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Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister CH CBE FRCP (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub- 4-minute mile . At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres and finished in fourth place.
Mar 4, 2018 · After a long career as a neurologist, both in research and clinical practice, Bannister, who was knighted in 1975, died on Saturday in Oxford, his family confirmed in a statement on Sunday. He...
Roger Bannister, English neurologist who, in a dual meet at Oxford on May 6, 1954, became the first athlete to run a mile in less than four minutes. He is said to have achieved his speed through scientific training methods and thorough research into the mechanics of running.
Mar 5, 2018 · Roger Bannister, the first person to break the 4-minute mile, died in Oxford on Saturday at age 88, the Associated Press reports. More than 60 years ago, back on a cinder track at Oxford...
Mar 4, 2018 · LONDON (AP) — Roger Bannister, who as a lanky medical student at Oxford in 1954 electrified the sports world and lifted postwar England's spirits when he became the first athlete to run a mile in under 4 minutes, has died at 88.
Mar 4, 2018 · Roger Bannister, the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, has died. He was 88. Bannister's family said in a statement that he died peacefully on Saturday in Oxford "surrounded by his family who were as loved by him, as he was loved by them."
Mar 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...
Mar 4, 2018 · Roger Bannister, who has died at the age of 88, was the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. Sir Roger, who was knighted in 1975, had been suffering...
Mar 4, 2018 · The IAAF is deeply saddened to hear that Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile within four minutes, died on Saturday (3) at the age of 88. Born in Harrow in 1929, Bannister was inspired to take up athletics after watching Sydney Wooderson in the 1940s.
Mar 4, 2018 · Sir Roger Bannister, the first athlete to sprint through the four-minute-mile barrier, has been hailed as a trailblazer who “made the impossible possible” and inspired generations of British...
