In every way it was a wonderful foot race. In at least one way it told more about the 1960 Olympics than any other single event. For nearly three laps, the winnera hawk-nosed, crane-legged fellow with a familiar, loping stridestayed back with the pack in the i.soo-meter race. Then, with disheartening ease, he moved past the leaders and began to draw away. Rounding the last turn, he saw his coach waving a white shirt as a signal that he had a chance to break his own world record of 3:36. Thereupon Australia's Herb Elliott, 22. sprinted down the middle of the...
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