Ванамакер Майлы: Элиталық бір мильдік жарыс тарихы

Annual elite indoor mile race
The Wanamaker Mile is a prestigious indoor mile race for elite middle distance runners held annually at the Millrose Games in New York City. Among the world's premier mile races, it is the signature and concluding event of the games, and is named in honor of department store owner Rodman Wanamaker. The race is a tradition for Irish runners: past Irish winners include Ronnie Delany (1956–1959), Eamonn Coghlan (1977, '79–'81, '83, '85 and '87), Marcus O'Sullivan (1986, '88–'90 and 1992), Niall Bruton (1994 and 1996), and Mark Carroll (2000). It was at the Millrose Games that Coghlan earned the nickname "Chairman of the Boards" (from the surface of the track being made of wooden boards). O'Sullivan has run 11 sub four minute miles in the Wanamaker. The Wanamaker Mile has been won by over 40 different men, including Glenn Cunningham, Kip Keino, Tony Waldrop, Filbert Bayi, Steve Scott, Noureddine Morceli, Bernard Lagat, Yared Nuguse, Matthew Centrowitz Jr., Marcus O'Sullivan, Ron Delany, and Eamonn Coghlan.

The Millrose Games were first held in a local armory in 1908, being organized by the employees of the Wanamaker Department Store's New York City branch. The employees formed the recreational Millrose Athletic Association. "Millrose" was the name of the country home of Rodman Wanamaker in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. When this local armory overflowed, the Millrose Games were moved to Madison Square Garden in 1914. From 1916 to 1925, the games' signature event was the 1.5 mile run. In 1925, the last edition of the "Wanamaker 1.5 Mile Race" was won by "Flying Finn" Paavo Nurmi, the nine time Olympic gold medalist from Finland. In 1926, the race was shortened to one mile, and thus the Wanamaker Mile was born. The winner of the 1926 race was James J. Connolly, who had represented the United States at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics. In the 1929 Wanamaker, American athlete Ray Conger became the first and only athlete to defeat and upset "Flying Finn" Paavo Nurmi in the mile. Although Conger was modest about his win, he would be known as "the man who beat Nurmi" for decades. The first time the Wanamaker Mile was won in a sub four minute time was by American athlete Tony Waldrop in 1974, in 3:59.7. The first women's race for the Wanamaker was held in 1982, and was won by Mary Decker. The Wanamaker was once held every year at 10:00 p. m., a tradition started by the legendary sports announcer Ted Husing. Husing would broadcast the race live during the nightly news. In 2002, the mile was moved to 9 p. m. to accommodate television coverage. Madison Square Garden, which possessed a 146 meter track, was the venue for the race until 2012, when it was moved to The Armory in Upper Manhattan, a much faster 200 meter mondo track. Accompanying this venue change, the Millrose Games and therefore the Wanamaker Mile shifted from a Friday evening format to an all day Saturday format. By 2018, the start time had been moved to late afternoon when it was nationally televised live on NBC. In 2019, Yomif Kejelcha won the Wanamaker in 3:48.46 to miss Hicham El Guerrouj's then world record by just one hundredth of a second. Kejelcha would later go on to shatter El Guerrouj's indoor mile world record by almost 1.5 seconds at the Bruce Lehane Invitational in Boston, with a time of 3:47.01. The 2024 edition of the Wanamaker Mile at the 116th Millrose Games was held on Super Bowl Sunday (February 11), at 2:42 pm (women) and 2:53 pm (men).

The sponsors of the Wanamaker Mile have varied over the years, with the NYRR often supporting the race. In 2023, the Rudin family sponsored the event in the 115th Millrose Games.

In 2010, Bernard Lagat surpassed Eamonn Coghlan's record of seven Wanamaker Mile victories with his eighth victory. Prior to Coghlan, Glenn Cunningham was among the first men to dominate the event, winning six out of seven Wanamaker Miles from 1933 to 1939. Mary Decker, Doina Melinte and Regina Jacobs are all tied for most Wanamaker victories on the women's side, with three wins each. The current men's event record in the Wanamaker Mile is held by American athlete Yared Nuguse, who ran an American record time of 3:47.38 in the 2023 Wanamaker, missing Ethiopian athlete Yomif Kejelcha's 2019 indoor mile world record of 3:47.01 by .37 seconds. In 2024, Nuguse defended his title (3:47.83), but did not run faster than he did in 2023. The current women's event record in the Wanamaker Mile was set in 2024 by American athlete Elinor Purrier, with a time of 4:16.41, also the American record. Purrier had eclipsed her previous 2020 American record time of 4:16.85.

