 Eric Liddells 400 meter victory in the 1924 Olympics was an Olympic  record of 47.6 and excited the crowd with an unorthodox run. He ran  the first 200 meters in 22.2 seconds, considered by track experts to  be tactically foolish, considering it was only 0.3 seconds slower  than his 200 personal record but he actually increased his lead in  the second half beating the competition by nearly a second.