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Alfred Dahlqvist
Alfred Dahlqvist (13 May 1914 – 21 October 1983) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won a silver medal in the 18 km event at the 1938 World Championships.
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Arne Andersson
Arne Anderson (27 October 1917 – 1 April 2009) was a Swedish middle distance runner who became famous for his rivalry with his compatriot Gunder Hägg in the 1940s.
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Bräcke Municipality
Bräcke Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden.
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Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek (19 September 1922 – 22 November 2000) was a Czechoslovak long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
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Gaston Reiff
Gaston Étienne Ghislaine Reiff (24 February 1921 – 6 May 1992) was a Belgian runner.
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Gothenburg
Gothenburg (abbreviated Gbg; Göteborg) is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries.
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Henry Jonsson
John Henry Jonsson (12 May 1912 – 9 March 2001) was a Swedish runner who won a bronze medal over 5000 m at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Jack Lovelock
John Edward Lovelock (5 January 1910 – 28 December 1949) was a New Zealand athlete who became the world 1500m and mile record holder and 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres.
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Lennart Strand
Lennart Strand (13 June 1921 – 23 January 2004) was a Swedish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m. In this event he won the national title in 1945–47, 1949 and 1950 and the European title in 1946, beating his compatriot Henry Eriksson.
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List of world records in athletics
World records in athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations.
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Malmö
Malmö (Malmø) is the capital and largest city of the Swedish county of Scania.
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Men's 1500 metres European record progression
The following table shows the European record progression in the men's 1500 metres, as ratified by the EAA.
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Men's 3000 metres world record progression
The following tables shows the world record progression in the Men's 3000 metres.
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Middle-distance running
Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres.
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Miklós Szabó (middle-distance runner)
Miklós Szabó (6 December 1908 – 3 December 2000) was a Hungarian middle distance runner who held world records over two distances.
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Mile
The mile is an English unit of length of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, and standardised as exactly 1,609.344 metres by international agreement in 1959.
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Mile run
The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race.
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Mile run world record progression
The world record in the mile run is the best mark set by a male or female runner in the middle-distance track and field event.
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Oxford
Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.
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Roger Bannister
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was a British middle-distance athlete, doctor and academic who ran the first sub-4-minute mile.
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Running
Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot.
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Steeplechase (athletics)
The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics, which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing.
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Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
The Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal (Svenska Dagbladets guldmedalj, but usually simply called Bragdguldet, "The Feat Gold") is an annual award "for the most significant Swedish sports achievement of the year".
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Sweden
Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.
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Sydney Wooderson
Sydney Charles Wooderson MBE (30 August 1914 – 21 December 2006), dubbed "The Mighty Atom", was an English athlete whose peak career was in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Taisto Mäki
Taisto Armas Mäki (2 December 1910 – 1 May 1979) was a Finnish long-distance runner – one of the so-called "Flying Finns".
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Werner Lueg
Werner Lueg (16 September 1931 – 13 July 2014) was a West German middle distance runner who equalised Lennart Strand's and Gunder Hägg's 1500 m world record in 3:43.0 min in Berlin in 1952.
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1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics.
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1500 metres world record progression
The 1500-metre run became a standard racing distance in Europe in the late 19th century, perhaps as a metric version of the mile, a popular running distance since at least the 1850s in English-speaking countries.
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3000 metres
The 3000 metres or 3000-meter run is a track running event, also commonly known as the 3K or 3K run, where 7.5 laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.
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5000 metres
The 5000 metres or 5000-meter run (approximately 3.1 mi or 16,404 ft) is a common long-distance running event in track and field.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunder_Hägg
