The year 1950 saw more improvements, as he finished a relatively slow 4:13 mile on 1 July with an impressive 57.5 last quarter. Then, after a period of six weeks with no training, he came in third at White City in 4:14.2. In 1949, he improved in the 880 yards to 1:52.7 and won several mile races in 4:11. He set his training goals on the 1952 games in Helsinki. However, he was further inspired to become a great miler by watching the 1948 Olympics. He was selected as an Olympic "possible" in 1948, but declined as he felt he was not ready to compete at that level. His training was light, even compared to the standards of the day, but he showed promise in running a mile in 1947 in 4:24.6 on only three weekly half-hour training sessions. He had never worn running spikes previously or run on a track. Like Wooderson, Bannister would ultimately set a mile record, see it broken, then set a new personal best inferior to the new record.īannister started his running career at Oxford in the autumn of 1946 when 17. Wooderson lost to Andersson, but set a British record of 4:04.2 in Goteborg on 9 September. Eight years after setting the mile record and seeing it surpassed during the war years by the great Swedish runners Arne Andersson and Gunder Hagg, Wooderson regained his old form and challenged Andersson over the distance in several races. 6 Bannister vs Landy "The Miracle Mile"īannister was educated at the City of Bath Boys' Grammar School, Beechen Cliff School, University College School, London, Exeter College and Merton College, Oxford, and at St Mary's Hospital Medical School (now part of Imperial College London).īannister was inspired by miler Sydney Wooderson's remarkable comeback in 1945.
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