John Landy stops to help fallen Ron Clarke. Melbourne,Australia,1956

In a famous event at the Australian National Championships of 1956,John Landy,the mile world record holder at the time,stops mid race to see if a fallen Ron Clarke (future multi world record breaker) is okay.On finding out he's fine,Landy takes off and wins the race! If the sayng that "actions speak louder than words" to determine a persons character is true,then Landy is both a true sportsman and one helluva good guy! Respect.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• John Landy
• Ron Clarke
• 1956
• Melbourne
• Australia
• Mile
• 1500 metres
• athletics

[leshark]

Gee willipers, That guy is swell!

[ImreAMX]

Landy lived up to his reputation as a gentleman. Can't have too many like him in the world today!

[chrisdoukaki911]

not only did he have good sportsmanship, but we was a great runner!!!! even more amazing when he went on to win the race WOW :O

[lease2coach1]

Thanks for posting! I'd seen the famous photo, but never the race!

[BigRamifications]

Love the big Union Jack at 1:26. Would have loved to "visit" Australia in the 1950s - 1960s...

[cicirunner]

It was nice of Landy to do that, but I still think he should have kept running.

[waynereardon]

Probably the greatest sportsman ever, this man.

[arkle73]

Just discovered this clip. He could have slung Ron on his back and still won . Outstanding sportsmanship.

[pixelbind]

Oh man this is epic.

[MrRiggyRiggs]

I hate how times changed.