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The first four-minute mile is usually attributed to the English athlete Roger Bannister, who ran it in 1954 at age 25, in 3:59.4. The mile record has since been lowered by 16.27 seconds. As of June 2022, the "four-minute barrier" has been broken by 1,755 athletes.
Feb 9, 2010 · In Oxford, England, 25-year-old medical student Roger Bannister cracks track and field’s most notorious barrier: the four-minute mile. Bannister, who was running for the Amateur Athletic...
Mar 9, 2018 · The sad news of the passing of Roger Bannister, the first human being to run a four-minute mile, is an opportunity to think about his legacy — not just as one of the great athletes of the...
Roger Bannister makes athletic history, as he becomes the first person ever to run a mile in under four minutes. His record-breaking run took place at the Ox...
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.
Mar 4, 2018 · LONDON (AP) — Roger Bannister, who as a lanky medical student at Oxford in 1954 electrified the sports world and lifted postwar England’s spirits when he became the first athlete to run a mile in under 4 minutes, has died at 88.
May 6, 2014 · Since Bannister’s historic run 60 years ago, only 1,300 men have broken the 4-minute barrier. The current world record for the mile, held by Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj since 1999, is 3:43.
Mar 9, 2018 · To appreciate the monumental significance of running a 4-minute mile, consider that fewer people have managed to do it since Roger Bannister broke the barrier in 1954, than have reached the summit of Mount Everest. And none of them have done it in the manner of Bannister, who died last week at 88.
May 6, 2014 · On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister became an instant legend as the first man to run the one mile faster than four minutes.
Mar 5, 2018 · In 1954, at the age of 25, Roger Bannister made headlines around the world as the first person to run a mile under 4 minutes. Bannister's 3:59:4 mile unlocked the door to what was possible in...
