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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. He won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and was the first high school athlete to run a mile in under four minutes.
Jim Ryun, a three-time Olympian at 1500 meters, was a silver medalist at the 1968 Mexico City Games. Ryun, at age 17, was the first high school boy to break 4 minutes for the Mile (3:59.0) in 1964 at the Compton Relays (CA) and his 1965 high school Mile record of 3:55.3 lasted nearly 36 years before Alan Webb broke it at the Prefontaine Classic ...
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...
May 23, 2024 · Jim Ryun, then a 19-year-old freshman at Kansas University, hits the tape to establish a new world record in the 1-mile run with a time of 3 minutes, 51.3 seconds at the All-American track meet...
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.
Jan 4, 2021 · With 300m to go, Ryun produced the greatest burst of speed ever seen in a mile or 1500m. He was timed at 11.6 for the next 100m and though slowing he still ran the last 200m in 24.8. His last...
Jim Ryun achieved Olympic success in 1968 when he won a silver medal in the 1500 meters at the Mexico City Olympics. His remarkable performance solidified his place as one of the greatest middle-distance runners in American history.
Apr 28, 2006 · USA Jim Ryun breaks the world record in the mile with a time of 3:51.1 in Bakersfield on June 23, 1967.
Jul 13, 2016 · Jim Ryun achieved national acclaim as a track and field star while a high school student in Wichita, Kansas. In 1965, Jim set the male high school mile record of 3:55.3 — a record that stood...
