The Mile race walk is a rarely contested
racewalking
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asse ...
event. The event is competed as a track race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it.
World bests
IAAF doesn't ratify world records in this event. On July 9, 2017,
Tom Bosworth
Thomas Stewart Bosworth (born 17 January 1990) is a British two-time Olympic race walker who holds three World bests, including the World Best for the 1Mile race walk, 5:31.08.
He also holds six British records, won 13 British Championship ...
of Great Britain set the Mile walk world best in
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
in a time of 5:31.08.
All-time top 25
*i = indoor performance
*h = hand timing
Men
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6:02.30:
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Tim Lewis also walked hand-timed 5:38.2 (1987) and 5:41.12 (1987).
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Dawid Tomala also walked 5:57.61 (2023).
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Women
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6:19.40:
* Sada Eidikytė also walked hand-timed 6:14.7i (1993).
References
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Racewalking distances