Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Roger Bannister, Track and Field, Four minute mile, Roger Bannister
Subjects
Bannister, Roger; Running; World records
Introduction
Over the past week the world of sport has been remembering one of the most significant achievements of the past century, Roger Bannister's running of the first sub-four-minute mile at Oxford on May 6, 1954. Bannister's time was 3:59.4. The current record is 3:43.13 set in 1999 by Hicham el-Guerrouj of Morocco.
Publication Date
5-11-2004
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "Roger Bannister; Michelle Akers" (2004). On Sport and Society. 647.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/647
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