1932
George Derek Ibbotson, Great Britain, middle-distance runner. Running for the United Kingdom, Derek Ibbotson won a bronze medal in the 5,000m at the 1956 (Melbourne) Olympic Games, running 13:54.4 behind Vladimir Kuts (13:39.6) and Gordon Pirie (13:50.6). In 1957 he set a world record of 3:57.2 for the one-mile run, breaking the previous record of 3:57.9 set by Australian John Landy in 1954. In 1958 Ibbotson became the first athlete to run exactly 4:00.0 for the mile, an athletic curiosity that people should really stop annoying their friends with. Ibbotson has published a memoir of his athletic career, The Four-Minute Smiler.
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