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Four-minute mile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The four minute mile, in athletics, is the running of a mile (1609 metres) in under four minutes. In the 1940s running a four minute mile was thought to be the physical limit of the human body. Authorities of sports medicine have long speculated that a three minute mile is beyond the capacity of human beings. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Four_minute_mile   (406 words)

Four-minute mile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The four minute mile, in athletics, is the running of a mile (1609 metres) in under four minutes. In the 1940s running a four minute mile was thought to be the physical limit of the human body. No woman has yet run a four-minute mile, although it is thought to be physically possible. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Four_minute_mile   (270 words)

Roger Bannister - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The claim that a four-minute mile was once thought to be impossible was and is a myth cooked up by sportswriters and debunked by Bannister himself in his memoir, The Four Minute Mile, 1955. On the 50th anniversary of running the four minute mile, Bannister was interviewed by the BBC's sports correspondent Rob Bonnet. Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister CBE (born March 23, 1929) is a British former athlete best known as the first man to run the mile in less than four minutes. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roger_Bannister   (1046 words)

Sports: Bannister stuns world with 4-minute mile For years, the 4-minute mile was considered not merely unreachable but, according to physiologists of the time, dangerous to the health of any athlete who attempted to reach it. John Landy, considered one of the great milers of that era, never had gotten closer than within 1.5 seconds of the 4-minute barrier before. By the end of 1957, 16 runners had logged sub-4-minute miles. www.sptimes.com /News/121799/Sports/Bannister_stuns_world.shtml   (631 words)

The World Today - Bannister's 4 minute mile record revisited The sub-four minute mile was an achievement once thought to be physically impossible, but new research shows the first four-minute mile might have been run almost 250 years ago. PETER RADFORD: Well, the first four minute mile, we think, was 1770 was by a man called James Parrot (phonetic), who did it on the streets of London on a course which is still there. And then in 1796, we have a man called Weller who ran two seconds inside four minutes, just outside Oxford and therefore Weller is technically the first sub four-minute miler. www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2004/s1102711.htm   (734 words)

Boston.com / Sports / Ultimate milestone Some people honestly believed that were a man to run a mile in less than four minutes the result upon breaking the tape would be instant death. "The four-minute mile: This was the barrier, both physical and psychological, that begged to be broken." So writes Neal Bascomb in his brilliant book "The Perfect Mile," which, along with Leigh Montville's comprehensive biography of Ted Williams, is the must-read sports book of the year. That's because the four-minute mile was regarded as something more than a sports record to be broken. www.boston.com /sports/articles/2004/05/06/ultimate_milestone   (503 words)

Vancouver's four-minute 'Miracle Mile' - "On This Day" - CBC Archives This early CBC Television coverage captures the drama of the "Miracle Mile" race as Bannister went toe-to-toe against his rival, and fellow four-minute mile breaker, Australian John Landy. Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco became the current record holder when he ran the mile at a time of 3:43.1 in July of 1999 in Rome. Officials from the International Amateur Athletic Federation noted that the school's track was actually a half-inch longer than the required 440 yards, which means that after completing four laps Bannister had actually run two inches more than he had to. archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-41-1303-7607-11/that_was_then/sports/four_minute_mile   (648 words)

Four Minute Mile: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic Four Minute Mile is the first full-length album album quick summary: Four Minute Mile: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic An album (from latin albus "white", "blank", relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things.... www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fo/four_minute_mile.htm   (145 words)

The Observer Sport Athletics: 4-minute mile - the time a land forgot He engaged himself to run a mile in four minutes and wagered the extraordinary sum of 1,000 guineas on achieving it (£780,000 in 2004 values). However, it is clear evidence that runners and their backers believed that running a mile in four minutes was possible in 1787 and that they were willing to stake very good money on it. An eighteenth-century, four-minute mile, run by a man wearing snug-fitting, thin-leather lace-ups is not to be taken seriously. observer.guardian.co.uk /sport/story/0,6903,1207866,00.html   (2100 words)

Frank Horwill: Running a four minute mile Although a man of 40 years of age, Eamonn Coghlan, has run a mile in under four minutes, achieving this feat is still a major accomplishment denied to tens of thousands of other athletes. In stark contrast, Bannister did only 28 miles a week in the winter, most of it on an ash track, five laps to the mile, consisting mainly of 10 X 440 yds in 66secs, with 440 yds jog recovery in a fast two minutes. The youngest-ever sub-four man was 17-year-old Jim Ryun, who went on to break world records at the mile, 1,500m, half-mile and 800m. www.serpentine.org.uk /advice/coach/fh15.php   (2055 words)

