The world record for men is currently 12:37.35 and was set by Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele in 2004 in the Netherlands at Hengelo.
On a road course, the world record is currently 13:00 and was run by Sammy Kipketer in the 2009 Carlsbad 5000. Kipketer also tied his world record in the 2010 Carlsbad race.
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The world record is 12.37.35 set on May 31st 2004 by Kenenisa Bekele
This is NOT the world record for the 3 mile--it's the world record for the 5000m. The world record for the 3mile is probably about 5 sec or so faster, but I can't seem to find any info on it.