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Iffley Road - Bannister's four minute mile
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The photo shows Roger Bannister talking to BBC Oxford's Bill Heine at the race track on Iffley Road where on May 6, 1954, he ran the first sub-four-minute mile in recorded history. His time was 3 minutes 59.4 seconds.

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For any information about the celebrations for the 4-minute mile on May 6th, contact Jon Roycroft's the Director of Sport at the University and the organiser: [email protected]

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