Yearly Ranking Leaders- 2 miles Outdoor Track
Men (quality performances)
2016
2015 8:42.51 Andrew Hunter (USA) 20 Jun Seattle WA USA
2014 8:07.85 Mohamed Farah-2 24 Aug Birmingham ENG
2013 8:42.86 Bolota Asmerom (USA) 16 Feb Berkeley CA USA
2012 8:27.24 Mohammed Farah (ENG) 26 Aug Birmingham ENG
2011 8:13.62 Bernard Lagat-2 04 Jun Eugene OR USA
2010 8:44.06 Joe Rosa (USA) 18 Jun Greensboro NC USA
2009 8:49.79 Trevor Dunbar (USA) 19 Jun Greensboro NC USA
2008 8:12.45 Bernard Lagat (USA) 08 Jun Eugene OR USA
2007 8:03.50 Craig Mottram (AUS) 10 Jun Eugene OR USA
2006 8:10.59 Benjamin Limo (KEN) 28 May Eugene OR USA
2005 8:07.68 Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 04 Jun Eugene OR USA
2004 8:45.44 Shadrack Kiptoo (KEN) 18 Jun Raleigh NC USA
2003
2002 9:13.8 William Nelson (USA) 24 Feb Los Angeles CA USA
2001 8:44.43 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 17 Jun Raleigh NC USA
2000
1999 8:01.72 Haile Gebreselasie-2 07 Aug London ENG
1998 7:58.91 Daniel Komen-3 28 Feb Sydney AUS
1997 7:58.61 Daniel Komen-2 19 Jul Hechtel BEL
1996 8:03.54 Daniel Komen (KEN) 14 Jul Lappeenranta FIN
1995 8:07.46 Haile Gebreselasie (ETH) 27 May Kerkrade NED
1994 8:09.01 Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 30 Jul Hechtel BEL
1993 8:12.17 Khalid Skah (MAR) 31 Jul Hechtel BEL
1992 8:22.65 Ian Hamer (WAL) 17 Jul Gateshead GBR
1991 8:21.97 Robert Denmark (ENG) 09 Aug Gateshead GBR
1990
1989 8:23.23 Mogens Guldberg (DEN) 27 Sep Trapani ITA
1988 8:14.05 Said Aouita-3 11 Jun Casablanca MAR
1987 8:13.45 Said Aouita-2 28 May Turin ITA
1986 8:14.81 Said Aouita (MAR) 12 Sep London ENG
1985 8:34.50 Steve Ortiz (USA) 20 Apr Los Angeles CA USA
1984 8:19.46 Tim Hutchings (ENG) 07 Sep London ENG
1983 8:14.93 Steve Cram (ENG) 29 Aug London ENG
1982 8:16.75 Dave Moorcroft-2 20 Aug London ENG
1981 8:23.16 Bill McChesney (USA) 10 May Westwood CA USA
1980 8:18.57 Dave Moorcroft (ENG) 27 Jun London ENG
1979 8:15.18 Rod Dixon-3 17 Jul Oslo NOR
1978 8:13.51 Steve Ovett (ENG) 15 Sep London ENG
1977 8:55.5 Grenville Tuck (ENG) 03 Jul Spalding ENG
1976 8:17.08 Dick Quax (NZL) 04 Aug Philadelphia PA USA
1975 8:16.78 Rod Dixon-2 19 Aug Stockholm SWE
1974 8:14.32 Rod Dixon (NZL) 18 Jul Stockholm SWE
1973 8:13.8 Brendan Foster (ENG) 27 Aug London ENG
1972 8:14.0 Lasse Viren (FIN) 14 Aug Stockholm SWE
1971 8:17.8 Emile Puttemans (BEL) 21 Aug Edinburgh SCO
1970 8:25.4 Kipchoge Keino (KEN) 05 Sep London ENG
1969 8:30.0 Ronald Clarke-3 14 Jun Orange CA USA
1968 8:19.6 Ronald Clarke-2 24 Aug London ENG
1967 8:19.8 Ronald Clarke (AUS) 27 Jun Vasteras SWE
1966 8:25.2 John Coyle (AUS) 26 Jan Geelong AUS
8:25.2 Jim Ryun (USA) 13 May Los Angeles CA USA
8:25.2 Jim Grelle (USA) 13 May Los Angeles CA USA
1965 8:22.6 Michel Jazy-2 23 Jun Melun FRA
