The depth of Bannister’s thinking has part-inspired the title of a fascinating new biography by Whitfield. Roger Bannister: Athlete and Philosopher draws on a raft of first-hand sources ...

Britain's Roger Bannister was the first man to go under four minutes in May 1954, with his compatriot Diane Leather the first woman to break five minutes in the same month. The current men's ...

Roger Bannister was studying medicine at Oxford when he bacame the first man to run the mile in under 4 minutes.At the Iffley Road track in Oxford Roger Bannister became the first man to run 1 ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Runners will come together in Oxford to celebrate Sir Roger Bannister's record-breaking four-minute mile for the second year this May.