1 Mile men legal analytics

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Top mark
3:43.13
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Hicham El Guerrouj
Roma · 1999-07-07
10th-place mark
3:45.34
gap: +2.21
100th-place mark
3:48.94
gap: +5.81
Median age, top 100
24.9 yrs
Distinct athletes
1545
5712 canonical perfs
Years contested
1954โ€“2026
19 historical WRs
World-record progression 19 world records since 1954

Canonical list: All-time men's best mile race. Lower mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 73 years

The single best canonical mark for each year. Hover a dot for the holder.

Entries per year depth growth on the all-time list
1954: 4 performances1955: 3 performances1956: 9 performances1957: 14 performances1958: 19 performances1959: 5 performances1960: 13 performances1961: 4 performances1962: 23 performances1963: 28 performances1964: 32 performances1965: 55 performances1966: 36 performances1967: 32 performances1968: 32 performances1969: 28 performances1970: 36 performances1971: 53 performances1972: 42 performances1973: 68 performances1974: 70 performances1975: 96 performances1976: 72 performances1977: 91 performances1978: 84 performances1979: 136 performances1980: 122 performances1981: 164 performances1982: 175 performances1983: 169 performances1984: 134 performances1985: 162 performances1986: 165 performances1987: 125 performances1988: 111 performances1989: 126 performances1990: 119 performances1991: 111 performances1992: 66 performances1993: 107 performances1994: 69 performances1995: 76 performances1996: 84 performances1997: 104 performances1998: 159 performances1999: 81 performances2000: 82 performances2001: 115 performances2002: 78 performances2003: 53 performances2004: 39 performances2005: 62 performances2006: 43 performances2007: 75 performances2008: 55 performances2009: 75 performances2010: 73 performances2011: 73 performances2012: 92 performances2013: 108 performances2014: 118 performances2015: 91 performances2016: 86 performances2017: 89 performances2018: 157 performances2019: 98 performances2020: 25 performances2021: 84 performances2022: 67 performances2023: 65 performances2024: 142 performances2025: 149 performances2026: 4 performances1960197019801990200020102020017519542026
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1950s 3:54.5 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Herbert Elliott 1958-08-06
  2. 1960s 3:51.1 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Jim Ryun 1967-06-23
  3. 1970s 3:48.95 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Sebastian Coe 1979-07-17
  4. 1980s 3:46.32 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Steve Cram 1985-07-27
  5. 1990s 3:43.13 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Hicham El Guerrouj 1999-07-07
  6. 2000s 3:44.95 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Hicham El Guerrouj 2001-06-29
  7. 2010s 3:47.32 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Ayanleh Souleiman 2014-05-31
  8. 2020s 3:43.73 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Jakob Ingebrigtsen 2023-09-16
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช KEN 22
  2. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA 16
  3. ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ MAR 13
  4. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง GBR 12
  5. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ALG 10
  6. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด NOR 6
  7. ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ AUS 5
  8. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ESP 3
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
  1. ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Hicham El Guerrouj 11
  2. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Noureddine Morceli 9
  3. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Jakob Ingebrigtsen 4
  4. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Steve Scott 3
  5. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Steve Cram 3
  6. ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Reynold Cheruiyot 3
  7. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Yared Nuguse 3
  8. ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Vรฉnuste Niyongabo 3
Mark vs age 800 points