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James Ronald Ryun (born April 29, 1947) is an American former Republican politician and Olympic track and field athlete, who at his peak was widely considered the world's top middle-distance runner.
Jim Ryun of Kansas was about as big a favorite as could be to win his first NCAA outdoor title at the 1967 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Provo, Utah. He had set world records in both the Mile and 880 yards in an undefeated 1966 outdoor season.
Jun 4, 2014 · On June 5, 1964, a lanky 17-year-old high school junior crouched nervously at the start of the Compton Invitational mile in Los Angeles. Alongside were America's fastest milers in a vintage era ...
Jul 15, 2016 · Fifty years ago, July 17, 1966, Jim Ryun of Kansas University broke the world record for one mile. His 3:51.3 at UC Berkeley was more than two seconds faster than Michel Jazy’s one-year-old...
Jul 21, 2020 · Jim Ryun, the first U.S. high schooler to break four minutes in the mile and an Olympic silver medalist, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the Oval Office, the nation’s highest civilian honor, on Friday.
Jul 31, 2020 · History was made last Friday at the White House, as former mile world record holder and five-term Kansas Congressman Jim Ryun became the first distance runner awarded the US Presidential Medal of...
Jul 13, 2016 · Jim Ryun achieved national acclaim as a track and field star while a high school student in Wichita, Kansas.
Although undoubtedly the finest middle distance runner of his time, Jim Ryun failed three times to add his name to the roll of Olympic champions. When the 17-year-old Ryun made his Olympic début in 1964 he had already run the first sub-four minute mile by a schoolboy, but in Tokyo he disappointed by finishing last in his 1,500 m semi-final.
1 x Olympic Games Silver medallist. 3 x World Records in career. Loading... Jim RYUN, United States.
Jul 24, 2020 · Three-time Olympian and former world record-holder in the mile Jim Ryun will become only the second track and field athlete ever to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a White House ceremony, today.
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