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Gunder Hägg

1918 - 2004

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Gunder Hägg (31 December 1918 – 27 November 2004) was a Swedish runner and multiple world record breaker of the 1940s. He set over a dozen middle distance world records at events ranging from 1500 to 5000 meters, including three at both the 1500 meters and the mile, one at 3000 meters and one at 5000 meters. Hägg and fellow Swede, Arne Andersson, lowered the record for the mile to just over four minutes (4:01.4) – accelerating the progression of the world record in the mile run. Both athletes set three world records for the mile. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gunder Hägg is the 1,153rd most popular athlete (down from 559th in 2019), the 868th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 709th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gunder Hägg ranks 1,153 out of 6,025Before him are Claudia Losch, Frank Hansen, Henri Dulieux, Joseph Pletincx, Herbert Adamski, and Erwin Casmir. After him are Donald Arnold, Harry Steevens, Hal Connolly, Valeri Vasiliev, Wilson Kipketer, and Lars Jørgen Madsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Gunder Hägg ranks 241Before him are Jacqueline Susann, Charu Majumdar, Ivo Radovniković, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, Max de Terra, and Reinaldo Gorno. After him are Shunpei Uto, Cachao, René Rémond, Lohengrin Filipello, Artur Brauner, and Werner Peters. Among people deceased in 2004, Gunder Hägg ranks 252Before him are Jan Sterling, José Omar Pastoriza, O. W. Fischer, Virginia Grey, Kamisese Mara, and Michel Colombier. After him are Mykola Rudenko, Thea Beckman, Carl Anderson, Velimir Valenta, Inge Meysel, and Volodymyr Kaplychnyi.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gunder Hägg ranks 868 out of 1,879Before him are Frank Heller (1886), Gösta Åsbrink (1881), Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway (1155), Sven Fahlman (1914), Nick Bostrom (1973), and Mona Malm (1935). After him are Ivan Betskoy (1704), Tomas Alfredson (1965), Leonard Peterson (1885), Kjell Rosén (1921), Göran Malmqvist (1924), and Axel Nordlander (1879).

Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Gunder Hägg ranks 59Before him are Nils Skoglund (1906), Hjalmar Andersson (1889), Arvid Knöppel (1867), Bengt Eriksson (1931), Axel Norling (1884), and Sven Fahlman (1914). After him are Carl Silfverstrand (1885), Ragnar Lundberg (1924), Britt Strandberg (1934), Patrik Sjöberg (1965), Lennart Klingström (1916), and Per Berlin (1921).