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Mile run

Index Mile run

The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race. [1]

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AAA Championships

The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England.

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Alan Webb (runner)

Alan Webb (born January 13, 1983, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American former track and field athlete and former triathlete.

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Ali Saïdi-Sief

Ali Saidi-Sief (علي سعيدي سياف, born March 15, 1978 in Constantine) is an Algerian Olympic runner.

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Amateur sports

Amateur sports are sports in which participants engage largely or entirely without remuneration.

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Andrés Manuel Díaz

Andrés Manuel Díaz (born 12 July 1969 in A Coruña) is a former Spanish middle-distance runner.

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Angelika Cichocka

Angelika Cichocka (born 15 March 1988) is a Polish athlete who specializes in middle-distance running.

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Anna Alminova

Anna Alminova (born 17 January 1985) is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.

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Arena Birmingham

Arena Birmingham (previously known as The Barclaycard Arena and the National Indoor Arena) is an indoor sporting and entertainment venue in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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Arne Andersson

Arne Anderson (27 October 1917 – 1 April 2009) was a Swedish middle distance runner who became famous for his rivalry with his compatriot Gunder Hägg in the 1940s.

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Asbel Kiprop

Asbel Kiprop (born 30 June 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, who specialises in the 1500 metres.

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Asian Athletics Association

The Asian Athletics Association is the continental governing body for the sport of athletics in Asia.

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Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.

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Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics.

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Ayanleh Souleiman

Ayanleh Souleiman (born 3 December 1992), also known as Hassan Ayanleh, is a Djiboutian middle distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres.

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İlham Tanui Özbilen

İlham Tanui Özbilen (born William Biwott Tanui on 5 March 1990 in Kocholwo, Kenya) is a middle distance runner now representing Turkey.

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Bellinzona

Bellinzona (Bellinzone, Bellenz, Blizuna) is the capital of the canton Ticino in Switzerland.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states.

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Bernard Lagat

Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat (born December 12, 1974) is a Kenyan-American middle and long-distance runner.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Bislett Games

The Bislett Games is an annual track and field meeting at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston University Track and Tennis Center

The Boston University Track and Tennis Center houses a banked 6 lane indoor track.

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Brasschaat

Brasschaat is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Caleb Ndiku

Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku (born 9 October 1992 in Machakos) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner.

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Carla Sacramento

Carla Cristina Paquete Sacramento, OIH (born December 10, 1971 in São Sebastião da Pedreira) is a middle distance runner from Portugal.

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Chris Brasher

Christopher William Brasher CBE (21 August 1928 – 28 February 2003) was a British track and field athlete, sports journalist and co-founder of the London Marathon.

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Christopher Chataway

Sir Christopher John Chataway (31 January 1931 – 19 January 2014), often known as Chris Chataway, was a British middle- and long-distance runner, television news broadcaster, and Conservative politician.

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Confederation of African Athletics

The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) (also known by its French name Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme) is the continental association for the sport of athletics in Africa.

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CONSUDATLE

CONSUDATLE (Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo; South American Athletics Confederation) is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within South America.

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Craig Mottram

Craig Mottram (born 18 June 1980) is an Australian long distance and middle distance runner who specialises in the 5000 m event.

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Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass.

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Daham Najim Bashir

Daham Najim Bashir (دهام نجم بشير; born David Nyaga on 8 November 1979) is a Kenyan-born middle-distance runner now representing Qatar.

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Daniel Kipchirchir Komen

Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (born November 27, 1984 in Chemorgong, Koibatek District) is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.

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Daniel Komen

Daniel Kipngetich Komen (born 17 May 1976 in Elgeyo Marakwet District, Kenya) Komen is rumoured to be three years older than officially recognised.

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Doina Melinte

Doina Ofelia Melinte (née Beșliu on 27 December 1956) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner.

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Downey, California

Downey is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of downtown Los Angeles.

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Dream Mile

The Dream Mile is a name given to several races.

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Eamonn Coghlan

Eamonn Christopher Coghlan (born 21 November 1952) is a former track and field athlete who specialised in middle distance track events and the 5,000 metres.

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East Rutherford, New Jersey

East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

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Edward Cheserek

Edward Cheserek (born 2 February 1994) is a Kenyan distance runner.

