Bannister, Roger Gilbert 1929- . English
track and field athlete, the first person to
run a mile in under four minutes. He achieved
this feat at Oxford, England, on 6 May 1954
in a time of 3 min 59.4 sec. Studying at
Oxford to be a doctor at the time, Bannister
broke the four-minute barrier on one more
occasion: at the 1954 Commonwealth Games in
Vancouver, Canada, when he was involved with
John Landy (1930-) from Australia, in the
`Mile of the Century' so called because it
was a clash between the only two men to have
broken the four-minute barrier for the mile
at that time. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Commonwealth Games
1954: gold 1 mile
      European Championship
1954: gold 1,500 metres
1950: silver 800 metres
      World records
1953: 4 x 1 mile relay: (member of GB&NI
      squad)
1954: 1 mile