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In Athletics , the four-minute mile is the Running of a Mile (1,609.344 Metre s) in under four Minute s. It was once thought by some to be impossible, but since it was first achieved in 1954 the 'four minute barrier' has been broken by many male athletes, and is now the standard of all professional Middle Distance runners. In the last 50 years the mile record has been lowered by almost 17 seconds. Still, four minutes remains the standard by which all male amateur milers are measured. recording the first ever sub-four-minute mile run by Roger Bannister on 6 May 1954 at Oxford University 's Iffley Road Track .]] ROGER BANNISTER On '' magazine 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 '', Mel Watman, wrote a letter of complaint to the magazine for running the story {Link without Title} . In 2005, a film was made about Roger Bannister's triumph entitled ''Four Minutes'' and aired on ESPN . There is also a 1988 mini-series ''The Four Minute Mile'', available on DVD. RECORD HOLDERS John Walker managed to run 129 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 . Another illustration of the progression of performance in the men's mile is that in 1994, forty years after Bannister's breaking of the barrier, the Irish runner Eamonn Coghlan became the first man over age 40 to run a sub-four-minute mile. Finally, Daniel Komen of Kenya holds the world 2-mile record of 7:58.61, set in 1997, which is two sub-4 minute miles back-to-back. 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. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES Running under four minutes for either a mile or just 1600 meters is considered an even higher milestone on the high school level due to the lower physical maturity and competition. One of , and was done on a faster all-weather track. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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