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World records, Olympic finals and marathon breakthroughs: athletics moments are tied to stadiums and road courses around the world. Geosportle’s athletics clues describe the race or the jump; you pin the place and slide to the year.
These are the athletics questions from past daily puzzles, with answers you can reveal one by one.
Olympic Games move every four years, so naming the Games’ host city usually gives you both the stadium and the year.
Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile on a university track.
Iffley Road, Oxford, UK · 1954
On 6 May 1954, medical student Roger Bannister ran 3:59.4 on the cinder track at Iffley Road, paced by Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway, to become the first person under four minutes.
From Geosportle #1 (4 October 2026) · Source: Wikipedia