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
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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
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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                              
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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                                 
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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
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1987     9:38.44   Fatima Hajjami (MAR)          13 Sep  Padum ITA
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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
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1966    10:26.8    Roberta Picco (CAN)           23 Jul  Toronto ON CAN
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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                                                    

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