Hahn Beats Peltzer
Lloyd Hahn ran a half-mile indoors in lmin 51 2-ssec on March 4, establishing a world’s record for the distance. The previous record was held by Dr. Peltzer (outdoor, lmin ol 3-ssec) and Lloyd Hahn (indoor, lmin 53 4-ssec). or *ipeting two days previously, Hahn finished half a lap ahead of Peltze.r in a one mile race, and was clocked at 4min 13sec. There were 20,000 spectators present.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 311, 23 March 1928, Page 10
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71Hahn Beats Peltzer Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 311, 23 March 1928, Page 10
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