Who was the time keeper when Roger Bannister ran the first sub four- minute mile?
Roger Bannister Roger Bannister Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was a British middle-distance athlete and neurologist 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 cheers of the crowd
Four-minute mile the sport of mile racing. A second film version (entitled "Four Minutes") was made in 2005, starring Jamie Maclachlan as Bannister. In June 2011 the watch used to time the original event was donated by Jeffrey Archer to a charity auction for Oxford University Athletics Club; it sold for £97,250. In July 2016 the BBC broadcast the documentary "Bannister: Everest on the Track, The Roger Bannister Story" with firsthand interviews from Bannister and various other figures on the first sub-4 minute mile. Four-minute mile In the sport of athletics, a four-minute mile means completing a mile run (1,760 yards, or