Lennart Strand

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Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Sweden
Silver 1948 London 1500 metres
European Championships
Gold 1946 Oslo 1500 metres

Lennart Strand (June 13, 1921 – January 23, 2004) was a Swedish middle distance runner who won the silver medal over 1500 m at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. The race was won by his compatriot Henry Eriksson. Strand also equalised Gunder Hägg's 1500 m world record of 3:43.0 in Malmö in 1947. He won a gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1946 European Championships in Athletics.



Records
Preceded by
Sweden Gunder Hägg
European Record Holder Men's 1500m
15 July 1947 - 28 June 1952
Succeeded by
Germany Werner Lueg


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