It was last Thursday when the dream mile was exactly 50 years ago. Roger
Bannister was the first athlete to run the mile in a sub four minute time on
6th May 1954. But was he really the first? Or was there perhaps a runner back
in the 18th century who achieved this? Click here to read this article which
was published in the English newspaper Observer.
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/comment/0,10083,1207844,00.html