Mile (indoor), men

What to remember

Exactly 1,609.344 metres: the mile is the only imperial distance that World Athletics has kept on its books for official world records, since 1976. Indoors, Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran it in 3 min 45.14 s on February 13, 2025, at Liévin's Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais meeting, an average of 25.734 km/h.

A common race in 18th and 19th century England, run mainly for gambling, the mile survived track and field's switch to metric distances. The chase for the four-minute mile in the 1950s was a high point in its history. At the Olympics and the World Championships, the 1500 m is run instead.

A double Olympic champion (1500 m in Tokyo, 5000 m in Paris), the Norwegian completed in 2025, the year of this record, the 1500 m and 3000 m double at the World Indoor Championships. The following year he won the 5000 m at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship.