Jim Beatty
(1934-)
American distance runner
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James Tully Beatty (born October 28, 1934 in New York, New York) is a former American track and field athlete and North Carolina politician who is best remembered as the first person to break the four-minute mile barrier on an indoor track, when he ran 3:58.9 on February 10, 1962, at the Los Angeles Invitational in the Los Angeles Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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28 October 1934 (age 90) New York, New York
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