27 more days before Daniel Kipngetich Komen equals Henry Rono\'s Record of 4,072 days
27 more days before Daniel Kipngetich Komen equals Henry Rono\'s Record of 4,072 days
...Komen's (Born 1976) 2 mile World Record of 7:58.61 was set on July 17th 1997 and has now stood for 3,715 days.Another interesting stat: In his Sydney attempt to lower the 2 Mile a year later, Komen had an official split of 7:27.0 for 3000M (finished 7:58.91), so it's clear from that how awesome the 3000 record is. Had that same effort been run for 218 more meters the 2 Mile record would be even lower (closer to 7:52).