The world's fastest mile was run at 3:43.13

1. The world's fastest mile was ran by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco who got a time of 3:43.13 on July 7, 1999 in Rome. In the same race Noah Ngeny finished just behind Guerrouj with the time of 3:43.40. Ngeny owns the second fastest time.
2. Since the mile is NOT an Olympic event, the most equivalent race, the 1500m (0.932056788miles), has its record also held by Guerrouj at 3:26.00 on a race he ran in July 14, 1998. This pace would have given Guerrouj a mile time of 3:41.02.