Roger Bannister-1954-First Four Minute Mile (HQ-Full Race)

[71Johnhoward]

A lot of people showed up to watch him run. Not sure if any of them were runners but it was nice to see so many people at a track meet.

[whatsername021]

I will be attempting to break five minutes in the mile for the first time tomorrow. That last kick is so inspiring.

[RealDesktops]

Wow! This Is My Cousin!!

[DICKIEMONSTER]

yo geeza sounds gay cnt watch this. Nice1 yea.

[DICKIEMONSTER]

run lyk a mhfuka

[RunninAD]

This is better quality than most the current race videos....

[linglingjr]

hey at 4:21 the guy with the hat is his coach right? I also am reading the perfect mile about 3/4ths the way through good book. this trackseason I'll be happy if I run a 1:58 800m. the pace they ran at for twice the distance.

[rdaines1]

I'm reading "The Perfect Mile" by Neal Bascomb right now, I would highly recommend it, the pressure that Bannister, Landy, and Santy had on them from a world begging for the record to be broken was tremendous, not to mention the training that they put themselves through to achieve this awesome goal

[XxXLovelyLyricsXxX]

I can only run a 9m 24 mile with my bad knees and terrible asthma but it is significantly better, in grade school I could only do 3/4's before I got faint and went into an asthma attack. Then I improved to a full mile in 17mins. . .then I didn't run due to health problems and the first time I ran after a few years I got 9m 24.. . I literally collapsed with joy. I pushed myself so hard. I know it's not a record time. . . but it shows if you push yourself anything is possible!

[fast1919]

i lived in st clements in 1954 and was lucky to have run on Iffley rd in 1959 history in the making great achievement by R bannister

[FantasticDad]

There is a huge management lesson here......the 2 x Chris were setting the pace as planned by their coach. Roger could have but didn't go past . Excellent strategy led to breaking the 4 minute mile.

[TheShiningMewtwo]

And than steroids came along .......

[whereskim89]

Did Sir Roger Bannister ever run the marathon? I bet he would have bested anyone in the marathon

[GhibliFan1]

It rings true what he said about his legs feeling good that day. I cycle, and some days my legs feel great and I can ride much faster and further than other days. I don't know what it is, you can sleep/eat/drink the same but some days you just have that bit extra. Ryan Giggs also described a similar 'in the zone' kind of feeling when he scored his famous goal against Arsenal in the FA cup semi-final. He described that he could hear total silence as he made his run through defenders. Spooky.

[MealEpicTime]

My brother ran a 4:31 mile in 8th grade, but quit track and moved to soccer:P... Anyone know what the world record mile time is for 8th grade?

[craiginglister92]

@MealEpicTime not that.. but that really is a shame.. many varsity high school runner don't even earn that time. he could've gone far

[kvukasxc659]

@MealEpicTime not a clue use the internet. but i can say with a lot of confidence that it is faster than that.

[MealEpicTime]

I wipe my ass with a 4 minute mile

[rabbit605]

I've just learned from a recent Runner's World (American) article on rabbits, that Bannister did this with the assistance of two 'pacers'. Not to take anything away from the fact - just saying I was unaware of this.

[craiginglister92]

@rabbit605 how do runners use rabbits? do the pacers stand at every 200 meters and tell them their pace or what?

[rabbit605]

@craiginglister92 - They start the race with the rest of the runners and then drop out before the finish. Chris Brasher was the first rabbit who led the race through the first two laps and Chris Chataway "led him through the third and half of the last. The finish was Bannister's alone."

Source: Don't think youtube will let me post the direct link but go to runnersworld [dot] com and search for 'Run Rabbit Run' - info's on the third page.



[element11211]

BOSS

[ARRISIPPY]

Would appear the first verified four minute mile was by a guy called James Parrott,a Londoner and professional (they all were ,then),who ran the time on the 9th May,1770.Does that mean I've got to change the title of this video?! (Look in Peter Radford's article from the 2nd,May,2004,in the Observer...it's on line)

[porkchop487]

Louis Zamperini would have been the first man to do it, but he was drafted to war. While at a training camp, he ran a 4:08. On sand. With no one pacing him.

[Preserbius]

@porkchop487 I loved that book!

[linglingjr]

@porkchop487 im sure he was a great athlete but do you really think that he ran a 4:08? you say a sand course i doubt it was a mile probably much less than a mile... wes santee found how to avoid the draft, if him and easton could then im sure Louis zmperini could have too. I am almost certain he would have not ran a sub 4 mile.

[Pihasanddunes1]

That camera angle from the infield, focused continually on the leading runners, gives this film an unusual fluidity and beauty. Great footage, worthy of a great moment.

[jenkoEire]

amazing.... that was a mental barrier broken that day

[N1k1mon]

Is it just me or does anybody else notice the scene become surreal on camera? Wherever else sees it will know what I mean.

[ARRISIPPY]

@N1k1mon I guess it's partly because we're used to viewing athletics from the side of the track these days? A camera stuck in the middle makes it difficult to assess what part of of the lap you're watching...bit like watching it from a kids roundabout..makes you dizzy!

[N1k1mon]

Nobody could do it until he had done it, weeks afterwards it was being done all over the world.

Divine laws fit in here somewhere, I don't quite get it. I can't believe more people haven't commented.

[ARRISIPPY]

@N1k1mon  I think all the world track records went stagnant for adecade because of WW2..Reckon Wooderson would have had the four minute mile in the early forties had it not been for that? Just four years after this race Herb Elliott ran 3.54,so guess it must have been psychological?

[stevetheowl12]

@ARRISIPPY I think that a lot of it was psychological as well. Hagg set his record in 1942, and it took another ten years for anyone else to come to within seven-tenths of a second. Because so many thought it couldn't be done, they were right. There is a part of me that wonders if Bannister going under made it possible for Landy to do as well with all of the times he broke 4:05, but never quite got under either the big milestone or the old record.

[gcollins1992]

@ARRISIPPY Also, one belief held at the time was that prolonged training, (even by the lighter standards of the day) was more harm than help. It was believed that a runner could only be at and maintain his peak for two to four years. After Bannister upped his regimen, other runners did the same, and as a result, times dropped drastically following the first sub four mile. However, the psychology behind it was probably a powerful force, too.

[aishanpatil1]

sir roger bannister n hicham el gourrouj r tha kings of runnin!:D imma mile nd 3k runner too, and every time i gt nervous b4 races i like tah watch videos of em.. but my best time is 4m 45 so still a lotta wrk needed:S

the all ireland mile race is on next march n i reckon 4m25 shud win it...

gr8 quality vid n im surprisd uv no oder comments:)

[ARRISIPPY]

@aishanpatil1 Thanks for the comments...good luck with the training!

[aishanpatil1]

@hughtub haa lol ... wel ive only been runnin bout 2 yrs like ,, also i guess da standard of runnin here mustnt be great considerin that our national record for u-16 is 4mins 32 . until last year it was 4mins 47 !! wats ur time? :L