Mile run

For the tributary stream, see Mile Run (New Jersey).

"One mile" redirects here. For other uses, see One Mile.

The mile run (1,760 yards^[1] or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race.

Athletics Mile run
Gunder Hägg (right) defeats Arne Andersson with a world record time of 4:06.2 min in Gothenburg in 1942.
World records
Men	Hicham El Guerrouj 3:43.13 (1999)
Women	Sifan Hassan 4:12.33 (2019)

The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field's switch to metric distances in the 1900s and retained its popularity, with the chase for the four-minute mile in the 1950s a high point for the race.

In spite of the roughly equivalent 1500 metres race, which is used instead of the mile at the World Championships and Olympic Games and is sometimes referred as the foremost middle-distance track event in athletics, the mile run is present in all fields of athletics, and since 1976, it is the only imperial distance for which World Athletics has on its books for official world records.

Although the mile is not featured at any major championships, the Wanamaker Mile, Dream Mile, Emsley Carr Mile and Bowerman Mile races are among the foremost annual middle-distance races outdoors, respectively.

The current mile world record holders are Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco with a time of 3:43.13 and Sifan Hassan of The Netherlands with the women's record of 4:12.33.

The record for the fastest mile ever run on any terrain is held by Craig Wheeler, who ran a downhill mile in 1993 in a time of 3:24;^[2] Wheeler's time is not an officially recognized record due to the downhill grade of the course he ran.

History

Although a statute mile today is equal to a length of 5,280 feet, the distance of the English mile gained its current definition of 1,760 yards through a statute of the Parliament of England in 1593.^[3] Thus, the history of the mile run began in England and it initially found usage within the wagered running contests of the 18th and 19th century. Such contests would attract large numbers of spectators and gamblers – so many that the activity became a professional one for its more-established participants.^[4]

The mile run was at the heart of the divide between professional and amateur sports in the late 19th century, as running was beginning to gain popularity in the sports world. Separate world record categories were kept for amateurs and professionals, with professional runners providing the faster times. High-profile contests between Britons William Cummings and Walter George brought much publicity to the sport, as did George's races against the American Lon Myers. The mile run was also one of the foremost events at the amateur AAA Championships.^[4] Although the spotlight was shining on the running scene, the categories remained distinct but the respective rise in amateurism and decline of the professional sector saw the division become irrelevant in the 20th century.^[5]

 

A statue commemorating Roger Bannister and John Landy's Miracle Mile in 1954.

The mile run continued to be a popular distance in spite of the metrication of track and field and athletics in general, replacing the imperial distance for the metric mile (1500 meters). It was the 1500 metres – sometimes referred to as the metric mile – which was featured on the Olympic athletics programme. The International Amateur Athletics Federation formed in 1912 and confirmed the first officially recognised world record in the mile the following year (4:14.4 minutes run by John Paul Jones).^[6]

The fact that the mile run was the only imperial distance to retain its official world record status after 1976 reflects its continued popularity in the international (and principally metric) era.^[7] Decades later, the distance is ubiquitous, whether run in high school gym classes or used for logging in miles for your average recreational runner.

The top men's middle-distance runners continued to compete in the mile run in the first half of the 1900s – Paavo Nurmi, Jack Lovelock and Sydney Wooderson were all world record holders over the distance.^[6] In the 1940s, Swedish runners Gunder Hägg and Arne Andersson pushed times into a new territory, as they set three world records each during their rivalry over the decade.^[8]

The goal of completing a sub-four-minute mile sparked further interest in the distance in the 1950s and to this day, many competitive runners are still chasing the ambitious barrier. Englishman Roger Bannister became the first person to achieve the feat in May 1954 and his effort, conducted with the help of Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway, was a key moment in the rise of the use of pacemakers at the top level of the sport – an aspect which is now commonplace at non-championship middle and long-distance races.^[9][10] In fact, pacemakers, if performing effectively, can earn generous sums of money for their performances and accurate pacing duties.

 

Runners competing in the Women's Mile at the Adidas Boost Boston Games in 2019.

