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Since this 3200 m split was en route to two miles, it is not eligible to be an NFHS 3200 metre record. If indoor tracks are considered, Mary Cain's 2013 9:38.68 two mile time converts down to a 9:35.32 3200 m, and is the therefore the fastest 3200 m split ever recorded for a high school girl.
In the United States, the term statute mile formally refers to the survey mile, [3] but for most purposes, the difference of less than 1 ⁄ 8 inch (3.2 mm) between the survey mile and the international mile (1609.344 metres exactly) is insignificant—one international mile is 0.999 998 US survey miles—so statute mile can be used
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A metric mile or an Olympic mile is a colloquial term used in some countries for the 1500 meters, the premier middle distance running event in international track and field. The term 'metric mile' (0.93 statute miles) was applied to this distance because it approximates one statute mile (1609.344 m). [ 1 ]
Persian mile: Persia: 1,524: London mile: England: 1,609.3426 (statute) mile: England/UK: 1592: 1959: 1,760 yards: Over the course of time, the length of a yard changed several times and consequently so did the English (and, from 1824, Imperial) mile. The statute mile was introduced in 1592 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I: 1,609.344: mile
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This length of long middle-distance or short long-distance race was 3,520 yards (3,218.688 m). Historically, the two-mile took the place that the 3000 m and the 3200 m have today. The first man to break the four-minute barrier for both miles was Daniel Komen at Hechtel, Belgium on 19 July 1997 in a time of 7
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