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09/06/2012

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Four-Minute Mile

How Sir Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile in 1954.

In 1954, Sir Roger Bannister became the first athlete to run a mile in less than four minutes. At the time this was one of the greatest prizes in athletics.

He tells his story to Rob Walker.

(Photo: Roger Bannister winning the AAA Championships Mile race in 1954. Hulton Archive/Getty Images.)

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