Roger Banister 4 Minute Mile Year
A dramatisation of the race to the four minute mile featuring richard huw as bannister and nique needles as landy.
Roger banister 4 minute mile year. Sir roger gilbert bannister ch cbe frcp 23 march 1929 3 march 2018 was a british middle distance athlete and neurologist who ran the first sub 4 minute mile. Sir roger bannister the first man to run a mile in under four minutes has died aged 88. Bannister breaks four minute mile roger bannister a 25 year old british medical student has become the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes. Sixty six years ago today a 25 year old medical student by the name of roger bannister became the first man to officially break through the fabled four minute mile barrier.
Bannister held the mile record for just 46 days. The four minute barrier has since been broken by over 1 400 male athletes and is now the standard of all male professional middle distance runners in cultures that use imperial units. A four minute mile is the completion of a mile run 1 760 yards or 1 609 344 meters in four minutes or less it was first achieved in 1954 by roger bannister at age 25 in 3 59 4. They thought the human body couldn t physically go that fast that it would collapse under the pressure.
Sir roger bannister was the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. It was written by david williamson and directed by jim goddard. Barely a year after bannister s accomplishment someone else ran a mile in under 4 minutes. Then some more runners did.
His time was 3mins 59 4 seconds achieved at the iffley road track in oxford and watched by about 3 000 spectators. Up until he did it in 1954 most people thought the four minute mark was impossible to break. As part of his training he relentlessly visualized the achievement in order to create a sense of certainty in his mind and body. In oxford england 25 year old medical student roger bannister cracks track and field s most notorious barrier.
At the 1952 olympics in helsinki bannister set a british record in the 1500 metres and finished in fourth place. Most people know the basic story of roger bannister who on may 6 1954 busted through the four minute barrier with a time of three minutes fifty nine and four tenths of a second. Directed by jim goddard. No one could run a mile in less than four minutes.
Bannister who was running for the amateur athletic. This achievement strengthened his resolve to become the first athlete to finish the mile run in under four minutes.