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.

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

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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.

• i = indoor performance
• h = hand timing

Men

More information Rank, Result ...

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]

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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

More information Rank, Result ...

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]

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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).