Herbert James Elliott AC MBE (born 25 February 1938) is a former Australian athlete and arguably the world's greatest middle distance runner of his era.

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Herb Elliott (born February 25, 1938, Perth, Western Australia, Australia) is an Australian middle-distance runner who was world-record holder in the 1,500-metre (metric-mile) race (1958–67) and the mile race (1958–62). As a senior runner, he never lost a mile or a 1,500-metre race.

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The bare facts of Herb Elliott’s career say it all: unbeaten over One Mile and 1,500; Olympic 1,500 champion in WR time; and Empire Games double champion. He was one of the greatest runners of the twentieth century.

Herb won the national 880 yards/1 mile double in 1957 and repeated the double in 1958 and 1960. He was selected for the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff where he won the double in the process breaking the 4-minute mile.

Herb Elliott of Australia had a relatively short, but incredibly historic racing career (1957-61) and many in the sport consider him the greatest Mile athlete ever as the legend was only beaten once at 1500 meters (as a Junior athlete) and went undefeated in the Mile (36 victories with 17 sub-4 minute performances).

Elliott went to the 1960 Olympics as the overwhelming favorite for 1,500 gold and won the Olympic title in a world record time of 3:35.6. After the Roma Olympics, Elliott enrolled at Cambridge University and ended his sporting career in 1962.