Peter Elliott Holds On to Win Dream Mile

Peter Elliott, after two previous second-place finishes, finally won the Dream Mile in the Bislett Games Grand Prix track and field meet Saturday night at Oslo.

The Briton, former indoor mile record-holder, held off Wilfred Kirochi of Kenya, Jim Spivey of the United States and Simon Doyle of Australia down the stretch. Only .45 seconds separated the top four.

Elliott, second here last year behind Joe Falcon of the United States, was clocked in 3 minutes 49.46 seconds, tops in the world this season. Steve Cram set the world mark of 3:46.32 in 1985 at Bislett.

Kirochi was clocked in 3:49.77, Spivey in 3:49.83 and Doyle in 3:49.91.

World seasonal bests were recorded by Johnny Gray in the men’s 800 (1:44.01); Werner Guntor of Switzerland in the men’s shotput (72-3 1/2), and Richard Chelimo of Kenya in the men’s 5,000 meters (13:12.22).