Time	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Venue
4:14.4	John Paul Jones	 United States	31 May 1913 	Allston, Mass.
4:12.6	Norman Taber	 United States	16 July 1915 	Allston, Mass.
4:10.4	Paavo Nurmi	 Finland	23 August 1923 	Stockholm
4:09.2	Jules Ladoumègue	 France	4 October 1931 	Paris
4:07.6	Jack Lovelock	 New Zealand	15 July 1933 	Princeton, N.J.
4:06.8	Glenn Cunningham	 United States	16 June 1934 	Princeton, N.J.
4:06.4	Sydney Wooderson	 United Kingdom	28 August 1937 	Motspur Park
4:06.2	Gunder Hägg	 Sweden	1 July 1942 	Gothenburg
4:06.2	Arne Andersson	 Sweden	10 July 1942 	Stockholm
4:04.6	Gunder Hägg	 Sweden	4 September 1942 	Stockholm
4:02.6	Arne Andersson	 Sweden	1 July 1943 	Gothenburg
4:01.6	Arne Andersson	 Sweden	18 July 1944 	Malmö
4:01.4	Gunder Hägg	 Sweden	17 July 1945 	Malmö
3:59.4	Roger Bannister	 United Kingdom	6 May 1954 	Oxford
3:58.0	John Landy	 Australia	21 June 1954 	Turku
3:57.2	Derek Ibbotson	 United Kingdom	19 July 1957 	London
3:54.5	Herb Elliott	 Australia	6 August 1958 	Dublin
3:54.4	Peter Snell	 New Zealand	27 January 1962 	Wanganui
3:54.1	Peter Snell	 New Zealand	17 November 1964 	Auckland
3:53.6	Michel Jazy	 France	9 June 1965 	Rennes
3:51.3	Jim Ryun	 United States	17 July 1966 	Berkeley, Cal.
3:51.1	Jim Ryun	 United States	23 June 1967 	Bakersfield, Cal.
3:51.0	Filbert Bayi	 Tanzania	17 May 1975  	Kingston
3:49.4	John Walker	 New Zealand	12 August 1975 	Gothenburg
3:49.0	Sebastian Coe	 United Kingdom	17 July 1979 	Oslo
3:48.8	Steve Ovett	 United Kingdom	1 July 1980 	Oslo
3:48.53	Sebastian Coe	 United Kingdom	19 August 1981 	Zurich
3:48.40	Steve Ovett	 United Kingdom	26 August 1981 	Koblenz
3:47.33	Sebastian Coe	 United Kingdom	28 August 1981 	Brussels
3:46.32	Steve Cram	 United Kingdom	27 July 1985 	Oslo
3:44.39	Noureddine Morceli	 Algeria	5 September 1993 	Rieti
3:43.13	Hicham El Guerrouj	 Morocco	7 July 1999 	Rome