Lennart Strand - Wikipedia

Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Sweden
	1948 London	1500 metres
European Championships
	1946 Oslo	1500 metres

Lennart Strand (13 June 1921 – 23 January 2004) was a Swedish middle distance runer 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 equalled 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 Gunder Hägg	European Record Holder Men's 1500m 15 July 1947 – 28 June 1952	Succeeded by Werner Lueg

European Athletics Championships champions in men's 1500 metres

v t e US National Championship winners in men's 1500-meter run or mile
1876–78 New York Athletic Club	1876^M: Harold Lambe (CAN) * Cornelius Vought 1877^M: Richard Morgan 1878^M: Thomas Smith
1879–88 NAAAA	1879^M: Henry Pellatt (CAN) * William Duffy 1880–83^M: Harry Fredericks 1884^M: Percy Madeira 1885^M: George Gilbert 1886–87^M: Edward Carter 1888^M^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^M^{Note 1}: G.M. Gibbs (CAN) * Thomas Conneff 1889–90^M: Albert George 1891^M: Thomas Conneff 1892^M: George Orton (CAN) * Ernest Hjertberg 1893-5^M: George Orton (CAN) * A.J. Walsh 1896^M: George Orton (CAN) * Mortimer Remington 1897–98^M: John Cregan 1899^M: Alex Grant 1900^M: George Orton (CAN) Alex Grant 1901–03^M: Alex Grant 1904^M: David Munson 1905^M: Jim Lightbody 1906^M: Albert Rodgers 1907^M: James Sullivan 1908^M: Herbert Trube 1909^M: Joe Ballard 1910^M: Joe Monument 1911–12^M: Abel Kiviat 1913^M: Norman Taber 1914^M: Abel Kiviat 1915^M: Joie Ray 1916^M: Ivan Meyers 1917–23^M ^OT: Joie Ray 1924–25^M: Ray Buker 1926^M: Lloyd Hahn 1927M-28^OT: Ray Conger 1929^M: Leo Lermond 1930^M: Ray Conger 1931^M: Leo Lermond 1932^OT: Norwood Hallowell 1933: Glenn Cunningham 1934: Bill Bonthron 1935–38: Glenn Cunningham 1939: Blaine Rideout 1940: Walter Mehl 1941: Leslie MacMitchell 1942–43: Gil Dodds 1944: William Hulse 1945: Roland Sink 1946: Lennart Strand (SWE) Leslie MacMitchell 1947: Gerry Karver 1948: Gil Dodds 1949–50: John Twomey 1951: Len Truex 1952–53^M: Wes Santee 1954^M: Fred Dwyer 1955^M: Wes Santee 1956: Jerome Walters 1957^M: Merv Lincoln (AUS) * Bob Seaman 1958^M: Herb Elliott (AUS) * Ed Moran 1959: Dyrol Burleson 1960: Jim Grelle 1961^M: Dyrol Burleson 1962^M: Jim Beatty 1963^M: Dyrol Burleson 1964: Tom O'Hara 1965–67^M: Jim Ryun 1968: John Mason 1969^M: Marty Liquori 1970^M: Howell Michael 1971^M: Marty Liquori 1972: Jerome Howe 1973^M: Leonard Hilton 1974: Rod Dixon (NZL) * Tom Byers 1975: Leonard Hilton 1976: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) *Michael Manke 1977–79: Steve Scott
1980–92 The Athletics Congress	1980: Steve Lacy 1981: Sydney Maree (SAF) * Steve Scott 1982–83: Steve Scott 1984–85: Jim Spivey 1986: Steve Scott 1987: Jim Spivey 1988: Mark Deady 1989: Terrance Herrington 1990: Joe Falcon 1991: Terrance Herrington 1992^OT: Jim Spivey
1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Bill Burke 1994: Terrance Herrington 1995–96^OT: Paul McMullen 1997: Seneca Lassiter 1998: Jamey Harris 1999: Steve Holman 2000^OT: Gabe Jennings 2001: Andy Downin 2002: Seneca Lassiter 2003: Jason Lunn 2004–05: Alan Webb 2006: Bernard Lagat 2007: Alan Webb 2008: Bernard Lagat 2009–10: Lopez Lomong 2011: Matthew Centrowitz 2012: Leonel Manzano 2013: Matthew Centrowitz 2014: Leonel Manzano 2015–16: Matthew Centrowitz 2017: Robby Andrews 2018: Matthew Centrowitz 2019: Craig Engels 2021^{2020 OT}: Cole Hocker 2022: Cooper Teare 2023: Yared Nuguse
Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships M: Denotes that the race was run over a mile rather than 1500 m OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996 & 2000 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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