Mile News Tagged Arne Andersson


Recalling Hägg’s 4:01.4 world record Mile, on its 75th anniversary

July 17, 2020

Sell-out crowd of more than 14,000 witnessed Gunder the Wonder's historic Mile race on Malmö's 393m Idrottsplats track

By Mel Watman for World Athletics

It was 75 years ago today, on July 17, 1945, in the Swedish city of Malmö that the first sub-4 minute Mile was so nearly achieved. Almost...

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An Exclusive Club

June 27, 1994

Forty years after Roger Bannister broke four minutes, the brotherhood of Mile record holders gathered to honor their grand obsession

By Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated

Never join someone who eclipses you. Align yourself with one who increases your luster. The man who puts you in the shade...

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Miles Run, Promises Unkept

August 02, 1971

"What if we had been 2 minutes flat at the half-way? It would surely have been a 4 minute Mile. But we wanted to win, only to win." - Arne Andersson

By Norman Harris, Sports Illustrated

No objective in sport seemed more unattainable for a longer period of time than track's 4 minute Mile. It...

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