Track And Field - Decathlon - Javelin
May 05, 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 minutes 59.4 secs. As he passed the post at Oxford's Iffley-road track he was swept up in a mass of cheering, shouting spectators. Photo shows a victory toast to the fastest man on earth. Roger Bannister and his pace-makers, Christopher Brasher (left) and Christopher Chataway, and a great day with celebrations in a West End club last night
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