Sverre Gunnar Strandli (30 November 1925 – 4 March 1985) was a Norwegian

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er, who won the gold medal at the European Championships in

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and the silver medal in

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. At the Summer Olympics Strandli finished seventh in

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, eighth in Melbourne 1956 and eleventh in

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. He was the Norwegian Olympic flagbearer in 1960. At the 1962 European Championships he did not qualify for the final. He became Norwegian champion in the years 1949–1954, 1956–1957 and 1960–1962, and took one national title in

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, in 1954. For his European Championships victory Strandli was selected

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in 1950. Strandli established two

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in hammer throw, both in

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. The first record of 61.25 metres came in September 1952 and the second of 62.36 metres was established a year later. The world record stood until August 1954, when Mikhail Krivonosov improved it to 63.34 m.World Record Progression hammer throw men
– Athletix For his second world record Strandli was selected Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year for a second time in 1953. He later set a personal best mark of 63.88 metres, in October 1962 in Trondheim,
but at that point

Hal Connolly Harold Vincent "Hal" Connolly (August 1, 1931 – August 18, 2010) was an American athlete and hammer thrower from Somerville, Massachusetts. He won a gold medal in the hammer throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Connolly became t ...

had improved the world record to 70.67 metres.

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* 1925 births 1985 deaths Norwegian male hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Norway European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Kongsvinger {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub