Mile (indoor), women

What to remember

A mile is exactly 1,609.344 metres, and since 1976 it has been the only imperial distance on World Athletics' books for official world records. At the Globen Galan in Stockholm on February 17, 2016, Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba ran it indoors in 4 min 13.31 s, an average of 22.872 km/h (14.212 mph).

Indoors she also set world records over 3000 m and 5000 m.

Her 2016 season was a busy one. That year she won the 3000 m at the World Indoor Championships, then took silver in the 1500 m at the Rio Olympics. A consistent racer, she competed at every World Championships between 2009 and 2017 and reached the final in every event she entered.