# Fifth Avenue Mile

The Fifth Avenue Mile is an annual 1 mile (1.6 km) road race on Fifth Avenue in New York City, United States. 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. 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.
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 2024 were Josh Kerr and Karissa Schweizer. In 2023, Kerr and Jemma Reekie won, which was the third Scottish double in succession after the 2022 victories of Jake Wightman and Laura Muir, and this of Wightman and Reekie, who won the event in 2021.
The men's record in the race is 3:44.3 set by Josh Kerr in 2024. Prior to Kerr's performance, Sydney Maree held the course record at 3:47.52 for 43 years, since the inaugural edition of the race in 1981. The women's record is 4:14.8, set by Laura Muir in 2022, which was tied by Karissa Schweizer in 2024.
The Fifth Avenue Mile was originally held in late September or early October. In 2014 it was moved to mid September near Patriot Day. The race has been sponsored by Pepsi (1981), Mercedes-Benz (1986–1991), Discover Card (1994–1996), Donald Trump (1997–1998), Continental Airlines (2005–2010) and currently New Balance (since 2016).
Although World Athletics recognises a road mile world record, the Fifth Avenue Mile is a point-to-point course, and is also too steep, meaning times recorded on the course cannot be ratified as a road mile world record.

## Winners

Key:  Course record
| Year | Men's winner | Nationality | Time (m:s) | Women's winner | Nationality | Time (m:s) |
| 1981 | Sydney Maree | United States | 3:47.52 | Leann Warren | United States | 4:25.31 |
| 1982 | Tom Byers | United States | 3:51.35 | Debbie Scott | Canada | 4:23.96 |
| 1983 | Steve Scott | United States | 3:49.77 | Wendy Sly | Great Britain | 4:22.66 |
| 1984 | John Walker | New Zealand | 3:53.62 | Maricica Puică | Romania | 4:24.35 |
| 1985 | Frank O'Mara | Ireland | 3:52.28 | Lynn Williams | Canada | 4:25.03 |
| 1986 | José Luis González | Spain | 3:53.52 | Maricica Puică | Romania | 4:19.48 |
| 1987 | Peter Elliott | Great Britain | 3:53.52 | Kirsty Wade | Great Britain | 4:22.70 |
| 1988 | Steve Scott | United States | 3:53.43 | Mary Slaney | United States | 4:20.03 |
| 1989 | Peter Elliott | Great Britain | 3:52.95 | Paula Ivan | Romania | 4:28.25 |
| 1990 | Peter Elliott | Great Britain | 3:47.83 | PattiSue Plumer | United States | 4:16.68 |
| 1991 | Matthew Yates | Great Britain | 3:56.75 | Alisa Hill | United States | 4:31.57 |
| 1992 | Itamar Da Silva | Brazil | 4:00.37 | Alicia Kelly | United States | 4:43.07 |
| 1993 | Ron Harris | United States | 3:58.0 | Lauren Gubicza | United States | 4:37.9 |
| 1994 | Jason Pyrah | United States | 3:52.3 | Regina Jacobs | United States | 4:27.8 |
| 1995 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 3:47.8 | Sinéad Delahunty | Ireland | 4:25.2 |
| 1996 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 3:53.67 | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain | 4:26.69 |
| 1997 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 3:53.66 | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain | 4:22.96 |
| 1998 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 3:55.59 | Regina Jacobs | United States | 4:20.8 |
| 1999 | Ben Kapsoiya | Kenya | 4:05.4 | Alisa Hill | United States | 4:41.3 |
| 2000 | Jason Lunn | United States | 4:03.9 | Kim McGreevy | United States | 4:38.9 |
| 2001 | John Itati | Kenya | 4:02.3 | Kim McGreevy | United States | 4:39.8 |
| 2002 | Leonard Mucheru | Kenya | 3:55.2 | Grace Njoki | Kenya | 4:37.7 |
| 2003 | John Itati | Kenya | 3:56 | Theresa Du Toit | South Africa | 4:53 |
| 2004 | Elarbi Khattabi | Morocco | 4:10 | Andrea Haver | United States | 4:51 |
| 2005 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 3:49.9 | Carmen Douma-Hussar | Canada | 4:28.0 |
| 2006 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 3:54.1 | Sara Hall | United States | 4:28.0 |
| 2007 | Alan Webb | United States | 3:52.7 | Carmen Douma-Hussar | Canada | 4:22.8 |
| 2008 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3:50.5 | Lisa Dobriskey | Great Britain | 4:18.6 |
| 2009 | Andrew Baddeley | Great Britain | 3:51.8 | Shannon Rowbury | United States | 4:23.3 |
| 2010 | Amine Laalou | Morocco | 3:52.83 | Shannon Rowbury | United States | 4:24.12 |
| 2011 | Bernard Lagat | United States | 3:50.50 | Jennifer Simpson | United States | 4:22.3 |
| 2012 | Matthew Centrowitz | United States | 3:52.4 | Brenda Martinez | United States | 4:24.2 |
| 2013 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3:52.1 | Jennifer Simpson | United States | 4:19.3 |
| 2014 | Jordan McNamara | United States | 3:51.0 | Jennifer Simpson | United States | 4:19.4 |
| 2015 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3:54.8 | Jennifer Simpson | United States | 4:29.0 |
| 2016 | Eric Jenkins | United States | 3:49.5 | Jennifer Simpson | United States | 4:18.3 |
| 2017 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3:51.3 | Jennifer Simpson | United States | 4:16.6 |
| 2018 | Jake Wightman | Great Britain | 3:53.5 | Jennifer Simpson | United States | 4:18.8 |
| 2019 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 3:51.7 | Jennifer Simpson | United States | 4:16.1 |
| 2020 | New York race cancelled, only virtual race with Strava (COVID-19 pandemic in the United States) | New York race cancelled, only virtual race with Strava (COVID-19 pandemic in the United States) | New York race cancelled, only virtual race with Strava (COVID-19 pandemic in the United States) | New York race cancelled, only virtual race with Strava (COVID-19 pandemic in the United States) | New York race cancelled, only virtual race with Strava (COVID-19 pandemic in the United States) | New York race cancelled, only virtual race with Strava (COVID-19 pandemic in the United States) |
| 2021 | Jake Wightman | Great Britain | 3:49.5 | Jemma Reekie | Great Britain | 4:21.6 |
| 2022 | Jake Wightman | Great Britain | 3:49.6 | Laura Muir | Great Britain | 4:14.8 |
| 2023 | Josh Kerr | Great Britain | 3:47.9 | Jemma Reekie | Great Britain | 4:19.4 |
| 2024 | Josh Kerr | Great Britain | 3:44.3 | Karissa Schweizer | United States | 4:14.8 |