Subscribe for more: As one of the iconic achievements in human endurance, Sir Roger Bannister grants us an insight into just what it felt like to be the first person to break the sub-four-minute mile on 6 May 1954 in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. Lord Sebastian Coe provides additional commentary. Welcome to the official Guinness World Records YouTube channel! If you're looking for videos featuring the world's tallest, shortest, fastest, longest, oldest and most incredible things on
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