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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19268, 3 January 1931, Page 2

Ihe performance of J. Ladoumegue * n creating a new world’s record for 1000 metres in 3min 49 l-ssec, was a truly remarkable one. D. G. A. Lowe, the well-known English athlete, has calculated that in comparing the times for 1000 metres with those over one mile, which is 120yds further, you should add 340th s of the time taken over the shorter distance. On this basis Ladoumegue’s time is equivalent to 4min 6sec for the mile. Even when you appreciate that such mathematical comparisons can only be approximations, it is plain that Ladoumegue can get well inside 4min lOsec for the longer distance.