1954 Commonwealth Games

 The5th edition was hosted by Vancouver from July 30 to August 7. These games were named the British empire and Commonwealth games. 24 nations and 662 athletes competed in 91 events. Earl Alexander of Tunis opened the games. The "Miracle Mile" race happened at these games. Roger Bannister (3:58.8) and John Landy (3:59.6) ran under the 4 minute mile, the first two to run under 4 minutes. Rich Ferguson of Canada was third (4:04.6). Empire Stadium was main venue and was built for these games. B.C.  Lions began in the CFL the same year znd moved in after the games. They hosted 7 Grey Cups. Jim Peters entered the stadium leading the marathon with a 17 minute lead and was 10 minutes clear of the record when he collapsed.  The next 11 minutes he covered 200m while collapsing several times.  He was eventually stretchered off. He thought for sure he would have died. He stopped racing after. England was first in gold and overall (23g, 24s, 20b 67t). Australia was 2nd in both (20g, 11s, 17b, 48t) Canada was 4th in golds and 3rd overall (9g, 20s, 14b, 43t). South Africa was 3rd in golds and 4th overall (16g, 6s, 13b 35t). New Zealand rounded out the top 5 (7g 7s, 5b 19t). Tomorrow,  1958 in Cardiff Wales.  Here is the logo for this one.