This Day in Track & Field, September 4, Marty Liquori sets 5000m AR (1977), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–September 4 1942–Gunder Hägg regained sole possession of the World Record in the Mile by running 4:04.6 in Stockholm. He had shared the previous mark of 4:06.2 with fellow Swede Arne Andersson. WR Progression: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_run_world_record_progression Tribute to Hagg: https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/a-tribute-to-the-career-of-gunder-hagg http://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=235 1949—Hungary’s Imre […]