Film Review: The Four Minute Mile Even with the benefit of hindsight, however, The Four Minute Mile is an exciting ride, with David Williamson's unflashy, well-researched script focusing on the rivalry between Bannister (Richard Huw) and his main rival Landy (Nique Needles). The blurb tells us this is about the "thrilling global race" to break the four minute mile barrier. The kind of guy who breaks the four-minute mile - the holy grail of sporting excellence - and then celebrates by ordering a glass of water with a pinch of salt. www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/f/four_minute_mile_1988.shtml   (628 words)

No. 2034: The High-Wheeler Next, endurance trials: A cyclist did fifty miles in four hours; soon after, one did 650 miles in seven days. Then they cut that down to a little over three minutes. Bicycle clubs and bicycle races drew people in. www.uh.edu /engines/epi2034.htm   (511 words)

Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Running news / Mile Record Anniversary Stirs Up Memories The Emsley Carr Mile was introduced at London's White City in 1953 specifically to encourage the achievement of the first sub-four-minute mile, although Bannister achieved his feat at Oxford University. But he is somewhat surprised that the first sub-four-minute mile continues to strike such a chord with the public. But one man who will be slightly bemused by all the fuss is former middle distance runner Ken Wood -- not only because he has run a sub-four-minute mile himself but because he says he did it 29 days before Bannister. www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/running/articles/2004/01/27/mile_record_anniversary_stirs_up_memories   (866 words)

3:59.4 - The Quest For The Four-Minute Mile In 2004 the 50th anniversary of one of the most famous achievements in the entire history of sport will be celebrated - Roger Bannister's first sub-four-minute mile. There are stories of four minutes or faster having been run on public highways in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. The story of this fascinating event is told in vivid detail in a book to be published next year, written by Bob Phillips, one of the world's foremost athletics historians, who has seen all the great milers of the last half-century in action and talked to world record-holders of an earlier era. www.parrswoodpress.com /athletics/fourminute.htm   (502 words)

Roger Bannister biography The record was broken within two months by John Landy, highlighting how the four-minute mile was as much a psychological as physical barrier. Everybody thought it was impossible, but through his athletic ability and technical know-how, Roger Bannistr was able to smash the four-minute mile barrier. Basically, it was widely assumed that to run the distance in under four minutes was impossible for a human being. nh.essortment.com /rogerbannister_rzqk.htm   (493 words)

TUBA CITY: The Four-Minute Mile I won't be getting anywhere near a four-minute mile, of course, but I think I can definitely average a seven-minute mile. This is a picture of the Iffley Road track on which Roger Bannister became the first person in the world to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. I went a couple of times to run the track and measure my own mile time. www.tubafrenzy.org /weblog/archives/2005/06/the_fourminute.html   (422 words)

Miracle Mile Lithograph Bannister was the first man to break the 4 minute mile and Landy was the current record holder. Landy's second place finish of 3:59.6 marked the first time the 4 minute mile had been broken by two runners in the same race. This spectacular lithograph, produced on August 7th, 1994, the 40th Anniversary of the Miracle Mile, vividly captures the critical moment of the race. www.runningplanet.com /articles/article_detail.asp?article_id=741   (323 words)

Gunder Hagg; last holder of 4-minute-plus mile record; 85 The San Diego Union-Tribune Gunder Hagg, the Swedish runner who held the world record for the mile from 1945 until 1954, when Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4-minute mile, died Nov. 27 at a nursing home in Malmo, Sweden. The current mile record, 3:43.13, was set in 1999 by Hicham el-Guerrouj of Morocco. In May 1954, Bannister, then an English medical student, ran the mile in 3:59.4, an event so historic that U.S. television and radio stations interrupted live coverage of the Army-McCarthy congressional hearings to report the news. www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041215/news_1m15hagg.html   (638 words)

Miracle mile The San Diego Union-Tribune Roger Bannister was the first to break 4 minutes in the mile, running 3:59.4 in 1954. Australia's John Landy, who had run a 4:02.1 mile in 1952, likened the 4-minute mile to a cement wall, saying it appeared insurmountable. Today, nearly 1,000 runners, including 258 Americans, have run a mile in less than 4 minutes. www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040506/news_1s6banncopy.html   (1384 words)

