Berkshire Sports - World Mile Record Progression

Time	Athlete	Country	Location	Date
4:36.5	Richard Webster	GBR	England	1865
4:29.0	William Chinnery	GBR	England	1868
4:28.8	Walter Gibbs	GBR	England	1868
4:26.0	Walter Slade	GBR	England	1874
4:24.5	Walter Slade	GBR	London	1875
4:23.2	Walter George	GBR	London	1880
4:21.4	Walter George	GBR	London	1882
4:18.4	Walter George	GBR	Birmingham, England	1884
4:18.2	Fred Bacon	Scotland	Edinburgh, Scotland	1894
4:17.0	Fred Bacon	Scotland	London	1895
4:15.6	Thomas Conneff	USA	Travers Island, N.Y.	1895
4:15.4	John Paul Jones	USA	Cambridge, Mass.	1911
4:14.4	John Paul Jones	USA	Cambridge	05/31/1913
4:12.6	Norman Taber	USA	Cambridge	07/16/1915
4:10.4	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	Stockholm	08/23/1923
4:09.2	Jules Ladoumegue	FRA	Paris	10/04/1931
4:07.6	John Lovelock	NZL	Princeton	07/15/1933
4:06.8	Glenn Cunningham	USA	Princeton	06/16/1934
4:06.4	Sydney Wooderson	GBR	Motspur Park	08/28/1937
4:06.2	Gunder Hagg	SWE	Gothenburg	07/01/1942
4:06.2	Arne Andersson	SWE	Stockholm	07/10/1942
4:04.6	Gunder Hagg	SWE	Stockholm	09/04/1942
4:02.6	Arne Andersson	SWE	Gothenburg	07/01/1943
4:01.6	Andersson	SWE	Malmo	07/18/1944
4:01.4	Gunder Hagg	SWE	Malmo	07/17/1945
3:59.6	Roger Bannister	GBR	Oxford	05/06/1954
3:58.0	John Landy	AUS	Turku	06/21/1954
3:57.2	Derek Ibbotson	GBR	London	07/19/1957
3:54.5	Herbert Elliott	AUS	Dublin	08/06/1958
3:54.4	Peter Snell	NZL	Wanganui	01/27/1962
3:54.1	Peter Snell	NZL	Auckland	11/17/1964
3:53.6	Michel Jazy	FRA	Rennes	06/09/1965
3:51.3	James Ryun	USA	Berkeley	07/17/1966
3:51.1	James Ryun	USA	Bakersfield	06/23/1967
3:51.0	Filbert Bayi	TAN	Kingston	05/17/1975
3:49.4	John Walker	NZL	Gothenburg	08/12/1975
3:49.0	Sebastian Coe	GBR	Oslo	07/17/1979
3:48.8	Steve Ovett	GBR	Oslo	07/01/1980
3:48.53	Sebastian Coe	GBR	Zurich	08/19/1981
3:48.40	Steve Ovett	GBR	Koblenz	08/26/1981
3:47.33	Sebastian Coe	GBR	Brussels	08/28/1981
3:46.32	Steve Cram	GBR	Oslo	07/27/1985
3:44.39	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	Rieti	09/05/1993
3:43.13	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	Rome	07/07/1999