THIS COMPILATION LISTS the fastest men ever at 1760 yards (aka 1609.344m), one per each letter of the alphabet, arranged by last name, through the ’19 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 | José Luís González | Spain | 3:47.79 | 85 |
| H | Jens-Peter Herold | East Germany | 3:49.22 | 88 |
| I | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 3:49.09 | 14 |
| 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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