9/14/2023 0 Comments 4 minute roger bannister![]() ![]() It was an extraordinary end to an ordinary day.īut Bannister’s record only lasted 46 days, as Australian John Landy on 21 June in Turku, Finland recorded a time of 3 min. He’d done what so many believed was impossible. Bannister’s time was 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. The roar of the crowd drowned out the rest of the announcement. Bannister, Amateur Athletic Association and formerly of Exeter and Merton Colleges, Oxford, with a time which is a new meeting and track record, and which – subject to ratification – will be a new English Native, British National, All-Comers, European, British Empire and World Record. Ladies and gentlemen, here is the result of event nine, the one mile: first, number forty one, R. He flew past Chataway onto the final straight, his tall, powerful style driving him on. Chataway continued to lead around the front turn until Bannister began his finishing kick with just over a half-lap to go. but Bannister knew he had to bide his time.īannister began his last lap – he needed a time of 59 seconds. Bannister stayed close and then as the race reached lap three, Chataway came through to maintain the pace. Brasher led for the first two laps, recording a time of 1 min. The race went off as scheduled at 6pm with Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher providing the pacing. As the run began, the conditions did worsen, with a crosswind growing, but by then Bannister was in his stride. The conditions were far from perfect, but Bannister knew at least one obstacle had been eased. Just before the start, he looked across at a church in the distance and noticed the flag of St George was moving but starting to slow. With winds up to 25mph, Bannister said that he favoured not running, and would try again at another meet. He took a mid-morning train from Paddington to Oxford, nervous about the rainy, windy conditions that afternoon. Aged 25, Bannister had begun his day at a hospital in London as a junior doctor. Bannister had been following Landy’s attempts and was certain his Australian rival would succeed. on 5 June, the fourth-fastest mile ever, then Australian John Landy ran 4 min. This race made me realise that the four-minute mile was not out of reach said Bannister.īut other runners were making attempts at the four-minute barrier and coming close. 3.6 sec, shattering Wooderson’s 1945 standard. Paced by Chris Chataway, Bannister ran 4 min. On, he made an attempt on the British record at Oxford. at the AAA Championships.īannister then set himself a new goal: to be the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. Then he won a mile race on 14 July in 4 min. In 1951 he set a personal best of 4 min/ 8.3 sec. Over the next few years, improving but chastened by this lack of success, Bannister started to train more seriously. He was selected as an Olympic possible in 1948 but declined as he felt he was not ready to compete. on only three weekly half-hour training sessions. He had never previously worn running spikes or run on a track, but ran a mile in 1947 in 4 min. in Gothenburg on 9 September 1945, and started his running career in the autumn of 1946. This strengthened his resolve to be the first 4-minute miler.īannister was inspired by miler Sydney Wooderson’s British record of 4 min. ![]() Two years earlier, in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500m, but did not win the medal he expected. ![]() It’s 65 years ago since Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile – at Iffley Road Track in Oxford. ![]()
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