NURMI'S RECORD BEATEN.
TWO GREAT PERFORMANCES. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. STOCKHOLM September 24. Gun liar Hoeckerat; of Finland, time Bmin 57 4-10se<3.. and Henry Johns son, of Sweden, Bmin 57 9-l() sec., both broke the world’s record for two miles. The recognised world’s record for two miles stands to the credit of Paavo Nurmi, the great Finnish distance runner, whose time, established in 1931, was Bmin 59 3-ssec.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13371, 26 September 1936, Page 5
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69NURMI'S RECORD BEATEN. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13371, 26 September 1936, Page 5
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