Since Roger Bannister of Great Britain became the first athlete to run a sub-four-minute mile in 1954, middle-distance runners around the world have chased the prestigious mark for decades.

Sir Roger Bannister managed the feat just 0.6 seconds shy of four minutes A community race to celebrate the first four-minute mile will become an annual event, its organisers have announced.

Since British trailblazer Roger Bannister became the first athlete to run a mile in under four minutes in 1954, more than 70 years ago, middle-distance runners from around the world have continued ...

Sam Ruthe poses next to his record-breaking time after breaking the four-minute mile.Credit: Getty Images Roger Bannister was a 25-year-old Oxford University medical student in May 1954 ...

Sam Ruthe had the eyes of thousands on him when he stepped onto a running track in Auckland just over a week ago.

The Norwegian ran a time of 3:58.07. The sub-four minute mile has been a benchmark for athletes since Britain’s Roger Bannister first achieved the feat in 1954. “This was probably my favourite ...

JONATHAN LAMBERT, BYLINE: The 4-minute mile is a mythic barrier in distance running. People thought that it was physiologically impossible to run that fast until Roger Bannister ran 3:59 in 1954.

A sub-four-minute mile has long been considered one of the great barriers in athletics, a feat first achieved by Great Britain’s Roger Bannister in 1954. Developments in training and shoe ...

NEARLY three-quarters of a century after Roger Bannister of Britain, in 1954, became the first man to run a mile in under ...

The race was almost entirely engineered for the high school student to break the fabled four-minute barrier – a feat first achieved by Roger Bannister more than 70 years ago – but the weight ...