The 1960s saw American Jim Ryun, considered one of the world's most decorated middle-distance runners, set world records near the 3:50-minute mark and his achievements popularised interval workout techniques which are still heavily used today, especially for collegiate distance runners.^[8] Jim Ryun was the first person to run a sub-four minute mile in high school.^[11] From this period onwards, African runners began to emerge, breaking the largely white, Western dominance of the distance; Kenya's Kip Keino won the mile at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (which was among the last mile races to be held at a major multi-sport event as of 2021).^[12]

Filbert Bayi of Tanzania became Africa's first world record holder over the distance in 1975, although New Zealander John Walker further broke Bayi's record a few months later to become the first man under 3:50 minutes for the event. The 1980s was highlighted by the rivalry between British runners Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, who improved the record five times between them, including two records at the Oslo Dream Mile race. Noureddine Morceli brought the mile record back into African hands in 1993 and Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj set the current record of 3:43.13, which has stood since 1999.^[6]

Mile run contests remain a key feature of many annual track and field meetings, including recreational, high school, and collegiate meets, with long-running series such as the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games, Dream Mile at the Bislett Games, the British Emsley Carr Mile, and the Bowerman Mile at the Prefontaine Classic being among the most prominent. Aside from track races, mile races are also occasionally contested in cross country running and mile runs on the road include the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York City. However, in high school and collegiate cross country running, races are often measured in kilometers, with 5K and 8K being the most common.

Records

See also: Mile run world record progression

 

Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj (left) is the world record holder for the outdoor mile.

Outdoor

Area	Men's		Women's
	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete
World	3:43.13	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	4:12.33	Sifan Hassan (NED)
Continental records
Africa	3:43.13	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	4:16.71	Faith Kipyegon (KEN)
Asia	3:47.97	Daham Najim Bashir (QAT)	4:17.75	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)
Europe	3:46.32	Steve Cram (GBR)	4:12.33	Sifan Hassan (NED)
North, Central America and Caribbean	3:46.91	Alan Webb (USA)	4:16.71	Mary Slaney (USA)
Oceania	3:47.48	Oliver Hoare (AUS)	4:19.89	Jessica Hull (AUS)
South America	3:51.05	Hudson de Souza (BRA)	4:30.05	Soraya Vieira Telles (BRA)

Indoor

Area	Men's		Women's
	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete
World	3:47.01	Yomif Kejelcha (ETH)	4:13.31	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
Continental records
Africa	3:47.01	Yomif Kejelcha (ETH)	4:13.31	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
Asia	3:57.05	Mohamed Suleiman (QAT)	4:24.71	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)
Europe	3:48.87	Josh Kerr (GBR)	4:17.14	Doina Melinte (ROM)
North, Central America and Caribbean	3:47.38	Yared Nuguse (USA)	4:16.85	Elle Purrier (USA)
Oceania	3:50.83	Oliver Hoare (AUS)	4:24.14	Kim Smith (NZL)
South America	3:56.26	Hudson de Souza (BRA)	4:42.24	Valentina Medina (VEN)

All-time top 25

Men (outdoor)

