Hicham El Guerrouj set the world record for the mile with a time of 3:43.13, which is equivalent to an average speed of about 16.1 miles per hour.
The world record for the mile run when Hicham El Guerrouj ran a 3:43.13 was held by Noureddine Morceli of Algeria at 3:44.39 set in 1993. The record stood for almost 6 years before El Guerrouj broke it in 1999.
The current world record is 3:43.12 ran by Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) in Rome, 1999.
The current world record for running a mile is 3 minutes and 43.13 seconds, set by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1999.
Hicham El Guerrouj of morocco, with a time of 3 min 43.13 seconds, set on 7th July 1999.
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.
This is slightly awkward to answer as the mile isn't a "standard" athletic distance nowadays; there's no mile event in the Olympic games for example. The current record holder is Hicham El Guerrouj who ran a mile in 3:43.13 in Rome in 1999.
The men's world record for running the mile is 3:43.13, set by Hicham El Guerrouj in 1999. The women's world record for running the mile is 4:12.33, set by Sifan Hassan in 2019.
The current world record for the fastest mile is held by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, with a time of 3 minutes and 43.13 seconds, set in 1999.
Through February, 2009 the women's world record for the mile run is 4:12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia on August 14, 1996.
Hicham El Guerrouj currently holds the world record for the men's 1500 meters. He set the record of 3:26.00 in 1998. Said Aouita is a former Moroccan middle-distance runner who held various records but not the 1500 meters.
The world record for the mile is 3 minutes, 43.13 seconds, set by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1999.