roger bannister and john landy

Question 1

pacer

Answer 1

someone who is non-competitive but sets the pace for everyone else

for split times

Question 2

empire games

Answer 2

1954, vancouver
first head to head race

bannister beat 4 minute mile in may, landy beat is record in june
- w pacers, not present for race

aka mile of the century

telecommunications history as 1st time an event in west canada was televised live to central canada
- prev radio or landline

landy frontrunner
bannister = strong final lap, winner

Question 3

why were they motivated to beat 4 minute mile

Answer 3

1952 hellinski olympics

bannister broke records but placed 4th, media criticism
- IAAF added 3rd race last minute, not prepped for it

landy didn’t make finals, stayed to study opponents

Question 4

roger bannister

Answer 4

from england

working class fam, parents pushed him for education and he became a doctor

running on beach in bath

1947, competed cambridge-oxford mile race

won 4:30.8

Question 5

john landy

Answer 5

from australia

athletic excellence in youth and wealthy family
- became businessman

by 1950, connected w coach percy cerutty

1951, mile in 4:16

Question 6

vancouver, 1954 incidents

Answer 6

they hadn’t been in the same event since helinski, and knew the importance/media attention

landy incident = cut by glass from camera flashbulb
- didn’t tell anyone…no excuses
- met w interviewer andy obrien and doctor, swore to secrecy

bannister incident = chest cold, ignoring press
- kept secret
- desire to win bcs athletic career ending to focus on medicine
- thought british media would hate him for losing

Question 7

race aftermath

Answer 7

bannister won 3:58.8, landy 3:59.6

bannister retired and become neurologist, knighted by queen

landy devastated, downplayed injury

race brought similar attention to summit series, johnson vs lewis, bodyline series

brought ppl tgt

Question 8

1956 australian TF champs

Answer 8

1 mile race

ron clarke fell, landy helped him up and won the race