The world all-time list at the mile in the end of 1955:
3.58.0 J Landy, AUS 1954
3.58.8 R Bannister, AUS 1954
3.59.0 L Tabori, HUN 1955
3.59.8 C Chataway, GBR 1955
3.59.8 B Hewson, GBR 1955
4.00.5 W Santee, USA 1955
4.01.4 G Hägg, SWE 1945
4.01.4 R Seaman, USA 1955
4.01.6 A Andersson, SWE 1944
4.01.6 K Wood, GBR 1955

Hans-Erik Pettersson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Uri Goldbourt, PhD" <goldbu1@...>
To: "David Dallman" <David.Dallman@...>
Cc: "Malkin" <malkin1@...>; <t-and-f@...>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 1:53 PM
Subject: RE: t-and-f: Christian Science Monitor: factual error?


> That's right. It still leaves the balance short of 300...
>
> UG.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Dallman [mailto:David.Dallman@...]
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 12:40 PM
> To: Uri Goldbourt, PhD
> Cc: Malkin; t-and-f@...
> Subject: RE: t-and-f: Christian Science Monitor: factual error?
>
>
> I think it WAS in May 1955, from memory again. Laszlo Tabori won in
> 3:59.0, Chris Chataway and Brain Hewson ran 3:59.8. At the White City in
> London. I was there.
> David Dallman
>
> On Mon, 21 May 2001, Uri Goldbourt, PhD wrote:
>
> > Complete nonsense.
> >
> > After the Bannister-Landy "mile of the century" a954 concluded with a mere
> > two runners under 4 minutes (Santee I think ran no faster than 4:00.6) .
> >
> > There was a race, next, where 3 people ran 3:59 or thereabouts. Laslo
> Tabori
> > was one of them. Chataway may have been one of the two others. I have it
> all
> > documented at home and am writing from memory. I doubt that the race I am
> > alluding to took place before May 1955!
> >
> > Uri Goldbourt
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-t-and-f@...
> > [mailto:owner-t-and-f@...]On Behalf Of Malkin
> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 4:53 AM
> > To: t-and-f@...
> > Subject: t-and-f: Christian Science Monitor: factual error?
> >
> >
> > Can anyone confirm that 300 runners ran a four minute mile by May 1955,
> as
> > reported by the Christian Science Monitor on Friday (see below)? This must
> > be a mistake.
> >
> > Jesse Malkin
> >
> > ===
> >
> > The Christian Science Monitor
> > May 18, 2001, Friday
> > SECTION: FEATURES; SPORTS; Pg. 12
> > HEADLINE: High school star puts glow back in the mile
> >
> > BYLINE: Joshua S. Burek Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
> >
> > Nearly 50 years ago, the four-minute mile stood as an insurmountable
> > barrier. It intimidated runners with an icy arithmetic: Could anyone run
> > four laps averaging 15 m.p.h.?
> >
> > The world held its breath as three runners - American Wes Santee,
> > Australian John Landy, and Englishman Roger Bannister - mounted assaults
> on
> > the mark. Experts said any athlete who attempted the feat could jeopardize
> > his health. Then on a blustery day on May 6, 1954, Oxford University
> medical
> > student Roger Bannister ran 3:59.4 - the "miracle mile," shattering
> > conventional wisdom and inaugurating a golden era for track and field.
> >
> > The floodgates opened. In the next 12 months, no fewer than 300 runners
> > broke four minutes. A decade later, American distance-running legend Jim
> > Ryun used a superb finishing kick to run 3:59 - in high school. Two other
> > teens, Marty Liquori and Tim Danielson, quickly followed. American
> dominance
> > in the marquis middle-distance running events seemed assured.
> >
> > [Rest of article omitted.]
> >
>
> David Dallman
> CERN - SIS
>
>