Two Miles
The 2 mile is a historic running distance. Like the mile run, it is still contested at some invitational meets, perhaps because it provides an easier record to break for meet promoters (and corresponding bonus payment for participants), as well as its historical chronology. It is largely superseded by the 3000 m and 5000 m, and by the 3200m in NFHS American high school competitions. The IAAF no longer keeps official world records for this distance; they are called world best instead.
The world record for men is 7:58.61 set by Kenyan Daniel Komen in Hechtel, Belgium 19th July 1997. The women's record is 8:58.58, set by Ethiopian Meseret Defar in Brussels, Belgium 14th September 2007.
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