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Jim Ryun. only 4 high schoolers have ever broken the 4-minute mile.
The first 4 minute mile was run by Roger Banister.
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Peter snell
24.14 km per hour for a 4-minute mile.
It was first achieved in 1954 by Roger Bannister in 3'59.4". The 'four minute barrier' has since been broken by many male athletes, and is now the standard of all professional middle distance runners. In the last 50 years the mile record has been lowered by almost 17 seconds.
Murray Halberg
The first ever sub-four minute mile was run by Roger Bannister on May 6th, 1954.
The two runners that paced Roger Bannister in the race were Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway. Click on the 'Video of the First Sub Four Minute Mile' link on this page to see a tape of that historic race.
Many runners have now run one mile under four minutes. The first to accomplish the feat was Roger Bannister in 1954, with a time of 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds. Since this time, the record has been broken many times. This link has the history of when the fastest mile time was broken: http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0112924.html