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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's record of 4:07.64. [2]
After setting the national high school record in the mile, Jim Ryun set the world record in 1966 and then again in 1967, when he ran 3:51.1. Ryun was 19 at the time, making him the youngest world record holder in the mile to date. His record stood for nine years. [4] Ryun competed in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympic games.
Currently, the mile record is held by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj, who ran a time of 3:43.13 in Rome in 1999. In 1964, America's Jim Ryun became the first high-school runner to break four minutes for the mile , running 3:59.0 as a junior and a then American record 3:55.3 as a senior in 1965. [ 14 ]
December 1, 2006 Mile walk 6:03.48 Trevor Barron: Bethel Park High School: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: New York City January 29, 2010 High jump: 2.27 m (7 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Scott Sellars: Cinco Ranch High School: Katy: Landover, Maryland: March 13, 2004 [107] Pole vault: 5.88 m (19 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Armand Duplantis: Lafayette High School ...
The current mile world record holders are Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco with a time of 3:43.13 and Faith Kipyegon of Kenya with the Women's record of 4:07.64.. Despite being only 109.344 metres longer, the mile is distinctly different from its much more common 1500 metres counterpart.
The women's vault record has been advanced 9 times indoors by three different women, each ratified as a world record. The last record to be set indoors was in 2004. Sergey Bubka 's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect.
A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
Lewis Lacy 1:49.7 Steve Adderley 1:50.0 Scott Peters 1:49.4: University of Florida: March 14, 1992 Indianapolis, Indiana [7] 4 × mile relay [e] 16:19.0 h: George MacKay Don Paige Mark Belger Phil Kane: Villanova University: January 16, 1976 Dartmouth-USTFF Relays Hanover, New Hampshire [2] [87] Sprint medley relay: 3:18.7 h: Michael Calhoun ...