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- Athletes like John Buckner (GB) make quantum leaps, slashing their time from 4 minutes and 2 seconds to an astonishing 3 minutes and 53 seconds. Meanwhile, Roger Bannister, the first sub-four-minute man, achieved this feat by a mere six-tenths of a second.
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May 6, 2020 · Almost 2000 athletes will by now have paid their own tribute to the great man by lacing up their trainers to take part in the BMC’s Bannister Virtual Mile Time Trials which conclude today.
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister CH CBE FRCP (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub- 4-minute mile. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres and finished in fourth place.
May 6, 2024 · Bannister’s figures only survived as a world record for 46 days, yet his barrier-breaking feat has endured for seven decades now as the most momentous achievement in the long, distinguished history of track and field. The 70th anniversary of Sir Roger Bannister’s sub-four-minute mile has been celebrated in Oxford across the bank holiday ...
Nov 30, 2021 · The surprisingly simple training of the world’s first sub-4 minute miler. How Roger Bannister prepared for his historic run. Brittany Hambleton November 30, 2021. Before Sir Roger Bannister’s...
Mar 4, 2018 · On 6 May 1954 Sir Roger managed to break a record that doctors and scientists thought was impossible, to run a mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds in front of a 3,000-strong crowd at Iffley Road track, owned by Oxford University where he was a student at the time.
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Blue plaque recording the first sub-four-minute mile, run by Roger Bannister on 6 May 1954 at Oxford University's Iffley Road Track. A four-minute mile is the completion of a mile run (1.6 km) in four minutes or less. It translates to a speed of 15 miles per hour (24 km/h). [1]
Jun 9, 2017 · May 6, 1954: Paced by his friends Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway, 25-year-old medical student Roger Bannister runs 3:59.4 on the Iffley Road Track in Oxford, England, becoming the first human...
