Mile run
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The mile run is a middle-distance foot race.
Matt Centrowitz and Nick Willis racing for first place in the 2015 Wanamaker Mile. Centrowitz ended up beating Willis by 0.11 seconds, in a time of 3:51.35.
2018 Women's Fifth Avenue Mile
Gunder Hägg (right) defeats Arne Andersson with a world record time of 4:06.2 in Gothenburg, 1942.
A statue commemorating Roger Bannister and John Landy's Miracle Mile in 1954
Josh Kerr
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Josh Kerr is a Scottish middle-distance runner who has held the world record in the mile since 2026, with a time of 3:42.66. In the 1500 metres, Kerr won gold at the 2023 World Championships, silver a
Mile run
…between the Englishman Roger Bannister and his Australian rival John Landy to run the first four-minute mile. The current mile world record holders are Josh Kerr of Great Britain with a time of 3:42.66 and Faith Kipyegon of Kenya with the women's record of 4:07.64. Despite being only 109.344 metres longer, the…
Kerr at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships
Kerr (centre) in the 1500 metres at the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Kerr at the 2019 Millrose Games
Kerr (centre) after winning the men's 3000m at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland