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Retro Report May, 1954 - Roger bannister, the 24- year-old St Mary's Hospital medical student and AAA champion, yesterday became the first man in athletics history to run a mile in less than four minutes.
In unfavourable conditions - a 15 mph cross wind - he ran the four laps of the Iffley-road track at Oxford in 3 min 59.4 sec, so attaining the aim of all middle-distance runners.See the full content of this document
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Bannister Beats 4-Minute Mile
He was taking part in an athletics meeting between the AAA and Ox...
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