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  • Roger Bannister makes athletic history, as he becomes the first person ever to run a mile in under four minutes. His record-breaking run took place at the Oxford University running track at Iffley Road, on the 6th of May, 1954. His time was 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds.
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    Originally broadcast 7 May, 1954.
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  • @simongrant2334
    @simongrant2334 Місяць тому +6

    All these athletes were true legends in their lifetimes.

  • @stanleytryhard1825
    @stanleytryhard1825 10 місяців тому +37

    As a spectator, the pace may seem fairly casual to look at, but any long distance runner will know that running that speed, even for just the first quarter mile of it, is mentally forbidding. You have to keep denying that you can't go on.

    • @steveoTHEGREAT
      @steveoTHEGREAT 2 місяці тому +1

      Thank you for this. I was honestly thinking they would look like full sprint to do 4 rounds of a track in under 4 mins. That’s absolutely crazy

    • @CaptainBrash
      @CaptainBrash Місяць тому

      Yep, admittedly it would be much faster if I trained middle distance but my 400 is 1:30, their form also has to do with how casual it looks I think because I don't look slightly casual doing 400 or 800 repeats at much slower than they are going. Really incredible watching them. But then I can't run a mile at world record marathon pace either! I'm continually astounded by the paces they are going

  • @TaylorRaborn
    @TaylorRaborn Рік тому +36

    An momentous achievement in athletics history

    • @deconstructedshorts1848
      @deconstructedshorts1848 Рік тому

      The man who broke the impossible: ua-cam.com/video/SM5_ECShiyQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=DeconstructeDbyRishabh ❤

  • @nickabbott2242
    @nickabbott2242 9 місяців тому +16

    This should be compulsory viewing for all modern sports commentators. When you've nothing to say that will add value just stay quiet

  • @lonniebishop9062
    @lonniebishop9062 Рік тому +16

    Well preserved footage of a great achievement in sports.

  • @danielrichardson4868
    @danielrichardson4868 16 днів тому

    i'm running a 5k on Saturday and i'm going to channel this man's determination, go on Roger lad!

  • @chriscope7292
    @chriscope7292 2 роки тому +21

    great footage

    • @deconstructedshorts1848
      @deconstructedshorts1848 Рік тому

      The man who broke the impossible: ua-cam.com/video/SM5_ECShiyQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=DeconstructeDbyRishabh ❤

    • @steveoTHEGREAT
      @steveoTHEGREAT 2 місяці тому

      FR

    • @steveoTHEGREAT
      @steveoTHEGREAT 2 місяці тому

      @@deconstructedshorts1848is this real?

  • @ewanmacfarlane9195
    @ewanmacfarlane9195 2 роки тому +8

    Deserves more comments...was a big milestone

    • @deconstructedshorts1848
      @deconstructedshorts1848 Рік тому

      The man who broke the impossible: ua-cam.com/video/SM5_ECShiyQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=DeconstructeDbyRishabh ❤

  • @user-yl3op4mo8r
    @user-yl3op4mo8r Рік тому +8

    Even today that is an outrageously fast pace, equivalent to running 16 sub 15 second 100m sprints in a row. Its not surprising people thought it was a barrier, because for 99.9999999% of the human race this is completely impossible.

  • @musik102
    @musik102 Рік тому +8

    What's interesting is if Australian John Landy ( who ran 1.4 sec faster than Roger the following month in June 54 ) had travelled to Europe in the summer of 1953, looking for faster tracks and better competition, he would undoubtedly have become the first sub-4 min miler. So, why didn't he? And, why didn't his athletic federation encourage him to do so? Well, I think that nobody back then had any idea of how iconic and symbolic and inspirational and famous the breaking of the 4 minute mile barrier would become.

    • @christopher_ecclestone
      @christopher_ecclestone Рік тому +3

      If ifs and buts were chocolate and nuts, we'd all be munching and crunching.

    • @mrsillywalk
      @mrsillywalk 7 місяців тому

      I can remember all of those crappy old tracks. Surface and wind were a big factor for the perfectionists. Some tracts had deep pools of water that were not for the cross-country. This was a time of postwar austerity when rationing was still easing and athletic diets were a dream.

  • @johnbarnett6924
    @johnbarnett6924 9 місяців тому +1

    I was nine years old and read about it in our slementary school paper Current Events ❤ thank for this revisit

  • @raymondtonns2521
    @raymondtonns2521 10 місяців тому +1

    an inspiration to all runners!

  • @romarioosborne589
    @romarioosborne589 Рік тому

    Truely Amazing!

  • @TheZanshen
    @TheZanshen 3 місяці тому +1

    Sheer graft and determination.

    • @high.vibrational.collective
      @high.vibrational.collective Місяць тому

      He ran it in his mind for months. When he was able to see it in his mind then his muscles changed and enabled him to do it physically. Scientists at the time said it was impossible because others who had tried and trained never were able to get under 4 minutes

  • @euanmoseley6771
    @euanmoseley6771 Місяць тому

    BRILLIANT! What a day! Incidentally the first person to run an official 4 minute mile was Derick Ibbotson ..exactly 4 minutes

  • @steveoTHEGREAT
    @steveoTHEGREAT 2 місяці тому +1

    This is just as much mental toughness (I would think) I have no idea.

