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Roger Bannister

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile.

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science · English athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile (1929–2018) · middle-distance runner · autobiographer · physician · athletics competitor · neurologist · athlete · also Roger Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, Sir Roger Bannister, Roger Gilbert Bannister, Roger Bennister, Bannister

Born 23 March 1929 · Died 3 March 2018 · Q319351

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We run, not only because we think it is doing us good, but … because it helps us to do other things better.
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Awarded Companion of Honour (2017).
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2026· 3 entries

Aug 1, 2026Documented record68% confidence

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Yahoo Sports: Now for Josh Kerr to emulate Roger Bannister’s ‘Miracle Mile’

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Jul 18, 2026Documented record75% confidence

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Public attention spiked: 8,575 Wikipedia readers in one day, 23.5× the usual 365, with 0 article edits.

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Apr 28, 2026Documented record75% confidence

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The Guardian: Sabastian Sawe’s sub-two marathon feat is the Roger Bannister moment of our time | Sean Ingle

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2022· 1 entry

2022Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

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His widow, Lady Moyra Bannister, died in Oxford on 4 November 2022, at the age of 94.

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2019· 1 entry

2019Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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As part of the Royal Mint's '50 Years of the 50p coin', along with other designs

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2018· 6 entries

Mar 4, 2018Documented record69% confidence

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Seattle Times: Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in less than 4 minutes, dies at 88

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Mar 4, 2018Documented record69% confidence

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Runner's World: Roger Bannister, First to Break the 4-Minute Mile Barrier, Dies at 88

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Mar 4, 2018Documented record69% confidence

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Wall Street Journal: Roger Bannister, First to Run Sub Four-Minute Mile, Dies at 88

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Mar 4, 2018Documented record69% confidence

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New York Daily News: Tributes to Roger Bannister, who has died at age 88

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Mar 3, 2018Documented record86% confidence

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Died 2018-03-03.

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“We run, not only because we think it is doing us good, but … because it helps us to do other things better.”

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2017· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2017Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Companion of Honour (2017).

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2014· 2 entries

2014Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4's Midweek with Libby Purves, Kevin Warwick and Rachael Stirling

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2014Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Bannister said in an interview: "I'd rather be remembered for my work in neurology than my running

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2012· 1 entry

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Bannister carried the Olympic flame at the site of his memorable feat, in the Oxford University track stadium now named after him

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2011· 2 entries

2011Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

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In 2011, Bannister was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

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2011Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Bannister was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease

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2004· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2004Documented record79% confidence

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Published “Advances in functional and structural MR image analysis and implementation as FSL” in NeuroImage — cited 12,516 times.

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2002· 2 entries

2002Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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The British public voted Bannister's historic sub-4-minute mile as number 13 in the list of the 100 Greatest Sporting Moments

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Jan 1, 2002Documented record79% confidence

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Published “Improved Optimization for the Robust and Accurate Linear Registration and Motion Correction of Brain Images” in NeuroImage — cited 10,871 times.

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2000· 1 entry

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Bannister received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement

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1996· 1 entry

1996Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Pembroke College at the University of Oxford (where Bannister was Master for eight years) named a building in honour of his achievements

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1986· 1 entry

1986Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And from Brunel University London in 2008 (DUniv), as well as an honorary doctorate from Oxford Brookes University in 2014

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1985· 2 entries

1985Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Holding the mile world record until Noureddine Morceli of Algeria ran 3:44

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Jan 1, 1985Documented record84% confidence

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Career landmark: Master of Pembroke College, University of Oxford (1985–1993).

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1983· 1 entry

1983Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Which was bettered by El Guerrouj in 1997 who ran 3:48

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1967· 1 entry

1967Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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From a photograph by Vancouver Sun photographer Charlie Warner and stood for many years at the entrance to Empire Stadium; after the stadium was demolished the sculpture was moved a short distance away to the Hastings an

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1959· 1 entry

1959Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

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Bannister (b. 1959), an insurance industry executive; Thurstan R.

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1955· 1 entry

1955Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Bannister married the Swedish artist Moyra Elver Jacobsson in Basel, Switzerland

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1954· 3 entries

1954Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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To concentrate on his work as a junior doctor and to pursue a career in neurology

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1954Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Landy made some more attempts at the distance

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1954Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Bannister spent the next forty years practising medicine in the field of neurology

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1951· 1 entry

1951Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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At the Penn Relays, Bannister broke away from the pack with a 56

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1948· 1 entry

1948Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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But declined as he felt he was not ready to compete at that level

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1944· 1 entry

1944Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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The family returned to London and Roger went to University College School

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1929· 1 entry

Mar 23, 1929Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1929-03-23.

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1925· 1 entry

1925Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And had a daughter, Joyce, before Roger was born

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