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Emsley Carr Mile

The Emsley Carr Mile is an annual invitational athletics running event held in the United Kingdom over one mile for men.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Ericsson Globe

Ericsson Globe (originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena, commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen (The Globe) is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockholm, Sweden. The Ericsson Globe is the largest hemispherical building on Earth and took two and a half years to build. Shaped like a large white ball, it has a diameter of 110 meters (361 feet) and an inner height of 85 meters (279 feet). The volume of the building is 605,000 cubic meters (21,188,800 cubic feet). It has a seating capacity of 16,000 spectators for shows and concerts, and 13,850 for ice hockey. It represents the Sun in the Sweden Solar System, the world's largest scale model of the Solar System.

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Eugene, Oregon

Eugene is a city of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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European Athletic Association

The European Athletic Association (more commonly known as European Athletics) is the governing body for athletics in Europe.

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Faith Kipyegon

Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner and the current Olympic and World champion in the 1500 m women's having won the Rio Olympics on 16 August 2016.

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Fifth Avenue Mile

The Fifth Avenue Mile is an annual km road race in New York City.

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Filbert Bayi

Filbert Bayi Sanka (born June 23, 1953) is a former Tanzanian middle-distance runner of the 1970s who set the world records for 1500 metres in 1974 and the mile in 1975.

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Fort Washington Avenue Armory

The Fort Washington Avenue Armory, also known as the Fort Washington Armory and The Armory, is located at 216 Fort Washington Avenue, between West 168th and 169th Streets, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

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Four-minute mile

In the sport of athletics, a four-minute mile means completing a mile run (1,760 yards, or 1,609.344 metres) in less than four minutes.

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Gabriela Szabo

Gabriela Szabo (born 14 November 1975) is a retired Romanian runner.

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Galen Rupp

Galen Rupp (born May 8, 1986) is an American long-distance runner.

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Gambling

Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning money or material goods.

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Gelete Burka

Gelete Burka Bati (sometimes misspelled Burika, Oromo: Galate Burqaa Baati, Amharic: ገለቴ ቡርቃ; born 23 January 1986) is an Ethiopian middle-distance and long-distance runner.

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Genzebe Dibaba

Genzebe Dibaba Keneni (Amharic: ገንዘቤ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 8 February 1991) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner.

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Globen Galan

The Globen Galan is an annual indoor athletics event held in February at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Golden Gala

Golden Gala is an annual track and field event at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy.

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Gulnara Samitova-Galkina

Gulnara Iskanderovna Samitova-Galkina (Гульнара Искандеровна Самитова-Галкина, Гөлнара Искәндәр кызы Самитова-Галкина) (born 9 July 1978 in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan) is a Russian middle-distance runner.

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Gunder Hägg

Gunder Hägg (31 December 1918 – 27 November 2004) was a Swedish runner and multiple world record breaker of the 1940s.

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Hamza Driouch

Hamza Driouch (حمزة الدريوش; born 16 November 1994) is a Qatari track and field athlete.

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Hassiba Boulmerka

Hassiba Boulmerka (حسيبة بولمرقة, born July 10, 1968) is a former Algerian middle distance athlete.

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Hayward Field

Hayward Field is a historic track and field stadium in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

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Hellen Obiri

Hellen Onsando Obiri (born 13 December 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner and the current 5000 metres champion after winning gold in the 2017 World Championships in London.

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Helsinki

Helsinki (or;; Helsingfors) is the capital city and most populous municipality of Finland.

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Hicham El Guerrouj

Hicham El Guerrouj (Moroccan Arabic: هشام الݣروج, Hishāmu l-Karrūj; Berber: Hicam El Gerruj, ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⴻⵍ ⴳⴻⵔⵔⵓⵊ; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner.

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Hudson de Souza

Hudson Santos de Souza (born February 25, 1977) is a Brazilian middle distance runner who competes mostly over 1500 metres.

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Imperial units

The system of imperial units or the imperial system (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1825) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824, which was later refined and reduced.

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Indoor Flanders Meeting

The Indoor Flanders meeting was an annual indoor track and field meeting which took place at the Flanders Sports Arena in Ghent, Belgium.

