In 1954, at the age of 25, Roger Bannister made headlines around the world as the first person to run a mile under 4 minutes. Bannister's 3:59:4 mile unlocked the door to what was possible in ...

LONDON -- Roger Bannister, the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, has died. He was 88. Bannister's family said in a statement that he died peacefully on Saturday in Oxford ...

LONDON --Roger Bannister, the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, has died. He was 88. Bannister's family said in a statement that he died peacefully on Saturday in Oxford ...

LONDON >> Roger Bannister, the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, has died. He was 88. Bannister’s family said in a statement that he died peacefully on Saturday in Oxford ...

LONDON -- Roger Bannister, who as a lanky medical student ... more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile," Bannister said in an interview with The Associated Press ...

A lanky Oxford medical student named Roger Bannister looked up at the ... have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile,'' Bannister said in an interview with The Associated ...

A lanky Oxford medical student named Roger Bannister looked up at the ... have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile,” Bannister said in an interview with The Associated ...

His time of 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds, captured the world's imagination and buoyed the spirits of Britons still suffering through post-war austerity in 1954. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers Sign In: ...