Within a little
over two years of Roger Bannister shattering the four-minute-mile
record, nine more athletes achieved this goal ...
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10 'FIRST ATHLETES TO RUN A MILE IN UNDER FOUR MINUTES'
with
their location, date and time in minutes |
1.
ROGER BANNISTER (UK) - OXFORD
6 May 1954 - 3:59.40 |
2.
JOHN LANDY (Austrailia) - FINLAND
21
June 1954 - 3:57.9 |
3.
LASZLO TABORI (Hungary) - LONDON
28 May
1955 - 3:59.0 |
4.
CHRIS CHATAWAY (UK) - LONDON
28 May 1955
- 3:59.8 |
5.
BRIAN HEWSON (UK) - LONDON
28 May 1955 -
3:59.8 |
6.
JIM BAILEY (Austrailia) - LOS ANGELES
5
May 1956 - 3:58.6 |
7.
GUNNAR NIELSEN (Denmark) - USA
1 June
1956 - 3:59.1 |
8.
RON DELANY
1 June 1956 - 3:59.4 |
9.
DEREK IBBOTSON (UK) - LONDON
6 August
1956 - 3:59.4 |
10.
ISTVAN ROZAVOLGYI (Hungary) - BUDAPEST
26
August 1956 - 3:59.0 |
