<P> New Zealand's John Walker, the first man to run the mile under 3: 50, ran 135 sub-four - minute miles during his career (during which he was the first person to run over 100 sub-four - minute miles), and American Steve Scott has run the most sub-four - minute miles, with 136 . Algeria's Noureddine Morceli was the first under 3: 45 . Currently, the mile record is held by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj, who ran a time of 3: 43.13 in Rome in 1999 . </P> <P> In 1964, America's Jim Ryun became the first high - school runner to break four minutes for the mile, running 3: 59.0 as a junior and a then American record 3: 55.3 as a senior in 1965 . Tim Danielson (1966) and Marty Liquori (1967) also came in under four minutes, but Ryun's high - school record stood until Alan Webb ran 3: 53.43 in 2001 . Ten years later, in 2011, Lukas Verzbicas became the fifth high - schooler under four minutes . In 2015, Matthew Maton and Grant Fisher became the sixth and seventh high - schoolers to break four minutes, both running 3: 59.38 about a month apart . Webb was the first high schooler to run sub-4 indoors, running 3: 59.86 in early 2001 . On 6 February 2016, Andrew Hunter significantly improved upon Webb's mark, running 3: 58.25 on the same New York Armory track and 3: 57.81 two weeks later . Hunter achieved the 4 minute mile mark outdoors later in the season at the Prefontaine Classic . At that same meet Michael Slagowski ran his second sub-4 minute of the season . Reed Brown dipped under the barrier on June 1, 2017, running the 4th fastest high school mile time ever recorded in a race: 3: 59.30 . </P> <P> Another illustration of the progression of performance in the men's mile is that, in 1994, forty years after Bannister's breaking of the barrier, the Irish runner Eamonn Coghlan became the first man over the age of 40 to run a sub-four - minute mile . Because Coghlan surpassed the mark indoors and before the IAAF validated indoor performances as being eligible for outdoor records, World Masters Athletics still had not recognised a sub-4 - minute - mile performance as a record in the M40 division . Many elite athletes made the attempts to extend their careers beyond age 40 to challenge that mark . Over 18 years after Coghlan, that was finally achieved by UK's Anthony Whiteman, running 3: 58.79 on 2 June 2012 . </P> <P> No woman has yet run a four - minute mile . As of 2015, the women's world record is held by retired Russian Svetlana Masterkova, with a time of 4: 12.56 in 1996 . </P>

Will anyone ever run a 3 minute mile