61-544: The Fifth Avenue Mile is an annual 1 mile (1.6 km) road race on Fifth Avenue in New York City , United States . The race begins at 80th Street and heads twenty blocks south to 60th Street . First held on September 26, 1981, the race is currently organized by New York Road Runners . The competition regularly attracts world-class runners, who compete in special heats after the regular age division heats. The Fifth Avenue Mile has also inspired similar events in
122-572: A family. Kipyegon followed her doctor’s advice and trained until she was between four and five months pregnant. She gave birth to her first child, a daughter Alyn, in June 2018 by a caesarean section due to the wrong position of her baby. Kipyegon returned to training in January 2019 after an almost 18-month break. At the end of June six months later, 12 months after the childbirth, she made her racing comeback in style, winning her specialty in 3:59:04 at
183-622: A further three women also recorded times below 4:03, with Jenny Simpson in second and Caster Semenya in third. "I won the Olympics in 2016 but the victory at the World Championships in 2017 was sweeter because I fought the hardest. In 2016 Rio, I was only wary of Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia because I had a fantastic season. In London, Caster Semenya, Dibaba, Sifan Hassan, Laura Muir and Jennifer Simpson were all gold medal prospects." Kipyegon said. At this point she decided to start
244-458: A last lap in 60.6 s and dropped Letesenbet in a sprint finish in the last 200 m timed at 28.1 s, even faster than in her 1500 m world record race. She became only the second woman in history to hold both the 1500 m and 5000 m records simultaneously after Paola Pigni in 1969, and the first Kenyan woman to hold the latter. Kipyegon's 5000 metres world record has since been broken by Gudaf Tsegay , who ran 14:00.21 at
305-640: A silver in the 1500 m event at the World Championships held in Beijing . After a tactical race she finished second in a time of 4:08.96 behind only then fresh world record holder Genzebe Dibaba who clocked 4:08.09. Sifan Hassan representing the Netherlands was third in 4:09.34. On 11 September, she secured her first Diamond League victory, winning the mile race in Brussels . It
366-605: A silver with her team. A few months later, she raced the 1500 m at the World Youth Championships in Villeneuve-d'Ascq , France, taking the women's crown, ahead of two Ethiopian, runners with a time of 4:09.48, breaking the championship record in the process. Her 2012 season started with a bang as, after the 800 metres race in April, she set a swift national junior 1500 m record of 4:03.82 at
427-482: A third lap in 56.80 and last 800 m in a fast 800 m races pace of 1:57.2. Kipyegon clocked 4:08.92, Dibaba 4:10.27 and Jenny Simpson was third in 4:10.53. Kipyegon earned her first Diamond League 1500 m Trophy, winning three races in Shanghai, Eugene and Brussels. It was the first season of the series to feature the new championship-style system in which overall event winners are determined only by
488-498: Is the only imperial distance World Athletics has on its books for official world records . Although the mile is not featured at any major championships, the Wanamaker Mile , Dream Mile , Emsley Carr Mile and Bowerman Mile races are among the foremost annual middle-distance races. The current mile world record holders are Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco with a time of 3:43.13 and Faith Kipyegon of Kenya with
549-412: The 1,500 metres and mile , and the former world record holder for the 5,000 metres . Kipyegon is the only three-time Olympic champion in the 1500 metres race, having won a gold medal each at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics , 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics . She also won a gold medal in the 1,500 m at the 2017 , 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships and in the 5,000 m at
610-416: The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (which was among the last mile races to be held at a major multi-sport event as of 2021). Filbert Bayi of Tanzania became Africa's first world record holder over the distance in 1975, although New Zealander John Walker further broke Bayi's record a few months later to become the first man under 3:50 minutes for the event. The 1980s were highlighted by
671-425: The 2023 World Athletics Championships. At the 2024 Paris Olympics , Kipyegon became the first athlete ever to win three consecutive gold medals in the 1500m women's race, where she also set a new Olympic record. Kipyegon had earlier on in the 2024 Paris Olympics also earned a silver medal in the women's 5000m race, an event marked by controversy. Initially disqualified for obstruction, Kipyegon's second-place finish
