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...

businessman Anssi Viren (born 1977), Finnish football coach and former player Dag Viren or Dag Wirén (1905–1986), Swedish composer Lasse Virén (born 1949),...

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...

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...

1949), Norwegian composer and writer Lasse Virén (born 1949), Finnish Olympic champion long-distance runner Lasse Wiklöf (1944–2008), politician in the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

believed to be in the hands of a German Olympic official with Nazi ties. Lasse Virén of Finland won the 5,000 and 10,000 m (the latter after a fall), a feat...

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

Uphoff  West Germany  Germany Equestrian 1988–1992 Summer F 4 0 0 4 Lasse Virén  Finland Athletics 1972–1976 Summer M 4 0 0 4 Jessica von Bredow-Werndl...

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...

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...

1972 Munich details Lasse Virén  Finland Mohammed Gammoudi  Tunisia Ian Stewart  Great Britain 1976 Montreal details Lasse Virén  Finland Dick Quax  New...

which, in 1977, included Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, Don Kardong, and Lasse Virén. This brought international recognition to the race, while entries escalated...