Mile World Record Holders - Men
IAAF era
| Time |
Athlete |
Nationality |
Date |
| 4:14.4 |
John Paul Jones |
United States |
May 31, 1913 |
| 4:12.6 |
Norman Taber |
United States |
July 16, 1915 |
| 4:10.4 |
Paavo Nurmi |
Finland |
August 23,1923 |
| 4:09.2 |
Jules Ladoumegue |
France |
October 4, 1931 |
| 4:07.6 |
Jack Lovelock |
New Zealand |
July 15, 1933 |
| 4:06.8 |
Glenn Cunningham |
United States |
June 16, 1934 |
| 4:06.4 |
Sydney Wooderson |
United Kingdom |
August 28, 1937 |
| 4:06.2 |
Gunder Hagg |
Sweden |
July 1, 1942 |
| 4:06.2 |
Arne Andersson |
Sweden |
July 10, 1942 |
| 4:04.6 |
Gunder Hagg |
Sweden |
September 4, 1942 |
| 4:02.6 |
Arne Andersson |
Sweden |
July 1, 1943 |
| 4:01.6 |
Arne Andersson |
Sweden |
July 18, 1944 |
| 4:01.4 |
Gunder Hagg |
Sweden |
July 17, 1945 |
| 3:59.4 |
Roger Bannister |
United Kingdom |
May 6, 1954 |
| 3:58.0 |
John Landy |
Australia |
June 21, 1954 |
| 3:57.2 |
Derek Ibbotson |
United Kingdom |
July 19, 1957 |
| 3:54.5 |
Herb Elliott |
Australia |
August 6, 1958 |
| 3:54.4 |
Peter Snell |
New Zealand |
January 27, 1962 |
| 3:54.1 |
Peter Snell |
New Zealand |
November 17, 1964 |
| 3:53.6 |
Michel Jazy |
France |
June 9, 1965 |
| 3:51.3 |
Jim Ryun |
United States |
July 17, 1966 |
| 3:51.1 |
Jim Ryun |
United States |
June 23, 1967 |
| 3:51.0 |
Filbert Bayi |
Tanzania |
May 17, 1975 |
| 3:49.4 |
John Walker |
New Zealand |
August 12, 1975 |
| 3:49.0 |
Sebastian Coe |
United Kingdom |
July 17, 1979 |
| 3:48.8 |
Steve Ovett |
United Kingdom |
July 1, 1980 |
| 3:48.53 |
Sebastian Coe |
United Kingdom |
August 19, 1981 |
| 3:48.40 |
Steve Ovett |
United Kingdom |
August 26, 1981 |
| 3:47.33 |
Sebastian Coe |
United Kingdom |
August 28, 1981 |
| 3:46.32 |
Steve Cram |
United Kingdom |
July 27, 1985 |
| 3:44.39 |
Noureddine Morceli |
Algeria |
September 5, 1993 |
| 3:43.13 |
Hicham El Guerrouj |
Morocco |
July 7, 1999 |
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