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In which year did Nurmi became the first runner to hold simultaneous world records in the mile, the 5000 m and the 10,000 m races?

  • 1921

  • 1922

  • 1923

  • 1924

Answer

In 1923, Paavo Nurmi became the first runner to hold simultaneous world records in the mile, the 5000 m and the 10,000 m races. He had previously set the world record in the mile in 1921 and the world record in the 5000 m in 1922. In 1923, he broke his own world record in the mile and also set a new world record in the 10,000 m.
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