Editing Four-minute mile (section)

===Women===
No woman has yet run a four-minute mile. The women's world record is currently at 4:07.64, set by [[Faith Kipyegon]] of Kenya at the [[Diamond League]] [[Herculis|meeting in Monaco]] on 21 July 2023.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/monaco-diamond-league-2023-live-updates-results |title=Monaco Diamond League 2023: Live updates as Faith Kipyegon demolishes mile world record as Karsten Warholm scorches to 400m hurdles victory}}</ref> An earlier women's world record, 4:12.56 set by [[Svetlana Masterkova]] of Russia on 14 August 1996 at Zürich, stood for almost 23 years: Masterkova became the first woman to run the mile in less than 4 minutes and 15 seconds.

Kipyegon's run has led some to speculate that the first women's sub-four minute mile may come within the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/faith-kipyegon-obliterates-womens-mile-world-record-by-almost-five-seconds/|title= Faith Kipyegon obliterates women's mile world record by almost five seconds |website=Canadian Running|date= 21 July 2023 }}</ref> Some organizations such as the Fast Forest project have considered the 4:30-minute mile barrier to be a roughly equivalent benchmark for women, though there are fewer women's sub-4:30 runners than there are men's sub-4:00 runners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outsideonline.com/running/news/sub-four-minute-mile-fast-forest-project/|title= The Four-Minute Mile Is Still Worth Celebrating|website=[[Outside Online]]|date= 11 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atlantatrackclub.org/news/good-for-a-girl-by-lauren-fleshman|title=Good for a Girl by Lauren Fleshman – The Sub-4:30 Mile (Introduction)|website=[[Atlanta Track Club]]}}</ref>

In April 2025, it was announced that Kipyegon will attempt to become the first woman to run a sub-four-minute mile at a meeting in Paris on 26 June 2025.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ingle |first=Sean |date=23 April 2025 |title=Faith Kipyegon’s audacious bid to be first woman to run sub four-minute mile |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/apr/23/faith-kipyegon-audacious-bid-first-woman-sub-four-minute-mile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423153851/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/apr/23/faith-kipyegon-audacious-bid-first-woman-sub-four-minute-mile |archive-date=23 April 2025 |access-date=23 April 2025 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> She will be assisted by 'the next generation of super shoes' and male pacers to help break the barrier.<ref name=":0" />