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(Approved by the IAAF)<\/p>\n
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\n1500m
\nMile
\n2000m
\n2000m
\n3000m
\n3000m
\n3000m
\n2 miles*
\n3 miles*
\n5000m
\n5000m
\n4 miles*
\n5 miles*
\n6 miles*
\n10 000m
\n10 000m
\n15 000m
\n10 miles*
\n20 000m
\nOne hour race
\n4x1500m**
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\n3.52,6
\n4.10,4
\n5.26,3
\n5.24,6
\n8.28,6
\n8.25,4
\n8.20,4
\n8.59,6
\n14.11,2
\n14.35,4
\n14.28,2
\n19.15,4
\n24.06,2
\n29.36,4
\n30.40,2
\n30.06,2
\n46.49,6
\n50.15,0
\n1.04.38,4
\n19 210 m
\n16.26,2
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\nHelsinki 19.6.1924
\nStockholm 23.8.1923
\nTampere 4.9.1922
\nKuopio 18.6.1927
\nTurku 27.8.1922
\nBerlin 24.5.1926
\nStockholm 13.7.1926
\nHelsinki 24.7.1931
\nStockholm 24.8.1923
\nStockholm 12.9.1922
\nHelsinki 19.6.1924
\nWiborg 1.10.1924
\nWiborg 1.10.1924
\nLondon 8.6.1930
\nStockholm 22.6.1921
\nKuopio 31.8.1924
\nBerlin 7.10.1928
\nBerlin 7.10.1928
\nStockholm 3.9.1930
\nBerlin 7.10.1928
\nStockholm 12.7.1926
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\nOtto Peltzer, Germany 1926
\nJules Ladoum\u00e8gue, France 1931
\nEdvn Wide, Sweden 1925
\nEino Purje 1927
\nEdvin Wide, Sweden 1925
\nPaavo Nurmi 1926
\nJanusz Kusocinski, Poland 1932
\nDonald Lash, USA 1936
\nLauri Lehtinen 1932
\nPaavo Nurmi 1924
\nLauri Lehtinen 1932
\nJanusz Kusocinski, Poland 1932
\nThe last officially approved WR; unofficial:<\/strong> Gordon Pirie, Great Britain 1953
\nIlmari Salminen 1937
\nVille Ritola 1924
\nIlmari Salminen 1937
\nThe last officially approved WR; unofficial:<\/strong> Volmari Iso-Hollo 1936
\nViljo Heino 1945
\nJuan Carlos Zabala, Argentina 1936
\nViljo Heino 1945
\nTurun Urheiluliitto 1926
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