Two miles

Athletics
Two miles
World records
Men Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 7:54.10 (2023)
Women Meseret Defar (ETH) 8:58.58 (2007)
Short track world records
Men Josh Kerr (GBR) 8:00.67 (2024)
Women Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 9:00.48 (2014)

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 It has been largely superseded by the 3000 m (approximately 1.864 miles) and 5000 m, and by the 3200 m in NFHS American high school competitions (18.688m short of 2 miles).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.

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.


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