In the 12 months after Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile, how
many other runners ran the mile in less than four minutes? Also, how
many other runners broke the 4 minute mile in the 13th through 24th
month after Roger Bannister broke the barrier.

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Clarification of Question by foster124-ga on 31 Jan 2006 08:47 PST

Thank you for the comment. 

However, I am looking for the number of runners that ran the mile in
less than 4 minutes in the 12 months and 24 months after Roger
Bannister, whether or not they set a new world record in doing so.

The comment below provides only those runners who broke set a new
world record. However, I am looking for the total number of runners
who ran sub four minute miles.

Thanks again.

History of the Record for the Mile Run
http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0112924.html
Time 	Athlete 	        Country 	Year 	Location
4:36.5 	Richard Webster 	England 	1865 	England
4:29.0 	William Chinnery 	England 	1868 	England
4:28.8 	Walter Gibbs 	        England 	1868 	England
4:26.0 	Walter Slade 	        England 	1874 	England
4:24.5 	Walter Slade 	        England 	1875 	London
4:23.2 	Walter George 	        England 	1880 	London
4:21.4 	Walter George 	        England 	1882 	London
4:18.4 	Walter George 	        England 	1884 	Birmingham, England
4:18.2 	Fred Bacon 	       Scotland 	1894 	Edinburgh, Scotland
4:17.0 	Fred Bacon 	       Scotland 	1895 	London
4:15.6 	Thomas Conneff 	  United States 	1895 	Travers Island, N.Y.
4:15.4 	John Paul Jones 	United States 	1911 	Cambridge, Mass.
4:14.4 	John Paul Jones 	United States 	1913 	Cambridge, Mass.
4:12.6 	Norman Taber 	   United States 	1915 	Cambridge, Mass.
4:10.4 	Paavo Nurmi 	        Finland 	1923 	Stockholm
4:09.2 	Jules Ladoumegue 	 France 	1931 	Paris
4:07.6 	Jack Lovelock 	    New Zealand 	1933 	Princeton, N.J.
4:06.8 	Glenn Cunningham 	United States 	1934 	Princeton, N.J.
4:06.4 	Sydney Wooderson 	England 	1937 	London
4:06.2 	Gundar Hägg 	         Sweden 	1942 	Goteborg, Sweden
4:06.2 	Arne Andersson 	         Sweden 	1942 	Stockholm
4:04.6 	Gunder Hägg 	         Sweden 	1942 	Stockholm
4:02.6 	Arne Andersson 	         Sweden 	1943 	Goteborg, Sweden
4:01.6 	Arne Andersson 	         Sweden 	1944 	Malmo, Sweden
4:01.4 	Gunder Hägg 	         Sweden 	1945 	Malmo, Sweden
3:59.4 	Roger Bannister 	England 	1954 	Oxford, England
3:58.0 	John Landy 	      Australia 	1954 	Turku, Finland
3:57.2 	Derek Ibbotson 	        England 	1957 	London
3:54.5 	Herb Elliott 	      Australia 	1958 	Dublin
3:54.4 	Peter Snell 	     New Zealand 	1962 	Wanganui, N.Z.
3:54.1 	Peter Snell 	    New Zealand 	1964 	Auckland, N.Z.
3:53.6 	Michel Jazy 	         France 	1965 	Rennes, France
3:51.3 	Jim Ryun 	  United States 	1966 	Berkeley, Calif.
3:51.1 	Jim Ryun 	  United States 	1967 	Bakersfield, Calif.
3:51.0 	Filbert Bayi 	       Tanzania 	1975 	Kingston, Jamaica
3:49.4 	John Walker 	    New Zealand 	1975 	Goteborg, Sweden
3:49.0 	Sebastian Coe 	        England 	1979 	Oslo
3:48.8 	Steve Ovett 	        England 	1980 	Oslo
3:48.53 Sebastian Coe 	        England 	1981 	Zurich, Switzerland
3:48.40 Steve Ovett 	        England 	1981 	Koblenz, W. Ger.
3:47.33	Sebastian Coe 	        England 	1981 	Brussels
3:46.31	Steve Cram 	        England 	1985 	Oslo
3:44.39	Noureddine Morceli 	Algeria 	1993 	Rieti, Italy
3:43.13	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	        1999	Rome, Italy

Bannister ran it on May 6th 1954 and Landy broke the record 6 weeks
later on June 21 1954.

