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The Roger Bannister running track, also known as the Oxford University track, is a 400-metres athletics running track and stadium in Oxford, England. It was where Sir Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile on 6 May 1954, when it was known as the Iffley Road track. The track is owned and operated by the University of Oxford.
The road is the location for the Oxford University athletics venue, the Iffley Road Track, where Roger Bannister was the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, on 6 May 1954. The feat is commemorated by blue plaque on Iffley Road. The track is next door to Iffley Road rugby ground, home of Oxford University Rugby Football Club.
Ladies and gentlemen, here is the result of event nine, the one mile: first, number forty one, R. G. Bannister, Amateur Athletic Association and formerly of Exeter and Merton Colleges, Oxford, with a time which is a new meeting and track record, and which—subject to ratification—will be a new English Native, British National, All-Comers ...
The Oxford City Athletic Club is an athletics club in Oxford, England. [1] The club is at the Horspath Sports Ground by the BMW Mini factory. [2] It is affiliated with the Oxfordshire Athletics Association, [3] the South of England Athletic Association (SEAA), [4] and UK Athletics. The club is accredited by England Athletics. [5] [6]
Oxford student sports clubs (3 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Sport at the University of Oxford" ... Roger Bannister running track; Rugby League Varsity Match; U.
May 20—HARRISONBURG, Va. — Oxford High graduate Damon Morgan has received the male freshman-of-the-year award from the Eastern Mennonite University's athletics department, according to a news ...
Pages in category "Sports venues in Oxford" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Roger Bannister running track; U. University Parks
Blue plaque recording the first sub-four-minute mile, run by Roger Bannister on 6 May 1954 at Oxford University's Iffley Road Track. A four-minute mile is the completion of a mile run (1.6 km) in four minutes or less. It translates to an average speed of 15 miles per hour (24 km/h). [1]