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On This Date in Sports May 4, 1954: The Four-Minute Mile

In collaboration with the Sportsecyclopedia.com At a track meet at Oxford University, Roger Bannister records a mile run in under four minutes, setting a long-sought-after benchmark. Bannister’s record time of 3:59.4 was launched with a strong run of 57.5 seconds on the first quarter-mile lap, finis

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On This Date in Sports May 4, 1954: The Four-Minute Mile

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