Anders Gärderud
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Sven Anders Gärderud (born 28 August 1946) is a Swedish former track and field athlete, winner of the 3000 m steeplechase event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.<ref name=SR/><ref name=r2/><ref name=r3/>
Gärderud was born to an orienteering competitor, and was an accomplished orienteer himself, winning a team gold medal at the 1977 Swedish Championships. He initially trained in orienteering and changed sports by chance – he was banned from running in the woods in autumn 1961 due to a jaundice epidemic and wandered into an athletic hall.<ref name=r2/>
Gärderud experimented with several events before focusing on the 3000 m steeplechase.<ref name=SR/> His first major competition were the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the heats of 800 m and 1500 m. In the following years, Gärderud concentrated on the steeplechase, and was already a main favorite at the 1972 Summer Olympics, but, suffering from a cold, he was eliminated in his heat. Gärderud was also eliminated in the heats of the 5000 m at the Olympics,<ref name=SR/> but only seven days later, he set a new 3000 m steeplechase world record at 8:20.8.<ref name=r4/>
At the 1974 European Championships in Rome, Gärderud was beaten by Bronisław Malinowski of Poland,<ref>European Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 13 January 2015.</ref> yet next year he broke the 3000 m steeplechase world record three times.<ref name=r4/><ref name=iaaf>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The culmination of Gärderud's career was at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where after a stirring contest with Malinowski and Frank Baumgartl, Gärderud won the gold medal in a new world record of 8:08.02.<ref name=SR/> His victory in that event would earn him a share of the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal with cyclist Bernt Johansson.
After retiring from competitions Gärderud worked as a TV commentator of athletics events and as the head coach of the Swedish athletics team.<ref name=SR/><ref name=r2/><ref name=r3/> In 1986 he married Annika Johansson.<ref name=r1/>
Competition record
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| 1966 | European Indoor Games | Dortmund, West Germany | 6th | 3000 m | 8:12.8 |
| 1968 | Olympic Games | Mexico City, Mexico | 24th (h) | 800 m | 1:48.9 |
| 35th (h) | 1500 m | 3:54.28 | |||
| 1972 | Olympic Games | Munich, West Germany | 17th (h) | 5000 m | 13:57.2 |
| 19th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 8:30.8 | |||
| 1974 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 2nd | 3000 m s'chase | 8:15.41 |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | Montreal, Canada | 1st | 3000 m s'chase | 8:08.02 (WR) |
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