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Probably the last time two runners both threatened the four minute mile was in 1945, when Gundar Haegg edged out Arne Anderson in the old mile record time of 4:01.4. Anderson was also under...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Bushnell to Ask Bannister to Run Against Barthel | 5/12/1954 | See Source »

...London, at the British Amateur Athletic Association track meet, Oxford's Roger Bannister, now a medical student and somewhat out of training, turned in an amazing performance: a 4:03.6 mile, which made him the fifth-fastest miler in history. (The record: 4:01.4 by Sweden's Gundar Hagg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, may 11, 1953 | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

...week later for the ninth. Dartmouth's outfit is expected to resemble an all-star aggregation, for the Marine V-12 Unit contributes several of the members of last season's crack N. Y. U. team. Captaining the Big Green runners is Don Burnham, youthful star of the Gundar Haeg race, which drew thousands to the Stadium early, last summer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACK SCHEDULE LISTS DARTMOUTH, MIT, TUFTS | 9/24/1943 | See Source »

...Gundar Haegg and his traveling companion, G'1 Dodds of the Boston Athletic Association, will run the Boston Installment of their transcontinental competition in the Harvard Stadium at 7:30 o'clock on the evening of Saturday, July...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Haegg to Run in Stadium July 24 | 7/9/1943 | See Source »

...discourage noncash customers, which read: "Liberal credit extended to all 80 years of age or over when accompanied by a parent." Two elderly men had just walked out without paying for their drinks, one saying, "I am Nels Bjerke, just turned 80 six months ago. This is my father Gundar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 10, 1936 | 2/10/1936 | See Source »

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