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#1732802306933732-632: The 2023 Prefontaine Classic . On 21 July 2023, at the Monaco Diamond League , Kipyegon ran 4:07.64 in the mile, breaking Sifan Hassan's mile world record of 4:12.33 which had stood since 2019. At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest , Kipyegon achieved the 1500m and 5000m double, winning the former in 3:54.87 and the latter in 14:53.88. In June 2024, at the 2024 Kenyan Olympic Trials in Nairobi , Kipyegon won both
793-592: The Diamond League and Continental Tour meetings staying unbeaten in all her six races. In August, she ran the second-fastest time ever, an African and Diamond League record in the 1000 metres at the Herculis meet in Monaco , with her result of 2:29.15 just 0.17 s short of the world record set back in 1996 by Svetlana Masterkova . In 2021, Kipyegon greatly improved her 2019 Kenyan national record at
854-567: The Diamond League meeting in Doha , Qatar, she broke for the first time the 4-minute barrier in the 1500 m, clocking an African U20 and Kenyan senior record of 3:56.98. Kipyegon finished second behind Swedish runner Abeba Aregawi but beat Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba in third. In August, at the Moscow World Championships , the 19-year-old came fifth in the final in a time of 4:05.08 . In March, she claimed victory in
915-625: The Diamond League meetings. On 10 June, she ran 3:53.91 at the Rome Golden Gala , staged in Florence , to finish second just behind Sifan Hassan who clocked 3:53.63. On 9 July at the Monaco Herculis , Kipyegon chopped nearly three seconds from that mark for a win, stopping the clock at a world-leading 3:51.07 – the fourth-fastest female performance in history at the time and just one second off Genzebe Dibaba's world record, which
976-723: The Eugene Diamond Race meet in Oregon , USA, lowering her national record to 3:56.41. She also notched up victory in the mile event at the Oslo Diamond League in June. The then 22-year-old became the Olympic 1500 m champion in Rio de Janeiro reversing the order from the previous year's World Championships. She outsprinted Dibaba in the final 200 m in what was initially a very slow tactical race , with
1037-914: The Shanghai Diamond League meeting (5th) the following month. In June, the 18-year-old won the event at the Kenyan Junior Athletics Championships, and finished third at the Kenyan Olympic Trials to secure a spot on the national team for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. At the World Junior Championships held in July in Barcelona , she ran a championship record again to claim gold in her specialist event way ahead of
1098-517: The wagered running contests of the 18th and 19th century. Such contests would attract large numbers of spectators and gamblers – so many that the activity became a professional one for its more-established participants. The mile run was at the heart of the divide between professional and amateur sports in the late 19th century, as running was beginning to gain popularity in the sports world. Separate world record categories were kept for amateurs and professionals, with professional runners providing
1159-484: The 1500 m gold medal with a time of 3:52.96 , which made her the first female athlete to win four global titles over the distance. Gudaf Tsegay placed second in 3:54.52 while Laura Muir earned bronze (3:55.28). On 10 August at the Monaco Diamond League, Kipyegon came within 0.3 s of Dibaba's world record with 3:50.37 to set her new Kenyan record and the second-fastest performance in history at
1220-515: The 1500m and 5000m, in times of 3:53.99 and 14:46.28, respectively. On 7 July 2024, at the Meeting de Paris , Kipyegon broke her own 1500m world record by seven hundredths of a second, running 3:49.04. At the Paris 2024 Olympics , after initially winning the silver medal in the women's 5,000 metres , Kipyegon faced disqualification for obstruction of Ethiopian athlete Gudaf Tsegay . However, she
1281-417: The 1900s and retained its popularity, with the chase for the four-minute mile in the 1950s a high point for the race. In spite of the roughly equivalent 1500 metres race, which is used instead of the mile at the World Championships and Olympic Games and is sometimes referred as the foremost middle-distance track event in athletics, the mile run is present in all fields of athletics , and since 1976, it
