The world record for the mile hovered just above 4 minutes for nine years, with challengers unable to break that coveted figure. England's Roger Bannister, a 1952 Olympian who finished fourth in the 1 ...

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, the English city ...

In 1954, at the age of 25, Roger Bannister made headlines around the world as the first person to run a mile under 4 minutes. Bannister's 3:59:4 mile unlocked the door to what was possible in track — ...

For a long time, the idea of any human running a mile faster than 4 minutes was thought of as the impossible. But in the months after England’s Roger Bannister finally broke that record in 1954, ...

May 6, 1954 , Britain's Roger Bannister hits the tape to break the four-minute mile in Oxford, England. Record-breaking British athlete Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four ...