Four-minute mile
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A four-minute mile is the completion of a mile run in four minutes or less. It translates to a speed of 15 miles per hour (24 km/h). It is a standard of professional middle distance runners in several cultures.
Blue plaque recording the first sub-four-minute mile, run by Roger Bannister on 6 May 1954 at Oxford University's Iffley Road Track
Current mile world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj (left) at the start of a race
Statue outside the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver immortalizing the moment in "The Miracle Mile" when Bannister (left) passed Landy
Bannister and Landy racing in Vancouver, August 1954
Mile run
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The mile run is a middle-distance foot race.
Gunder Hägg (right) defeats Arne Andersson with a world record time of 4:06.2 min in Gothenburg in 1942.
A statue commemorating Roger Bannister and John Landy's Miracle Mile in 1954.
Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj (left) is the world record holder for the outdoor mile.