• Correct as of June 2022.^[13][14]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	3:43.13	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	07 JUL 1999	Rome
2	2	3:43.40	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	07 JUL 1999	Rome
3	3	3:44.39	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	05 SEP 1993	Rieti
	4	3:44.60	El Guerrouj #2		16 JUL 1998	Nice
	5	3:44.90	El Guerrouj #3		04 JUL 1997	Oslo
	6	3:44.95	El Guerrouj #4		29 JUN 2001	Rome
	7	3:45.19	Morceli #2		16 AUG 1995	Zürich
	8	3:45.64	El Guerrouj #5		26 AUG 1997	Berlin
	9	3:45.96	El Guerrouj #6		05 AUG 2000	London
	10	3:46.24	El Guerrouj #7		28 JUL 2000	Oslo
4	11	3:46.32	Steve Cram	Great Britain	27 JUL 1985	Oslo
5	12	3:46.38	Daniel Komen	Kenya	26 AUG 1997	Berlin
6	13	3:46.46	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	16 JUN 2022	Oslo	^[15]
7	14	3:46.70	Vénuste Niyongabo	Burundi	26 AUG 1997	Berlin
8	15	3:46.76	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	02 JUL 1987	Helsinki
	16	3:46.78	Morceli #3		27 AUG 1993	Berlin
9	17	3:46.91	Alan Webb	United States	21 JUL 2007	Brasschaat
	18	3:46.92	Aouita #2		21 AUG 1985	Zürich
	19	3:47.10	El Guerrouj #8		07 AUG 1999	London
	20	3:47.24	Ingebrigtsen #2		21 AUG 2021	Eugene
10	21	3:47.28	Bernard Lagat	Kenya	29 June 2001	Rome
	22	3:47.30	Morceli #4		03 SEP 1993	Brussels
11	23	3:47.32	Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti	31 May 2014	Eugene	^[16]
12	24	3:47.33	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	28 AUG 1981	Brussels
13	25	3:47.48	Oliver Hoare	Australia	16 JUN 2022	Oslo	^[17]
14		3:47.65	Laban Rotich	Kenya	04 JUL 1997	Oslo
15		3:47.69	Steve Scott	United States	07 JUL 1982	Oslo
16		3:47.79	José Luis González	Spain	27 JUL 1985	Oslo
17		3:47.88	John Kibowen	Kenya	04 JUL 1997	Oslo
			Silas Kiplagat	Kenya	31 MAY 2014	Eugene
19		3:47.94	William Chirchir	Kenya	28 JUL 2000	Oslo
20		3:47.97	Dahame Najem Bashir	Qatar	29 JUL 2005	Oslo
21		3:48.17	Paul Korir	Kenya	08 AUG 2003	London
22		3:48.23	Ali Saidi-Sief	Algeria	13 JUL 2001	Oslo
23		3:48.28	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen	Kenya	10 JUN 2007	Eugene
24		3:48.37	Stewart McSweyn	Australia	01 JUL 2021	Oslo	^[18]
25		3:48.38	Andrés Manuel Díaz	Spain	29 JUN 2001	Rome

Women (outdoor)

• Correct as of July 2019.^[19][20]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	4:12.33	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	12 JUL 2019	Monaco	^[21]
2	2	4:12.56	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	14 AUG 1996	Zürich
3	3	4:14.30	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	06 SEP 2016	Rovereto
	4	4:14.71	Hassan #2		22 JUL 2018	London
	5	4:14.74	Hassan #3		03 SEP 2021	Brussels
4	6	4:15.61	Paula Ivan	Romania	10 JUL 1989	Nice
5	7	4:15.8h	Natalya Artyomova	Soviet Union	05 AUG 1984	Leningrad
	8	4:16.05	Dibaba #2		06 JUL 2017	Lausanne
6	9	4:16.14	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	22 JUL 2018	London	^[22]
7	10	4:16.15	Hellen Obiri	Kenya	22 JUL 2018	London	^[22]
	11	4:16.15	Obiri #2		09 JUL 2017	London
8	12	4:16.71	Mary Slaney	United States	21 AUG 1985	Zürich
			Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	11 SEP 2015	Brussels	^[23]
	14	4:17.00	Artyomova #2		20 SEP 1991	Barcelona
10	15	4:17.25	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	22 JUL 1994	Oslo
11	16	4:17.30	Jenny Simpson	United States	22 JUL 2018	London	^[22]
12	17	4:17.33	Maricica Puica	Romania	21 AUG 1985	Zürich
	18	4:17.44	Puica #2		16 SEP 1982	Rieti
13	19	4:17.57	Zola Budd	Great Britain	21 AUG 1985	Zürich
14	20	4:17.60	Laura Weightman	Great Britain	12 JUL 2019	Monaco	^[24]
15	21	4:17.75	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	Bahrain	14 SEP 2007	Brussels
16	22	4:17.87	Gabriela DeBues-Stafford	Canada	12 JUL 2019	Monaco	^[25]
17	23	4:18.03	Laura Muir	Great Britain	09 JUL 2017	London	^[26]
	24	4:18.08	Slaney #2		09 JUL 1982	Paris
18	25	4:18.23	Doina Melinte	Romania	14 JUL 1990	Oslo
19		4:18.23	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	07 SEP 2008	Rieti
20		4:18.42	Rababe Arafi	Morocco	12 JUL 2019	Monaco	^[27]
21		4:18.58	Axumawit Embaye	Ethiopia	12 JUL 2019	Monaco
22		4:18.65	Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda	12 JUL 2019	Monaco	^[29]
23		4:18.23	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	12 JUL 2019	Monaco
24		4:19.30	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	01 JUL 1998	Bellinzona
25		4:19.41	Kirsty Wade	Great Britain	27 JUL 1985	Oslo

