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The world record in the mile run is the fastest time set by a runner in the middle-distance track and field event. World Athletics is the official body which oversees the records. Hicham El Guerrouj is the current men's record holder with his time of 3:43.13, [1] while Faith Kipyegon has the women's record of 4:07.64. [2]
1 August 2007 Knoxville United States 17 years, 170 days High jump: 2.28 m (7 ft 5 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) Dothel Edwards: 9 July 1983 Athens, United States 16 years, 303 days [9] Pole vault: 5.40 m (17 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Brandon Bray: 10 May 2014 Austin, Texas, United States 17 years, 16 days [10] Long jump: 7.94 m (26 ft 1 ⁄ 2 in) Charles Smith: 30 ...
Starting at age 35, each age group starts on the athlete's birthday in years that are evenly divisible by 5 and extends until the next such occurrence. For record purposes, older athletes are not included in younger age groups, except in the case of relay team members. A relay team's age group is determined by the age of the youngest member.
For example, in 1980, high schools converted their running distances from Imperial (yards) to metric, but instead of running conventional international distances like 1500 metres in place of the mile run, a more equitable but non-standard 1600 meters was chosen. For the two-mile run, they run 3200 meters.
This age requirement falls in line with age requirements across all B.A.A. mass-participatory races, where athletes must be 14 years old to run the Boston Half Marathon; 12 for the Boston 10K, and ...
The road mile became an official world record event on 1 September 2023 which is why most performances prior to this date were not previously considered records. The winning times from the 2023 U.S. Road Mile Championships, on 25 April, were ratified by World Athletics as the inaugural road mile world records. [61] Correct as of September 2024.
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1 December 2019 Montferland Run 's-Heerenberg, Netherlands 19 years, 62 days [63] 10 miles (road) 51:40 Rose Cheruiyot Kenya 9 April 1995 Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run: Washington, United States 18 years, 262 days [64] 20 km (road) 1:04:15+ Meseret Belete Ethiopia 16 September 2018 Copenhagen Half Marathon: Copenhagen, Denmark 19 years, 0 days [65]