1964 8:26.4 Robert Schul (USA) 29 Aug Los Angeles CA USA
1963 8:29.6 Michel Jazy (FRA) 06 Jun Paris FRA
1962 8:29.8 Jim Beatty (USA) 08 Jun Los Angeles CA USA
1961 8:30.0 Murray Halberg (NZL) 07 Jul Jyvaskyla FIN
1960 8:35.4 Albert Thomas-2 19 Jan Sydney AUS
1959 8:39.0 Gordon Pirie-3 03 Aug London ENG
1958 8:32.0 Albert Thomas (AUS) 07 Aug Dublin IRL
1957 8:38.8 Olavi Vuorisalo (FIN) 17 Sep Turku FIN
1956 8:42.6 Gordon Pirie-2 15 Aug Croydon ENG
1955 8:33.4 Sandor Iharos (HUN) 30 May London ENG
1954 8:41.0 Christopher Chataway (ENG) 07 Jun London ENG
1953 8:47.4 Gordon Pirie (GBR) 30 Sep London ENG
1952 8:40.4 Gaston Reiff-2 26 Aug Paris FRA
1951 8:50.0 Gaston Reiff (BEL) 07 Sep Stockholm SWE
1950 9:01.5 Frederick Wilt (USA) 30 May Providence RI USA
1949 8:50.9 John Joe Barry (IRL) 29 Jun Dublin IRL
1948 9:06.2 Bertil Albertsson (SWE) 28 Aug Uppsala SWE
1947 9:07.4 Wim Slykhuis-2 27 Jul Amsterdam NED
1946 9:02.2 Wim Slykhuis (NED) 14 Jul Amsterdam NED
1945 9:00.6 Gunder Hagg-4 06 Aug London ENG
1944 8:42.8 Gunder Hagg-3 04 Aug Stockholm SWE
1943 8:51.3 Gunder Hagg-2 07 Aug Cincinnati OH USA
1942 8:47.8 Gunder Hagg (SWE) 03 Jul Stockholm SWE
1941 9:02.9 Greg Rice (USA) 11 May Memphis TN USA
1940 9:01.8 Walter Mehl (USA) 17 May Los Angeles CA USA
1939 8:53.2 Taisto Maki (FIN) 07 Jul Helsinki FIN
1938 8:58.6 Henry Kalarne (SWE) 27 Jul Gavle SWE
1937 8:56.0 Miklos Szabo (HUN) 30 Sep Budapest HUN
1936 8:57.8 Henry Kalarne (SWE) 24 Sep Stockholm SWE
1935 9:13.2 Norman Bright (USA) 09 Jul New York NY USA
1934 9:00.4 Janusz Kusocinski-2 17 Jul Cologne GER
1933 9:15.4 Joseph Mangan (USA) 15 Jul Princeton NJ USA
1932 9:07.4 Janusz Kusocinski (POL) 15 Oct Warsaw POL
1931 8:59.6 Paavo Nurmi-5 24 Jul Helsinki FIN
1930 9:07.8 Paavo Nurmi-4 22 Jul Helsinki FIN
1929 9:15.4 Paavo Nurmi-3 26 Apr Philadelphia PA USA
1928 9:10.3 Paavo Nurmi-2 21 Jun Helsinki FIN
1927 9:06.6 Paavo Nurmi (FIN) 06 Jul Turku FIN
1926 9:01.4 Edvin Wide-5 12 Sep Berlin GER
1925 9:08.4 Edvin Wide-4 23 Jun Kramfors SWE
1924 9:22.0 Edvin Wide-3 26 Jul Ostersund SWE
1923 9:12.8 Edvin Wide-2 26 Aug Stockholm SWE
1922 9:20.2 Edvin Wide (SWE) 15 Oct Stockholm SWE
1921 9:25.6 Ray Buker (USA) 29 Apr Philadelphia PA USA
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1904 9:09.6 Alfred Shrubb-2 11 Jun Glasgow SCO
1903 9:17.0 Alfred Shrubb (GBR) 12 Sep London ENG
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1884 9:17.4 Walter George-3 26 Apr London ENG
1883 9:29.8 Walter George-2 29 Oct Birmingham ENG
1882 9:25.6 Walter George (GBR) 29 Jul London ENG
1881 9:33.4 William Snook (GBR) 28 May Birmingham ENG
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1876 9:42.0 Walter Slade (GBR) 10 Jun Belfast NIR
1875 9:46.5 Thomas Duckett (GBR) 17 Jul Saint Helens ENG
