The 2 mile (3,520 yards,[1] 10,560 feet, or exactly 3,218.688 metres) is a historic running distance.

The world best for men is 7:54.10 set by Jakob Ingebrigtsen on 9 June 2023 in Paris.

Ingebrigtsen, along with previous world best holder Daniel Komen, are the only people to have run the distance in under 8 minutes, and thus covered two miles at an average sub-four-minute mile pace.

The women's record is 8:58.58, set by Ethiopian Meseret Defar in Brussels, Belgium on 14 September 2007.

Note: this list only covers boys because the history of 2 mile running largely occurred before Title IX, before high school girls were allowed to compete, which occurred about the same time as conversion to metric distances.