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Jul 22, 2020 · Billy Mills wins the 10,000m at the 1964 Olympic Games (© AFP / Getty Images) Mills’ winning time of 28:24.4 was an Olympic record, nearly 50 seconds faster than his previous best. Gammoudi took silver in 28:24.8 and Clarke bronze in 28:25.8
Billy Mills breaks the tape in the 10,000 m in the 1964 Olympics. Mills qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics on the U.S. Track and Field Team in the 10,000 metres and the marathon . The favorite in 1964 for the 10,000 m was Ron Clarke of Australia , who held the world record.
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Billy Mills remains the USA’s one and only gold medallist in the men’s 10,000m, a feat he achieved at Tokyo 1964. The story of Billy Mills, the only American to this day to have won 10,000m Olympic gold, is so remarkable that it is the subject of a 1983 film entitled Running Brave. A member of the Ogala Sioux tribe, Mills endured a harsh ...
There and at the University of Kansas, he excelled in track events but then abandoned them for two years. While serving in the U.S. Marine Corps , he returned to racing in 1964, qualifying for that year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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Jul 21, 2021 · In one of sporting history’s greatest upsets, Marine Billy Mills ran an Olympic record 28:24.4 10,000 meters to take gold in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 1964. Fifty-seven years later, Mills, 83, has...
May 22, 2020 · Dan Simmons. Billy Mills was a major underdog in the 10,000 meter race at the 1964 Tokyo Games. (AP) This article is more than 3 years old. The sun hangs low in the late afternoon sky. It’s Oct....
