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Two miles

Two miles

Uncommon middle distance race

"Two mile run" redirects here. For the stream in Pennsylvania, see Twomile Run.
For other uses, see Two Mile.

The 2 mile (10,560 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 It has been largely superseded by the 3000 m (approximately 1.864 miles) and 5000 m, and by the 3200 m in NFHS American high school competitions (18.688m short of 2 miles). The IAAF no longer keeps official world records for this distance; they are called world best instead.

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The world best for men is 7:54.10 set by Jakob Ingebrigtsen on 9 June 2023 in Paris. The women's record is 8:58.58, set by Ethiopian Meseret Defar in Brussels, Belgium on 14 September 2007. Ingebrigtsen, along with previous record holder Daniel Komen, are the only people to have run the distance in under 8 minutes, and thus run two miles at a four-minute mile pace.

All-time top 25

  • Mx = mixed race

Men (outdoor)

  • Correct as of June 2023.
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Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 8:07.46:

Women (outdoor)

  • Correct as of May 2022.[4]
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Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 9:14.55:

Men (indoor)

  • Correct as of February 2024.
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Women (indoor)

  • Correct as of February 2024.
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Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 9:13.94:

World Best Performance Progression

Men

Outdoors

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Indoors

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Women

Outdoors

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Indoors

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US high school boys progression

Note: this list only covers boys because the history of 2 mile running largely occurred before Title IX, before high school girls were allowed to compete, which occurred about the same time as conversion to metric distances.[20]

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See also

Notes

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