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New Zealand's John Walker, who with a 3:49.4 performance in August 1975 became the first man to run the mile under 3:50, ran 135 sub-four-minute miles during his career (during which he was the first person to run over 100 sub-four-minute miles), and American Steve Scott has run the most sub-four-minute miles, with 136.
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 ]
James Tully Beatty (born October 28, 1934, in New York, New York) is a former American track and field athlete and North Carolina politician. He is best remembered as the first person to break the four-minute mile barrier on an indoor track, when he ran 3:58.9 on February 10, 1962, at the Los Angeles Invitational in the Los Angeles Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California.
Sixty-seven years after Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4-minute mile, ... where he was a five-time NCAA champion and 11-time All-American. He ran a personal best in the mile — 3:50.64 — at ...
Despite having accounts of his historic run, Hawk Chief is not always credited as having been the first man to run mile in less than four minutes. This honor is often accredited to British athlete Roger Bannister. He ran his own sub-four mile at a track meet at Oxford, clocking his time at 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds on May 6, 1954. [11]
He ran his first sub-4-minute mile in February 2020 before the pandemic shut down college track. ... Hocker became the sixth American since 1920 to medal in the 1,500. The others: Glenn Cunningham ...
Sixty-seven years after Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4-minute mile, it’s still the standard for middle-distance runners.
Three years later, Santee won the silver medal in the 1,500 meters at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City. [3] During this period, Santee was one of the top milers in the world, aspiring to become the first man to run a four-minute mile. His chief competitors were Great Britain's Roger Bannister and Australia's John Landy. On May 6, 1954 ...