FOUR-MINUTE MILERS.—Ron Delany (left), the first American to run a mile in less than four minutes, with John Landy, the Australian world record-holder, during a work-out in California recently. Delany, a 20-year-old university student, registered 3min 59sec in California. He narrowly beat G. Nielsen, a Dane, who clocked 3min 59.1 sec. Eight runners have now broken the four-minute barrier.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27986, 5 June 1956, Page 8
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59FOUR-MINUTE MILERS.—Ron Delany (left), the first American to run a mile in less than four minutes, with John Landy, the Australian world record-holder, during a work-out in California recently. Delany, a 20-year-old university student, registered 3min 59sec in California. He narrowly beat G. Nielsen, a Dane, who clocked 3min 59.1 sec. Eight runners have now broken the four-minute barrier. Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27986, 5 June 1956, Page 8
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