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Diane Susan Leather Charles née Leather (7 January 1933 – 5 September 2018) was an English athlete who was the first woman to run a sub-5-minute mile. [1]Inspired to take up running aged 19 after watching the 1952 Olympic Games, within months Leather had become national cross-country champion, a title she would go on to win four times.
An earlier women's world record, 4:12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia on 14 August 1996 at Zürich, stood for almost 23 years: Masterkova became the first woman to run the mile in less than 4 minutes and 15 seconds. Kipyegon's run has led some to speculate that the first women's sub-four minute mile may come within the 21st century. [31]
Mary Teresa Slaney (formerly Tabb, née Decker, born August 4, 1958) is an American retired middle-distance and long-distance runner.During her career, she won gold medals in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at the 1983 World Championships and was the world-record holder in the mile, 5000 meters and 10,000 meters.
Stow's Freddy Collins has had plenty of milestones since suiting up for Boston University's track team, but none greater than breaking the 4-minute mile.
Manzano first broke the four-minute mile barrier when he ran a 3:59.86 in Omaha, Nebraska, at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in 2005. ... Crayton Carrozza and Yusuf Bizimana, have broken the ...
Alan Webb, the high school record holder. This is a list of American high school students who have run a four-minute mile since the feat was first accomplished in 1964.. The first person to run the mile (1,760 yards, or 1,609.344 metres) in under four minutes was Roger Bannister in 1954, in a time of 3:59.4. [1]
Sixty-seven years after Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4-minute mile, it’s still the standard for middle-distance runners.
Delaware comes off the list of states that have not had a sub-4-minute mile on its soil as Tatnall grad Sam Parsons breaks the mark at his alma mater. Delaware sees first (and second) 4-minute ...