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  • Per Andersen
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 4752

    #16
    Re: fastest first sub 4:00 mile

    Originally posted by Powell
    Originally posted by aaronk
    (How many first sub-4's were WR's???)
    Bannister, for one
    and Landy

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    • Halfmiler2
      Senior Member
      • Oct 2005
      • 4490

      #17
      Re: fastest first sub 4:00 mile

      Denis Elton Fikes ran a 3:55 to break 4 minutes for the first time. It was at the Penn Relays - I think in 1974.

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      • kuha
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2005
        • 9170
        • 3rd row, on the finish line

        #18
        Re: fastest first sub 4:00 mile

        Originally posted by Halfmiler2
        Denis Elton Fikes ran a 3:55 to break 4 minutes for the first time. It was at the Penn Relays - I think in 1974.
        Good call. That was really impressive at the time.

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        • no one
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2005
          • 1863

          #19
          Re: fastest first sub 4:00 mile

          Wilborn, Fikes and Holman are correct

          Outdoor only

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          • no one
            Senior Member
            • Oct 2005
            • 1863

            #20
            Re: fastest first sub 4:00 mile

            okay, participation fading. This is what I have, per TFN mile list

            Era/time frame
            (yr mark was made) place on all time list name (affiliation) time (place in race)

            * = never ran faster in career


            ’57-69
            (67) 22. Dave Wilborn (Oregon) 3:56.2* (3)

            ’70-79
            (74) 68. Denis Fikes (Penn) 3:55.0* (2)

            ’80-89
            (81) 116. +Sydney Maree (Athletic Attic) 3:48.83 (1)

            ‘90-99
            (92) 186. Steve Holman (Georgetown) 3:53.31 (4)

            ’00-09
            (08) 312. Lopez Lomong (Nike) 3:53.97 (5)

            ’10-present
            (11) 361. Kyle Miller (Nike) 3:55.38* (5)

            if you find an error or have a ?" ... it really doesn't make a whole lot of difference as this is just a very obtuse trivia exercise. Scores will count for 20% of final grade - and that is negotiable.

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            • KDFINE
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2005
              • 2887

              #21
              Re: fastest first sub 4:00 mile

              Did Fikes ever go sub-4 again?

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              • dj
                Administrator
                • Oct 2005
                • 7767

                #22
                Re: fastest first sub 4:00 mile

                Originally posted by KDFINE
                Did Fikes ever go sub-4 again?
                One week later he ran 3:58.3 in the Penn-Cornell dual meet.

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                • mcgato
                  Senior Member
                  • Oct 2005
                  • 2432
                  • Phoenixville

                  #23
                  Re: fastest first sub 4:00 mile

                  Originally posted by no one
                  ’80-89
                  (81) 116. +Sydney Maree (Athletic Attic) 3:48.83 (1)
                  I don't think this should count, as he had run sub-4 previous to becoming US eligible (or maybe US citizen). That is what the "+" is in front of his name.

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                  • Dutra5
                    Senior Member
                    • Nov 2011
                    • 1375

                    #24
                    Re: fastest first sub 4:00 mile

                    Originally posted by Halfmiler2
                    Denis Elton Fikes ran a 3:55 to break 4 minutes for the first time. It was at the Penn Relays - I think in 1974.
                    Behind Waldrop. Impressive performance.

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                    • no one
                      Senior Member
                      • Oct 2005
                      • 1863

                      #25
                      Re: fastest first sub 4:00 mile

                      Originally posted by mcgato
                      no one wrote:
                      ’80-89
                      (81) 116. +Sydney Maree (Athletic Attic) 3:48.83 (1)
                      I don't think this should count, as he had run sub-4 previous to becoming US eligible (or maybe US citizen). That is what the "+" is in front of his name.
                      I agree, should have caught that one
                      which is now replaced by

                      80-89
                      (137) Brian Theriot (adidas) 3:56.10* (8)

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