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#17328023069331342-422: The 2023 U.S. Road Mile Championships, on 25 April, were ratified by World Athletics as the inaugural road mile world records. Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 3:57.0h: Note: World Athletics only accepts times achieved on World Athletics certified courses that are conducted according to World Athletics rules . The elevation gradient must not exceed one meter per kilometer. For instance,
1403-432: The 2023 U.S. Road Mile Championships, on 25 April, were ratified by World Athletics as the inaugural road mile world records. Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 4:30.0h: Key: Incomplete information Faith Kipyegon Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner . Kipyegon is the current world record holder for
1464-588: The 3:44 barrier in the mile; Noah Ngeny (in the same race as El Guerrouj), Jakob Ingebrigtsen , and Yared Nuguse . Although a statute mile today is equal to a length of 5,280 feet, the distance of the English mile gained its current definition of 1,760 yards through a statute of the Parliament of England in 1593. Thus, the history of the mile run began in England and it initially found usage within
1525-401: The 3:50-minute mark and his achievements popularised interval workout techniques which are still heavily used today, especially for collegiate distance runners. Jim Ryun was the first person to run a sub-four minute mile in high school. From this period onwards, African runners began to emerge, breaking the largely white, Western dominance of the distance; Kenya's Kip Keino won the mile at
1586-606: The Eugene Diamond League , the Prefontaine Classic, held that year in Palo Alto . Kipyegon went on to take the silver medal at the World Championships in Doha , where she chopped more than two seconds from her 2016 Kenyan record in the final with a time of 3:54.22 . Sifan Hassan came first in 3:51.95 while third-placed Gudaf Tsegay set a personal best of 3:54.38. In 2020, she competed at
1647-814: The United States and Australia, set a new world record of 16:33.58 . That same year in July, Kipyegon took her first senior 1500 m victory, becoming the Glasgow Commonwealth Games champion in Scotland with a time of 4:08.94 . The 20-year-old finished fifth over the distance, however, at the African Championships staged in Marrakesh , Morocco in August, clocking a disappointing 4:13.46 . On 25 August, Kipyegon won
1708-876: The United States, particularly in many high school ( NFHS ) competitions, the 1600 metres is a substitute for the mile run. On the professional level, races such as the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games , the Dream Mile at the Bislett Games , the British Emsley Carr Mile , and the Bowerman Mile at the Prefontaine Classic are among the most prominent. Aside from track races, mile races are also occasionally contested in cross country running , and mile runs on
1769-670: The Women's record of 4:07.64. Despite being only 109.344 metres longer, the mile is distinctly different from its much more common 1500 metres counterpart. World record holder Hicham El Guerrouj considers the mile to be his more challenging event. “My favourite is 1500m. It’s part of my heart. I competed in it a lot and I know every metre of this race. The mile is completely different. If you are not strong physically and mentally, you cannot run it well.” Each lap during El Guerrouj's world record run averaged 55.46 seconds per 400 m. Along with El Guerrouj, only three other men in history have broken
1830-441: The course cannot be ratified as a road mile world record. Key: Course record General Specific Mile run The mile run (1,760 yards , 5,280 feet , or exactly 1,609.344 metres ) is a middle-distance foot race . The history of the mile run event began in England , where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field 's switch to metric distances in
1891-693: The distance in the 1950s and to this day, many competitive runners are still chasing the ambitious barrier. Englishman Roger Bannister became the first person to achieve the feat in May 1954 and his effort, conducted with the help of Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway , was a key moment in the rise of the use of pacemakers at the top level of the sport – an aspect which is now commonplace at non-championship middle and long-distance races . In fact, pacemakers, if performing effectively, can earn generous sums of money for their performances and accurate pacing duties. The 1960s saw American Jim Ryun set world records near
