# The Ultimate World Record?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-world-record/70497>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 28, 2001, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-world-record/70497 "2001-06-28T17:52:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-world-record/70497/3 "2001-06-28T21:26:38Z")

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It’s presently 3:43.13 by Hicham El Gerrouj set back in July of 1999 in Rome. The previous record was 3:44.39 and was set in 1993.

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