Hicham El Guerrouj
Distance Mark Date Location
800 metres 1:47.18 2 June 1995 Torino
1000 metres 2:16.85 12 July 1995 Nice
1500 metres WR 3:26.00 14 July 1998 Rome
Indoor 1500 metres 3:31.18 2 February 1997 Stuttgart
Mile WR 3:43.13 7 July 1999 Rome
Indoor mile 3:48.45 12 February 1997 Ghent
2000 metres WR 4:44.79 7 September 1997 Berlin
3000 metres 7:23.09 3 September 1999 Brussels
Indoor 3000 metres 7:33.73 23 February 2003 Liévin
Indoor 2 miles 8:06.61 23 February 2003 Liévin
5000 metres 12:50.24 12 March 2003 Ostrava
10K 36:00 not verified 6 January 2008 Nice
Ekiden 1:57:56 17 April 1994 Litochoro
Personal bests
The following table includes El Guerrouj 's personal best times as published by the IAAF : [ 4 ]
Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الݣروج, Hishāmu l-Karrūj; Berber: Hicam El Gerruj, ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⴻⵍ ⴳⴻⵔⵔⵓⵊ; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder of the outdoor 1500 meters, mile, and 2000 meters events. He also held indoor world records for the mile and 1500 meters until 2019, and is the only man since Paavo Nurmi to earn a gold medal in both the 1500 metres and 5000 metres at the same Olympic Games. El Guerrouj holds 7 of the fastest 10 times ever run in the 1500 meters and in the mile. He is considered by many to be the greatest middle-distance runner of all time. In November 2014, he was inducted into the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Hall of Fame.