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Before 1954, everyone believed that no man on earth could run a mile within four minutes in sports. It was not possible.
But on 6 May, 1954, at Iffley Road track, Oxford, Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, a British physician, athlete and academician broke that barrier by finishing in 3min. 59.4secs.


