Word: gunder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...present record for the Soldiers Field track was set by Gunder Haegg, the world record holder in 1943. He ran a 4:05.3. His world record for the distance...
...four-minute mile will be run this year, predicted record-holding Miler (4:01.4) Gunder Hägg of Sweden. All that's necessary is that the right runners meet on the right track. "You need a small stadium. That helps block the wind . . . And above all, the runner should not be psychologically tied down. He shouldn't be afraid of the mighty four-minute mile . . . In a four-man field, with maybe one pacer for the first quarter, you can stretch out and go, smoothly and without interruption." Hägg's candidate to turn...
...Melbourne, Australian Miler John Landy, aiming for a world record four-minute mile, came within a breathtaking two seconds of it in 4:02, just six-tenths off Gunder Hagg's record of 1945. Plainly discouraged, Landy said, "I've done as well as I can. I'm running for fun from now on. If I do the four-minute mile, it will be a fluke...
...Santee took over. He tore past the three-quarter mark in 3 :03.5, then reeled off the last quarter in a dazzling 0:58.9 to breast the tape in front at 4:02.4. His time was precisely one second off the world record set by Sweden's Gunder Hagg in 1945, and the fastest mile ever run by an American...
...dream of a four-minute mile, once considered a physical impossibility seemed a lot closer to reality last week. An Australian agricultural student named John Landy, who had never beaten 4:10 in his life, suddenly raced through the most sparkling mile performance since Gunder ("The Wonder") Haag's world record...