Two miles: Difference between revisions

|WRmen = {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]]|NOR}} 7:54.10 (2023)}}

|WRwomen = {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH}} 8:58.58 (2007)}}

The '''2 mile''' (10,560 [[Foot (unit)|feet]] or 3,218.688 [[metres]]) is a historic [[running]] distance. Like the [[mile run]], it is still contested at some invitational meets due its historical chronology in the [[United States]] and [[United Kingdom]]. It has been largely superseded by the [[3000 m]] (approximately 1.864 miles) and [[5000 m]], and by the [[3200 metres|3200 m]] in [[National Federation of State High School Associations|NFHS]] [[United States|American]] [[high school]] competitions (18.688m short of 2 miles). The [[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]] no longer keeps official [[World records in athletics|world records]] for this distance; they are called world best instead.

 

 

==World Best Performance Progression==

===Men===

====Outdoors====

|[[Lappeenranta]], [[Finland]]

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|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH}}

|align="center"|1997-05-31

|{{flagathlete|[[Doris Brown Heritage|Doris Brown]]|USA}}

|align="center"|1971-07-10

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|align="center"|'''9:55.9'''

|{{flagathlete|[[Francie Larrieu]]|USA}}

|align="center"|1972-06-04

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|align="center"|'''9:19.56'''

 

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