.
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Gunder Hagg (31 December 1918 - 27 November 2004) was a Swedish runner and multiple world record breaker of the 1940s.
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Hagg then managed a time of 4:01.4 in Malmo in July 1945. Hagg's record was not broken until Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4 mile in Oxford in May 1954.
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Gunder Hagg (31 December 1918 - 27 November 2004) was a Swedish runner and multiple world record breaker of the 1940s.
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Gunder Hagg (31 December 1918 - 27 November 2004) was a Swedish runner and multiple world record breaker of the 1940s.
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