Webeven though the 1500 meters has been an olympic event for over 100 years, most sports fans recognize the mile, with its 4 minute mile barrier, as more. Webin track and field, only four american high school athletes have run the mile in less than four minutes. Jim ryun of kansas did it first, 45 years ago this month. Weba look at how some of the top u. s. This was the barrier, both physical and psychological, that begged to be broken. The number had a certain mathematical elegance. Webthis past thursday, scotts valley middle school 12 year old jeremy kain (above middle) set a new unofficial world record for the mile with a time of 4:36. 8. Webthe story goes that bannister crushed the 4 minute mile mark, and allowed runners to dream of the impossible. No longer held back by this psychological barrier,. Aug 8, 2020 1:37 pm edt.
