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the backstretch. As others fell off the pace, Bailey moved up with Delany with a lap to go. By this point Landy had a 15-yard lead. Landy accelerated for his final lap, occasionally looking back to see the size of his lead. Bailey too accelerated for his last lap. Down the final backstretch, he was sprinting much faster than Landy, catching him with about 200 yards to go. Landy did not give up, keeping Bailey to his outside the entire turn. Bailey held the advantage coming off the turn and maintained it to the finish, winning by two steps. Landy succeeded in breaking the 4 minute mile, but the first to do it on
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Bailey was ranked #3 miler in the world in 1956. After retiring from competitions he played professional rugby in
Australia. He then returned to the United States and lived in the Pacific Northwest for the rest of his life, working as a sportswear promoter in
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was going to make an attempt to become the first person to break the
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176:(21 July 1929 – 31 March 2020) was an Australian
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Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer
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Landy and Bailey at the finish of their 1956-mile race
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On 6 May 1956, Bailey was part of a mile race at the
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601:University of Oregon Video of the Coliseum race
424:"WHEN A 3:58.6 MILE ADDED TO THE OLYMPIC FUND"
271:. The lesser known Delany, who would win the
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16:Australian middle-distance runner (1929–2020)
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642:Australian national champions in men's 800 m
228:and grew up in the central-west NSW town of
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449:"Men's World 1500/Mile Rankings By Athlete"
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398:"Vale: Jim Bailey – 1956 Olympian"
284:, and then a real estate agent in
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180:. He reached semifinals of the
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370:Foley, Damian (13 May 2016).
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576:Australian Olympic Committee
325:"Jim Bailey Olympic Results"
291:He died on 31 March 2020 in
273:Olympic 1500 later that year
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230:Parkes, New South Wales
152:Achievements and titles
119:Middle-distance running
374:. University of Oregon
293:Bellingham, Washington
286:Bellingham, Washington
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178:middle-distance runner
165:1500 m – 3:43.3 (1956)
87:Bellingham, Washington
489:at Wikimedia Commons
453:trackandfieldnews.com
422:Saplin, Stan (1985).
402:NSW Athletics website
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163:800 m – 1:48.8 (1956)
487:Jim Bailey (athlete)
333:Sports Reference LLC
282:Kirkland, Washington
190:University of Oregon
186:1956 Summer Olympics
167:Mile – 3:58.6 (1956)
137:Oregon Ducks, Eugene
41:Personal information
224:Bailey was born in
129:800 m, 1500 m, mile
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1104:Simon Lewin
1096:Barry Acres
1088:Simon Doyle
1072:Simon Doyle
1008:John Higham
938:John Davies
834:David White
826:Bill Ramsay
748:Reg Piggott
729:Guy Harding
710:W. Trembath
46:Nationality
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1231:James Kaan
1142:Noah Ngeny
1064:Ian Gaudry
874:Jim Bailey
866:John Landy
850:Jim Bailey
794:Ray Triado
670:Ern Corner
591:Jim Bailey
572:Jim Bailey
552:Jim Bailey
532:Jim Bailey
515:Jim Bailey
495:Jim Bailey
343:15 October
299:References
269:Ron Delany
249:John Landy
142:Coached by
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556:Olympedia
220:Biography
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378:11 March
125:Event(s)
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