Gunder Hegg (right) defeats with a world record 4.06.2 in Gothenburg in 1942
Sculpture: Roger Bannister and at the 1954 Commonwealth Games
Running for 1 mile (1609.344 m) is the official sports discipline, the only non-metric distance at which the IAAF still records world records . As well as running on 1000 meters and 2000 meters , is not an Olympic kind.
Briton Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile faster than four minutes. In women, the first mile of five minutes was reached by Diana Lezer (UK) 23 days after the Bannister record. The first schoolboy to run a four-minute mile was Jim Ryan from Compton , California , who ran in 1964 for 3.59.0.
Records
Records are given as of June 9, 2012 [1] .
Men
| Records | Result | Sportsman | A place | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mira | 3.43,13 |  Hisham El Gerruj | Rome | July 7, 1999 |
| Of africa | 3.43,13 | Hisham El Gerruj | Rome | July 7, 1999 |
| 3.47.97 |  | Oslo | July 29, 2005 | |
| Europe | 3.46,32 |  Steve crem | Oslo | July 27, 1985 |
| 3.46.91 |  | July 21, 2007 | ||
| 3.51.05 | Oslo | July 29, 2005 | ||
| 3.48.98 | Oslo | July 29, 2005 |
Women
| Records | Result | Sportswoman | A place | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mira | 4.12,56 | Svetlana Masterkova | Zurich | August 14, 1996 |
| Of africa | 4.18.23 | Rieti | September 7, 2008 | |
| Asia | 4.17.75 | Mariam Yusuf Jamal | Brussels | September 14, 2007 |
| Europe | 4.12,56 | Svetlana Masterkova | Zurich | August 14, 1996 |
| North America | 4.16,71 | Zurich | August 21, 1985 | |
| South america | 4.30,5 | Bratislava | June 9, 1988 | |
| Australia and Oceania | 4.22,66 | Lisa Corrigan | Melbourne | March 2, 2007 |
Juniors
- ( M ) - 3.49.29 Oslo, July 3, 2009 [2] .
- ( G ) - 4.17.57 Zurich, August 21, 1985 [3] .
See also
- Chronology of world records in running for 1 mile (men)
Notes
- ↑ IAAF.org: mile records (English) . Archived August 24, 2012. (eng.)
- ↑ iaaf.org - wr o - Record m (Eng.)
- ↑ iaaf.org - wr o - Record w (English)