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...
Athlete Roger Bannister and his wife with their two-month-old son Clive pictured prior to Cive's christening, Great Britain, 3 January 1959.
From left to right, Chris Chataway, Richard Baker, Roger Bannister and Chris Brasher celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first four-minute mile,...
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill watches the first relay of runners, each carrying a cheque for £500, set off from Downing Street as part of...
Sport, Athletics, pic: 12th May 1951, White City, London, Roger Bannister wins the Mile at the British Games meeting, British runner Roger Bannister,...
Volume 2, Page 30, Picture 6, Sport, Athletics Roger Bannister collapses into the arms of colleagues, after breaking the 4 minute mile
Sport, Athletics, Four Minute Mile, Iffley Road, Oxford, England, 6th May 1954, Great Britain's Roger Bannister crosses the finishing line, becoming...
Sport, Athletics, pic: 10th February 1957, Dr, Roger Bannister checking on a British army volunteer one of a group that had agreed to take part in an...
Sport, Athletics, pic: 1949, Roger Bannister pictured while a third year medical student at Exeter College, Oxford, where he studied physiology and...
Sir Roger Bannister poses with the original stopwatchthat was used when recording the first sub 4 minute mile on May 6, 2004 at Pembroke College in...
English athlete Roger Bannister with his medal after winning the mile race at the Empire Games in Vancouver.
From left to right, British athletes Chris Brasher , Roger Bannister and Chris Chataway after Bannister's record breaking 4 minute mile run in 3 mins...
Twenty year-old English athlete Roger Bannister in a study at Exeter College Oxford, where he is a third year medical student, 23rd May 1949.
English athlete and medical student Roger Bannister at work on a biochemistry experiment in the Oxford University laboratories in England, circa June...
Athletics, Oxford, 6th May 1954, English runner Roger Bannister exhausted after breaking the 4 minute mile with a time of 3 mins 59,4 secs
Sport, Athletics, Four Minute Mile, Iffley Road, Oxford, England, 6th May 1954, Great Britain's Chris Brasher leads from Roger Bannister and Chris...
Sport, Athletics, pic: 1st August 1953, White City, London, Roger Bannister finishes the last leg of the one mile relay setting a new mile record in...
Sir Roger Bannister poses for a photograph while attending the Morgan Stanley Great Britons Awards 2006 at the Guildhall on January 18, 2007 in...
Middle distance runners Don McMillan , Don Seaman and Roger Bannister lead the field during a 1 mile international race at the Inter Counties British...
British middle distance runner John Parlett pictured with fellow athletes Roger Bannister and Marcel Hansenne after winning the 800m race at the...
Sir Roger Bannister rings the Bell to signal the last lap of the mens elite 1500m race at the Iffley Road running track to celebrate the 50th...
Roger Bannister receiving the baton from B Shewson during the 4 x 1500 metre relay race at the International Athletics meeting between England and...
Britain's famed miler Roger Bannister following pace man Chris Chataway, on the way to a new record of 3 minutes 59.4 seconds at Iffley Road, Oxford.
Chris Brasher takes the lead, closely followed by Roger Bannister during a historic race at Iffley Road, Oxford. This was the event which saw...