Who were the pacemakers when Bannister broke the 4-minute mile?
Lewis and Clark
Chataway and Brasher
Johnson and Thompson
Bekele and Gebreselassie
Answer
Chataway and Brasher were the pacemakers who assisted Roger Bannister in breaking the 4-minute mile barrier on May 6, 1954. They set a blistering pace for the first three laps, allowing Bannister to conserve his energy for the final lap, which he ran in an astonishing 59.4 seconds to achieve the historic feat.
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