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1952-561: The end of 2017 by Patrick Sang , triple global 3000 m steeplechase silver medallist, who is also coaching marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge . In 2010, at age 16, a barefooted Kipyegon made her international debut at the World Cross Country Championships held in Bydgoszcz , Poland, competing against athletes up to three years her senior. She placed fourth in the women's junior race as
2013-425: The event in 2021. The men's record in the race is 3:44.3 set by Josh Kerr in 2024. Prior to Kerr's performance, Sydney Maree held the course record at 3:47.52 for 43 years, since the inaugural edition of the race in 1981. The women's record is 4:14.8, set by Laura Muir in 2022, which was tied by Karissa Schweizer in 2024. The Fifth Avenue Mile was originally held in late September or early October. In 2014 it
2074-562: The famous Fifth Avenue Mile in New York City, or New Zealand's Queen Street Golden Mile, are too steep to be record eligible by World Athletics. Downhill miles such as Craig Wheeler's 3:24 clocking in the 1993 Meltham Mile were achieved on ineligible courses and as such are not recognized by World Athletics. The road mile became an official world record event on 1 September 2023 which is why most performances prior to this date were not previously considered records. The winning times from
2135-412: The famous Fifth Avenue Mile , or New Zealand's Queen Street Golden Mile, are too steep to be record eligible by World Athletics. Downhill miles are achieved on ineligible courses and as such are not recognized by World Athletics. The road mile became an official world record event on 1 September 2023 which is why performances prior to this date were not previously considered records. The winning times from
2196-485: The faster times. High-profile contests between Britons William Cummings and Walter George brought much publicity to the sport, as did George's races against the American Lon Myers . The mile run was also one of the foremost events at the amateur AAA Championships . Although the spotlight was shining on the running scene, the categories remained distinct but the respective rise in amateurism and decline of
2257-570: The field with a time of 4:04.96 ; Serbian Amela Terzić and Ethiopian Senbere Teferi took second and third place respectively. She placed ninth in her heat at the London Olympics in August in a time of 4:08.78 (sixth after later doping disqualifications), failing to advance to the semi-finals. At the beginning of the 2013 season, she defended her junior title at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz (PL). On 10 May at
2318-402: The final two laps, running her last 800 in 2:00.6, last 400 in 58.81, and last 200 in 29.2. The entire race field congratulated and embraced her after her lap of honour. Kipyegon made it two world records in a week after breaking exactly seven days later, on 9 June, Letesenbet Gidey 's 5000 metres world standard of 14:06.62 set in 2020. Faith's second world record came as a surprise as it
2379-507: The first officially recognised world record in the mile the following year (4:14.4 minutes run by John Paul Jones ). The fact that the mile run was the only imperial distance to retain its official world record status after 1976 reflects its continued popularity in the international (and principally metric) era. Decades later, the distance remains widespread, and is often used as a benchmark for distance running performance. The top men's middle-distance runners continued to compete in
2440-645: The first to break the four minute and five minute mile barriers, for men and women respectively. On the men's side, the fastest mile run since Hicham El Guerrouj's 3:43.13 in 1999 was Jakob Ingebrigtsen's 3:43.73 at the 2023 Bowerman Mile at the Prefontaine Classic & Diamond League Final. Below is a list of other times superior to 3:50.55: Below is a list of other times superior to 4:22.59: Note: World Athletics only accepts times achieved on World Athletics certified courses that are conducted according to World Athletics rules . The elevation gradient must not exceed one meter per kilometer. For instance,
2501-530: The first woman in history to break the 3:50-barrier in the discipline. The 29-year-old sliced almost a second from Dibaba's mark (3:50.07) while running a big negative split at the Rome Diamond League staged that year also in Florence. She hit 800 in 2:04.1, as a pacemaker was asked for (WR pace was 2:02.7), and passed the bell in 2:50.2 (Dibaba hit the bell at 2:50.3). Kipyegon was sensational over
