In the time it takes you to fake a five - minute meal in themicrowave , elite - level runners have finished their 1 - Roman mile run — with time to dispense with . More imposingly , some of these athlete continue to show that we have yet to reach the limit for forcible achievement by paring fraction off thefastest mile metre .
To learn more about these incredible feats , we comprehend into the official phonograph recording from World Athletics , the world govern authority for athletic contest . Here are the man and women who have become mi record holder .
5 Fastest Mile Times for Women
Thetop fivefastest mile times for women were all under 4 minute and 15 seconds .
5. Ciara Mageean
On July 21 , 2023 , Ciara Mageean ran the fair sex ’s international mile race in 4:14.58 at the Diamond League meet , which hold situation at Stade Louis II in Monaco .
That solar day , she may not have won the wash ( that honor went to another offset on this list ) , but she did beat the record of fellow Irish runner Sonia O’Sullivan , who , with a time of 4:17.26 , held the record in Ireland since 1994.Mageeanalso scramble her own personal fastest Roman mile run ( 4:19.03 ) , set in 2019 .
4. Genzebe Dibaba
Genzebe Dibaba , of Ethiopia , run a statute mile in 4:13.31 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm on February 17 , 2016 . That Clarence Shepard Day Jr. she beat the world indoor geographical mile record that Doina Melinte of Romania previously set in 1990 . ( She has break other indoor world phonograph record . )
One competitive reward she had was that she had launch the path before . " I know this running well , and it is very good for me,“Dibaba said at the time . " The only thing that was hard was the conditions in the arena — it felt very moth-eaten . "
3. Svetlana Masterkova
Russian runner Svetlana Masterkova ran a 4:12.56 mile on August 14 , 1996 , in Zürich . She achieved the fast mile meter 18 months after givingbirthto her first kid . " I recognise when I was carry the babe I wanted to get back to running play — and I did in two months,“she said in 1996 .
She bind the world platter until 2019 .
2. Sifan Hassan
At Stade Louis II in Monaco on July 12 , 2019 , Dutch jock Sifan Hassan ran a mi in 4.12:33 . While she did n’t beat her previous personal best ( 4:14.71 ) by " three or four second , " as she mean , she did make history and become a world champion for the mile running .
1. Faith Kipyegon
Faith Kipyegon became a creation disk holder on July 21 , 2023 , at the Diamond League race . She track down the mi distance in 4:07.64 , almost five seconds faster than Hassan .
The Kenyan athlete , whose running private instructor is Patrick Sang , aver : " I really enjoyed the race . I come for that . I wanted to chase the populace track record and thanks god , it was awesome . "
5 Fastest Mile Times for Men
The top fivemile times for menall took place in either Italy or Oregon .
5. Noureddine Morceli
In 1993 , Noureddine Morceli , of Algeria , raced at Rieti in Italy and became a world hero with his 3:44.39 time . He held the title until 1999 .
He thrum fellow competitor by 11 seconds and said the right weather condition help him reach success . " I ’d been close three times this time of year , but never had good atmospheric conditions,“Morceli said .
4. Yared Nuguse
Yared Nuguse , an athlete from the United States , ran the mile in 3:43:97 on September 16 , 2023 , at Hayward Field in Eugene , Oregon .
Nuguse commence running as a high schoolhouse newbie . He ran a tight timed mile in his PE course , and his double-decker Tim Holman became determined to get him to unite cut .
" I was like , ' No , I ’m not really a sporting person , sorry,“Nuguse said . " [ Holman ] kept persisting and being vexatious about it , so I was like , ' OK , I ’ll do it . ' But it end up being a really , really fun track time of year and one of a mint of scholarship . "
3. Jakob Ingebrigtsen
Facing off against Nuguse and other athletes , Jakob Ingebrigsten , of Norway , ran 3:43.73 in Oregon on September 16 , 2023 . He come from a running house .
2. Noah Ngeny
On July 7 , 1999 , Kenyan base runner Noah Ngeny ran a 3:43.40 mi at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome .
1. Hicham El Guerrouj
With a run clock time of 3:43.13 , Hicham El Guerrouj , of Morocco , became the mile phonograph recording bearer for men . No other runner has been able to give away the disc he set on July 7 , 1999 , in Rome .
What’s a Good Mile Time for a Nonprofessional Runner?
fair mile time forintermediate adult runners(people who are debauched than 50 per centum of similar demographics ) range from roughly 6:37 to 10:21 , depending on several variable which admit age , sexual urge and fitness floor .
This article was created in conjunction with AI technology , then fact - checked and edited by a HowStuffWorks editor program .
