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A four-minute mile is the completion of a mile run (1.6 km) in four minutes or less. It translates to an average speed of 15 miles per hour (24 km/h). [ 1 ] It is a standard of professional middle-distance runners in several cultures.
Bannister: Everest on the Track, The Roger Bannister Story is a 2016 TV documentary about his childhood and youth in WWII and postwar Britain and the breaking of the 4-minute mile barrier, with interviews of participants and witnesses to the 1954 race, and later runners inspired by Bannister and his achievement, including Phil Knight who says ...
Alan Webb, the high school record holder. This is a list of American high school students who have run a four-minute mile since the feat was first accomplished in 1964.. The first person to run the mile (1,760 yards, or 1,609.344 metres) in under four minutes was Roger Bannister in 1954, in a time of 3:59.4. [1]
Ultimately, breaking the four-minute mile takes hard work and dedication, along with belief in oneself, he said. For many, running a mile that fast seems painful and tiring, an impossible feat ...
Stow's Freddy Collins has had plenty of milestones since suiting up for Boston University's track team, but none greater than breaking the 4-minute mile.
John Michael Landy AC CVO MBE FTSE (12 April 1930 – 24 February 2022) was an Australian middle-distance runner and state governor. He was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the mile run and held the world records for the 1500-metre run and the mile race.
Gary Martin has gotten extremely close to breaking this record during other track meets this year, but at a meet on Monday, he finally did it. High school student runs sub-4 minute mile, breaking ...
He won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and was the first high school athlete to run a mile in under four minutes. He is the last American to hold the world record in the mile run. Ryun later served in the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district.