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.
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The world record for running the mile is 3 minutes and 43 seconds. This record was made by Hicham el Guerouj
The current world record holder(s) for the mile run are Hicham El Guerrouj(male) at 3:43:13 minutes and Svetlana Masterkova (female) at 4:12:56 minutes.