Sir Roger Bannister CH CBE
(1929-2018)
athlete, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st sub-four minute mile runner (from 1954), Knight Bachelor (from 1975), and Companion of Honour (from 2016)
Commemorated on 2 plaques
Here at the Iffley Road Track the first sub-four minute mile was run on 6th May 1954 by Roger Bannister
Oxford University Sports Ground, Iffley Road, Oxford, United Kingdom where they ran the first sub four minute mile
Sir Roger Bannister while a medical student at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School from 1951-54, trained on the cinder track on this site in preparation for the first under 4 minute mile run in Oxford on 6th May 1954.
Paddington Recreation Ground, Randolph Avenue, W9, London, United Kingdom where they was