Bannister Miles
Level 2 license 
Event date: Monday, 6th May 2024
Entry: Opens on 11 March 2024.
Entry Fees on entry: Members £10. Non Members £15. This includes entry into the stadium. (Please note all entry fees are non-refundable)
Closing Date: Entries are now closed – some spaces exist for the U13 mile and Steeplechase Miles. Email Matthew Fraser Moat
Timetable: The meet will run from 2:30pm to 6:00pm (approx.)
A provisional timetable will be issued on Thursday 2nd May. Please do not email the race organiser asking for a timetable or race details before this date. Seeding is based on power on ten so please do not send updates on UK performances.
Pacemakers: If you are able to assist the meeting by offering to be a pacemaker, please contact support@bannistermiles.org.uk.
Elite entry
Entry into the elite men’s and women’s race will be by invitation only. As a guide elite mile times are 3:55 and 4:25. Please contact Thomas Renshaw and Tom Barrett if you are interested.
thomas.renshaw@bannistermiles.org.uk
tom.barrett@bannistermiles.org.uk
The history of the 4-minute-mile and Roger Bannister HERE
Travel & Parking
Details on travelling to Iffley Road can be found here:
http://www.sport.ox.ac.uk/about-us/how-to-find-us/
Please note that parking is not available at the sports centre. The nearest carparks are at St Clements’s or Union Street. We advise that spectators and athletes use the Park and Ride service, details of which can be found in the link above.
Spectators
Spectators are welcome at Iffley Road Track throughout the day, with food and drink stalls, a pop-up World Athletics museum, and health and fitness groups all present. In the late afternoon, there will be a presentation of World Athletics Heritage Plaques in recognition of Bannister’s achievement and the contribution of OUAC – 164 years old – to the development of athletics. The whole community is invited to attend the track meet. Tickets will be available free-of-charge, with advance registration recommended. Tickets available here.
Events:
Official 1500m Times will be recorded in the mile races
Entry Standards
Standards shown are for the mile. Equivalent 1500m times will be accepted as a qualifying time for this event. If you do not have a mile time please add your 1500m time to the comments sections of the entry process. We will then make a decision as to accept or not. Your entry may be placed into ‘deferred’ before a decision is made.
Mass road mile
If you do not qualify for this event as your PBs are outside of the qualifying standards then please enter the mass road mile. We had to introduce standards this year due to increased demand but have worked hard to organise a road mile for all! We hope to have as many as 2000 people in the mass mile, so should be a brilliant event. You are still welcome to come and spectate the track meet in the afternoon after your race.
- Age Groups: Senior
Entry Standard: Invitation only (Thomas Renshaw & Tom Barrett) - Women’s Elite Mile
Age Groups: Senior
Entry Standard: Invitation only (Thomas Renshaw & Tom Barrett) - Men’s Mile
- Under 13
- Entry Standard: 5:30
- Under 15 – including Andy Green Mile
- Entry Standard: 5:00
- Under 17 – including Peter Coe Mile
- Entry Standard: 4:50
- Senior
- Entry Standard: 4:40
- VET
- Entry Standard: 5:30
- Women’s Mile
- Under 13
- Entry Standard: 6:00
- Under 15 – including Pat Fitzgerald Mile
- Entry Standard: 5:30
- Under 17 – including Frank Horwill Mile
- Entry Standard: 5:25
- Senior
- Entry Standard: 5:20
- VET
- Entry Standard: 6:00
- Men’s Para 1500m
Classification: T20, T38, visually impaired, wheelchair
Entry Standard: Please contact Tom Barrett - Women’s Para 1500m
Classification: T20, T38, visually impaired, wheelchair
Entry Standard: Please contact Tom Barrett - Men’s Steeplechase Mile
- Entry Standard guide 3:50 flat 1500m or 9:00 3000SC
- Women’s Steeplechase Mile
- Entry Standard guide 4:30 flat 1500m or 11:00 3000SC
