Roger Bannister

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, KBE (Harrow, London, 23 March 1929) is a former British athlete, which became known as the first man to the mile (1609 m) ran in less than four minutes. Bannister was later a prominent neurologist. He competed at the Olympic Games.



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[hide] *1 career  ==Career[ Edit] == In 1952 Roger Bannister represented his country at the Olympic Games in Helsinki. He took part in the 1500 m. In this race, which after a formidable final sprint in 3.45, 28 was won by the Luxemburger Josy Barthel[1]  and where the first eight runners experience all under the existing Olympic record, fell Bannister with 3.46, 30 just outside the prices.
 * 2 Titles
 * 3 personal bests
 * 4 Palmares
 * 4.1 800 m
 * 4.2 1500 m
 * 4.3 1 miles
 * 5 Awards

The historical mile race among the four minutes took place on 6 May 1954 on the Iffley Road track in Oxford; Bannisters time was 3.59, 4. That race was the "Miracle Mile" because some experts thought it was physically impossible for a mile in less than four minutes to run. Forty-six days later, on June 21, was already improved Bannistersrecord by John Landy of Australia, which in Turku (Finland) made the mile in 3.58, 0. Later that year would defeat in their first direct duel Bannister Landy on the Commonwealth Games in Vancouver (Canada). In the same season, he was on the 1500 mEuropean champion in Bern (Switzerland) in 3.43, 8.

After the season 1954 Roger Bannister pulled itself back from the Athletics to concentrate on his studies medicine; He would be a career of forty years in the making and built a Neurology leading position in.

Bannister was the first trophy of sportsman who the "Sportsman of the Year" (sportsman of the year) got, awarded by the magazine Sports Illustrated. In 1955, he received the award from KBE; in 1975 he was knighted for his services in medicine in the Order of the British Empire and since then he may be called sir . ==Titles[ Edit] == ==Personal bests[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Palmares<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===800 m<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===1500 m<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===1 miles<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Awards<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * European champion 1500 m-1954
 * British champion 880 yd -1952
 * British champion 1 mile-1951, 1953, 1954
 * 1950: EK-1.50, 7
 * 1952: 4th OS-3.46, 30
 * 1954: EK-3.43, 8
 * 1954: Commonwealth Games-3.58, 8
 * Sports Illustrated athlete of the year-1954