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International Association of Athletics Federations

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics.

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Interval training

Interval training is a type of training that involves a series of low- to high-intensity workouts interspersed with rest or relief periods.

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ISTAF Berlin

The Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) is an annual track and field athletics meet at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany.

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Jack Lovelock

John Edward Lovelock (5 January 1910 – 28 December 1949) was a New Zealand athlete who became the world 1500m and mile record holder and 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres.

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Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Jakob Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.

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Jenny Simpson

Jennifer Simpson (née Barringer; born August 23, 1986) is an American middle distance runner and steeplechaser.

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Jim Ryun

James Ronald Ryun (born April 29, 1947) is a former American politician and track and field athlete.

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John Kibowen

John Kipkemboi Kibowen (born 21 April 1969 in Changach, southern Keiyo District), is a Kenyan former long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres and cross-country running.

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John Paul Jones (athlete)

John Paul Jones (October 15, 1890 – January 5, 1970) was an American track athlete who set several world records in the mile, including the first mile record to be ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1913.

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John Walker (runner)

Sir John George Walker, (born 12 January 1952) is a former middle-distance runner from New Zealand who won the 1500 m event at the 1976 Olympics.

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José Luis González (runner)

José Luis González Sánchez (born 8 December 1957 in Villaluenga de la Sagra, Toledo) was one of the world's fastest 1500 metres runners of the 1980s.

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Kalkidan Gezahegne

Kalkidan Gezahegne (born 8 May 1991) is an Ethiopian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.

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Kate Grace

Kate Grace (born October 24, 1988) is an American middle distance runner.

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Kim Smith (runner)

Kimberley "Kim" Smith (born 19 November 1981 in Papakura, Auckland) is a New Zealand middle-distance and long-distance runner who specialises in the 5000 and 10,000 metres.

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King Baudouin Stadium

The King Baudouin Stadium (Stade Roi Baudouin, Koning Boudewijnstadion) is a sports ground in north-west Brussels, Belgium.

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Kipchoge Keino

Kipchoge Hezekiah Keino (born 17 January 1940) is a retired Kenyan track and field athlete.

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Kirsty Wade

Kirsty Wade (née McDermott, born 6 August 1962) is a British former middle-distance runner.

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Koblenz

Koblenz (Coblence), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine where it is joined by the Moselle.

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Laban Rotich

Laban Rotich (born 20 January 1969 in Mosoriot) is a retired Kenyan runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.

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Laura Muir

Laura Muir (born 9 May 1993) is a Scottish middle-distance runner.

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Lausanne

Lausanne (Lausanne Losanna, Losanna) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and the capital and biggest city of the canton of Vaud.

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Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum

The Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (also known as LJVM Coliseum, Joel Coliseum or simply The Joel) is a 14,407-seat multi-purpose arena, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Lisa Corrigan

Lisa Corrigan (born 2 December 1984 in Blacktown, New South Wales) is an Australian middle distance runner and the current Australian record holder over the one mile where she set a time of 4.22.6 in 2007.

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Lisa Dobriskey

Lisa Jane Dobriskey (born 23 December 1983 in Ashford, Kent) is an English middle distance athlete.

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List of world records in athletics

World records in athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

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Lon Myers

Laurence Eugene "Lon" Myers (February 16, 1858 – February 16, 1899) was an American sprinter and middle distance runner.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Greater Los Angeles area of Southern California.

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Long-distance running

Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least eight kilometres (5 miles).

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Marcus O'Sullivan

Marcus O'Sullivan (born 22 December 1961) is a retired Irish middle distance runner.

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Maricica Puică

Maricica Puică (née Luca on 29 July 1950) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner.

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Mary Cain (athlete)

Mary Cecilia Cain (born May 3, 1996) is a professional American middle distance runner from Bronxville, New York.

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Mary Decker

Mary Teresa Slaney (formerly Tabb, née Decker; born August 4, 1958) is a retired American middle-distance runner.

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Maryam Yusuf Jamal

Maryam Yusuf Jamal (ማሪያም፡ ዩሱፍ፡ ጃማል) (مريم يوسف جمال) (born Zenebech Tola) (ዘነበቸ፡ ቶላ) (born 16 September 1984) is a Bahraini middle-distance runner.

