August 12th, 1975 – The 49th Anniversary Of John Walker’s 3:49.4 World Record Mile Race!!

Jeff Benjamin originally wrote this for the 45th anniversary of the first sub 3:50 mile! Sir John Walker was the 1974 Commonwealth silver medalist at 1,500 meters and the 1976 Olympic gold medalist at 1,500 meters. In August 1975, John Walker was in great shape, and he convinced the meet organizers in Goteborg, Sweden, to […]