The current world record for the mile is about 3:43.
No woman as ever finshed a mile.
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.
The men's world record for the two mile run is held by Daniel Komen of Kenya. His time was 7:58. 61. For women the record is 8:58. 58 which is held by Meseret Defar from Ethiopia.
In 1960, Herb Elliott set the world record for the one-mile run, and Pyotr Bolotnikov set the world record for the 15,000 meters run. Elliott's record stood until 1966, while Bolotnikov's record lasted until 1971.
There is no world record for the 8 mile run. It is not an official event recognized by the IAAF. I'm not even aware that the event is raced enough to have any significant representative world best. If you are not familiar with track speak... No one races it, so no one cares.
A 'split' is the time it takes to run a portion of the race. Split times in the mile run are generally taken after 1/4 mile, 1/2 mile, and 3/4 mile and are used to determine whether the runner is on pace to finish the race in the desired time or in a record time.
Sx minutes and 41 seconds?!?
The fastest mile ever run is 3:43.13 by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1999. The fastest women's mile is 4:12:86 run by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia on August 14, 1996.
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 world record for the men's mile is 3:43.13 held by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco.
Wilma Rudolph did not participate in the mile run. She was a sprinter who specialized in the 100 meter dash and the 200 meter dash.