Track And Field - Decathlon - Javelin

May 07, 1954 - Roger Bannister Does It! Runs Mile In Under Four Minutes: Britain's Roger Bannister has done it. Last night he ran the fabulous four-minute mile, a feat which the world's athletes have been trying to achieve for years. His time was three minuted 59.4 seconds. As he passed the post at Oxford's Iffley road track he was swept up in a mass of cheering, shouting spectators. Photo shows After the world's fastest mile - Roger Bannister brings his pace-makers, Christopher Brasher (left) and Christopher Chataway, into the picture. His collapse after the finish lasted as long as his mile time

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