No woman as ever finshed a mile.
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.
In 1960, Herb Elliott set the world record for the one-mile run, and Pyotr Bolotnikov set the world record for the 15,000 meters run. Elliott's record stood until 1966, while Bolotnikov's record lasted until 1971.
There is no world record for the 8 mile run. It is not an official event recognized by the IAAF. I'm not even aware that the event is raced enough to have any significant representative world best. If you are not familiar with track speak... No one races it, so no one cares.
The mile and a half run is extremely rarely, if ever contested by elite runners. However based on current world records for the mile and two mile, we can infer that the world record if it were commonly contested would probably be about 5:50.
The fastest mile ever run is 3:43.13 by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1999. The fastest women's mile is 4:12:86 run by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia on August 14, 1996.
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 men's world record for the two mile run is held by Daniel Komen of Kenya. His time was 7:58. 61. For women the record is 8:58. 58 which is held by Meseret Defar from Ethiopia.
The world record for the men's mile is 3:43.13 held by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco.
The American record for the mile run is 3:46.91 held by Alan Webb set in July, 2007.
Walker held the world record in the mile run (3:49.4) from August 12, 1975 to July 17, 1979. He also held the world record in the 2000 meter run (4:51.4) from June 30, 1976 through August 4, 1985. He also held the world record in the indoor 1500 meter run (3:37.4). He still holds the New Zealand national record for the mile run (3:49.08).
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.