Two-time Olympian and RunGum founder Nick Symmonds ran the fastest known time for a mile run while dribbling a basketball, 5:29, on August 23.
Here’s a complete list of the world record-holders and all-time top 26.2-mile runners. byScott DouglasUpdated: Dec 01, 2024 6:56 AM EST Michael Reaves//Getty Images Below you’ll find tables detailing severalmarathonsuperlatives: the 10 fastest marathoners in history on record-eligib...
In 1954, Roger Bannister of England ran the mile in 3'59.4". Bannister was the first person to break the four-minute mile. It has been about 50 years since the 4-minute record. Today, Bannister’s record has been broken. Men can run the mile in 3'48". That is about 10 seconds...
In 1865,Richard Webster of England ran the mile.He set the record.His time was 4'36.5''.That is four minutes,36 and five-tenths seconds.In 1895,there was a man called Thomas Conneff.His speed was 4'15.6".He ran about 21 seconds faster than Richard. By 1934,the record was 4'06.8...
mile performers in car racing. Kenny Bernstein eclipsing the 300-mph mark; Eddie Hill's all-time elapsed time mark of 4.779 seconds; Funny Car champion Cruz Pedregon's 5.076-second run; Mark Oswald's Funny Car record of 293.06 mph; Top-speed mark and elapsed time mark in Pro Stock ...
he became the first athlete to run the 5,000 metres in less than 14 minutes; his record of 13 min 58.2 sec remained unbroken until 1954. In 1943, on a tour of theUnited States, he was undefeated in eight races. In 1945 Hägg, known as “Gunder the Wonder,” ran the mile in 4...
The U.S. women’s mile record fell, too, asElle Purrier St. Pierrewon her third Women's Wanamaker Mile with a record 4:16.41. Yared Nugusewon his second straight Men’s Wanamaker Mile with a time of 3:47.83, just missing the world record by 0.82 seconds. ...
but could not get his head in front.But this time he was driven into the lead with a quarter of a mile to run and held the challenge of Just A Fluke by a head.In doing so he clocked 1min 53.19sec for the extended nine furlongs, which bettered the previous best time of 1min 55...
The only other man of that age to run a sub-four-minute Mile was Eamonn Coghlan of Ireland in 1994. Coghlan holds the indoor world record with a time of 3:58.13, which he completed at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. at the age of 41....
A 96-year-old man continues to run and recently set a new record for his age group in a mile-long race.