Lasse Artturi Virén (born 22 July 1949) is a Finnish former long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Virén...

(1905–1986), Swedish composer Lasse Virén (born 1949), Finnish long-distance runner and Olympic gold-medallist Robert Viren (1857–1917), Baltic German career...

guru Eino Romppanen, more frequently known as Eino, to honor his friend Lasse Virén, who had just completed the 5 and 10 double double in the Olympics (winning...

retired speed skater Lasse Sobiech (born 1991), German footballer Lasse Thoresen (born 1949), Norwegian composer and writer Lasse Virén (born 1949), Finnish...

Bedford, and Finland's Lasse Virén. The winning margin was 1.00 second. The men's 10,000 metres final was notable for Lasse Virén's world record performance...

and 6 women, took part in 63 events in 14 sports. Lasse Virén — Athletics, Men's 5,000m Lasse Virén — Athletics, Men's 10,000m Pertti Karppinen — Rowing...

Nurmi became the first in 1928 and he was followed by Emil Zátopek, Lasse Virén, Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele and Mo Farah. Two women have achieved...

week earlier, Lasse Virén controlled the pace through the first 2000 metres in 5:32.61. David Bedford, tired of the slow pace, passing Viren and leading...

Zealand 13:16.6  Ron Clarke (AUS) 1966-07-05 Stockholm, Sweden 13:16.4  Lasse Virén (FIN) 1972-09-14 Helsinki, Finland 13:13.0  Emiel Puttemans (BEL) 1972-09-20...

metres in 5:26.39. After 2,100 metres, the three-time Olympic champion Lasse Virén of Finland passed Foster, but surprisingly slowed the pace down. He jogged...

near Hokkaido for the 1972 Winter Olympics. In 1976, Finnish runner Lasse Virén won the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal...

then-record seven gold medals by United States swimmer Mark Spitz, Finland's Lasse Virén taking back-to-back gold medals in the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters...

 Tunisia 1972 Munich details Lasse Virén  Finland Emiel Puttemans  Belgium Miruts Yifter  Ethiopia 1976 Montreal details Lasse Virén  Finland Carlos Lopes  Portugal...

Alberto Salazar, Erich Segal, Frank Shorter, Mary Decker, Mac Wilkins, and Lasse Virén, among others. It premiered on June 4, 1995, on CBS, and was directly...

medals overall. Pekka Vasala — Athletics, Men's 1,500m Lasse Virén — Athletics, Men's 5,000m Lasse Virén — Athletics, Men's 10,000m Reima Virtanen — Boxing...

three heats, his collapse allowed Finnish four-time Olympic champion Lasse Virén, who had been trailing him, to qualify directly for the final. Having...

start of the bell lap, he fell back to third with 200 meters to go. Lasse Virén took the lead in the final turn over eventual silver medalist Mohammed...

000 m double at the 1971 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki. Lasse Virén, Finnish winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics Ed...

Olympic race. Only three athletes have won multiple titles in the event. Lasse Virén became the first with his back-to-back wins in 1972 and 1976, while Meseret...

was best known as the coach of the four-time Olympic gold medal winner Lasse Virén. Haikkola died on 15 March 2024, at the age of 96. Mäkelä, Jarmo (17...

bronze medal (13.27.6), the Finn, Lasse Viren, took gold in 13.26.4. Stewart ran the home straight faster than even Virén. Stewart later blamed the clash...

regularly referred to as a Flying Finn. The last Flying Finn in running was Lasse Virén, who won the 5000 m and 10,000 m events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics...

medallist in both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m. He is the second athlete, after Lasse Virén, to win both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m titles at successive Olympic Games...

27:39.89  Ron Clarke (AUS) July 14, 1965 Oslo, Norway 27:38.4 27:38.35  Lasse Virén (FIN) September 3, 1972 Munich, Germany 27:30.8 27:30.80  David Bedford (GBR)...

won the Olympic 5000 metres on two occasions, both times back-to-back. Lasse Virén of Finland was the first to achieve the feat, winning the title in 1972...

In the 10,000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich, runner Lasse Virén fell in the twelfth lap after getting tangled with Emiel Puttemans, with...

medal total of eight golds, three silvers and one bronze. Finnish runner Lasse Virén won both the 5,000 and 10,000 metre races. The 10,000 metres was won...

winning the European Championships 5,000m, beating Olympic champion Lasse Virén en route to Gold in 13:17.2. When the then world record was within reach...

He was the eldest of the successful Finnish runners, the others being Lasse Virén, Pekka Vasala, Tapio Kantanen, Martti Vainio, and Kaarlo Maaninka, who...

such as the 1972 Olympic gold medalists Lasse Virén and Pekka Vasala. He had complimented the running style of Virén, and advised Vasala to concentrate on...