LONDON — 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 ...
To Roger Bannister, the final few seconds felt like they would never end, pain overwhelming his body as he lurched towards the finish line. But when he did break the tape, gratefully falling into the ...
Back on 6 May 1954, Roger Bannister ran a mile round the University of Oxford athletics track in three minutes 59.4 seconds. Seventy years to the day on from that seismic moment, hundreds of us ...
“It was as if Mount Everest had been relocated to Oxford – and we could watch it being climbed,” recalls the historian Peter Whitfield, who was only six in 1954 when, exactly a year after Edmund ...
Seventy years ago this month, Roger Bannister achieved history’s first sub-4 minute mile, clocking 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds. In breaking what was once thought to be an unbreakable barrier, the ...
On Friday , March 1, 2024, Roger peacefully passed away, reuniting in heaven with his parents Delbert and Lucile Bannister, his wife Frances (Frankie) Bannister, brother Warren Bannister, and the many ...
On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister pushed through the finishing tape at Iffley Road track in Oxford, England, and collapsed into ...
LONDON — It was a typical British afternoon in early May: wet, cool and blustery. Not exactly the ideal conditions for running four laps around a track faster than many thought humanly possible. A ...
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Roger Bannister 'would have loved' community mile
The son of Sir Roger Bannister says his father "would have loved" the community mile event taking place in his honour. Sir Roger Bannister ran a mile in three minutes and 59.4 seconds at the city's ...
More than 70 years ago, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes. And, as runners continued to obsess over the mark, several thousand more followed in his wake. But all ...
To mark the 60th anniversary of Roger Bannister’s breaking the 4:00 barrier in the mile, the Bupa Westminster Mile, which is being promoted as the world’s biggest timed road mile, will be staged on ...
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 track — ...
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