What do you think is the most impressive distance world record?
Here they are:
----800----
1:40.91
Rudisha, 2012
----1000----
2:11.96
Ngeny, 1999
----1500----
3:26.00
El G, 1998
----1 Mile----
3:43.13
El G, 1999
----2000----
4:44.79
El G, 1999
----3000----
7:20.67
Komen, 1996
----2 Miles----
7:58.61
Komen, 1997
----5000----
12:37.35
Bekele, 2004
----10000----
26:17.53
Bekele, 2005
----Half M----
58:23
Tadese, 2010
----Marathon----
2:03:38
Musyoki, 2011
For the sake of the discussion, lets leave all doping accusations out of this. I personally think that the most impressive record here is Daniel Komen's 7:20 3k.