1958 Press Photo Ron Delany speeds across Finish Line and Officials track Time
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Description
All alone at the finish, Villanova's great miler, Ron Delany, speeds across the line while official timers strain to stop their watches at the precise moment. They agreed on 4:03.4 which beat the old record, held by Denmark's Gunnar Nielsen, by two full seconds. The event was the bankers mile at the International Amphitheater in Chicago Friday night.