Men (indoor)

• Correct as of February 2023.^[30]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	3:47.01	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	3 March 2019	Boston	^[31]
2	3:47.38	Yared Nuguse	United States	11 February 2023	New York City	^[32]
3	3:48.45	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	12 February 1997	Ghent
4	3:48.87	Josh Kerr	Great Britain	27 February 2022	Boston	^[33]
5	3:49.44	Edward Cheserek	Kenya	9 February 2018	Boston	^[34]
6	3:49.46	Neil Gourley	Great Britain	11 February 2023	New York City	^[35]
7	3:49.78	Eamonn Coghlan	Ireland	27 February 1983	East Rutherford
8	3:49.89	Bernard Lagat	United States	11 February 2005	Fayetteville
9	3:49.98	Johnny Gregorek	United States	3 March 2019	Boston	^[31]
10	3:50.17	Cooper Teare	United States	11 February 2022	Chicago	^[36]
11	3:50.35	Cole Hocker	United States	11 February 2022	Chicago	^[36]
12	3:50.45	Amos Bartelsmeyer	Germany	11 February 2023	Boston	^[37]
13	3:50.46	Anass Essayi	Morocco	11 February 2023	Boston
14	3:50.63	Matthew Centrowitz	United States	20 February 2016	New York City
15	3:50.70	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	20 February 1993	Birmingham
16	3:50.83	Oliver Hoare	Australia	29 January 2022	New York City	^[38]
				11 February 2023	New York City	^[39]
17	3:50.92	Galen Rupp	United States	26 January 2013	Boston
18	3:50.94	Marcus O'Sullivan	Ireland	13 February 1988	East Rutherford
		Sam Prakel	United States	3 March 2019	Boston	^[40]
20	3:51.06	Nick Willis	New Zealand	20 February 2016	New York City
21	3:51.20	Ray Flynn	Ireland	27 February 1983	East Rutherford
22	3:51.21	Lopez Lomong	United States	19 February 2013	New York City
23	3:51.22	Geordie Beamish	New Zealand	26 February 2023	Boston	^[41]
24	3:51.26	Henry Wynne	United States	3 March 2019	Boston	^[40]
25	3:51.70	Sam Tanner	New Zealand	11 February 2023	New York City	^[42]

Notes

Below is a list of other times superior to 3:50.55:

• Yomif Kejelcha also ran 3:48.46 (2019).
• Cooper Teare also ran 3:50.39 (2021)
• Cole Hocker also ran 3:50.55 (2021).

Women (indoor)

