The Empire Games

The Empire games are like the Olympics for all of the countries in the British Empire. They were held in Vancouver in 1954 and the mile was looked forward to the most because it was the first time that the only two sub four minute milers ran against each other. The games started out well but with about two days before the mile race John Landy stepped on a flashbulb and cut the arch of his and had to have stitches. The doctor advised Landy not to run on it whether he had a race or not. Landy did any way and was doing really well for the whole race and through third lap he was beating Roger Banister by about 2 or 3 seconds but by the end of the race Banister caught him and beat him by about one second but they both ran under four minutes. Here is a link to a really good sight for info on Banister and Landy.