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2562-599: The home stretch (3:55.86 for third) In September, she beat Hassan again at the Zürich Weltklasse Diamond League final to take her second 1500 m Diamond Trophy. Kipyegon won nine out of her ten races of the season. In May, Kipyegon claimed victory in her signature event at the Eugene Diamond League in USA. At the World Championships held also in Eugene in July, Kipyegon decisively won
2623-405: The mile run in the first half of the 1900s – Paavo Nurmi , Jack Lovelock and Sydney Wooderson were all world record holders over the distance. In the 1940s, Swedish runners Gunder Hägg and Arne Andersson pushed times into a new territory, as they set three world records each during their rivalry over the decade. The goal of completing a sub- four-minute mile sparked further interest in
2684-483: The professional sector saw the division become irrelevant in the 20th century. The mile run continued to be a popular distance in spite of the metrication of track and field and athletics in general, replacing the imperial distance for the metric mile (1500 meters). It was the 1500 metres – sometimes referred to as the metric mile – which was featured on the Olympic athletics programme . The International Amateur Athletics Federation formed in 1912 and confirmed
2745-691: The results of the final meet. Kipyegon outsprinted her rival Sifan Hassan at the Brussels Final in September, 3:57.04 to 3:57.22. Her best success of that year was the first place at the London World Championships in August, becoming the first Kenyan female world 1500 m champion and only the third woman in history to win both the Olympic and World Championships finals over the distance. The 23-year-old ran 4:02.59 while
2806-558: The rivalry between British runners Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett , who improved the record five times between them, including two records at the Oslo Dream Mile race. Noureddine Morceli brought the mile record back into African hands in 1993 and Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj set the current record of 3:43.13, which has stood since 1999. Mile run contests remain a key feature of many annual track and field meetings, including recreational, high school, and collegiate meets. In
2867-848: The road include the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York City . However, in high school and collegiate cross country running, races are often measured in kilometers, with 5K and 8K being the most common. In 2019, World Athletics President and former athlete Sebastian Coe organized the World Athletics Heritage Mile Night in Monaco , which brought together eleven mile world record holders, either indoors or outdoors: Ron Delany , Michel Jazy , Jim Ryun , Filbert Bayi , Paola Pigni-Cacchi , John Walker , Eamonn Coghlan , Coe, Steve Cram , Noureddine Morceli , and Hicham El Guerrouj . The event posthumously honored Roger Bannister and Diane Leather Charles , who were
2928-602: The same mould, including the Anlene Orchard Mile in Singapore. Jennifer Simpson of the United States has historically been the most successful athlete at the competition, having won 8 races. The winners at the most recent edition in 2024 were Josh Kerr and Karissa Schweizer . In 2023, Kerr and Jemma Reekie won, which was the third Scottish double in succession after the 2022 victories of Jake Wightman and Laura Muir, and this of Wightman and Reekie, who won
2989-572: The season. In November interview with Athletics Weekly , she said that in the future she would like to run marathons . Kipyegon got her 2023 campaign off to a strong start on 4 February with a dominant victory at the Sirikwa Cross Country Classic (10 km) on home soil in Eldoret . On 2 June, she eventually got the only thing that was missing on her resume, setting a world 1500 m record of 3:49.11 to become
3050-600: The senior women's race (8 km) at the African Cross Country Championships held in Kampala , Uganda, beating the silver medallist by more than eight seconds. In May, she was a member of the team which won the gold medal in the 4 × 1500 m relay at the first IAAF World Relays in Nassau , Bahamas, along with Mercy Cherono , Irene Jelagat and Hellen Obiri . The Kenyan team, ahead of
3111-528: The time. She split 60.5 / 62.1 / 62.1 / 45.67 (last 400 m in 61.3 s) and as of August 2022 held six of the thirteen fastest women's 1500 m marks in history. She ended her successful season with a clear victory at the Zürich circuit's final the following month, this time closing strongly after a tactical race (last lap in 57.75 and last 200 m in 27.8) to earn her third Diamond League 1500 m title. Kipyegon won all her six 1500 m races of