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Matthew Centrowitz Jr.

Matthew Centrowitz Jr. (born October 18, 1989) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 meters.

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Meadowlands Arena

Meadowlands Arena (formerly Brendan Byrne Arena, Continental Airlines Arena and IZOD Center) is an indoor venue located in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States.

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Meeting Pas de Calais

The Meeting Pas de Calais is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in February in Liévin, France.

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Metre

The metre (British spelling and BIPM spelling) or meter (American spelling) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μέτρον, "measure") is the base unit of length in some metric systems, including the International System of Units (SI).

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Metric mile

A metric mile is a distance which approximates one statute mile (1609.344 m) at a round figure of metres (the SI or metric unit of length).

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Metric system

The metric system is an internationally adopted decimal system of measurement.

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Metrication

Metrication or metrification is conversion to the metric system of units of measurement.

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Middle-distance running

Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres.

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Mile

The mile is an English unit of length of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, and standardised as exactly 1,609.344 metres by international agreement in 1959.

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Mile run world record progression

The world record in the mile run is the best mark set by a male or female runner in the middle-distance track and field event.

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Millrose Games

The Millrose Games is an annual indoor athletics meet (track and field) held each February in New York City.

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Mohamed Suleiman

Mohamed Suleiman (محمد سليمان; born 23 November 1969) is a Qatari middle-distance runner.

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Moscow

Moscow (a) is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits and 17.1 million within the urban area.

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Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states.

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Natalya Artyomova

Natalya Perovna Artyomova (Наталья Петровна Артёмова; born January 5, 1963 in Rostov-on-Don) is a retired middle-distance runner from Russia, who was one of the leading athletes in the women's 1500 metres and 3000 metres during the 1980s.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nice

Nice (Niçard Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, nonstandard,; Nizza; Νίκαια; Nicaea) is the fifth most populous city in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes département.

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Nick Willis

Nicholas Ian Willis MNZM (born 25 April 1983) is a New Zealand middle distance runner and the country's only two-time Olympic medalist in the 1500 metres.

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Noah Ngeny

Noah Kiprono Ngeny (born 2 November 1978) is a former Kenyan athlete, Olympic gold medalist at 1500 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and world record holder in the 1000 m.

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North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association

The North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

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Noureddine Morceli

Noureddine Morceli (نور الدين مرسلي, Nūr ud-Dīn Mursilī; born February 28, 1970) is a retired Algerian middle-distance runner.

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Oceania Athletics Association

The Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Oceania.

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Oslo

Oslo (rarely) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.

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Paavo Nurmi

Paavo Johannes Nurmi (13 June 1897 – 2 October 1973) was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner.

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Pacemaker (running)

A pacemaker or pacesetter, sometimes informally called a rabbit, is a runner who leads a middle- or long distance running event for the first section to ensure a fast time and avoid excessive tactical racing.

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Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England, existing from the early 13th century until 1707, when it became the Parliament of Great Britain after the political union of England and Scotland created the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Paul Korir

Paul Kipketer Korir (born July 15, 1977 in Kipkoror, near Lessos, Nandi District in the Rift Valley Province) is a middle distance athlete from Kenya.

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Paula Ivan

Paula Ivan (born 20 July 1963 as Ionescu, later known as Ilie) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.

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Prefontaine Classic

The Prefontaine Classic, an Oregon Track Club event, is one of the premier track and field meets in the United States, held in Eugene, Oregon.

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Professional sports

Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance.

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Randal Tyson Track Center

The Randal Tyson Track Center is a 5,500-seat indoor track in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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Raymond Flynn

Raymond Leo Flynn (born July 22, 1939), known as Ray Flynn, is an American politician who served as 52nd Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from 1984 until 1993.

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Regina Jacobs

Regina Jacobs (born August 28, 1963 in Los Angeles) is an American former middle-distance runner from Los Angeles.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Rieti

Rieti (Reate, Sabino: Riete) is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700.

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Rieti Meeting

The Rieti Meeting is an annual athletics event at the Stadio Raul Guidobaldi in Rieti, Italy that takes place in late August or early September.

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Road running

Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road (as opposed to track and field and cross country running).

