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In 1954, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes.

Roger Bannister dies at 88; was first to run mile in under 4 minutes

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FILE - In this March 5, 1974, file photo, Dr. Roger Bannister, 45, looks back as he displays a photo of him made at Iffley, England on May 6, 1954 when he smashed the four-minute-mile barrier to clock a new record of 3:59 on a cinder track. Bannister, the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, has died. He was 88. Bannister’s family said in a statement that he died peacefully on Saturday, March 3, 2018, in Oxford “surrounded by his family who were as loved by him, as he was loved by them.” (AP Photo/File)

AP Was There: Roger Bannister, 30 years after his milestone

By MARCUS ELIASON - Associated Press

A video screen shows a tribute to Roger Bannister at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Britain, Sunday, March 4, 2018. Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, died March 3. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Tributes to Roger Bannister, who has died at age 88

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, MAY 3-4 - In this photo taken on Monday, April 28, 2014, Roger Bannister, 85, who as a young man was the first person to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile in 1954, poses during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Oxford, England. It was on a wet, blustery day, May 6, 1954, that the lanky English medical student became the first runner to break the fabled 4-minute barrier in the mile, a feat that many thought was humanly impossible. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Bannister marks 60th anniversary of 4-minute mile

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Former British athlete Sir Roger Bannister poses with school children during the launch of the Westminster Mile run, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Bannister's record of being the first man to run a sub-four minute mile in May 1954, at Paddington Recreation Ground in London, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. The Westminster Mile run is to be held in May 2014 through the streets of London. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

London races to mark 60 years since Bannister mile

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The LOCOG handout photo shows torchbearer Fabrice Muamba lightning the cauldron on the Torch Relay leg between the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Hackney Saturday, July 21, 2012. The Flame arrives at the Olympic stadium for the Opening Ceremony on July 27, 2012. (AP Photo/LOCOG, Joe Giddens)

‘Solution’ reached on lighter of Olympic cauldron

By Rob Harris - Associated Press

Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London 2012 Organizing Committee, poses for pictures on the running track at Iffley Road Stadium in Oxford, England, Tuesday July 10, 2012. Sir Roger Bannister who was the first person ever to run a sub four-minute-mile, on May 6, 1954, at this track, returned to the site of his greatest sporting achievement, to participate in the Olympic Torch relay as the Olympic flame is carried around the country to the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Mile-master Roger Bannister carries Olympic torch to finish line

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press