Gunder Hägg – #7 All-time 1500m Athlete

Personal Stats

D.O.B: 05.12.12
N.O.C: Sweden
Height: N/A
Weight: N/A
Final Year of Competition: 1941
Years Top 10: 4

Personal Bests

Mile: 4:01.4 (Sweden 1945)
1,500m: 3:43.0 (Sweden 1944)
2,000m: 5:11.8 (Sweden 1942)
3,000m: 8:01.2 (Sweden 1942)
5,000m: 13:58.2 (Sweden 1942)
4×1,500m Relay: 15:38.6 (Sweden 1945)

An early proponent of Fartlek training, HÄGG broke a total of 15 WORLD RECORDS during his running career [10 of them within just 3-months in 1942]!!!

An early proponent of Fartlek training, HÄGG broke a total of 15 WORLD RECORDS during his running career [10 of them within just 3-months in 1942]!!!🔥
HÄGG’s prime form during the years of World War II extinguished any Olympic opportunities, but his Legend lives on; in fact he was the first athlete to run 5000m in under 14 minutes [a record that lasted 12 years!] and it also took several years before his 1945 Mile World Record of 4 mins 1.4 secs was beaten [by a certain Roger Bannister in 1954, becoming the first man to go sub-4]…🌟