THIS COMPILATION LISTS the fastest men ever at 1760y (aka 1609.344m), one per each letter of the alphabet, arranged by last name, through the ’23 season, during which there were 2 changes.
3 of 26 have broken 3:45, 18 of 26 have broken 3:50, 24 of 26 have broken 3:55 and 25 of 26 have broken 4:00. Many thanks to Bob Phillips and his great chronicling of sub-4:00 milers for providing valuable data.
If you’ve got a better candidate for X, do let us know!
| Name | Nation | PR | Year | |
| A | Saïd Aouita | Morocco | 3:46.76 | 87 |
| B | Dahame Najem Bashir | Qatar | 3:47.97 | 05 |
| C | Steve Cram | Great Britain | 3:46.32 | 85 |
| D | Andrés Manuel Díaz | Spain | 3:48.38 | 01 |
| E | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 3:43.13 | 99 |
| F | Joe Falcon | USA | 3:49.31 | 90 |
| G | Mario García | Spain | 3:47.69 | 23 |
| H | Olli Hoare | Australia | 3:47.48 | 22 |
| I | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:43.73 | 23 |
| J | Ben Jipcho | Kenya | 3:52.17 | 73 |
| K | Daniel Komen | Kenya | 3:46.38 | 97 |
| L | Bernard Lagat | Kenya | 3:47.28 | 01 |
| M | Noureddine Morceli | Algeria | 3:44.39 | 93 |
| N | Noah Ngeny | Kenya | 3:43.40 | 99 |
| O | Steve Ovett | Great Britain | 3:48.40 | 81 |
| P | Sam Prakel | USA | 3:50.94i | 19 |
| Q | John Quade | USA | 3:54.6 | 89 |
| R | Laban Rotich | Kenya | 3:47.65 | 97 |
| S | Ayanleh Souleiman | Djibouti | 3:47.32 | 14 |
| T | Samuel Tefera | Ethiopia | 3:49.45 | 19 |
| U | Dorian Ulrey | USA | 3:55.62 | 12 |
| V | Juan van Deventer | South Africa | 3:51.31 | 08 |
| W | Alan Webb | USA | 3:46.91 | 07 |
| X | Charles Christmas | USA | 4:03.2 | 66 |
| Y | Izaic Yorks | USA | 3:53.40i | 18 |
| Z | Dragan Zdravković | Yugoslavia | 3:52.24 | 83 |
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