Mile run world record progression as recorded by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF). The dataset includes 32 world records for men ratified by the IAAF, and 29 world records for women both in the pre-IAAF and IAAF eras.
world.record.mile276 obs. of 3 variables:
chr: female or male
chr: time as "mm:ss"
num: The whole minutes "mm" part of Time
num: The seconds "ss" part of Time
num: time expressed in seconds
chr: Name
chr: nationality
chr: date
num: year