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Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, CBE (born 23 March 1929) is an English former athlete best known as the first man to run the mile in less than 4 minutes. Bannister became a distinguished neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, before retiring in 2001. He was born in Harrow, England.... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
Date of Birth:
1929
Place of Birth: London Borough of Harrow
Nationality:
United Kingdom

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submarine, Mile, distance, year, four-minute-mile and announce.

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Gunder Hägg However, Hägg had the last word when he ran 4:01.4 in Malmö in 1945 (Hägg's record was not broken until Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4 Mile in Oxford in 1954).

Arne Andersson However, Hägg had the last word when he ran (4:01.4) in Malmö in 1945 (Hägg's record was not broken until Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4 Mile in Oxford in 1954).

Results for "Roger Bannister ran Mile"

Iffley Road Blue plaque recording the first ever sub-four minute mile run by Roger Bannister in a race on 6 May 1954 at Oxford University's Iffley Road Track.

Four-minute mile Blue plaque recording the first ever sub-four-minute mile run by Roger Bannister on 6 May 1954 at Oxford University's Iffley Road Track.

Results for "Roger Bannister ran distance"

Empire Stadium (Vancouver) The most famous event of the games was the One Mile Race in which both John Landy and Roger Bannister ran the distance in under four minutes.

Results for "Roger Bannister ran year"

Long-distance track event Christopher Chataway, set a 5000 m world record of 13 minutes 51.6 seconds in 1954, and was a pacesetter when Roger Bannister ran the first ever sub-4 minute mile that same year

Results for "Roger Bannister ran four-minute-mile"

HMT Dunera Among the transportees on the Dunera were Franz Stampfl, later the athletics coach to the four-minute-mile runner Roger Bannister, Wolf Klaphake, the inventor of synthetic camphor and the photographers Henry Talbot and Hans Axel.

Results for "Roger Bannister ran announce"

Roger Bannister He famously "teased" the crowd by drawing out the announcement of the time Bannister ran as long as possible:

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record, time, finish and best.

Results for "Roger Bannister set record"

Roger Bannister Like Wooderson, Bannister would ultimately set a mile record, see it broken, then set a new personal best inferior to the new record.

Roger Bannister Bannister finished fourth, out of the medals, but set a British record of 3:46.30 (3:46.0) in the process.

Results for "Roger Bannister set time"

Bill Nankeville Nankeville, Don Seaman, Roger Bannister and Chris Chataway set a world record time of 16 minutes 41 seconds for the 4x1 mile on the 1st of August 1953, as well as the world record 15:27.2 for the 4x1500 meters on the 23rd September 1953 running with Ralph Dunkley, David Law and Gordon Pirie.

Results for "Roger Bannister set finish"

Roger Bannister Otenhajmer won in 3:47.0, Bannister set a personal best finishing second in 3:48.4.

Results for "Roger Bannister set best"

Roger Bannister Like Wooderson, Bannister would ultimately set a mile record, see it broken, then set a new personal best inferior to the new record.

broke :
barrier and mark.

Results for "Roger Bannister broke barrier"

Wes Santee On May 6, 1954, Bannister became the first to break the barrier with a historic time of 3:59.4.

Four-minute mile Another illustration of the progression of performance in the men's mile is that in 1994, forty years after Bannister's breaking of the barrier, the Irish runner Eamonn Coghlan became the first man over age 40 to run a sub-four-minute mile.

Results for "Roger Bannister broke mark"

Michael Sabino When Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile mark he said that the hardest thing to overcome is pain.

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    Roger Bannister

    Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, CBE (born 23 March 1929) is an English former athlete best known as the first man to run the mile in less than 4 minutes. Bannister became a distinguished neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, before retiring in 2001.
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    Bannister

    Roger Bannister — British athlete and first man to run a four minute mile
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    Roger

    Roger Bannister, first man to run the four minute mile
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    Bill Nankeville

    Nankeville recorded the events leading to Roger Bannister's historic sub-four-minute mile in his book 'The Miracle of the Mile' pub.
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    Iffley Road

    Famous Roger Bannister sub-four minute mile track
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    John Landy

    Landy ran his second sub-4 minute mile in the race, but lost to Roger Bannister, who had his best-ever time.
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    University College School

    The annual Speech Day event, at which boys are awarded various prizes, has been hosted by many famous speakers, including Rory Bremner, Gary Lineker, Henry Olonga, Sir Tim Rice, Sir Roger Bannister OG, Stephen Fry and Lord Coe (2007).
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    The Stepford Wives (2004 film)

    Roger Bart as Roger Bannister
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    List of English people

    Sir Roger Bannister (born 1929), first sub-four-minute miler
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    Sir Roger Bannister (born 1929), first sub-four-minute miler

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