

For two brilliant young athletes - Roger Bannister of England and John Landy of Australia - the 1952 Helsinki Olympics present an exciting challenge. But events help set them on the path to something even more memorable than an Olympic gold medal - the race to break the four-minute mile....

Roger Bannister

John Landy

Chris Chataway

Wes Santee

Franz Stampfl

Denis Johannson

Jill Webster

Chris Brasher

Norris McWhirter

Harold Abrahams

Don MacMillan

Percy Cerutty

Bill Easton

Les Perry

American Athletics Official

Sandy Duncan

American Athletics Official

Groundsman

American Athletics Official

Student Athlete

Australian Journalist

Medical Student

Jim Johnson

Hammer Thrower

Chairman of Oxford University Athletic Club

Melbourne University Academic

BBC Interviewer

American Journalist

American Journalist

Policeman

Finnish Announcer

American Journalist

Elva Landy

Gordon Landy

Young Runner

Tony Landy

John Vernon

Vancouver Journalist

Marjorie Jackson

Vancouver Journalist

Winsome Cripps

Vancouver Journalist

Vancouver Journalist

Vancouver Journalist

British Photographer

Emil Zatopek

Finnish Announcer

British Journalist

British Journalist

Photographer

Canadian Mountie

British Journalist

British Journalist

Dr Hiddleston

Andy O'Brien

British Journalist

British Journalist

Marine Commanding Officer

English Doctor

Mrs Lambert

Murray Halberg

Milk Bar Proprieter

Australian Starter

Bill Baillie

Canadian Announcer

Australian Time Keeper

Canadian Producer

Australian Referee

Dave Garroway

Passer-By

California Interviewer

Landlady

Schoolmaster

AAA Official

AAA Official