Here is a clip of them running against each other in August 1954:
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-41-1303-7607-10/sports/four_minute_mile/

No one elser broke the record until 1957 (beyond 24 months later) when
Ibbotson ran it on July 19 1957.

If I have answered your question fully please leave feedback before
expiring this question: that way we all learn if this is a sufficient
answer.

Sorry for the misunderstanding....

According to this article there were 16 runners to break it by the end of 1957:
http://www.sptimes.com/News/121799/Sports/Bannister_stuns_world.shtml

Have not been able to locate the names.

Researchers?

Hi foster124

In the first 12 months there were only 2
1st
Roger Bannister 6th May 1954 3:59.4 and 
2nd
John Landy 21st Jun 1954 3:58.0

then 3rd, 4th & 5th in one race
"Before 28 May 1955 only two men (Roger Bannister and John Landy) had
run a mile in less than four minutes. On that date however, at the
British Games meeting in London three more men added their names to
this list when Laszlo Tabori (Hungary) won in 3min 59.0sec from Chris
Chataway (Great Britain) and Hewson (3min 59.8sec) third.
http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=294

6th
Jim Bailey 5th May 1956 3:58.6 just scrapes into the 24 months

then just outside
7th
Ronald Delaney 1st June 1956 3:59.0
"Within two years on 1 June 1956 Ireland had its first member of the
sub-four club.  Ronnie Delaney, a student at the famous Villanova
University in Pennsylvania, had finished his examinations and was keen
for a race. [...]The time of 3:59.0 made Delaney the seventh man under
four!

8th 
Gunnar Nielsen 2nd June 1956 3:59.1

9th 
Derek Ibbotson 4th August 1956 3:59.4
"On 4 August 1956, he became the 9th man in history to run a sub
4-minute mile when he won the Emsley Carr mile at London in 3min
59.4sec."
http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=306

those without specific statements for order I was able to assign with
some cross-checking from their best performances in the 1 Mile all
time performance list @
http://web.telia.com/~u19603668/atb-m07.htm

Sorry, omitted the source for Delaney's position and time.
http://www.sparta-athletics.co.uk/flat_out_for_four_minutes.htm

CanadianHelper and Hardtofindbooks,

Thanks for all your comments! You have answered my question. Can I pay
you the fee??

Best,

Foster124

Neither of us are paid Google Answerers....
I'm glad you got what you were looking for!
Close off the question and pocket the $1.50!

Hold on!  canadianhelper motivated me... Here's more...

Complete List of USA 4 minute milers!!
http://www.angelfire.com/stars/springtrack2000/records/4minute.html

I might be able to locate more, (international names) --but you seem
satisfied so I'll stop searching.

Glad you got what you were looking for!

Please to be of help foster124

Note:
The site I referred to

http://web.telia.com/~u19603668/atb-m07.htm

has the best performance for ALL runners of sub 4 minute miles, and
all performances by any runner of a sub 3:50, up to the date of
compilation.

hardtofindbooks, 

HOLY COW THAT's A FANTASTIC LINK!

World men's all-time best 1 mile
http://web.telia.com/~u19603668/atb-m07.htm
This link lists 855 sub-4-minute milers, internationally.

Sorry I missed this before. As a GAR, I occasionally forget to click
on Commenters links (because they are no longer linked). This link is
a real gem, good find hardtofindbooks!!

What was your search strategy?

Hello Cynthia

I believe I started off with 'Bannister' and 'Landy' and 
sub OR break four minute mile 
and then added relevant ordinals like first, second, third, etc
which I think first led me to Chataway as the second Brit which, when
I went checking for details, gave me Tabori and Hewson. Bailey I think
turned up similarly as the first to break it in the US. I then
proceeded to use combinations of names, which didn't reveal a simple
list of first n to break four minutes but did lead to the BIG list
which enabled me to work out the others.

Thanks! That makes sense. Sometimes even "I" forget to "search for the
answer," --not the question.