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On declared after interviewing a number of sports experts that Bannister's four minute mile was "the greatest athletic achievement" of all time. During the fiftieth anniversary of Roger Bannister's run, the British athlete Ken Wood claimed that he broke four minutes four weeks before Bannister, in a training event . However, this is controversial, and a former editor of Athletics Weekly, Mel Watman, has written a letter of complain to the magazine for running the story [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13849-1097364,00.html . The New Zealand er John Walker managed to run at least a hundred sub-four-minute miles during his career, and American Steve Scott has run the most sub-four-minute miles, with 136. Currently, the mile record is held by Hicham El Guerrouj , who set a time of 3 minutes 43.13 seconds in Rome in 1999 . No Woman has yet run a four-minute mile, although it is thought to be physically possible. The current women's record holder is Russian Svetlana Masterkova , with a time of 4 minutes 12.56 seconds. In the 1940s running a four minute mile was thought to be the physical limit of the Human Body . However, it is now the standard of all professional Middle Distance runners. Authorities of Sports Medicine have long speculated that a three minute mile is beyond the capacity of Human Being s, but that it may be possible with advances in Genetic Engineering . However, considering the world record in the 400m is 43.18 seconds, held by Michael Johnson , and a three minute mile would take just under 45 seconds per 400 meters, it may be possible. In 2005 a film was made about Roger Banister's triumph titled 'Four Minutes'. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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