It was Steve Ovett's world record in 1978 at Crystal Palace I believe, with a time of 8 Mins13.5secs. I know this record stood for some years but has it been beaten?
the world record 7:58.61 by Daniel Komen in 1997
the indoor world record is 8:04.35, by Kenenisa Bekele in 2008
The mile and a half run is extremely rarely, if ever contested by elite runners. However based on current world records for the mile and two mile, we can infer that the world record if it were commonly contested would probably be about 5:50.
The 1 Kilometer run is not an Olympic event in Track and Field. The current world record for the men's 1 kilometer is held by Noah Ngeny from Kenya. His time is 2:11:96. He ran on September 5, 1999.
Hicham el Guerrouj holds the record for the mile (3:43.13), which is 9 meters longer than 1600m. i am not sure who holds it for the 1600m. it's not considered an event in the elite track and field world, so it will probably be tough to find any sign of a world record for it.
you would be running 120mph
If you run a mile in 2 seconds, you will be the fastest animal running. The record is just under 4 MINUTES!Still, it would take you 2616*2 = 5232 seconds = 1.4533... (recurring) hours.
The men's world record for the two mile run is held by Daniel Komen of Kenya. His time was 7:58. 61. For women the record is 8:58. 58 which is held by Meseret Defar from Ethiopia.
Best runner in the world(currently): JFire with a time of 2:31 seconds in the mile Slowest: KBenk with a time of: hes still running his first mile
At the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan Hackett finished the 1500 meter in 14:34.5; smashing the previous world record. This was 2 1/2 months after his 21st birthday.
There is a record for 2 miles which you could convert to 3200m. 1 7:58.61 Daniel Komen KEN There is an all time list with world records on it found here: http://www.alltime-athletics.com/index.html
Beatrice Arthur holds the world record for a female running the mile with a time of 3:56.24 She set the milestone in 1933 when she was 20 years old. Oddly enough she also set the record for the slowest mile run by a female in 1995 at the age of 82 with a time of 4 Days 16 Hours 37 Minutes and 16.34 Seconds.
On June 8th, 1962 Jim Beatty ran the world record for the 2 mile distance with a time of 8:29.8.
There are no official records for the 1.5 mile distance, but considering that the 2 mile "world best" is less than 8 minutes, if there was a record it would be less than 6 minutes. Combining the times for 1000m and 1500m gives a minimum estimate for 2500m (1.55 mi) of between 5 minutes, 38 seconds and 5 minutes 48 seconds.