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

The men's 1 mile event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 July at the Empire Stadium in Vancouver, Canada.[1]

Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men	women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women

The final race – dubbed The Miracle Mile – represented a landmark in the history of the Four-minute 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 his own. The games offered the first time that two sub-4 minute runners had duelled against each other. Landy led until the final curve, at which point he turned 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.