Where did Roger Bannister achieve the sub-4-minute mile?
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Answer
Oxford is the location where Roger Bannister made history by running the first sub-4-minute mile. On May 6, 1954, at the Iffley Road Track in Oxford, Bannister broke the long-standing barrier, completing the mile in an astonishing 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds. This remarkable achievement shattered the widely held belief that running a mile in under four minutes was physiologically impossible.
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