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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 ]
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.
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]
The 4 × mile relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete one mile (1,609.344 metres) or slightly more than 4 laps on a standard 400 metre track. The event is not often run as most legacy 440 yard tracks have been converted to 400 metres, thus making 4 × 1500 or 4 × 1600 metres easier to manage.
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 ...
Brasher had jogged the race, allowing Bannister to lap him so he could be a fresh pace-setter. At 3 ⁄ 4 mile, Bannister was at 3:01.8, the record—and first sub-four-minute mile—in reach. But the effort fell short with a finish in 4:02.0, a time bettered by only Arne Andersson (4:01.6 in 1944) and Gunder Hägg (4:01.4 in 1945). [21]
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This is not exactly a Cooper test but a reasonable practical compromise as long as the distance is of sufficient length to put a continuous load on the cardiovascular system for 10 or more minutes. For example, the British Army uses 1.5 miles, the Australian Army uses 2.4 kilometers, the US Army uses 2 miles and the US Marine Corps 3 miles.