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Roger Bannister

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Roger Bannister, First to Break the 4-Minute Mile Barrier, Dies at 88

Roger Bannister, who broke the 4-minute mile barrier, died at 88 years old.

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Roger Bannister

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The Miracle Mile 1954

The Miracle Mile 1954 A MOMENT IN TIME Shop Online THE MOMENT ORDER NOW On August 7, 1954 during the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, B.C., England’s Roger Bannister and Australian John Landy met for the first time in the one mile run at the newly

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What We Can Learn from Roger Bannister

The world’s first four-minute miler has died, but his approach to the sport should live on.

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Impossible Case Study: Sir Roger Bannister and The Four-Minute Mile | IMPOSSIBLE ®

Sir Roger Bannister was the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. Up until he did it in 1954, most people thought the four-minute mark was impossible…

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Roger Bannister - SI's First Sportsman of the Year

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Sixty years ago, on May 6 1954, at Iffley Road track in Oxford, Roger Bannister (aged 25) became the first man in recorded history to run a mile in under four minutes, (3mins 59.4secs).

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Prince Valiant 1954

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Sir Roger Bannister | Academy of Achievement

"I knew I was very close. I did collapse at the end. If you don't keep on running, keep your blood circulating... the muscles stop pumping the blood back, and you get dizzy. I did lose my sight for a bit because I was crowded in. Everybody rushed on to the track." In 1954, a young medical student made headlines around the world with one of the landmark events of 20th century sports history. At the time, it was thought to be impossible for a human being to run a mile in under four minutes…

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Roger Bannister’s Solitary Pursuit of the Four-Minute Mile

Ian Crouch on the way the four-minute-mile mark was broken by the British runner and neurologist Roger Bannister, who died on Saturday, at the age of eighty-eight.

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Roger Bannister, who broke the 4-minute mile, dies at 88

Bannister died Saturday in Oxford.

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Sir Roger Bannister

On the morning of May 6 1954 a junior doctor named Roger Bannister ate porridge for breakfast, went to work at St Mary’s hospital in Paddington, then caught a midday train to Oxford for an athletics meet between Oxford University and the Amateur Athletics Association. It was a meet with a difference

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10 Most Iconic Sports Pictures Of All Time - Pledge Sports

At PledgeSports, we love the nostalgia of reliving some of the best sporting moments. Here's a list of the 10 most iconic sports pictures ever captured.

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THE LIST: 50 great sporting photographs, Nos 10-1

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Impossible Case Study: Sir Roger Bannister and The Four-Minute Mile | IMPOSSIBLE ®

Sir Roger Bannister was the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. Up until he did it in 1954, most people thought the four-minute mark was impossible…

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Athlete-turned-neurologist Roger Bannister has Parkinson’s

Bannister has revealed he is suffering from Parkinson's disease but has reflected on his astounding achievement 60 years ago and compared it to his 1954 Commonwealth Games success

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