Two mile AR progression

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2 miles outdoors

Men

8:11.48 Alan Webb (VA) 04 Jun 2005 Eugene OR USA

8:11.59 Robert Kennedy (IN) 19 Jul 1997 Hechtel BEL

8:12.74 Marc Davis (CO) 24 Aug 1994 Goteborg SWE

8:17.12 Marty Liquori 17 Jul 1976 Stockholm SWE

8:18.29 Steve Prefontaine-2 18 Jul 1974 Stockholm SWE

8:19.4 Steve Prefontaine (OR) 24 Aug 1972 Munich GER

8:22.0 George Young (AZ) 01 Jun 1968 San Diego CA USA

8:25.2 Jim Ryun (KS) 13 May 1966 Los Angeles CA USA

8:25.2 Jim Grelle (WA) 13 May 1966 Los Angeles CA USA

8:26.4 Robert Schul 29 Aug 1964 Los Angeles CA USA

8:29.8 Jim Beatty (CA) 08 Jun 1962 Los Angeles CA USA

8:42.5 Dyrol Burleson (OR) 07 Apr 1962 Eugene OR USA

8:43.8 William Dellinger (OR) 14 Sep 1960 London ENG

8:48.0 Phil Coleman (IL) 14 Nov 1956 Geelong AUS

8:49.6 Horace Ashenfelter (NY) 03 Jun 1955 Compton CA USA

8:54.5 Fred Wilt (NY) 30 May 1951 Providence RI USA

8:58.4 Donald Lash (IN) 13 Jun 1936 Princeton NJ/USA

9:13.2 Norman Bright (WA) 09 Jul 1935 New York NY/USA

9:15.4 Joseph Mangan (NY) 15 Jul 1933 Princeton NJ/USA

9:17.8 Tel Berna-3 04 May 1912 Ithaca NY/USA

9:25.2 Tel Berna-2 27 May 1911 Cambridge MA/USA

9:26.6 Tel Berna (NY) 07 May 1910 Ithaca NY/USA

9:27.6 P J Taylor (NY) 29 May 1909 Cambridge MA/USA

9:27.8 Alex Grant (NY) 26 Sep 1903 Travers Island NY/USA

9:32.2 William Day (NJ) 17 May 1890 New York NY/USA

9:38.6 Edward Carter (NY) 10 Jul 1886 Brooklyn NY/USA

9:48.9 Thomas Delaney (NY) 14 Jun 1884 Glen Falls NY/USA

10:01.5 W C Davies (NY) 17 Sep 1881 New York NY/USA

10:05.8 W T Bailey (NY) 17 Jul 1880 New York NY/USA

you can infer a list from here

http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_2miok.htm

wow, I would have held the American record from 1881-84!

8:18.29 Steve Prefontaine-2 18 Jul 1974 Stockholm SWE

Tegenkamp owns Pre.

6th, 8th and 9th fastest 2M ever for Mottrom, Bekele, and Teg

3rd, 4th, and 5th fastest athletes all-time, too, behind only Komen and Geb.

Elder Coot wrote:

Tegenkamp owns Pre.

Quite an astute observation, especially since Pre has been dead for 33 years.

Teg ran 9 seconds faster than last year in the Pre 2 mile...does that mean we could see a similar improvement on his 5k? mid 12:50's???

JRunnerJ wrote:

3rd, 4th, and 5th fastest athletes all-time, too, behind only Komen and Geb.

Don't get too carried away. The main reason they are ranked so high is because so few world-class runners race this distance. A whole slew of Africans would be faster. Look at their 5K world rankings to get a better idea of how they stack up.

The only reason to run a 2 mile race is to break a record. That's why it's rare. I wouldn't be surprised if next year the Pre classic doesn't have one because now it appears the AR is actually solid.

This makes it appear that Teg could run under 13 this year. I'd actually be very surprised if he didn't go under 13. I say 3:33/7:31/12:57 for him this year.

Interesting, I didn't realize Pre set his first 2 mile record just 2 weeks before the Olympics