Running on 1 mile (1609.344 m) is the only non-metric distance for which the International Athletics Federation records world records. Refers to medium distances. Not an Olympic species.
1. World records in mile running
The world record for the 1-mile race among men belongs to the Moroccan Hisham El-Guerrouj, who in 1999 ran 1609 meters in 3.43.13 meters.
The world record in running a mile among women in 1996 was set by the Russian runner Svetlana Masterkova, who ran the distance for 4.12.56 m.
2. Bit standards for running per mile among men
| View | Ranks, ranks | Youthful | |||||||||||
| MSMK | MC | CCM | I | II | III | I | II | III | |||||
| Mile | 3:56,0 | 4:03,5 | 4:15,0 | 4:30,0 | 4:47,0 | 5:08,0 | – | – | – | ||||
3. Bit standards of running per mile meters among women
| View | Ranks, ranks | Youthful | |||||||||||
| MSMK | MC | CCM | I | II | III | I | II | III | |||||
| Mile | 424,0 | 4:36,0 | 4:55,0 | 5:15,0 | 5:37,0 | 6:03,0 | – | – | – | ||||
4. Russian records in 1 mile running
The Russian record in the mile race among men belongs to Vyacheslav Shabunin. In 2001, he ran the distance for 3.49.83 m.
Svetlana Masterkova set the Russian record in the women's mile in 1996, having run the distance for 4.12.56 m and setting not only a Russian record, but also a World record.
