Iffley
Road - Bannister's four minute mile
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The photo
shows Roger Bannister talking to BBC Oxford's Bill Heine at the race track
on Iffley Road where on May 6, 1954, he ran the first sub-four-minute
mile in recorded history. His time was 3 minutes 59.4 seconds.
For any information
about the celebrations for the 4-minute mile on May 6th, contact Jon Roycroft's
the Director of Sport at the University and the organiser: jon.roycroft@sport.ox.ac.uk
Win
a signed Bannister book
Websites:
Bannister
tributes planned
Oxford
University Athletic Club
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