Gold Medalist Nick Gargano at 1954 British Empire Games

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1954 British Empire Games in Vancouver, 'Gold' Winner's Medal '1954 V.British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Vancouver, Canada', gilt silver, 54 mm diameter, engraved on reverse 'Boxing Welter-Weight'. Nicholas 'Nick' Gargano (1934, 2016) was an English boxer, who won the bronze medal in the welterweight division (? 67 kg) at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. This is the medal he won two years earlier when he captured the gold medal in the same weight category at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Rodney Litzow of Australia won the silver medal. It was at these Games that the 'Miracle Mile' took place between Roger Bannister (of England) and John Landy (of Australia). This was the first time these two (and at that time the only two) sub-four-minute mile runners appeared in the same race, and also the first time two runners broke four minutes in the same race. On the same afternoon, Jim Peters, the holder of the world best time for the marathon, entered the stadium 17 minutes ahead of his nearest rival, but collapsed on his final lap, and never completed the race. The games were attended by 24 nations and 662 competitors. Australians won 23 gold, 24 silver and 20 bronze medals.

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