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John Landy (born 12 April 1930) is a former track athlete and was the 26th Governor of Victoria. Landy became the second man after Roger Bannister to achieve a sub-4 minute mile, recording a world record time of 3:58.0 minutes in Finland. He subsequently achieved the same in what was dubbed the The Miracle Mile at the 1954 British Empire Games.

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