Track And Field - Decathlon - Javelin
May 05, 1954 - Roger Bannistar Does It. Rune Mile In Under Four Minutes; Britain's Roger Bannister has done it. Last night he ran the fabulous four-, minute, o;e. a feat which the world's athletes have been trying to achieve for years. His time was three minutes 59.4 seconds. As he passed the post at Oxford's Ifflay-road track he was swept up in a mass of cheering, shouting spectators. Photo Shows The world record mile lap by lap at Oxford last night. In picture No. 1 Chris Brasher's agonized expression as he makes the pace at the end of the first lap shows his anxiety to keep to schedule. Bannister is just behind him and the time is 57.5 secs
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