>The claim that a four-minute mile was once thought to be impossible by "informed" observers was and is a widely propagated myth created by sportswriters and de

>The claim that a four-minute mile was once thought to be impossible by "informed" observers was and is a widely propagated myth created by sportswriters and debunked by Bannister himself in his memoir, The Four Minute Mile (1955). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bannister#Sub-4-minute_mile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bannister#Sub-4-minute_m...