Editing Middle-distance running (section)

===1600 metres===
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At exactly four laps of a normal 400 m track, this distance is raced as a near replacement for the mile (it is, in fact, 9.344 m, about 30.6 feet, shorter; however, it is still colloquially referred to as "the mile"). The 1600 meters is the official distance for this range of races in [[National Federation of State High School Associations|US high schools]]. While this race is rarely run outside high school and collegiate invitational competitions, it has been held at the international level. The 1500 m, however, is the most common distance run at the [[NCAA|college]] and international levels. The final leg of a [[distance medley relay]] is 1600 metres.

An accurate way to run an actual mile on a metric track is to run the additional 9.344 meters before starting the first marked 400-meter lap. Many tracks, especially high-level tracks, will have a waterfall starting line drawn 9.344 meters back for this purpose. Otherwise, on a metric track, there will be a relay zone 10 meters before the common start/finish line, frequently marked by a triangle pointed toward the finish. In many configurations, that triangle is about half a meter wide, making its point extremely close to the mile start line, which would be slightly less than two feet from the marked relay zone (the widest part of the triangle, or line).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Guide to Track Markings|url=http://www.trackinfo.org/marks.html|access-date=4 January 2023|website=trackinfo.org}}</ref>

When converted down to 1600m, [[Hicham El Guerrouj]] ran an equivalent of a 3:41.83 1600m in his 1999 world record mile of 3:43.13.

Likewise, when converted down to 1600m, [[Faith Kipyegon]] ran an equivalent of a 4:06.20 1600m in her 2023 world record mile of 4:07.64.