Fifth Avenue Mile


The Fifth Avenue Mile is an annual Mile run| road race on Fifth Avenue in New York City. The race begins at 80th Street and heads twenty blocks south to 60th Street. First held on September 26, 1981, the race is currently organized by New York Road Runners and has attracted big-name sponsors including United Airlines and New Balance.
The competition regularly attracts world-class runners, who compete in special heats after the regular age division heats. The Fifth Avenue Mile has also inspired similar events in the same mould, including the Anlene Orchard Mile in Singapore.
The record performances of the race are Sydney Maree's victory at the inaugural race in 3:47.52, and Jennifer Simpson's time of 4:16.2 set in 2019. Jennifer Simpson of the United States has historically been the most successful athlete at the competition, having won 8 races. The winners at the most recent edition in 2019 were New Zealander Nick Willis and American Jennifer Simpson.

Winners

Key:
had back-to-back wins in 1996 and 1997.
won the 2011 race after becoming the 2011 World Champion over 1500 m.
YearMen's winnerNationalityTime
Women's winnerNationalityTime
1981Sydney Maree3:47.52Leann Warren4:25.31
1982Tom Byers3:51.35Debbie Scott4:23.96
1983Steve Scott3:49.77Wendy Sly4:22.66
1984John Walker3:53.62Maricica Puică4:24.35
1985Frank O'Mara3:52.28Lynn Williams4:25.03
1986José Luis González3:53.52Maricica Puică4:19.48
1987Peter Elliott3:53.52Kirsty Wade4:22.70
1988Steve Scott3:53.43Mary Slaney4:20.03
1989Peter Elliott3:52.95Paula Ivan4:28.25
1990Peter Elliott3:47.83PattiSue Plumer4:16.68
1991Matthew Yates3:56.75Alisa Hill4:31.57
1992Itamar Da Silva4:00.37Alicia Kelly4:43.07
1993Ron Harris3:58.0Lauren Gubicza4:37.9
1994Jason Pyrah3:52.3Regina Jacobs4:27.8
1995Isaac Viciosa3:47.8Sinéad Delahunty4:25.2
1996Isaac Viciosa3:53.67Paula Radcliffe4:26.69
1997Isaac Viciosa3:53.66Paula Radcliffe4:22.96
1998Isaac Viciosa3:55.59Regina Jacobs4:20.8
1999Ben Kapsoiya4:05.4Alisa Hill4:41.3
2000Jason Lunn4:03.9Kim McGreevy4:38.9
2001John Itati4:02.3Kim McGreevy4:39.8
2002Leonard Mucheru3:55.2Grace Njoki4:37.7
2003John Itati3:56Theresa Du Toit4:53
2004Elarbi Khattabi4:10Andrea Haver4:51
2005Craig Mottram3:49.9Carmen Douma-Hussar4:28.0
2006Kevin Sullivan3:54.1Sara Hall4:28.0
2007Alan Webb3:52.7Carmen Douma-Hussar4:22.8
2008Nick Willis3:50.5Lisa Dobriskey4:18.6
2009Andrew Baddeley3:51.8Shannon Rowbury4:23.3
2010Amine Laalou3:52.83Shannon Rowbury4:24.12
2011Bernard Lagat3:50.50Jennifer Simpson4:22.3
2012Matthew Centrowitz3:52.4Brenda Martinez4:24.2
2013Nick Willis3:52.1Jennifer Simpson4:19.3
2014Jordan McNamara3:51.0Jennifer Simpson4:19.4
2015Nick Willis3:54.8Jennifer Simpson4:29.0
2016Eric Jenkins3:49.5Jennifer Simpson4:18.3
2017Nick Willis3:51.3Jennifer Simpson4:16.6
2018Jake Wightman3:53.5Jennifer Simpson4:18.8
2019Nick Willis3:51.7Jennifer Simpson4:16.1