Running Motivation - Mile World Records

Every Mile world record since Roger Bannister became the first man on earth in 1954 to run four laps in less than four minutes. Music: Hans Zimmer "Time" 3:59.4 Roger Bannister United Kingdom 6 May 1954 Oxford 3:58.0 John Landy Australia 21 June 1954 Turku 3:57.2 Derek Ibbotson United Kingdom 19 July 1957 London 3:54.5 Herb Elliott Australia 6 August 1958 Santry, Dublin 3:54.4 Peter Snell New Zealand 27 January 1962 Wanganui 3:54.1 3:54.04 Peter Snell New Zealand 17 November 1964 Auckland 3:53.6 Michel Jazy France 9 June 1965 Rennes 3:51.3 Jim Ryun United States 17 July 1966 Berkeley, Cal. 3:51.1 Jim Ryun United States 23 June 1967Bakersfield, Cal. 3:51.0 Filbert Bayi Tanzania 17 May 1975 Kingston 3:49.4 John Walker New Zealand 12 August 1975 Göteborg 3:49.0 3:48.95 Sebastian Coe United Kingdom 17 July 1979 Oslo 3:48.8 Steve Ovett United Kingdom 1 July 1980 Oslo 3:48.53 Sebastian Coe United Kingdom 19 August 1981 Zürich 3:48.40 Steve Ovett United Kingdom 26 August 1981 Koblenz 3:47.33 Sebastian Coe United Kingdom 28 August 1981 Bruxelles 3:46.32 Steve Cram United Kingdom 27 July 1985 Oslo 3:44.39 Noureddine Morceli Algeria 5 September 1993 Rieti 3:43.13 Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco 7 July 1999 Rome (Wikipedia "Mile Run World Record Progression") Im sorry I missed Filbert Bayi 3:51.0. A terrific Front runner.

Comments

1. Kiprop??? Would be surprised to see his name on the list soon
2. Great compilation. It would be great if Filbert Bayi could be added in. Also, Jim Ryan broke the mile twice, John Walker's record was in 1975 not 1980.
3. herb elliott....purest runner of them all!
4. No Filbert Bayi?
5. I cant eben run a sub five min mile but this guys run over a minute faster than that
6. Next is Michael Harris
7. You've got the date for John Walker wrong.
8. I wonder when the world record mile will be broken again?
9. Ah that is awesome! Well if your still in the hunt for sub 4...best of luck! Perhaps I'll read about you rockin sub 3:30 1500 on letsrun someday ^^
10. Super video even though Filbert Bayi was over looked. I see a sub 3:40 coming around the corner....but by who?
11. I am from Indonesia
12. Are you from the US? If so I'm curious about which HS stud you actually are, but I don't think you are as none have 4:00.xx PRs that I know of. If not...did you sneak under yet?
13. you dont know my life bro!!!!
14. Bullshitting is not allowed on YouTube...
15. Steve Ovette is probaby the runner who had the greatest potential he could have gone way faster.
16. You realize that guy is not telling the truth right?
17. My fastest time was 8:54 I am not impressed
18. What state are you from?
19. its people to break the record, not the top milers.
20. Sorry no names. I was a highschool runner almost 10 years ago. My team from Aurora won Senior OFSAA XC in 2005.