Roland Posted March 4, 2018 Report Posted March 4, 2018 Sir Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, has died at the age of 88.His time of three minutes 59.4 seconds, set at Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on 6 May 1954, stood as a record for just 46 days but his place in athletics history was assured.Bannister also won gold over the same distance at the 1954 Commonwealth Games and later became a leading neurologist.He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2011. Please don't forget HE wasn't the first man to run a 4 minute mile. That honour went to John Landy who clocked 4 minutes dead the season before. (Just in case it comes up in a pub quiz or such lol) This follows another great death of Derek Ibbotson who broke the mile record with a 3 minute 57 seconds not long after John Landy had taken back the world record from Bannister. Food for thought. The next 17 records for the Mile record 8 went to British runners. ... Believe I am correct off the top of my head, but will look it up some time. 3:59.4 Roger Bannister United Kingdom6 May 1954[5]Oxford3:58.0 John Landy Australia21 June 1954[5]Turku3:57.2 Derek Ibbotson United Kingdom19 July 1957[5]London3:54.5 Herb Elliott Australia6 August 1958[5]Dublin3:54.4 Peter Snell New Zealand27 January 1962[5]Wanganui3:54.13:54.04Peter Snell New Zealand17 November 1964[5]Auckland3:53.6 Michel Jazy France9 June 1965[5]Rennes3:51.3 Jim Ryun United States17 July 1966[5]Berkeley, Cal.3:51.1 Jim Ryun United States23 June 1967[5]Bakersfield, Cal.3:51.0 Filbert Bayi Tanzania17 May 1975[5]Kingston3:49.4 John Walker New Zealand12 August 1975[5]Gothenburg3:49.03:48.95Sebastian Coe United Kingdom17 July 1979[5]Oslo3:48.8 Steve Ovett United Kingdom1 July 1980[5]Oslo3:48.53 Sebastian Coe United Kingdom19 August 1981[5]Zürich3:48.40 Steve Ovett United Kingdom26 August 1981[5]Koblenz3:47.33 Sebastian Coe United Kingdom28 August 1981[5]Brussels3:46.32 Steve Cram United Kingdom27 July 1985[5]Oslo
Roland Posted March 4, 2018 Author Report Posted March 4, 2018 TimeAthleteNationalityDateVenue4:28Charles Westhall United Kingdom26 July 1855London4:28Thomas Horspool United Kingdom28 September 1857Manchester4:23Thomas Horspool United Kingdom12 July 1858Manchester4:22¼Siah Albison United Kingdom27 October 1860Manchester4:21¾William Lang United Kingdom11 July 1863Manchester4:20½Edward Mills United Kingdom23 April 1864Manchester4:20Edward Mills United Kingdom25 June 1864Manchester4:17¼William Lang United Kingdom19 August 1865Manchester4:17¼William Richards United Kingdom19 August 1865Manchester4:16 1/5William Cummings United Kingdom14 May 1881Preston4:12¾Walter George United Kingdom23 August 1886LondonAmateurs[edit]TimeAthleteNationalityDateVenue4:55J. Heaviside United Kingdom1 April 1861Dublin4:49J. Heaviside United Kingdom27 May 1861Dublin4:46Matthew Greene United Kingdom27 May 1861Dublin4:33George Farran United Kingdom23 May 1862Dublin4:29 3/5Walter Chinnery United Kingdom10 March 1868Cambridge4:28 4/5Walter Gibbs United Kingdom3 April 1868London4:28 3/5Charles Gunton United Kingdom31 March 1873London4:26 0/5Walter Slade United Kingdom30 May 1874London4:24½Walter Slade United Kingdom1 June 1875London4:23 1/5Walter George United Kingdom16 August 1880London4:19 2/5Walter George United Kingdom3 June 1882London4:18 2/5Walter George United Kingdom21 June 1884Birmingham4:17 4/5Thomas Conneff United Kingdom26 August 1893Cambridge, Mass.4:17 0/5Fred Bacon United Kingdom6 July 1895London4:15 3/5Thomas Conneff United Kingdom28 August 1895New York City4:15 2/5John Paul Jones United States27 May 1911Cambridge, Mass. As there was no recognized official sanctioning body until 1912, there are several versions of the mile progression before that year. One version starts with Richard Webster (GBR) who ran 4:36.5 in 1865, surpassed by Chinnery in 1868.[3]Another variation of the amateur record progression pre-1862 is as follows:[4]TimeAthleteNationalityDateVenue4:52Cadet Marshall United Kingdom2 September 1852Addiscome4:45Thomas Finch United Kingdom3 November 1858Oxford4:45St. Vincent Hammick United Kingdom15 November 1858Oxford4:40Gerald Surman United Kingdom24 November 1859Oxford4:33George Farran United Kingdom23 May 1862Dublin
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