Roger Bannister, runner who broke the 4-minute mile, dies aged 88

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Source: DW

In a statement on Sunday, Bannister's family said the athlete had passed away aged 88.

Clocking a time of 3 minutes 59.4 second at a sports ground in Oxford, England, on May 6, 1954, British athlete Bannister became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes.

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1. More from BBC

http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/43273249

Sir Roger Bannister: First man to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88

37 minutes ago
From the section Athletics

Sir Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, has died at the age of 88.

His time of three minutes 59.4 seconds, set at Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on 6 May 1954, stood as a record for just 46 days but his place in athletics history was assured.

Bannister also won gold over the same distance at the 1954 Commonwealth Games and later became a leading neurologist.

He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2011.
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[OnlinePoker]

13. Not to quibble with the BBC, but...

...it was the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954 (previous to that it was just the British Empire Games).

[nitpicker]

2. Link to BBC obituary

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-11764114

[bucolic_frolic]

3. How long would it take Trump to run a mile?

Stop laughing! It's a serious question. How long?

[nitpicker]

4. I doubt he moves a mile a day

Even on the golf course, there are carts.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. A DAY??

The 1,440 minute mile? Yes, blubber roll would make headlines and not just from causing an earthquake.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. Three minutes, forty seconds.

He's in wonderful shape.

The timed run, of course, will be on a closed course, with Trump supplying the stopwatch, Kellyanne Conway will time the run, and the press will not be invited.

And, Sarah Sanders will announce the results.

He's the greatest of all time.

[scarletlib]

5. One of my childhood heroes.

Must have been in 3rd or 4th grade and and read about him in Scholastic Magazine.
May he rest in peace.

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6. Ride, ride, ride your chariots of fire!

Was he the subject of that movie, "Chariots of Fire," about the runners?

[Danmel]

8. No, it wasnt about Roger Bannister,. It was set in post WWI Britain

Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British historical drama film. It tells the fact-based story of two athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice

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9. Oh, thanks. Not fully awake yet.

Anyway, runners like Roger Bannister and the subjects of that movie are wonderful. They really do seem to have a burning energy inside them.

[Danmel]

10. No worries

I have insomnia. I learn a lot of trivia at 3 in the morning.

[Mendocino]

12. My roommate

in college had two large posters; one of Roger Bannister, the other of Steve Prefontaine.

[Bayard]

14. Legends

Give me these old time heroes any day......Jesse Owens, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit.


I have a signed poster of Eamonn Coghlan (Irish 5K champ and Olympian) when I went to the Boston Marathon with my ex. Eamonn was a great flirt. Also have a signed pic of Joan Benoit from the same expo. She was shy, wandering around looking lost.