Oxford, England: Mouth wide open gasping in air, with every tendon tight as a fiddle string, 24-year-old English medical student Roger Bannister is...
England's Dr. Roger Bannister , breaks the tape in the one-mile final at the British Empire Games in Vancouver, 8/7. Close behind is Australia's John...
Roger Bannister about to cross the tape at the end of his record breaking mile run at Iffley Road, Oxford. He was the first person to run the mile in...
Roger Bannister crossing the tape at the end of his record breaking mile run at Iffley Road, Oxford. He was the first person to run the mile in under...
Sport, Athletics, pic: 7th August 1954, British Empire Games in Vancouver,Great Britain's Roger Bannister leads Australia's John Landy breaking the...
Athletics, Oxfordshire, England, 6th May Roger Bannister breaks the tape as he crosses the winning line to complete the historic four minute mile...
Roger Bannister, first man to run a mile in less than four minutes, holds the Sporting Record Trophy, which was presented to him in London at...
Roger Bannister crossing the tape at the end of his record breaking mile run at Iffley Road, Oxford. He was the first person to run the mile in under...
Track & Field: British Empire and Commonwealth Games, GBR Roger Bannister in action during mile race, Vancouver, CAN 8/2/1954
Roger Bannister with Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher after Bannister broke the mile world record with a time of 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds. The...
British middle-distance runner Roger Bannister comfortably winning the one mile race in record time during the AAA Championships at White City...
England's Dr. Roger Bannister, , is escorted from the field here after winning the mile race in the British Empire Games at Vancouver. Bannister's...
Britain's famed miler Roger Bannister being congratulated by Chris Chataway after setting a new record of 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. On the left is...
Track & Field: British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Great Britain Roger Bannister in action vs Australia John Landy during mile race, Vancouver,...
Dr. Roger Bannister hits the tape in the 1954 Miracle Mile race in Vancouver, B.C. The neurologist became the first man to break the four-minute mile...
British athlete Roger Bannister the day after achieving the 'four minute mile'. He was knighted after a distinguished medical career.
English athletics team manager George Truelove and a police officer help record holder Roger Bannister after what was dubbed 'The Mile Of The...
English athlete Roger Bannister amongst a crowd at Oxford after becoming the first person in the world to run a mile in under 4 minutes, .
Philadelphia, PA- British Miler, Roger Bannister,, holds the Winner's Cup after turning in a fast 4:08.3 to easily win the Benjamin Franklin Mile of...
British athlete Roger Bannister wins the 1500m final ahead of Gunnar Nielsen of Denmark at the European Championships in Berne, Switzerland, August...
Britain's Roger Bannister, first to break the four-minute mile barrier, reads a telegram from an English fan in his hotel room at Vancouver. He faces...
Sport, Athletics, pic: circa 1954, Philadelphia, U,S,A, Roger Bannister having won the Mile for the Franklin Cup in Philadelphia in a time in 4 mins...
English athlete and neurologist Dr Roger Bannister with his 'Sportsman of the Year' trophy at an award ceremony at the Savoy Hotel, London.
British athlete Chris Brasher runs ahead of Roger Bannister, during the first lap of Bannister's record-breaking sub-4-minute mile run at Iffley...
The Duke of Edinburgh chats with Roger Bannister after presenting him with a special plaque to mark his world record mile of 3:59.4, run last May, in...
View of the British Empire Games one mile race. Shown here is the start of the race, with England's Roger Bannister shown fourth from the left...
Bannister is shown winning the one mile final from H.J. Parlett in the University Athletic Union Championships at White City, England, 1949....
Boston: Ted Kennedy, brother of President Kennedy chats with Dr. Roger Bannister, , first man to crack the four minute mile, now interning at a...
John Landy, world's fastest human who recently shattered the foot racing sonic barrier and will compete against Roger Bannister, another 4 min....
Members of the English team leave Northolt Airport for the Empire Games in Vancouver, B.C. Left to right are: C.W. Brasher; Dr. Roger Bannister,...
Proving he doesn't have a one-track mind, Great Britain's Dr. Roger Bannister, first on record to run the mile in under four minutes, in his track...