It has been a week of celebration in England to mark one of the landmark moments in athletics history.
On Tuesday 6 May, it was 60 years to the day that Sir Roger Bannister became the first man to break the four-minute mile.
And during all the tributes which have been paid, one of the most repeated phrases has been how the announcement of the feat was achieved.
On the gravel track in Iffley Road in Oxford, Bannister, helped by his legendary pacemakers Chris Brasher and Sir Chris Chataway, crossed the line in 3:59.4.
Norris McWhirter was timing the race and this was how he announced it to the crowd - keeping the suspense to the maximum:
“Result of Event Eight: One mile. First, RG Bannister of Exeter and Merton Colleges, in a time which, subject to ratification, is a new track record, British native record, British all-comers record, European record, Commonwealth record and world record – three minutes. . .”
And that was it.
The crowd noise drowned out everything else as Bannister took athletics into a new age.
In the 60 years since Bannister's amazing feat, the record itself has been broken 18 times, with the mark of Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj now heading to its 15th anniversary.
He ran 3:43.13 in Rome on 7 July 1999 and no athlete has looked like breaking it since.
Bannister, now 85, remains an icon of the sport. And he remembers every moment of his historic day, which saw him finish his rounds as a medical student in London in the morning to head for the train to Oxford for the race which would change his life.
He said: “I had the perfect pacesetters, it transpired to be the perfect time to do the run.'
Speaking to the BBC, Bannister, who is now suffering from Parkinson's disease, spoke of how much he achieved his success for his country as for himself.
Bannister said: “I think I did it for both. I don’t think I could distinguish. There was feeling that it was a national event and something of a landmark for the country but it had to be me attempting it, so it was entangled with my own effort.'
'I felt the tape was receding over the last few yards. I knew I could not run any faster and I gave it everything,” he added.
Amazingly the record lasted only 46 days before John Landy, of Australia, ran 3:58.0.
But Bannister was the first, and the sport will never forget that.