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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. 1500 metres world record progression - Wikipedia

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    Contents. 1500 metres world record progression. Paavo Nurmi breaks the 1,500 m world record in Helsinki in 1924. The 1500-metre run became a standard racing distance in Europe in the late 19th century, perhaps as a metric version of the mile, a popular running distance since at least the 1850s in English-speaking countries. [ 1 ] A distance of ...

  4. Mile run - Wikipedia

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    The mile run (1,760 yards [ 2 ], 5,280 feet, 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 ...

  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. [249][250]Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017, Christian Colemanreportedly ran a 4.12.

  6. Hicham El Guerrouj - Wikipedia

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    He also set a new indoor world record of 3:48.45 in the mile run at the Indoor Flanders meeting a few weeks later, which stood until Yomif Kejelcha bettered the mark in 2019. In 1998 in Rome, El Guerrouj broke Morceli's 1500 m world record (3:27.37) with a time of 3:26.00. With an average pace of 54.93 seconds per lap, this record still stands ...

  7. 1500 metres at the Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Faith Kipyegon (KEN) The 1500 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the first edition of the multi-sport event. The men's 1500 m has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896. The women's event was not introduced until over seventy years later, but it has been a permanent fixture since it was first held in 1972.

  8. Index of athletics record progressions - Wikipedia

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    One mile ; 3000 metres ; Two miles ; 5000 metres ; 10,000 metres ; 20,000 metres ; One hour ; 50 metres hurdles ; 60 metres hurdles ; 80 metres hurdles — 100 metres hurdles — 110 metres hurdles —

  9. After Manual, Nuguse ran for Notre Dame from 2017-2021, winning multiple NCAA titles. Paris marked his Olympic debut in the 1,500-meter final.