1. Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12

   … Roger Bannister, born in Harrow, England, in 1929, was a top mile-runner while a student at the University of Oxford and at St. Mary’…
   …s Hospital Medical School in London. In 1951 and 1953, he won British championships in the mile run. Bannister researched the mechanics of running and trained using new scientific methods he had developed. On May 6, 1954, at the …
   …rd [[Oxfordshire]], the annual match between the Amateur Athletic Association and Oxford University was the setting for Bannister's attempt. Conditions were far from ideal it had been windy and raining. {{Image url="Bannister4mile.jpg" class="left"…
   … title="Bannister finishing the 4 minute mile" width="500" }} The starting gun was fired at 6 p.m. Bannister was aided by Chris Brasher. Bannister took over the lead and passed an unofficial timekeeper at the 1,500-metre mark in…

2. Guinness Book of World Records — 2021-08-20 10:45:53

   …ds Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in London. Norris was the timekeeper for Roger Bannister's sub [[four-minute_mile]] in 1954, while Ross helped locate the lost grave of rugby pioneer William Webb Ellis on the …

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