Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA, April 26–27, 1929
Toward the end of his second American tour, Paavo Nurmi competed in the famous Penn Relays in Philadelphia. The Flying Finn won the two-mile race with 9:15.2 and the three-mile race with a world-leading time of 15:00.5, though both were far from his best performances.
In 1976, Lasse Virén also competed at Franklin Field, right after the Montreal Olympics.
Penn hosted a strong invitational mile, where the world’s second-ranked runner of 1929, Leo Lermond, defeated Orval Martin. However, the winning time was a slower 4:14.6.
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Nurmi leads the 2-mile race at Franklin Field.