YearAthleteCountryTimeArmory Era2024Yared Nuguse3:47.832023Yared Nuguse3:47.38 MR2022Ollie Hoare3:50.832021Meet Cancelled due to COVID 192020Chris O'Hare3:55.612019Yomif Kejelcha3:48.462018Chris O'Hare3:54.142017Eric Jenkins3:53.232016Matt Centrowitz Jr.3:50.632015Matt Centrowitz Jr.3:51.352014Will Leer3:52.472013Lopez Lomong3:51.212012Matt Centrowitz Jr.3:53.92Madison Square Garden Era2011Deresse Mekonnen3:58.58 2010Bernard Lagat3:56.342009Bernard Lagat3:58.442008Bernard Lagat3:57.912007Bernard Lagat3:54.262006Bernard Lagat3:56.852005Bernard Lagat3:52.87 2004Hudson De Souza4:02.93 2003Bernard Lagat4:00.36 2002Laban Rotich3:57.042001Bernard Lagat3:58.26 2000Mark Carroll3:58.191999William Tanui3:59.241998Laban Rotich3:55.691997Isaac Viciosa3:59.341996Niall Bruton4:00.58 1995Graham Hood3:57.081994Niall Bruton3:58.711993Noureddine Morceli3:55.061992Marcus O’Sullivan4:00.65 1991Noureddine Morceli3:53.501990Marcus O’Sullivan3:59.351989Marcus O’Sullivan3:54.271988Marcus O’Sullivan3:56.891987Eamonn Coghlan3:55.91 1986Marcus O'Sullivan3:56.051985Eamonn Coghlan3:53.821984Steve Scott3:59.381983Eamonn Coghlan3:54.401982Steve Scott3:55.371981Eamonn Coghlan3:53.01980Eamonn Coghlan3:58.21979Eamonn Coghlan3:55.01978Dick Buerkle3.58.41977Eamonn Coghlan4.00.21976Paul Cummings3.57.61975Filbert Bayi3:59.31974Tony Waldrop3:59.71973Henryk Szordykowski4:04.41972John Mason4:03.21971Marty Liquori4:00.61970Marty Liquori4:02.61969Marty Liquori4:00.81968Preston Davis4:03.91967Dave Patrick4:03.71966Kipchoge Keino4:03.91965John Whetton4:05.41964Tom O'Hara4:00.61963Tom O'Hara4:01.51962Peter Close4:08.61961Islvan Rozsavolgyi4:06.01960James Grelle4:06.41959Ron Delany4:06.51958Ron Delany4:04.61957Ron Delany4:06.71956Ron Delany4:09.51955Gunnar Nielsen4:03.61954Josy Barthel4:07.51953Fred Dwyer4:08.21952Don A. Gehrmann4:11.21951Don A. Gehrmann4:07.51950Don A. Gehrmann4:09.31949Don A. Gehrmann4:09.51948Gilbert Dodds4:05.31947Gilbert Dodds4:09.21946Leslie MacMitchell4:19.01945James Rafferty4:13.11944Gilbert Dodds4:10.61943Earl Mitchell4:08.61942Leslie MacMitchell4:11.31941Walter J. Mehl4:13.61940Charles H. Fenske4:07.41939Glenn Cunningham4:13.01938Glenn Cunningham4:11.01937Glenn Cunningham4:14.41936Joseph R. Mangan4:11.01935Glenn Cunningham4:11.01934Glenn Cunningham4:11.21933Glenn Cunningham4:13.01932Gene Venzke4:11.21931Ray Conger4:13.61930Ray Conger4:21.81929Ray Conger4:17.41928Lloyd Hahn4:18.61927Lloyd Hahn4:15.61926James J. Connolly4:17.2