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TURKU, Finland, June 21 UP.— Heres how the world record for the j mile had been lowered before John Landy of Australia smashed it with his spectacular 3 : 58 performance today : Year. Runner. Time. 1913 J.P.Jones U.S.A. 4:14.4 1915 N. S. Taber U. S. A. 4:12.6 1923 P.Nurmi Finland 4:10.4 1931 J. Ladomeque France 4:09.2 1933 J. Lovelock N. Zealand 4:07.6 1934 G. CunninghamU. S. A. 4 : 06.8 1937 S.Wooderson England 4:06.4 1942 G. Haegg Sweden 4:06.2 1942 A.Andersson Sweden 4:06.2 1942 G. Haegg Sweden 4:04.6 1943 A.Andersson Sweden 4:02.6 1944 A.Andersson Sweden 4:01.6 1945 G. Haegg Sweden 4:01.4 1954 R. Bannister England 3:59.4 1954 J. Landy Australia 3:58.0
