1938
Herbert "Herb" James Elliott, Australia, middle-distance runner. Coached by the sometimes overbearing and alway eccentric Percy Cerutty, Herb Elliott never lost a race at either the mile or 1,500m. He set a world record in the mile (3:54.5) in 1958 and world records in the 1,500m in 1958 (3:36.0) and 1960 (3:35.6). At the 1958 (Cardiff) Commonwealth Games Elliott won gold medals in the 880-yard run and the mile. In the 1,500m at the 1960 (Rome) Olympic Games, Elliott refused to run a timid, tactical race and instead pushed the pace, leading almost from the sound of the starting gun. The results was a gold medal and a world and Olympic-record time of 3:35.6. He retired from athletics in 1961; his full running career is covered in the 1961 biography The Herb Elliott Story.
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