min sec tsecs runner country location day month year 4 14 4 John.Paul.Jones USA Cambridge,Mass 31 May 13 4 12 6 Norman.Taber USA Cambridge,Mass 16 Jul 15 4 10 4 Paavo.Nurmi FIN Stockholm 23 Aug 23 4 09 2 Jules.Ladoumegue FRA Paris 04 Oct 31 4 07 6 Jack.Lovelock NZL Princeton 15 Jul 33 4 06 8 Glenn.Cunningham USA Princeton 16 Jun 34 4 06 4 Sydney.Wooderson GBR London 28 Aug 37 4 06 2 Gunder.Hagg SWE Gothenburg 01 Jul 42 4 06 2 Arne.Andersson SWE Stockholm 10 Jul 42 4 04 6 Gunder.Hagg SWE Stockholm 04 Sep 42 4 02 6 Arne.Andersson SWE Gothenburg 01 Jul 43 4 01 6 Arne.Andersson SWE Malmo 18 Jul 44 4 01 4 Gunder.Hagg SWE Malmo 17 Jul 45 3 59 4 Roger.Bannister GBR Oxford 06 May 54 3 58 0 John.Landy AUS Turku 21 Jun 54 3 57 2 Derek.Ibbotson GBR London 19 Jul 57 3 54 5 Herb.Elliott AUS Dublin 06 Aug 58 3 54 4 Peter.Snell NZL Wanganui 27 Jan 62 3 54 1 Peter.Snell NZL Auckland 17 Nov 64 3 53 6 Michel.Jazy FRA Rennes 09 Jun 65 3 51 3 Jim.Ryun USA Berkeley 17 Jul 66 3 51 1 Jim.Ryun USA Bakersfield 23 Jun 67 3 51 0 Filbert.Bayi TAN Kingston 17 May 75 3 49 4 John.Walker NZL Gothenburg 12 Aug 75 3 49 0 Sebastian.Coe GBR Oslo 17 Jul 79 3 48 8 Steve.Ovett GBR Oslo 01 Jul 80 3 48 5.3 Sebastian.Coe GBR Zurich 19 Aug 81 3 48 4.0 Steve.Ovett GBR Koblenz 26 Aug 81 3 47 3.3 Sebastian.Coe GBR Brussels 28 Aug 81 3 46 3.2 Steve.Cram GBR Oslo 27 Jul 85 3 44 3.9 Noureddine.Morceli ALG Rieti 05 Sep 93 3 43 1.3 Hicham.el.Guerrouj MOR Rome 07 Jul 99