His time of three minutes 59.4 seconds, set at Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on 6. He also became the first chairman of the Sports Council in 1971 and, during his tenure, he led a crusade on drug-testing in athletics. Sir Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, has died at the age of 88. The wind died down shortly before the race. Within 10 years of qualifying as a doctor, he was established in his profession as a consultant physician, going on to become a leading neurologist, and later the Master of Pembroke College, Oxford.īut he always stayed involved in the sport he loved.īannister was a member of the United Hospitals Athletics Club committee and donated the United Hospitals Cross-Country trophy (the Bannister cup). Britains Roger Bannister hits the tape to become the first person to break the four-minute mile in a 1954 race in Oxford, England.Associated Press. “As soon as I ceased to be a student,” he said, “I always knew I would stop being an athlete.” He became the first man to break the four-minute. He died in Oxford on Saturday at the age of 88.
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I always knew I would stop being an athleteĪfter leaving University College School in London, he went to Oxford to study medicine before going on to St Mary’s Medical College (now part of Imperial College).įor Bannister, running was always a hobby and never a professional pursuit. British athlete Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, has died aged 88, his family announced in a statement. He wrote that the ideal athlete was one who enjoyed a few drinks and even the odd cigarette. EST Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, has died at age 88. Roger Bannister, the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, has died. In an age of the amateur athletics, Bannister saw his running as something to be done in his spare time. Bannister burst through to breast the tape in 3:58.8.
In a race billed as “The Miracle Mile”, Landy led until the final bend when he made the mistake of looking back for his rival. So when Bannister achieved it, at Iffley Road track in Oxford, it was described as the Everest of athletics.Īrch-rival, John Landy ran 3:57.4 in Finland to set up a much-anticipated clash between the two men in the Commonwealth Games in Vancouver. The Associated Press Updated 0 LONDON Roger Bannister, who as a lanky medical student at Oxford in 1954 electrified the sports world and lifted postwar Englands. The challenge of running one mile in four minutes was considered impossible by many experts.
Sir Roger, who was knighted in 1975, had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease since 2011.
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