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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.
Roger Bannister, English neurologist who, in a dual meet at Oxford on May 6, 1954, became the first athlete to run a mile in less than four minutes. He is said to have achieved his speed through scientific training methods and thorough research into the mechanics of running.
Mar 4, 2018 · On the morning of May 6, 1954, a Thursday, Roger Bannister, 25, a medical student in London, worked his usual shift at St. Mary’s Hospital and took an early afternoon train to Oxford.
Mar 4, 2018 · Sir Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, has died at the age of 88. His time of three minutes 59.4 seconds, set at Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on 6 May...
On the morning of May 6, 1954, British athlete Sir Roger Bannister did the impossible and became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes.
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Mar 4, 2018 · Sir Roger Bannister, the first athlete to run a mile in less than four minutes, has died at the age of 88. The record-breaking British runner died in Oxford, his family said.
Mar 7, 2018 · After a dismal Olympic showing in 1952 -- Britain's Roger Bannister had set his mind on breaking the four-minute mile barrier. The late runner called the feat a 'small part of his life,' but it...
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.
Mar 4, 2018 · Sir Roger Bannister, the first athlete to sprint through the four-minute-mile barrier, has been hailed as a trailblazer who “made the impossible possible” and inspired generations of British...
