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Roger Bannister
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, Sir Roger Bannister, Roger Gilbert Bannister, Roger Bennister
English physician and athlete (1929–2018)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1929-03-23 ) 23 March 1929, Harrow , England
- Died
- 3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) (aged 88), Oxford , England
- Resting place
- Wolvercote Cemetery , Oxford, England
- Education
- Exeter College, Oxford , St Mary's Hospital Medical School , London
- Height
- 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
- Weight
- 70 kg (154 lb)
- Preceded by
- Geoffrey Arthur
- Succeeded by
- Robert Stevens
- Country
- Great Britain
- Sport
- Athletics / Track middle-distance running
- Events
- Mile 800 metres 1500 metres
- Club
- University of Oxford AC, Achilles Club
- Personal bests
- Outdoor 800 m : 1:50.7 ( Brussels 1950) 1500 m : 3:43.8 ( Bern 1954) Mile : 3:58.8 ( Vancouver 1954)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gilbert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London Borough of Harrow
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Occupation
- athlete
- Educated at
- Imperial College School of Medicine
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United Kingdom
- Mass
- 70
- Image
- Roger Bannister 1953.jpg
- Height
- 187
- Significant event
- four-minute mile
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- Commons category
- Roger Bannister
- date of birth
- 1929-03-23
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
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- Roger Bannister
- sports discipline competed in
- 1500 metres
- date of death
- 2018-03-03
- name in native language
- Roger Bannister
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- place of burial
- Wolvercote Cemetery
- P12749
- Andrzej Sariusz-Skąpski
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile.
At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres and finished in fourth place. This achievement strengthened his resolve to become the first athlete to finish the mile run in under four minutes. He accomplished this feat on 6 May 1954 at Iffley Road track in Oxford, with Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher providing the pacing. When the announcer, Norris McWhirter, declared "The time was three...", the cheers of the crowd drowned out Bannister's exact time, which was 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds. He had attained this record with minimal training, while practising as a junior doctor. Bannister's record lasted just 46 days.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roger Bannister” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.