In athletics, the four-minute mile is the running of a mile (1,609. Running is a means for an animal to move on Foot. It is defined in Sporting terms as a Gait in which at some point all feet are off the ground A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States 344 metres) in under four minutes. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A minute is a Unit of measurement of Time or of Angle. The minute is a unit of Time equal to 1/60th of an Hour or 60 It was once thought by some to be impossible, but since it was first achieved in 1954 by Roger Bannister the 'four minute barrier' has been broken by many male athletes, and is now the standard of all professional middle distance runners. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, CBE (born 23 March 1929 is an English former athlete best known as the first man to run the Mile in less than 4 Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including 3000 Metres. 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.
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Record holders
John Walker managed to run 129 sub-four-minute miles during his career (during which he was the first person to run over 100 sub 4 minute miles), and American Steve Scott has run the most sub-four-minute miles, with 136. John George Walker, CBE, (born January 12, 1952 in Papakura) is a former middle distance runner from New Zealand The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Steve Scott (born May 5, 1956) is an American male athlete who is one of the greatest milers in American history Currently, the mile record is held by Hicham El Guerrouj, who set a time of 3 minutes 43. Hicham El Guerrouj ( Arabic: هشام الكروج born September 14, 1974, Berkane) is a Moroccan former middle distance 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. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Eamonn Coghlan (born 21 November 1952 is an Irish 4-time Olympian and world championship winning athlete
No woman has yet run a four-minute mile, although it is thought to be physically possible. The current women's record holder is retired Russian Svetlana Masterkova, with a time of 4 minutes 12. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Svetlana Alexandrovna Masterkova (Russian ru светлана александровна мастеркова (born January 17, 1968) is a Russian 56 seconds.
American 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 Jim Ryun's biggest claims to fame was to be the first to break four minutes at the high school level in 1964 (with a time of 3 minutes 59 seconds) and the next year he lowered the mark to 3:55. James Ronald ("Jim" Ryun (born April 29, 1947) is an American former track athlete and Politician, who was 3. In 2001, Alan Webb further lowered the high school record to 3:53. Alan Webb (born January 13, 1983, in Ann Arbor Michigan) is an American track athlete. 3, although his accomplishment is generally considered less impressive than Ryun's because it stacked up less favorably against the world competition at the time, was pushed under higher overall competition in the Prefontaine Classic, and was done on a faster all-weather track. The Prefontaine Classic is one of the premier Track and field meets in the United States. . In total, only 4 high school athletes have ever run under four minutes in the mile, a total of 9 times. In 1966, two years after Jim Ryun, Tim Danielson ran a 3:59. Tim Danielson is a former American middle distance runner He is one of only four high school athletes to ever run the mile in under four minutes 4, and in 1967, Marty Liquori ran a 3:59. Martin ("Marty" Liquori (born 11 September 1949) is an American middle distance athlete. 8. It was 32 years before Webb ran a 3:59. 86 on an indoor track, becoming the first High School athlete to break four minutes on an indoor track. Webb then ran a 3:53. 3 on an outdoor track during the spring season, the current high school record.
Popular culture
In 1988, the ABC and the BBC co-produced a miniseries dramatisation of the race to the four-minute mile, featuring Richard Huw as Bannister and Nique Needles as Landy. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes It was written by David Williamson and directed by Jim Goddard. David Keith Williamson AO (born 19 February 1942 is one of Australia's most well-known playwrights
See also
- World record progression for the mile run
- Athletics (track and field)
- Dream Mile
- Middle distance track event
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Accurate times for the mile run (1609344 km were not recorded until after 1850 when the first precisely measured running tracks were built The Dream Mile was a match race between Jim Ryun and Marty Liquori on May 16, 1971. Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including 3000 Metres.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic