- Bill Nankeville
Bill Nankeville (born
March 24 ,1925 ) was a British national champion mile runner and won the AAA mile title four times in five years between 1948 and 1952, his best recorded time was 4:08.8 set in 1949.Roger Bannister interrupted his run of success in 1951.Nankeville,
Don Seaman ,Roger Bannister andChris Chataway set a world record time of 16 minutes 41 seconds for the 4x1 mile on the 1st of August 1953, as well as the world record 15:27.2 for the 4x1500 meters on the 23rd September 1953 running withRalph Dunkley ,David Law andGordon Pirie .Nankeville represented
Great Britain in the 1952 and 1948Olympic Games , finishing sixth with a time of 3:52.6 in the 1948 1500 meters final.Nankeville recorded the events leading to
Roger Bannister 's historic sub-four-minute mile in his book 'The Miracle of the Mile' pub. 1956. S.Paul.He is the father of TV impressionist
Bobby Davro .External links
* [http://www.gbrathletics.com/bwr.htm British World Record Breakers]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/bill-nankeville-1.html Bill Nankeville's profile at Sports Reference.com]
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