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#17328023069333172-569: The youngest finisher in the top 21, and earned the gold medal with her under-20 team (it was a Kenyan 1–4 sweep). Later that year, she showed her track potential by finishing third in the 1500 metres at the Kenyan World Junior Championship Trials in Nairobi . Running barefoot again, Kipyegon went three better and won the individual gold medal at the 2011 edition in Punta Umbria , Spain, adding
3233-561: The youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event. Kipyegon was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2017. On 21 November 2024, the University of Eldoret , at its 13th graduation ceremony, conferred its first honorary degree, an Honorary Doctorate of Education, on Kipyegon in recognition of her accomplishments as a world and Olympic champion and for her "humility and grace." Faith Kipyegon
3294-548: Was a soccer player until she was introduced to athletics at school aged 14. She lined up for a one-kilometer run in P.E. class and won that race by 20 metres. She attended Winners Girls High School in Keringet. Kipyegon is married to middle-distance runner Timothy Kitum , the 2012 Olympic 800 m bronze medallist. They have a daughter, Alyn, born in June 2018. She trains in Kaptagat (and Kapsabet ) coached since
3355-475: Was a notable success as she set a meeting and African record of 4:16.71, beating Hassan who ran 4:18.20 in the final stretch. Kipyegon got her Olympic campaign off to a strong start on 14 May, racing the 1500 m at the Shanghai Diamond League . She improved her own 2013 Kenyan record to 3:56.82 for the win, also setting the meeting record. Two weeks later, she repeated all these feats at
3416-587: Was also set in Monaco in 2015. She outsprinted Hassan in the home straight by about 2.5 s. In the women's 1500 m final of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in August, Kipyegon overtook Hassan in the last 200 m to secure her second consecutive Olympic gold medal in the event in a time of 3:53.11 , breaking the Games record which had stood for 33 years. She became the second woman in history to win back-to-back Olympic 1500 m titles. While Hassan faded in
3477-474: Was her first race over the distance since 2015 and her third ever. Racing in a thrilling duel with Letesenbet at the Paris Diamond League, she smashed her old PB (14:31.95) and sliced 1.42 s off that world record with a time of 14:05.20. She overtook her with 600 m to go but Letesenbet was closely following, with both lagging about six seconds behind the world record pace. Kipyegon ran
3538-488: Was later reinstated to her silver medal position behind her compatriot, gold medalist Beatrice Chebet , following a successful appeal. Kipyegon ended her campaign at the Paris Olympics with gold in the 1500m , breaking her own Olympic record with a time of 3:51.29. She outsprinted silver and bronze medalists Jessica Hull and Georgia Bell to win by a margin of 1.27 seconds. On 14 September 2024, Kipyegon won
3599-639: Was later reinstated. Beatrice Chebet edged her out to win the gold. Kipyegon is nicknamed the "smiling destroyer". As a junior, Kipyegon won gold medals at the 2011 and 2013 World Cross Country Championships and in the 1500 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships and the 2012 World Junior Championships . Kipyegon is one of only eleven athletes (along with Valerie Adams , Usain Bolt , Veronica Campbell-Brown , Armand Duplantis , Jacques Freitag , Yelena Isinbayeva , Kirani James , Jana Pittman , Dani Samuels , and David Storl ) to win world championships at
3660-489: Was moved to mid September near Patriot Day . The race has been sponsored by Pepsi (1981), Mercedes-Benz (1986–1991), Discover Card (1994–1996), Donald Trump (1997–1998), Continental Airlines (2005–2010) and currently New Balance (since 2016). Although World Athletics recognises a road mile world record, the Fifth Avenue Mile is a point-to-point course, and is also too steep, meaning times recorded on
3721-557: Was the eighth of nine children growing up on a farm in a village near Keringet , Nakuru County in the Kenyan Rift Valley . She comes from the Kalenjin tribe. Her elder sister and former training partner Beatrice Mutai is a 10 km and half marathon specialist. Her father Samuel Kipyegon Koech was a 400 m and 800 m runner in his youth, while her mother Linah Koech also had contact with athletics. Faith
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