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3 unusual facts about Chris Brasher


Chris Brasher

Two years later, at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, Brasher finished first in the 3,000 metres steeplechase with a time of 8 minutes 41.2 seconds, but was disqualified for allegedly interfering with another runner, Ernst Larsen of Norway.

On 6 May 1954, he acted as pacemaker for Roger Bannister when the latter ran the first sub-four-minute mile at Iffley Road Stadium in Oxford.

Nicholas Luard

With Chris Brasher, Nigel Hawkins and Denis Mollison, he founded the John Muir Trust in 1983.


British Orienteering Federation

Orienteering was introduced to the UK in the 1950s and was heavily supported by renowned Olympians including John Disley and Chris Brasher.


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