It is one of the IAAF's foremost indoor track and field events and two-time Olympic champion Hicham El Guerrouj set a world record at the event in 1997.

Hicham El Guerrouj was inspired to become a runner so that he could " repeat the achievements of the great man of whom his grandfather spoke.

* 1974 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan runner

* September 14 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete

Current mile World records in athletics | world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj ( left ) at the start of a race

Currently, the mile record is held by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj, who ran a time of 3: 43. 13 in Rome in 1999.

In recent years, races over this distance have become more of a prolonged sprint, with each lap averaging 55 seconds for the world record performance by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1998 at Rome ( two 1: 50 s 800 m performances back to back ).

::* Hicham El Guerrouj ( Morocco ) 3: 26. 00 Rome 14 July 1998

::* Hicham El Guerrouj ( Morocco ) 3: 43. 13 Rome 7 July 1999

::* Hicham El Guerrouj ( Morocco ) 4: 44. 79 Berlin September 7, 1999

* Hicham El Guerrouj, double gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and the reigning world record holder for the 1, 500 metres, 3: 26. 00, the mile 3: 43. 13 and 2, 000 metres, 4: 44. 79.

From the 1990s onwards, North Africans such as Noureddine Morceli of Algeria and Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco came to dominate the 1500 and mile events.

* Hicham El Guerrouj sets a new world record for the 1500m.

Hicham El Guerrouj ( Moroccan Arabic: هشام الݣروج, Berber: Hicam El Gerruj, ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⴻⵍ ⴳⴻⵔⵔⵓⵊ ) is a Moroccan former middle distance runner, born September 14, 1974 in Berkan, Morocco.

El Guerrouj rose to international prominence in the mid-1990s with near-record times in the 1500 metres and mile.

El Guerrouj competed in his first Olympic Games in 1996 at Atlanta.

One month later, at the Grand Prix final in Milan, El Guerrouj became the first runner to defeat Morceli over 1500 m in four years.

In the following years, El Guerrouj became the only middle distance runner to win four consecutive world titles in 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2003

In 1998 in Rome, El Guerrouj broke Morceli's 1500 m world record ( 3: 27. 37 ) with a time of 3: 26. 00.

In 1999, also in Rome, El Guerrouj broke the world record in the mile set by Noureddine Morceli in 1993, with a time of 3: 43. 13.

At the Sydney Olympics, El Guerrouj, finished second in the 1500 metres, behind Noah Ngeny, a Kenyan runner who ran as El Guerrouj's pacemaker when El Guerrouj ran his 1500 m world record in Rome in 1998.

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