| BANNISTER | British athlete who was the first man to run the mile in less than four minutes, Roger ... |
| ROGERBANNISTER | British doctor who was the first athlete to run the mile in less than four minutes? (5,9) |
| FOUR | On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister became the first man to run the mile in less than this many minutes |
| MILE | English neurologist Roger Bannister became the first athlete to run this distance in less than four minutes. (4) |
| HINES | Jim _, American athlete who was the first man to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 metres (5) |
| BAILEY | First Canadian to run the mile in under 4 minutes |
| MILER | Who runs 1760 yards in less than four minutes? It could be Mr Eli (5) |
| EDWARDS | Athlete who was the first to break the 18-metre barrier in the triple jump (7) |
| ROGER | The first man to run a mile in under four minutes (5,9) |
| DALEYTHOMPSON | British athlete who was the decathlon champion at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games (5,8) |
| ELIUDKIPCHOGE | First man to run the marathon distance in less than two hours |
| CRAM | Steve ---, British athlete who set world records in the 1500m, 2000m and the mile in 1985 (4) |
| OLDFIELD | First human to drive a mile in less than a minute; or, a designer brought up in Barnado's care whose couture clients include royalty and A-list celebrities (8) |
| ADAMEVE | According to the bible, ... was the first man and ... was the first woman (4, 3) |
| WHITBREAD | Fatima _, retired British athlete who was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1987 (9) |
| WANGANUI | In 1962 Peter Snell first broke the world record for the mile in this city |
| BOTHAM | Former captain of the England cricket team who was the first man to score over 100 runs and take eight wickets in a single innings of a Test match (6) |
| MURRAYHALBERG | First New Zealander to run a mile in under four minutes (6,7) |
| ROALD | Norwegian explorer and navigator who was the first man to reach the South Pole (5,8) |
| AMUNDSEN | Norwegian explorer and navigator who was the first man to reach the South Pole (5,8) |