• Correct as of February 2023.^[43]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	4:13.31	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	17 February 2016	Stockholm
2	4:16.16	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	8 February 2023	Toruń	^[44]
3	4:16.85	Elle Purrier	United States	8 February 2020	New York City	^[45]
4	4:17.14	Doina Melinte	Romania	9 February 1990	East Rutherford
5	4:17.26	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	Germany	8 February 2020	New York City	^[46]
6	4:17.88	Jemma Reekie	Great Britain	8 February 2020	New York City	^[47]
7	4:18.75	Laura Muir	Great Britain	16 February 2019	Birmingham	^[48]
8	4:18.99	Paula Ivan	Romania	10 February 1989	East Rutherford
9	4:19.73	Gabriela DeBues-Stafford	Canada	8 February 2020	New York City	^[49]
10	4:19.89	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	11 February 2017	New York City
11	4:20.5h	Mary Decker-Tabb	United States	19 February 1982	San Diego
12	4:20.81	Josette Norris	United States	29 January 2022	New York City	^[50]
13	4:21.19	Katie Snowden	Great Britain	11 February 2023	New York City	^[51]
14	4:21.79	Regina Jacobs	United States	8 January 2000	New York City
15	4:22.66	Shannon Rowbury	United States	31 January 2015	Winston Salem
16	4:22.72	Lucia Stafford	Canada	11 February 2023	New York City	^[52]
17	4:22.86	Colleen Quigley	United States	9 February 2019	New York City	^[53]
18	4:22.93	Kate Grace	United States	11 February 2017	New York City
19	4:23.00	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	24 February 2002	Liévin
20	4:23.19	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4 February 2001	Stuttgart
21	4:23.33	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	4 February 2001	Stuttgart
22	4:23.42	Heather MacLean	United States	4 February 2023	Boston	^[54]
23	4:23.49	Olga Komyagina	Russia	27 January 2008	Moscow
24	4:23.50	Axumawit Embaye	Ethiopia	21 February 2015	Birmingham
25	4:23.53	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	20 February 2010	Birmingham

Notes

Below is a list of other times superior to 4:22.59:

• Elle Purrier also ran 4:19.30 (2022).
• Laura Muir also ran 4:20.15 (2023).
• Josette Andrews also ran 4:20.88 (2023).
• Gudaf Tsegay also ran 4:21.72 (2022).
• Konstanze Klosterhalfen also ran 4:22.59 (2022).

Youth age records

Key:   Incomplete information

Boys

Age	Time	Athlete	Nation	Birthdate	Date	Place	Ref
5	6:33.3	Daniel Skandera	United States	2 November 2007	23 July 2013	Santa Rosa
6	5:44.4	Daniel Skandera	United States	2 November 2007	5 August 2014	Santa Rosa
7	5:20.3	Daniel Skandera	United States	2 November 2007	9 June 2015	Santa Rosa
8	5:12.1	Daniel Skandera	United States	2 November 2007	9 August 2016	Santa Rosa
9	5:02.5	Daniel Skandera	United States	2 November 2007	27 June 2017	Santa Rosa
10	4:46.6	Daniel Skandera	United States	2 November 2007	24 July 2018	Santa Rosa
11	4:36.04	Archie Sideridis	Australia	18 October 2011	9 February 2023	Melbourne
12	4:36.04	Archie Sideridis	Australia	18 October 2011	9 February 2023	Melbourne
13	4:26.49	James Burke	United States	5 August 1997	21 May 2011	Schenectady
14	4:12.77	Marcus Reilly	United States	13 November 2005	7 November 2020	Fairhaven
15	4:05.77	Corey Campbell	Great Britain	26 July 2006	20 May 2022	Stirling	^[55]
16	3:55.44	Cameron Myers	Australia	9 June 2006	23 February 2023	Melbourne	^[56]
	3:54.63	Victor Torres	United States	19 April 1989	14 June 2005	New York City
17	3:50.90	Hamza Driouch	Qatar	16 November 1994	7 June 2012	Oslo	^[57]
18	3:49.77	Caleb Ndiku	Kenya	9 October 1992	4 June 2011	Eugene	^[58]
19	3:49.29	William Biwott Tanui	Kenya	5 March 1990	3 July 2009	Oslo	^[59]

