Word: haegg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...
...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...
...World outdoor record: 8:42.8, set by Sweden's Gunder Haegg in 1944. Haegg also holds the mile record...
...elusive phantom that middle-distance runners have been closely pursuing since Paavo Nurmi set his mark of 4:10.4 in 1923. Some track coaches insist that it is a physical impossibility; others, pointing to the 1945 world record of 4:01.4 set by Sweden's Gunder Haegg, say it will be done eventually. Last week at the Penn Relays, some 40,000 roaring fans at Franklin Field caught a fleeting glimpse of a runner who may be the first to make it a reality. The man: Britain's 22-year-old Roger Bannister, a skinny...