Wilson Kipketer holds a record of 1 minute 41.11 second half mile.
Hicham El Guerrouj
Alan Webb
Rikki Hacker
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 American record for the mile run is 3:46.91 held by Alan Webb set in July, 2007.
David RudishaRieti, Italy 1.41.01
The 800m is the metric equivalent of the half mile. The world record is 1:41.01 held by David Rudisha of Kenya.
I'm 98% certain there's not a kept record for that specific thing...
John Herschel Glenn, Jr., held it for some time, but he was aided by NASA.
Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco holds the world record for the fastest mile with a time of 3:43.13- Indeshaw Ad
Richard "Bones" Bright at the 1963 Connecticut State Track and Field Championship held at Yale. The time for the mile was 4:10.8.