Mile walk

Athletics Mile walk
World records
Men	Tom Bosworth 5:31.08 (2017)
Women	Sada Eidikytė 6:16.72 i (1990)

The Mile race walk is a rarely contested racewalking 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 of Great Britain set the Mile walk world best in London in a time of 5:31.08.

All-time top 25

• i = indoor performance
• h = hand timing

Men

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	5:31.08	Tom Bosworth	Great Britain	9 July 2017	London	[1]
2	5:33.53 i	Tim Lewis	United States	6 February 1988	New York City	[2]
3	5:34.45 i	Andreas Gustafson	Sweden	15 February 2014	New York City	[3]
4	5:35.49	Maher Ben Hlima	Poland	4 June 2023	Chorzów	[4]
5	5:36.27	Diego García	Spain	9 July 2017	London	[1]
6	5:36.9 h	Antanas Grigaliūnas	Lithuania	12 May 1990	Vilnius
7	5:38.18	Perseus Karlström	Sweden	9 July 2017	London	[5]
8	5:38.52	Łukasz Niedziałek	Poland	4 June 2023	Chorzów	[4]
9	5:39.75 i	Robert Heffernan	Ireland	15 February 2014	New York City	[3]
10	5:40.04	Christopher Linke	Germany	5 June 2022	Chorzów	[6]
11	5:41.83	Dawid Tomala	Poland	5 June 2022	Chorzów	[6]
12	5:46.81	Artur Brzozowski	Poland	4 June 2023	Chorzów	[4]
13	5:48.36	Miroslav Úradník	Slovakia	5 June 2022	Chorzów	[7]
14	5:49.6 h	Iñaki Gómez	Canada	9 September 2011	Keighley	[8]
15	5:49.63	Rafał Sikora	Poland	9 July 2017	London	[5]
16	5:50.70	Rhydian Cowley	Australia	14 December 2023	Melbourne	[9]
17	5:52.76	Artur Brzozowski	Poland	5 June 2022	Chorzów	[7]
18	5:53.2 h	Evan Dunfee	Canada	9 September 2011	Keighley	[10]
19	5:54.52	Curt Clausen	United States	23 April 2001	Walnut	[11]
20	5:55.58 i	Nick Christie	United States	9 February 2019	New York City	[12]
21	5:55.66	Vít Hlaváč	Czech Republic	5 June 2022	Chorzów	[7]
22	5:56.80	Dominic King	Great Britain	9 July 2017	London	[5]
23	5:58.4 h	Alex Wright	Ireland	5 October 2011	Leeds	[13]
24	5:58.7 h	Brendan Boyce	Ireland	9 September 2011	Keighley	[14]
25	5:59.65	Corey Dickson	Australia	14 December 2023	Melbourne	[15]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 5:59.65:

• Tim Lewis also walked hand-timed 5:38.2i (1987) and 5:41.12i (1987).
• Dawid Tomala also walked 5:57.61 (2023). ^[4]

Women

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	6:16.72 i	Sada Eidikytė	Soviet Union	24 February 1990	Kaunas	[16]
2	6:17.29 i	Rachel Seaman	Canada	15 February 2014	New York City	[17]
3	6:18:03 i	Debbi Lawrence	United States	15 February 1992	Cleveland
4	6:19.00 i	Maria Michta-Coffey	United States	15 February 2014	New York City	[17]
5	6:19.40	Sada Eidikytė	Lithuania	1990	Vilnius
9	6:27.76	Olga Chojecka	Poland	4 June 2023	Chorzów	[18]
10	6:28.21 i	Taylor Ewert	United States	9 February 2019	New York City	[19]
15	6:36.32 i	Miranda Melville	United States		New York City
16	6:36.69	Katarzyna Zdziebło	Poland	4 June 2023	Chorzów	[20]
17	6:39.75	Michelle Rohl	United States	23 April 2001	Walnut
18	6:41.2 h	Johanna Atkinson	Great Britain	9 September 2011	Keighley	[21]
20	6:50.08 i	Katie Burnett	United States	9 February 2019	New York City	[22]
24	6:56.98 i	Heather Durrant	United States	11 February 2023	New York City	[23]
25	6:57.91	Magdalena Żelazna	Poland	4 June 2023	Chorzów	[24]

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).

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