Progression of Official World Record
Men, One Mile
Result | Name | Country | DOB | Comp | Date | Age | Record life | |
3:43.13 | Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | 14 Sep 1974 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul 1999 | 24 years 296 days | 24 years 293 days |
3:44.39 | Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 28 Feb 1970 | Rieti | 5 Sep 1993 | 23 years 189 days | 5 years 305 days | |
3:46.32 | Steve Cram | GBR | 14 Oct 1960 | Bislett | Oslo | 27 Jul 1985 | 24 years 286 days | 8 years 40 days |
3:47.33 | Sebastian Coe | GBR | 29 Sep 1956 | VD | Bruxelles | 28 Aug 1981 | 24 years 333 days | 3 years 333 days |
3:48.40 | Steve Ovett | GBR | 9 Oct 1955 | Koblenz | 26 Aug 1981 | 25 years 321 days | 2 days | |
3:48.53 | Sebastian Coe | GBR | 29 Sep 1956 | WK | Zürich | 19 Aug 1981 | 24 years 324 days | 7 days |
3:48.79 | Steve Ovett | GBR | 9 Oct 1955 | Bislett | Oslo | 1 Jul 1980 | 24 years 266 days | 1 year 49 days |
3:48.95 | Sebastian Coe | GBR | 29 Sep 1956 | Bislett | Oslo | 17 Jul 1979 | 22 years 291 days | 350 days |
3:49.4h | John Walker | NZL | 12 Jan 1952 | Göteborg/S | 12 Aug 1975 | 23 years 212 days | 3 years 339 days | |
3:51.00 | Filbert Bayi | TAN | 23 Jun 1953 | Kingston | 17 May 1975 | 21 years 328 days | 87 days | |
3:51.1h | Jim Ryun | USA | 29 Apr 1947 | Bakersfield CA | 23 Jun 1967 | 20 years 55 days | 7 years 328 days | |
3:51.3h | Jim Ryun | USA | 29 Apr 1947 | Berkeley CA | 17 Jul 1966 | 19 years 79 days | 341 days | |
3:53.6h | Michel Jazy | FRA | 13 Jun 1936 | Rennes | 9 Jun 1965 | 28 years 361 days | 1 year 38 days | |
3:54.03 | Peter Snell | NZL | 17 Dec 1938 | Auckland | 17 Nov 1964 | 25 years 336 days | 204 days | |
3:54.4h | Peter Snell | NZL | 17 Dec 1938 | Wanganui | 27 Jan 1962 | 23 years 41 days | 2 years 295 days | |
3:54.5h | Herb Elliott | AUS | 25 Feb 1938 | Dublin | 6 Aug 1958 | 20 years 162 days | 3 years 174 days | |
3:57.2h | Derek Ibbotson | GBR | 17 Jun 1932 | London | 19 Jul 1957 | 25 years 32 days | 1 year 18 days | |
3:58.0h | John Landy | AUS | 12 Apr 1930 | Turku | 21 Jun 1954 | 24 years 70 days | 3 years 28 days | |
3:59.6h | Roger Bannister | GBR | 23 Mar 1929 | Oxford | 6 May 1954 | 25 years 44 days | 46 days | |
4:01.4h | Gunder Hägg | SWE | 31 Dec 1918 | Malmö | 17 Jul 1945 | 26 years 198 days | 8 years 293 days | |
4:01.6h | Arne Andersson | SWE | 27 Oct 1917 | Malmö | 18 Jul 1944 | 26 years 265 days | 364 days | |
4:02.6h | Arne Andersson | SWE | 27 Oct 1917 | Göteborg | 1 Jul 1943 | 25 years 247 days | 1 year 17 days | |
4:04.6h | Gunder Hägg | SWE | 31 Dec 1918 | Stockholm | 4 Sep 1942 | 23 years 247 days | 300 days | |
4:06.2h | Arne Andersson | SWE | 27 Oct 1917 | Stockholm | 10 Jul 1942 | 24 years 256 days | 56 days | |
4:06.2h | Gunder Hägg | SWE | 31 Dec 1918 | Göteborg | 1 Jul 1942 | 23 years 182 days | 65 days | |
4:06.4h | Sydney Wooderson | GBR | 30 Aug 1914 | Motspur Park | 28 Aug 1937 | 22 years 363 days | 4 years 307 days | |
4:06.8h | Glenn Cunningham | USA | 4 Aug 1909 | Princeton NJ | 16 Jun 1934 | 24 years 316 days | 3 years 73 days | |
4:07.6h | Jack Lovelock | NZL | 5 Jan 1910 | Princeton NJ | 15 Jul 1933 | 23 years 191 days | 336 days | |
4:09.2h | Jules Ladoumègue | FRA | 10 Dec 1906 | Paris | 4 Oct 1931 | 24 years 298 days | 1 year 284 days | |
4:10.4h | Paavo Nurmi | FIN | 13 Jun 1897 | Stockholm | 23 Aug 1923 | 26 years 71 days | 8 years 42 days | |
4:12.6h | Norman Taber | USA | 3 Sep 1891 | Cambridge MA | 16 Jul 1915 | 23 years 316 days | 8 years 38 days | |
4:14.4h | John Paul Jones | USA | 15 Oct 1890 | IC4A | Cambridge MA | 31 May 1913 | 22 years 228 days | 2 years 46 days |