In June 1935 Lovelock returned to Princeton – the scene of his 1933 world record – to compete against the top American milers in what the media later dubbed the ‘Mile of the Century’
One of our greatest athletes,
Berlin Olympic gold medallist Jack
Lovelock led a remarkably full life before his tragic death in 1949, just a few days shy of
his 40th birthday.
Jack Lovelock's run at Princeton University beat the existing record for the mile, set by Jules Ladoumegue, by almost two seconds. It was dubbed the 'greatest mile of all time' by Time Magazine
Jack Lovelock won New Zealand's first Olympic athletics gold medal before Adolf Hitler and a crowd of 110,000 at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He led the 1500-m field home in a world record time of 3:47.8.
