Miracle Mile

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Miracle Mile is the famous 1954 one-mile race in Vancouver where Roger Bannister and John Landy, both recent sub-four-minute milers, dramatically faced off in one of athletics’ most iconic showdowns.

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Label Occurrences
Miracle Mile canonical 3
Mile of the Century 1
The Miracle Mile 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf athletics race
one-mile race
alsoKnownAs Miracle Mile
surface form: Mile of the Century

Miracle Mile
surface form: The Miracle Mile
bothRunnersSubFour true
broadcast television
city Vancouver
surface form: Vancouver, British Columbia
competitionLevel international
continent North America
country Canada
date 1954-08-07
discipline middle-distance running
distance 1 mile
era 1950s middle-distance running
eventOf 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
famousMoment Landy looking over his left shoulder as Bannister passed on his right
featuredAthlete Bill Baillie
Don MacMillan
Ian Boyd
Jim Bailey
John Landy
Lauri Lehtinen (note: check; some fields may be approximate)
Richard Ferguson
Roger Bannister
genderCategory men's race
governingBody Commonwealth Games Federation
surface form: British Empire and Commonwealth Games Federation
hasMediaCoverage extensive global press coverage
legacy considered one of the most iconic races in athletics history
location Vancouver
memorializedBy statue of Bannister and Landy at Empire Stadium site
notableFor first time two men ran under four minutes for the mile in the same race
organisedAs final of the men's mile at the Games
partOf men's 1 mile at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
precededBy John Landy's world-record mile of 3:58.0 in 1954
Roger Bannister's first sub-four-minute mile on 1954-05-06
runnerUp John Landy
secondPlaceTime 3:59.6
spectatorAttendance over 30,000
sport athletics
surface cinder track
venue Empire Stadium, Vancouver
winner Roger Bannister
winningTime 3:58.8
worldRecordSet false

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Subject: Miracle Mile
Description of subject: Miracle Mile is the famous 1954 one-mile race in Vancouver where Roger Bannister and John Landy, both recent sub-four-minute milers, dramatically faced off in one of athletics’ most iconic showdowns.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vancouver 1954 notableEvent Miracle Mile
Miracle Mile alsoKnownAs Miracle Mile
subject surface form: Miracle Mile (1954 race)
this entity surface form: Mile of the Century
Miracle Mile alsoKnownAs Miracle Mile
subject surface form: Miracle Mile (1954 race)
this entity surface form: The Miracle Mile
Empire Stadium notableEvent Miracle Mile