1874 9:51.0 James Warburton (GBR) 06 Jun Southport ENG
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1871 9:54.0 John Scott (GBR) 21 Jun London ENG
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1869 9:54.8^ William Mills (GBR) 08 Nov London ENG
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1867 9:52.0 John Fleet (GBR) 04 Mar London ENG
1866 9:57.0 Robert McKinstray (SCO) 31 Mar Manchester ENG
1865 10:07.4 Richard Webster (GBR) 18 Mar Cambridge ENG
1864 9:37.0 Edward Mills (GBR) 26 Dec London ENG
1863 9:11.5 William Lang (GBR) 01 Aug Manchester ENG
1862 9:44.0^ Jack White-3 15 Dec London ENG
1861 9:20.0 Jack White-2 20 Apr Manchester ENG
1860 9:38.0 Jack White (GBR) 27 Aug London ENG
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1852 9:38.0 James Pudney (GBR) 06 Apr London ENG
Women (quality performances)
2016 9:59.87 Shona McCulloch (CAN) 18 Jun Seattle WA USA
2015 9:59.96 Anna Rohrer (USA) 20 Jun Seattle WA USA
2014 9:11.49 Mercy Cherono (KEN) 24 Aug Birmingham ENG
2013 10:07.35 Wesley Frazier-2 15 Jun Greensboro NC USA
2012 10:13.43 Wesley Frazier (USA) 15 Jun Greensboro NC USA
2011 9:54.22 Aisling Cuffe (USA) 17 Jun Greensboro NC USA
2010 10:01.16 Megan Goethals (USA) 18 Jun Greensboro NC USA
2009 10:04.85 Chelsea Sveinsson (USA) 19 Jun Greensboro NC USA
2008
2007 8:58.58 Meseret Defar (ETH) 14 Sep Brussels BEL
2006 10:07.56 Jordan Hassey (USA) 07 Apr Arcadia CA USA
2005
2004 10:24.19 Sunni Olding (USA) 18 Jun Raleigh NC USA
2003
2002 9:35.89 Deena Kastor (USA) 19 Apr Walnut CA USA
2001 10:12.48 Anita Siraki (USA) 15 Jun Raleigh NC USA
2000
1999 9:32.07 Paula Radcliffe (ENG) 23 May Loughborough ENG
1998 9:19.56 Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 27 Jun Dublin IRL
1997 9:44.61 Elisa Rea (ITA) 24 Jun Torino ITA
1996 9:41.36 Annemari Sandell (FIN) 08 Jun n/a FIN
1995
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1991
1990
1989
1988
1987 9:38.44 Fatima Hajjami (MAR) 13 Sep Padum ITA
1986
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1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974 10:11.1 Lynn Bjorklund (USA) 22 Jun n/a USA
1973 10:19.4 Eileen Claugus (USA) 22 Jun Irvine CA USA
1972 9:44.2 Francie Larrieu (USA) 01 Aug San Jose CA USA
1971 10:07.0 Doris Brown (USA) 10 Jul Bakersfield CA USA
1970
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1968
1967
1966 10:26.8 Roberta Picco (CAN) 23 Jul Toronto ON CAN
1965
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1957
1956 10:52.2 June Bridgland (ENG) 25 Aug London ENG
1955 11:27.2 Phyllis Green-2 25 Jun London ENG
1954 11:28.0 Phyllis Green (ENG) 22 May London ENG
1953 12:05.0 Joan Hall (GBR) 30 May London ENG
Last Updated on 03 Sep 2016
Contributor: Andy Milroy (50)