Actors
Harry Wismer , Paavo Nurmi , Fiorello LaGuardia , Arne Andersson , Jules Ladoumègue , Bill Bonthron , John Lovelock , Glenn Cunningham , Gene Venzke , Sidney Wooderson
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Story
Running the mile race in under four minutes has long been a benchmark for the distance. The significant runners and races from the early 1920's to the first sub-four minute mile and beyond are presented. In the early 1920's, Finn Paavo Nurmi was the preeminent racer, he who revolutionized the strategy to run the distance most effectively, clocking a then world record time of 4:10.4 in 1924. In 1931, the post Nurmi era saw Frenchman Jules Ladoumègue first break Nurmi's long standing world record at 4:09.2, which rekindled the pursuit of the four minute barrier. Races designed to break the world record were held, one such seeing Brit Sidney Wooderson break the record in a specially devised handicapped race with pacers. The four minute barrier was finally broken by Aussie John Landy in a race in Finland in 1954 with a time of 3:58. In what was considered the greatest mile race up until then at the 1954 Empire Games in Vancouver, Landy and Brit Roger Bannister ran the first ever mile race...
