MILE WORLD RECORD Hicham El Guerrouj 3.43.13 - 1999 Rome

Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco won the men's mile race at the Golden Gala Roma on July 7, 1999, setting a world record time of 3:43.13. The legendary race at Rome's Stadio Olimpico featured a fierce duel with Kenya's Noah Ngeny, who also broke the previous world record with a blistering 3:43.40. Splits: 400m 55.0 sec 800m 1:51.58 (400m split:56.51) 1200m 2:47.91 (400m split: 56.33) 1500m 3.28.21 1600m (Finish) 3:43.13 (400m split:54.92) (World Record) Results: 1st Hicham El Guerrouj 🇲🇦 Morocco 3:43.13 (World Record) 2nd Noah Ngeny 🇰🇪 Kenya 3:43.40 (#2 Performance All-Time) 3rd Rui Silva 🇵🇹 Portugal 3:50.91 (PB) 4th Andrés Manuel Díaz 🇪🇸 Spain 3:51.15 (PB) 5th Laban Rotich 🇰🇪 Kenya 3:51.66 6th Ali Saïdi-Sief 🇩🇿 Algeria 3:51.90 7th Vyacheslav Shabunin 🇷🇺 Russia 3:52.23 8th Mohammed Amyn 🇲🇦 Morocco 3:52.66 9th Giuseppe D'Urso 🇮🇹 Italy 3:52.72 10th John Mayock 🇬🇧 Great Britain 3:52.79 11th Kevin Sullivan 🇨🇦 Canada 3:52.96 12th Frederick Cheruiyot 🇰🇪 Kenya 3:54.45 Pacemakers: Robert Kibet🇰🇪 Kenya and William Tanui🇰🇪 Kenya.