Mon, 07 May, 2012 - 01:00
Stephen Wilson
Like a proud patriarch regaling wide-eyed children, the 83-year-old avidly recounts that magical four-lap race on a cinder track in Oxford on May 6, 1954 — an event that still stands as a transcendent moment in sports.
3 minutes, 59.4 seconds.
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CourtsPlace: OxfordPlace: Mount EverestPlace: Iffley RoadPlace: LondonPlace: BritainPlace: White City StadiumPlace: Wembley StadiumPerson: RogerPerson: Roger BannisterPerson: BannisterPerson: SirPerson: MoyraPerson: Queen Elizabeth IIPerson: Winston ChurchillPerson: Sydney WoodersonPerson: Arne AnderssonPerson: SwedeEvent: OlympicsEvent: OlympicEvent: 1952 Helsinki GamesEvent: London GamesEvent: World War IIEvent: 1908 OlympicsEvent: 1948 London GamesEvent: ‘52 OlympicsEvent: London OlympicsEvent: ‘48 OlympicsOrganisation: OxfordOrganisation: Pembroke CollegeOrganisation: BritainOrganisation: Olympic
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