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Roger Bannister

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was a British middle-distance athlete, doctor and academic who ran the first sub-4-minute mile.

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Rome

Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).

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Ronald Kwemoi

Ronald Chebolei Kwemoi (ロナルド ケモイ; born 19 September 1995) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in cross country running and track running events.

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Running

Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot.

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Saïd Aouita

Saïd Aouita (سعيد عويطة; born November 2, 1959) is a former Moroccan track and field athlete.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg (p) is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015).

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Santa Rosa, California

Santa Rosa (lit. Spanish for "Saint Rose") is a city in and the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States.

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Sebastian Coe

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe or Lord Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete.

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Shannon Rowbury

Shannon Rowbury (born September 19, 1984) is an American middle-distance runner from San Francisco, California.

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Sifan Hassan

Sifan Hassan (Siifan Hassan; born 1993) is an Ethiopian-Dutch middle- and long-distance runner.

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Silas Kiplagat

Silas Kiplagat (born 20 August 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres.

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Sonia O'Sullivan

Sonia O'Sullivan (born 28 November 1969) is an Irish former track and field athlete.

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Soraya Telles

Soraya Vieira Telles-Teixeira (born September 6, 1958) is a former middle distance runner from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

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Sparkassen Cup (athletics)

The Sparkassen Cup is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in February in Stuttgart, Germany.

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Sport of athletics

Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.

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Steve Cram

Stephen "Steve" Cram CBE (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete.

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Steve Ovett

Stephen Michael James "Steve" Ovett OBE (born 9 October 1955), is a former middle-distance runner from England.

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Steve Scott (athlete)

Steve Scott (born May 5, 1956) is an American male track and field athlete and one of the greatest mile runners in American history.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries; 952,058 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area.

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Svetlana Masterkova

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Masterkova (Светлана Александровна Мастеркова; born 17 January 1968) is a Russian former middle distance runner and current women's world record holder for the mile and the kilometer.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Sydney Wooderson

Sydney Charles Wooderson MBE (30 August 1914 – 21 December 2006), dubbed "The Mighty Atom", was an English athlete whose peak career was in the 1930s and 1940s.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Track and field

Track and field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.

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Valentina Medina

Valentina Medina, aka Iere (6 May 1933 - 24 April 2011), born in Mount Pleasant, Arima, was the fifth Carib Queen since the introduction of the title in 1875.

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Valley View Casino Center

Valley View Casino Center (formerly San Diego Sports Arena and iPayOne Center) is an indoor arena located at Sports Arena Blvd in Point Loma, San Diego, California.

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Vénuste Niyongabo

Vénuste Niyongabo (born December 9, 1973) is a Burundian former middle-distance runner.

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Walter George (athlete)

Walter Goodall George (9 September 1858 – 4 June 1943) was a nineteenth-century British runner from Calne who after setting numerous world records as an amateur, went professional in part to challenge the mile record-holder William Cummings, defeating him in several highly publicized races.

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Wanamaker Mile

The Wanamaker Mile is an indoor mile race held annually at the Millrose Games in New York City.

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Western world

The Western world refers to various nations depending on the context, most often including at least part of Europe and the Americas.

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William Chirchir

William Chirchir (born 6 February 1979, in Bomet) is a Kenyan runner (Kipsigis tribe) who specializes in the 1500 metres.

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William Cummings (athlete)

William J. Cummings (10 June 1858 – 13 July 1919) was a Scottish professional runner who held the record for the mile in the 19th century and is perhaps best remembered for a series of races against Walter George, a top amateur runner who turned professional in part to challenge Cummings.

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William Kemei

William Kemei (22 February 1969 – 20 December 2007) is a former Kenyan middle distance runner who won the 1500 metres race at the 1991 All-Africa Games.

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Winny Chebet

Winny Chebet (born 20 December 1990) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres.

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World record

A world record is usually the best global performance ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill or sport.

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Yard

The yard (abbreviation: yd) is an English unit of length, in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement, that comprises 3 feet or 36 inches.

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Zürich

Zürich or Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich.

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Zola Budd

Zola Pieterse (née Budd; born 26 May 1966) is a middle-distance and long-distance runner.

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1500 metres

The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_run

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