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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunder Hägg has received more than 90,341 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gunder Hägg is the 565th most popular athlete (up from 672nd in 2019), the 709th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 767th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gunder Hägg ranks 565 out of 6,025. Before him are Frank Irons, Giancarlo Bergamini, Lee Barnes, Cornelius Warmerdam, Józef Szmidt, and Yrjö Nikkanen. After him are Luigi Carpaneda, Ivan Gubijan, Teresa Ciepły, Paul Anderson, Olav Sunde, and Walter Bathe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Gunder Hägg ranks 207. Before him are Russell Kirk, Said Mohamed Djohar, Charu Majumdar, Georges Berger, Rand Brooks, and Zara Dolukhanova. After him are Martin Lundström, Anne Shirley, Robert Preston, Jacqueline Susann, Robert Ettinger, and Vicente de la Mata. Among people deceased in 2004, Gunder Hägg ranks 211. Before him are Luis E. Miramontes, Jacques Noël, Ancel Keys, Terry Melcher, Kenneth E. Iverson, and Mahmut Atalay. After him are Skeeter Davis, O. W. Fischer, Madeleine Robinson, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Pat Roach, and José Luis Cuciuffo.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gunder Hägg ranks 709 out of 1,879. Before him are Einar Englund (1916), Astrid Cleve (1875), Ulf Andersson (1951), Mona Sahlin (1957), August Malmström (1829), and Victor Hasselblad (1906). After him are Carl Skottsberg (1880), Karl-Erik Nilsson (1922), Magdalena Forsberg (1967), Fredrik Backman (1981), Gunnar Sköld (1894), and Jenny Berggren (1972).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Gunder Hägg ranks 23. Before him are Hans Berglund (1918), Patrik Sjöberg (1965), Georg Åberg (1893), Ann-Britt Leyman (1922), Carl Bertilsson (1889), and John Mikaelsson (1913). After him are Karl-Erik Nilsson (1922), Magdalena Forsberg (1967), Gunnar Sköld (1894), Martin Lundström (1918), Hjalmar Johansson (1874), and Axel Norling (1884).

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