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Vasala (born 17
April 1948) is a
retired Finnish middle-distance
athlete who won an
Olympic gold
medal in the 1972
Summer Olympics in Munich.
Vasala had...
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three varnas through similar myths focussed on
human drama.: 6–8 In the
Vasala Sutta of the
Sutta Nipāta, the
Buddha is on his alms
round and encounters...
- been set at 3
since the 1930
Olympic Congress. The
event was won by
Pekka Vasala of Finland, the nation's
first championship in the 1500
metres since back-to-back...
- Meanwhile,
Vasala becomes involved in an
affair with Menaka, a
simple employee at the
garment factory where Vasala is her supervisor.
Vasala begins secretly...
- of the
successful Finnish runners, the
others being L****e Virén,
Pekka Vasala,
Tapio Kantanen,
Martti Vainio, and
Kaarlo Maaninka, who came into the limelight...
- Ryun United
States Bodo Tümmler West
Germany 1972
Munich details Pekka Vasala Finland
Kipchoge Keino Kenya Rod
Dixon New
Zealand 1976
Montreal details...
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medal rankings, with
three gold
medals and
eight medals overall.
Pekka Vasala — Athletics, Men's 1,500m L****e Virén — Athletics, Men's 5,000m L****e Virén...
- to the
renaissance in
Finnish distance running in the 1970s (with
Pekka Vasala winning gold in the 1500
metres at the 1972
Munich Olympics and L****e Virén...
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explains his use of the word
brahmin in many places. In the
Sutta Nipata (1.7,
Vasala Sutta,
verse 12), the
Buddha states: "not by
birth is one an outcast; not...
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Liquori (USA) 1970: Jean
Wadoux (FRA) 1971:
Marty Liquori (USA) 1972:
Pekka Vasala (FIN) 1973:
Filbert Bayi (TAN) 1974:
Filbert Bayi (TAN) 1975: John Walker...