  • @ahmadfarizbinmokhtar7106
    @ahmadfarizbinmokhtar7106 16 днів тому

    Why is this video much clearer than the video for Mile WR?

  • @daddyquon4800
    @daddyquon4800 Рік тому

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @francescakray233
    @francescakray233 Рік тому +1

    Sunday Twenty-Third of April Two Thousand And Twenty-Three.
    23.53pm.
    Dear Sir/Madam. Good-evening. How are you? I trust you are exceedingly well.
    Well done to Mr Bannister, for setting a new World record in running the mile in under four minutes. What, a great achievement.
    He, was an amazing athlete. I was so proud to have watched him run.
    Was Mr Bannister, the first Man to run a mile in under four minutes? You mean in the History of the World? Even in Ancient days? That's unbelievable! Well done. Seriously.
    Yours Respectfully.
    Mr Francesca Al Kray. 🐂

  • @livin90proof
    @livin90proof 9 місяців тому +1

    My dad was in the regiment in 1979 and he was doing just under a 5 minute mile 😳

  • @hengiztcol-bass1670
    @hengiztcol-bass1670 10 місяців тому +3

    That would take me about Half an Hour with a Gale Force Nine behind me.

  • @user-kz1cl1sb2l
    @user-kz1cl1sb2l 7 місяців тому

    あなたのビデオは非常に有益です👍

  • @scotty200480
    @scotty200480 Рік тому +6

    The pace of the 1500m has come along way since Roger’s day, I remember running 14yr boys county level and the top 3 boys coming in the late 3mins. (Men’s WR is 3.26)

    • @michaldzurik9229
      @michaldzurik9229 11 місяців тому +3

      so the WR is 3:26, but 14yr old run it in 3 minutes... are you from Mars?

    • @FlustTV
      @FlustTV 10 місяців тому +3

      the 1500 is not the same as the mile

    • @Octochiken
      @Octochiken 6 місяців тому

      ​@@michaldzurik9229The difference between 22.5 and 26.5 km/h.

    • @teenoso4069
      @teenoso4069 Місяць тому

      shoe and track technology has a lot to answer for

  • @johnraymond-pz9bo
    @johnraymond-pz9bo Місяць тому

    Last qtr mile looked like he shoulda hit 3:55. He was cooking. Brave 3 lads

  • @jerry3790
    @jerry3790 2 місяці тому

    Absolutely incredible. I know I will never run a 4 minute mile, but I have a friend with a better build who hopes to one day

  • @phhiggins
    @phhiggins 11 місяців тому

    That guy should have kept going for it

  • @zaidkamardin
    @zaidkamardin Рік тому +1

    Run starts at 0:29 and ended at 4:34

    • @paulconvery680
      @paulconvery680 4 місяці тому

      You Tube time is different that real time.

  • @user-ty8ig6pv8p
    @user-ty8ig6pv8p Місяць тому

    Да, были люди в наше время.
    Не то, что нынешнее племя

  • @ConorF727
    @ConorF727 6 місяців тому

    It was way over 4 minutes if this video is accurate.

  • @jupeter24
    @jupeter24 Рік тому +3

    57 s for the first lap, the went out too fast!

    • @n.s.7293
      @n.s.7293 7 місяців тому

      Not true. Since the beginning effort of a race will be anaerobic you want to go out a little harder since you are using a different energy system for roughly the first minute (which is Bannister’s case was pretty much the first lap)

  • @deconstructedshorts1848
    @deconstructedshorts1848 Рік тому

    The man who broke the impossible: ua-cam.com/video/SM5_ECShiyQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=DeconstructeDbyRishabh ❤

  • @zpvl9219
    @zpvl9219 Місяць тому

    Кто от злой морды?

  • @saikarthik9698
    @saikarthik9698 3 місяці тому

    Times when everyone were black 😃

  • @Baskerville22
    @Baskerville22 9 місяців тому +1

    Drama-queen Bannister made a habit of collapsing over the finish line

    • @codpiecemcduff3421
      @codpiecemcduff3421 5 місяців тому +1

      He flopped like an n b a player, Faked it like a soccer player and whined about it like an nfl quarterback

  • @aengusappleseed3325
    @aengusappleseed3325 Рік тому +2

    Blah! Can people even count!! I counted at least 4 minutes and 14 seconds.This video is a lot clearer that the other 1954 video of the race on UA-cam. Did the BBC do some magic and clear up the images. Is there a deeper occult meaning behind this event.

    • @cvspvr
      @cvspvr Рік тому

      you are gay

    • @brianbruno1786
      @brianbruno1786 Рік тому

      Are you mental lol?

    • @fergusdenoon1255
      @fergusdenoon1255 12 днів тому

      erm, I'm pretty sure the camera used to capture this video wasn't digital, yet here you are watching digital footage.... how did that happen...