Common wisdom perceived a sub-four-minute mile to be an insurmountable barrier until Sir Roger Bannister set a world record time of 3 min 59.4 sec in 1954. While Bannister is famous for shattering the 4-minute barrier, many forget that he held the title for less than seven weeks. Since then, a new world record has been set 18 times. Morocco’s Hicham EL Guerrouj currently holds the world record for the mile at a time of 3:43.13 which was set on July 7, 1999. The current women’s record is 4:12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia.
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