Gyst. Farley Simon
John Herschel Glenn, Jr., held it for some time, but he was aided by NASA.
the fastest u.s marine ran 3 miles in a little over 14 minutes
Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco holds the fastest mile in 3:43.13
Hicham El Guerrouj
Alan Webb
Rikki Hacker
Ranjha
Billy Bob
Wilson Kipketer holds a record of 1 minute 41.11 second half mile.
I don't know if the marine corps has records of this, but am also curious. My best was 14:35 in nco school in 1984. At the time it was a nco school record.
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.
David RudishaRieti, Italy 1.41.01