Jim Beatty
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For other people named James Beatty, see James Beatty (disambiguation).
James Tully Beatty (born October 28, 1934, in New York, New York) is a former American track and field athlete and North Carolina politician. He 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.[1]
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Full name | James Tully Beatty | ||||||||||||||
Born | October 28, 1934 (1934-10-28) (age 89) New York, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Home town | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Spouse | Paulette Beatty | ||||||||||||||
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