And had any deceased sub-4 miler lived longer than the oldest living sub-4 miler?
And had any deceased sub-4 miler lived longer than the oldest living sub-4 miler?
Not 100% sure, but Dan Waern is 90 years old, and John Landy lived to be 91.
93 and looking good
John Wesley Harding wrote:
Not 100% sure, but Dan Waern is 90 years old, and John Landy lived to be 91.
Wow! Very impressive 👏
^3 weeks older than Moens
Hah!
John Wesley Harding wrote:
^3 weeks older than Moens
Is there a mile time in that link? I don't see anything. And Moens has the metric equivalent of sub 4 showing but did he get an actual sub 4? The oldest guy who I'm sure ran sub 4 is Ron Delany who is 88 now.
3:59.7 09.03.58
3:58.9 September 4 1957 (in Malmo Sweden)
It looks like Jazy is the oldest living mile record holder at age 87. Elliott is only 85.
ssssddr wrote:
It looks like Jazy is the oldest living mile record holder at age 87. Elliott is only 85.
Just to be a contradictory smartass…
4:41.4 WR in 1962 and 6 months older than Jazy.
So do sub-4 milers tend to live longer than other runners (sprinters & distance)?
Great question but off topic. You may not be aware but the first sub 4 was a pretty big deal to the track world. It happened in 1954. Call it personal curiosity, but I'm interested in knowing who is still around from those early days and who's lived the longest to tell their story.
Fghjk wrote:
So do sub-4 milers tend to live longer than other runners (sprinters & distance)?
I'm not sure, but there is a decent chance that Steve Prefontaine was the first sub 4 miler to die. He is probaly still one of the youngest, if not the youngest, at age 24
Jim Beatty was born in 1934 and is still active and with us. A wonderful man, and my father's roommate in college -
Grassrunner wrote:
And had any deceased sub-4 miler lived longer than the oldest living sub-4 miler?
Jethro Tull.
Grassrunner wrote:
And had any deceased sub-4 miler lived longer than the oldest living sub-4 miler?
Not the oldest still alive, but USA's first sub-4 miler, Don Bowden, is still with us. He ran 3:58.7 in 1957 as a collegiate runner at Cal. Born in 1936.
Jim Beatty is 88.
Arthur Mile wrote:
Of the first 30 men to run sub-4, 19 have died and 11 are still alive.
6 May 54 Roger Bannister UK 3:59.4 Born 23 Mar 1929 Died 2 Mar 2019
21 Jun 54 John Landy Aus 3:57.9 Born 12 Apr 1930 Died 24 Feb 2022
28 May 55 László Tábori Hun 3:59.0 Born 6 July 1931 Died 23 May 2018
28 May 55 Chris Chataway UK 3:59.8 Born 13 Jan 1931 Died 19 Jan 2014
28 May 55 Brian Hewson UK 3:59.8 Born 4 Apr 1933 Died 13 Sep 2022
5 May 56 Jim Bailey Aus 3:58.6 Born 21 Jul 1929 Died 31 Mar 2020
1 Jun 56 Ronnie Delany Ire 3:59.0 Born 6 Mar 1935
1 Jun 56 Gunnar Nielsen Den 3:59.1 Born 25 Mar 1928 Died 29 May 1985
6 Aug 56 Derek Ibbotson UK 3:59.4 Born 17 Jun 1932 Died 23 Feb 2017
26 Aug 56 István Rózsavölgyi Hun 3:59.0 Born 30 Mar 1929 Died 27 Jan 2012
23 Mar 57 Merv Lincoln Aus 3:58.9 m 3:55.9 8 Born 22 Nov 1933 Died 1 Amy 2016
1 Jun 57 Don Bowden USA 3:58.7 Born 8 Aug 1936
19 Jul 57 Stanislav Jungwirth Cze 3:59.1 Born 15 Aug 1930 Died 11 Apr 86
19 Jul 57 Ken Wood UK 3:59.3 Born 21 Nov 1930 Died 8 Sep 2008
19 Jul 57 Dan Waern Swe 3:59.3 Born 17 Jan 1933
7 Aug 57 Olavi Vuorisalo Fin 3:59.1 Born 5 Apr 1933
25 Jan 58 Herb Elliott Aus 3:59.9 Born 25 Feb 1938
6 Aug 58 Murray Halberg NZ 3:57.5 Born 7 Jul 1933 Died 30 Nov 2022
6 Aug 58 Albie Thomas Aus 3:58.6 Born 8 Feb 1933 Died 27 Oct 2013
3 Sep 58 Zbigniew Orywal Pol 3:59.7 Born 5 Apr 1930
28 May 59 Siegfried Valentin Ger 3:56.5 Born 23 Feb 1936 Died 17 Dec 2021
23 Apr 60 Dyrol Burleson USA 3:58.6 Born 27 Apr 1940
28 May 60 Jim Beatty USA 3:58.0 Born 24 Oct 1934
23 Sep 60 Terry Sullivan Rho 3:59.8 Born 7 Sep 1935
23 Sep 60 Gordon Pirie UK 3:59.9 Born 10 Feb 1931 Died 7 Dec 1991
27 Jan 62 Peter Snell NZ 3:54.4 Born 17 Dec 1938 Died 12 Dec 2019
27 Jan 62 Bruce Tulloh UK 3:59.3 Born 29 Sep 1935 Died 28 Apr 2018
25 Feb 62 Siegfried Herrmann Ger 3:59.9 Born 7 Nov 1932 Died 14 Feb 2017
28 Apr 62 Jim Grelle USA 3:59.9 Born 30 Sep 1936
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