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  2. Mile run world record progression - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Mile run world record progression. 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 ...

  3. Mile run - Wikipedia

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    The mile run (1,760 yards [2] or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race. The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. [citation needed] It survived track and field 's switch to metric distances in the 1900s and retained its popularity, with the chase for the four ...

  4. List of Olympic records in athletics - Wikipedia

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    Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...

  5. List of world records in athletics - Wikipedia

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    The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while the extrapolated best for an Olympic-level athlete (including reacting to a starting gun) is 4.24 by Maurice Greeneat the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. [255][256]Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017, Christian Colemanreportedly ran a 4.12.

  6. Jim Ryun - Wikipedia

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    He won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and was the first high school athlete to run a mile in under four minutes. He is the last American to hold the world record in the mile run. Ryun later served in the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district.

  7. Galen Rupp - Wikipedia

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    Galen Rupp. Galen Rupp (born May 8, 1986) [1] is an American long-distance runner. He competed in the Summer Olympics in 2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro and 2021 in Tokyo. He won the silver medal in the men's 10,000 meters in London and the bronze medal in the men's marathon in Rio de Janeiro.

  8. Alan Webb (runner) - Wikipedia

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    1500 m. 2004. 1500 m. Alan Webb (born January 13, 1983) is an American former track and field athlete and former triathlete. He held the American national record in the mile, with a time of 3 minutes 46.91 seconds, from July 2007 to September 2023. Webb represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 1500-meters race.

  9. Mary Decker - Wikipedia

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    Mary Teresa Slaney (formerly Tabb, née Decker, born August 4, 1958) is an American retired middle-distance and long-distance runner.During her career, she won gold medals in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at the 1983 World Championships and was the world-record holder in the mile, 5000 meters and 10,000 meters.