NPR : 'The Perfect Mile' It was the first time two men had run a mile in less than four minutes in the same race. The four-minute mile is no longer such a mythic barrier. Roger Bannister, left, breaks the tape in the one-mile final at the Empire Games in Vancouver, Aug. 7, 1954, trailed by John Landy, holder of the record for the mile. www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1870453   (785 words)

Track & Field News: All Time Prefontaine Classic Sub 4 Minute Mile List In 1975, the inaugural race, 1979 and 1989, a sub 4 minute mile was not achieved. What follows is the updated All-Time Sub 4 Minute list for the Pre Classic after the 2004 meet Other interesting notes and statistics are presented at the end of the list. The Pre Classic Mile continues to be arguably the greatest race in the United States. www.trackandfieldnews.com /tfn/displayArticle.jsp?id=282   (206 words)

It Seems Like Yesterday - The Atomic Age The four-minute mile was considered a golden goal in track and field, one which required perfection to attain. Roger Bannister, the world's first and only four-minute miler, rolled home with the milkman this morning after hitting the high spots in night clubs all over town. It was only a few minutes before the race that this decision was reached and Bannister and Chris Chataway, his colleague with whom he trained in secret sessions all winter, passed word around to the officials that Roger would try for "a really fast mile." www.itseemslikeyesterday.com /Atomic/article_mile.asp   (1040 words)

Four minutes, one mile csmonitor.com For decades, the four-minute mile stood as the Mount Everest of athletic endeavor. Released in time for the 50th anniversary of Bannister's watershed effort, "The Perfect Mile" is a resplendent story of an epic event in sports history. Landy's 3:58 mile just weeks after Bannister's success proves that the barrier was always psychological, never physiological. www.csmonitor.com /2004/0413/p16s01-bogn.html   (458 words)

Roger Bannister And The Four Minute Mile Professor John Bale, Education, has written a book "Roger Bannister and the Four Minute Mile", to be published by Routledge, on April 30, 2004. On 6 May 1954 Roger Bannister became the first man to run the mile in under four minutes. "Roger Bannister and the Four-Minute Mile" does not simply detail the history of a sports star. www.keele.ac.uk /news/week/archive/2004/0416/0416-02.htm   (184 words)

ESPN.com - HIGHSCHOOL - Alan Webb breaks four-minute mile Webb clocked in with a time of 3:59.86, becoming just the fourth high school runner to ever run a four-minute mile and the first since Marty Liquori did it in 1967. Nearly a year after Alan Webb began his quest to run a sub four-minute mile, the South Lakes High (Va.) senior finally accomplished the feat on Saturday at the New Balance Games in New York. Webb first began his assault on the four-minute mile during last year's outdoor season. espn.go.com /highschool/a/000122webb.html   (433 words)

NewMexiKen » Four-minute mile Several runners had come close–Sweden’s Gunder Haess had run the mile in four minutes and 1.4 seconds nine years previously–but no one could break through the four-minute barrier. First among the Forbes.com list of 20 greatest individual athletic achievements is Roger Bannister& four-minute mile on this date in 1954. In 1954 it seemed unlikely–maybe even impossible–that anyone could run a mile in less than four minutes. newmexiken.com /archives/2006/05/008309.php   (306 words)

Larry Sermon - 2-3-2002 The four-minute mile came to be seen as a barrier that no human being would ever be able to break. Let go, run the four minute mile, break out of the shell of fear and into the life of abundance. For Roger Bannister, this meant rejecting the idea that running a mile in less than four minutes was inconceivable. www.gbgm-umc.org /sunlakes/sermons/archive/3-28-2004.html   (1731 words)

Landy's dash for glory shines on - Sport - www.theage.com.au John Landy, now Governor of Victoria, achieved his own sub-four-minute mile 46 days after Bannister and broke the Englishman's world record. In retrospect, John Landy believes that Bannister and he showed that there was no great magic about a sub-four-minute mile after all. Brasher, Chris Chataway and their coach, Franz Stampfl, were still convinced that a team effort was required to break four minutes but had found a more subtle way of going about it. www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/04/30/1083224580028.html   (1306 words)

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