Girls

Age	Time	Athlete	Nation	Birthdate	Date	Place	Ref
6	6:36.0	Celine Struijvé	Netherlands	10 November 2012	17 September 2019	Epe
7	6:05.1	Kristina Wilson	United States	5 December 1963	5 June 1971
8	5:43.5	Imogen Stewart	Australia	27 July 2005	10 December 2013	Sydney
9	5:18.74	Imogen Stewart	Australia	27 July 2005	17 January 2015	Wollongong
10	5:04.19	Imogen Stewart	Australia	27 July 2005	16 January 2016	Wollongong
11	4:56.08	Imogen Stewart	Australia	27 July 2005	4 March 2017	Sydney
12	4:46.57	Imogen Stewart	Australia	27 July 2005	13 January 2018	Wollongong
13	4:44.73	Imogen Stewart	Australia	27 July 2005	22 December 2018	Sydney
14	4:40.1 i	Mary Decker	United States	4 August 1958	16 March 1973	Richmond
15	4:35.16	Sadie Engelhardt	United States	21 August 2006	9 April 2022	Arcadia	^[60]
16	4:28.25 i	Mary Cain	United States	3 May 1996	16 February 2013	New York City
17	4:24.11 i	Mary Cain	United States	3 May 1996	24 January 2014	Boston
18	4:24.10 i	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Ethiopia	8 May 1991	20 February 2010	Birmingham
19	4:17.57	Zola Budd	Great Britain	26 May 1966	21 August 1985	Zürich

Season's bests

Men Year Time Athlete Place 2001 3:44.95   Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Rome 2002 3:48.28   Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Rome 2003 3:48.17   Paul Korir (KEN) London 2004 3:49.84   Paul Korir (KEN) London 2005 3:47.97   Daham Najim Bashir (QAT) Oslo 2006 3:50.32   Alex Kipchirchir (KEN) Oslo 2007 3:46.91   Alan Webb (USA) Brasschaat 2008 3:49.38   Andrew Baddeley (GBR) Oslo 2009 3:48.50   Asbel Kiprop (KEN) Eugene 2010 3:49.56   Asbel Kiprop (KEN) Oslo 2011 3:49.09   Haron Keitany (KEN) Eugene 2012 3:49.22   Asbel Kiprop (KEN) Oslo 2013 3:49.48   Silas Kiplagat (KEN) Eugene 2014 3:47.32   Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI) Eugene 2015 3:51.10   Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI) Eugene 2016 3:50.63 i   Matthew Centrowitz (USA) New York City 2017 3:49.04   Ronald Kwemoi (KEN) Eugene 2018 3:49.44 i   Edward Cheserek (KEN) Boston 2019 3:47.01 i   Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) Boston 2020 3:51.23   Matthew Ramsden (AUS) Milan 2021 3:47.24   Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) Eugene 2022 3:46.46   Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) Oslo 2023 3:47.38 i   Yared Nuguse (USA) New York

Women Year Time Athlete Place 2001 4:23.19 i   Gabriela Szabo (ROU) Stuttgart 2002 4:23.00 i   Carla Sacramento (POR) Liévin 2003 4:24.40   Natalya Yevdokimova (RUS) Heusden-Zolder 2004 4:21.57   Yelena Zadorozhnaya (RUS) Tula 2005 4:28.29   Yelena Kanales (RUS) Tula 2006 4:27.96   Carrie Tollefson (USA) Falmouth 2007 4:17.75   Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) Brussels 2008 4:18.23   Gelete Burka (ETH) Rieti 2009 4:25.91 i   Jenny Simpson (USA) College Station 2010 4:23.53 i   Gelete Burka (ETH) Birmingham 2011 4:28.60 i   Jenny Simpson (USA) New York City 2012 4:26.76   Brenda Martinez (USA) Falmouth 2013 4:27.02 i   Sheila Reid (CAN) New York City 2014 4:24.11 i   Mary Cain (USA) Boston 2015 4:16.71   Faith Kipyegon (KEN) Brussels 2016 4:13.31 i   Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) Stockholm 2017 4:16.05   Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) Lausanne 2018 4:14.71   Sifan Hassan (NED) London 2019 4:12.33   Sifan Hassan (NED) Monaco 2020 4:16.81 i   Elinor Purrier (USA) Boston 2021 4:14.74   Sifan Hassan (NED) Brussels 2022 4:19.30 i   Elinor Purrier St. Pierre (USA) New York City 2023 4:16.16 i   Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) Toruń

• "i" indicates performance on 200m indoor track

See also

• 5 Mile - 5 mile run

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External links

• IAAF list of one-mile records in XML^[1]

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