Track Singlet, worn by Roger Bannister
date: label: date made
content: ca 1954
name: label: user
content: Bannister, Roger
label: maker
content: Tangeru-Umbro
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Track singlet worn by Englishman Roger Bannister (b. 1931) at the 1954 Commonwealth Games, Vancouver, Canada. Bannister won the Gold Medal for the one-mile event, beating Australian John Landy. At the time, the two competitors were the only runners to have completed a mile race in under four minutes.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Earlier that summer, Bannister first broke the four minute mile mark with a time of 3:59.4.The accomplishment made international headlines, exposing the effectiveness of Bannister's training techniques. Six weeks later, Landry also completed a mile in under four minutes, breaking Bannister's time by over a second (3:57.9.)
label: Description (Brief)
content: Bannister barely beat Landry in the highly anticipated Commonwealth Games race, Bannister finishing at 3:58.8, Landy at 3:59.6.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Track and Field
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Sir Roger Bannister
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0614.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0614
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0614.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jersey
label: Object Name
content: jersey, track
label: Object Name
content: track jersey
label: Object Name
content: track singlet
label: Object Name
content: singlet, track
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 in x 17 in; 73.66 cm x 43.18 cm