Bowden to Enter Pac-12 Hall of Honor

Cal track star & 1956 Olympian was first American to run sub-4 minute Mile

By Cal Athletics

SAN FRANCISCO – Former Cal track great and first American to run a sub-4 minute Mile, Don Bowden will be inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor at the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas on...

Emmanuel Bor #500 American to Go Sub-4!

Bor also earned $500 bonus as the 500th American under 4:00 thanks to a promotion from Bring Back the Mile, Saucony & Running Warehouse: “It’s really awesome to break that barrier. It’s amazing… Today I am so happy. 3:58 is awesome.”

By Jonathan Gault, LetsRun.com

BOSTON — On June 1, 1957, ...

The Don Bowden Interview

I admire what Ryan Lamppa and ‘Bring Back the Mile’ are doing... We should definitely bring back the Mile and there is some impetus which would surely help track & field in this country.

By Gary Cohen, GaryCohenRunning.com

Don Bowden is the first American to run a sub-4 minute Mile which he...

America’s Sub-4:00 Fraternity

The quest to "break four" still inspires the latest generation of U.S. runners

By Dave Hunter, RunBlogRun

David Hunter is on a roll. This piece on Chris Fallon of Ohio State, and the pursuit of the 4 minute Mile, is a fun read. The 4 minute Mile has become a litmus test to the growing...

Don Bowden Opened Gateway for American Milers

By Mark Winitz

Longtime track & field writer Mark Winitz interviewed Don Bowden in 2004 for an article that appeared in American Track & Field magazine. On the 55th anniversary of Bowden’s first sub-4 minute Mile by an American, Bring Back the Mile asked Mark to contact Don for his thoughts...

Bowden passed test with first U.S. sub-4:00 Mile

My coach, the legendary Brutus Hamilton, said, "Let's give it a try and see if you can do it."

By Paula Parrish, Special to The Record

His face, when he crossed the finish line 48 years ago, could have come straight out of "Happy Days." Even when he was straining on his last steps to become...

Four Minutes of Fame

Remembering Don Bowden's U.S. milestone

By Brad Herzog, Sports Illustrated

When Roger Bannister first ran the Mile in less than 4 minutes, on May 6, 1954, he was hailed the next morning by The New York Times as having achieved "one of man's hitherto unattainable goals." The 4 minute barrier...

Dyrol Burleson, Miler

Two-time Olympian featured on two SI covers: "The Mile was really something back then."

By Farrell Evans, Sports Illustrated

As a precocious teenager growing up in Cottage Grove, Ore., in 1954, Dyrol Burleson set three goals: run a sub-4 minute Mile as Roger Bannister had in making history...