The mile run has never been an Olympic event. The closest event to a mile is the 1500 meter run (1500 meters is .93 miles). As of the 2008 Games, the men's Olympic record is 3:32.07 held by Noah Ngeny of Kenya at the 2000 Games in Sydney. The women's Olympic record is 3:53.96 held by Paula Ivan of Romania at the 1988 Games in Seoul.
4 laps of 400m (about 4 laps of 1/4 mile)
The women's 5000 meter run has been an Olympic event since the 1996 Games in Atlanta. The Olympic record is held by Gabriela Szabo of Romania at 14:40.79 set at the 2000 Games in Sydney.
The mile is not contested in the Olympics.
The Olympic Long jump record for men is 8.90 meters jumped by Bob Beamon.
Gerald Mathers for the 330M dash - last run in 1912. While the answer above is right for the Modern Olympics, if you wanted to be really pedantic, the longest standing record for the Olympic games in their history is Nero's for chariot racing.
The mile run is not an Olympic event. The closest one is the 1500 meter run, which is 0.932 mile. At the time I write this ... end of July 2012 ... I don't know what will happen at London. The current Olympic record for that event was set at Sydney in 2000 by Noah Ngeny of Kenya, who ran 1500 meters in 3:32.07 .
Hicham El Guerrouj set the record for the fastest mile with a record of 3:43.13 in July 1999 while racing in Rome. He was trying to beat Noureddine Morceli's record at 3:44.39. While he was racing the second place runner Noah Ngeny also beat Morceli's record with 3:43.40. Because they beat the former record the officials rewarded them with $50,000.
The American record for the mile run is 3:46.91 held by Alan Webb set in July, 2007.
No woman as ever finshed a mile.
The 1 Kilometer run is not an Olympic event in Track and Field. The current world record for the men's 1 kilometer is held by Noah Ngeny from Kenya. His time is 2:11:96. He ran on September 5, 1999.
This is slightly awkward to answer as the mile isn't a "standard" athletic distance nowadays; there's no mile event in the Olympic games for example. The current record holder is Hicham El Guerrouj who ran a mile in 3:43.13 in Rome in 1999.
The world record for the 3-mile run is 12 minutes and 51 seconds, set by Daniel Komen of Kenya in 1997.
The current world record for the mile is about 3:43.
Florence Griffiths Joyner died in 1998. She ran the 100m in 10.49s in 1988.
Katie Huntley, with 5.0.1
AnswerKenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia holds the world record in the 5000 meters (3.1 miles), 12:37.35. The IAAF no longer keeps track of events measured in English units with the exception of the mile run.
The Olympic record for the women's 1500 meter run is 3:53.96 set by Paula Ilie-Ivan of Romania at the 1988 Games in Seoul.