Archie San Romani

[10] At the national championships in Princeton he finished second to Cunningham[11] but beat Venzke and world record holder Bill Bonthron for the first time.

[4] At the Olympic Trials the next week San Romani took the lead on the third lap and held it until Cunningham made his move with 300 meters to go.

[1][16] In the final he finished fourth in 3:50.0, missing out to New Zealand's Jack Lovelock (who set a new world record), Cunningham and Italy's defending champion Luigi Beccali.

[7][18][19] San Romani never won a national outdoor title,[1][11] but he did become American indoor champion in 1937, beating an international field including Beccali and Venzke.

In Stockholm on 5 August he ran the mile in 4:08.4 - less than two seconds outside Cunningham's world record - despite halting after 1500 meters under the impression that had been the end of the race.

[23] While he managed to return as a leading contender and only narrowly lost to Cunningham in the 1938 Princeton mile,[28][29] he never improved his personal bests again.

[30] After retiring from Track & Field he lived in Portland, Maine for several years, working first as a musical instructor and then at the local shipyard.