History of the Record for the Mile Run—Under 4 Minutes
Updated September 27, 2017 |
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| Time | Athlete | Country | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:36.5 | Richard Webster | England | 1865 | England |
| 4:29.0 | William Chinnery | England | 1868 | England |
| 4:28.8 | Walter Gibbs | England | 1868 | England |
| 4:26.0 | Walter Slade | England | 1874 | England |
| 4:24.5 | Walter Slade | England | 1875 | London |
| 4:23.2 | Walter George | England | 1880 | London |
| 4:21.4 | Walter George | England | 1882 | London |
| 4:18.4 | Walter George | England | 1884 | Birmingham, England |
| 4:18.2 | Fred Bacon | Scotland | 1894 | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 4:17.0 | Fred Bacon | Scotland | 1895 | London |
| 4:15.6 | Thomas Conneff | United States | 1895 | Travers Island, N.Y. |
| 4:15.4 | John Paul Jones | United States | 1911 | Cambridge, Mass. |
| 4:14.4 | John Paul Jones | United States | 1913 | Cambridge, Mass. |
| 4:12.6 | Norman Taber | United States | 1915 | Cambridge, Mass. |
| 4:10.4 | Paavo Nurmi | Finland | 1923 | Stockholm |
| 4:09.2 | Jules Ladoumegue | France | 1931 | Paris |
| 4:07.6 | Jack Lovelock | New Zealand | 1933 | Princeton, N.J. |
| 4:06.8 | Glenn Cunningham | United States | 1934 | Princeton, N.J. |
| 4:06.4 | Sydney Wooderson | England | 1937 | London |
| 4:06.2 | Gundar Hägg | Sweden | 1942 | Goteborg, Sweden |
| 4:06.2 | Arne Andersson | Sweden | 1942 | Stockholm |
| 4:04.6 | Gunder Hägg | Sweden | 1942 | Stockholm |
| 4:02.6 | Arne Andersson | Sweden | 1943 | Goteborg, Sweden |
| 4:01.6 | Arne Andersson | Sweden | 1944 | Malmo, Sweden |
| 4:01.4 | Gunder Hägg | Sweden | 1945 | Malmo, Sweden |
| 3:59.4 | Roger Bannister | England | 1954 | Oxford, England |
| 3:58.0 | John Landy | Australia | 1954 | Turku, Finland |
| 3:57.2 | Derek Ibbotson | England | 1957 | London |
| 3:54.5 | Herb Elliott | Australia | 1958 | Dublin |
| 3:54.4 | Peter Snell | New Zealand | 1962 | Wanganui, N.Z. |
| 3:54.1 | Peter Snell | New Zealand | 1964 | Auckland, N.Z. |
| 3:53.6 | Michel Jazy | France | 1965 | Rennes, France |
| 3:51.3 | Jim Ryun | United States | 1966 | Berkeley, Calif. |
| 3:51.1 | Jim Ryun | United States | 1967 | Bakersfield, Calif. |
| 3:51.0 | Filbert Bayi | Tanzania | 1975 | Kingston, Jamaica |
| 3:49.4 | John Walker | New Zealand | 1975 | Goteborg, Sweden |
| 3:49.0 | Sebastian Coe | England | 1979 | Oslo |
| 3:48.8 | Steve Ovett | England | 1980 | Oslo |
| 3:48.53 | Sebastian Coe | England | 1981 | Zurich, Switzerland |
| 3:48.40 | Steve Ovett | England | 1981 | Koblenz, W. Ger. |
| 3:47.33 | Sebastian Coe | England | 1981 | Brussels |
| 3:46.31 | Steve Cram | England | 1985 | Oslo |
| 3:44.39 | Noureddine Morceli | Algeria | 1993 | Rieti, Italy |
| 3:43.13 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 1999 | Rome, Italy |
Source: USA Track & Field.
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