Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 1 mile

Roger Bannister had been the first to have broken the barrier earlier that year, but John Landy followed soon after with sub-4 minute (and world record time of 3:58.0) of his own.

Landy led until the final curve, at which point he turned left to gauge Bannister's position.

Bannister took the opportunity to overtake him on his blind side and he edged out a victory over Landy with a time of 3:58.8 minutes.

Landy also ran under four minutes, representing the first time two men had done so in the same race.

[2] A sculpture of the race-deciding moment was later placed outside the stadium in memory of the duel.