First Fastest Name Date Venue Date Venue Time Time

1 Sir 3:57.50 ht 6 August 1958 Dublin IRL 3:57.10 5 September 1958 Oslo NOR

2 Sir 3:54.40 ht 27 January 1962 Whanganui 3:54.03 17 November 1964 Auckland

3 John Davies 3:58.80 ht 15 February 1963 Dunedin 3:56.80 17 November 1964 Auckland

4 3:59.20 ht 1 February 1964 Whanganui

5 Ian Studd 3:58.61 13 August 1966 Kingston JAM

6 3:57.80 ht 18 March 1970 Auckland 3:56.23 9 July 1976 Zurich SUI

7 3:58.80 ht 23 January 1971 Dunedin

8 3:59.00 ht 15 July 1971 Turku FIN 3:57.00 15 September 1972 London GBR

9 3:59.60 ht 26 January 1972 Lower Hutt 3:53.62 30 June 1975 Stockholm SWE

10 Sir 3:58.80 7 July 1973 Victoria CAN 3:49.08 7 July 1982 Oslo NOR

11 3:58.94 26 August 1977 West Berlin GER

12 Peter O'Donoghue 3:58.20 30 January 1982 Auckland 3:57.69 16 July 1984 Burnaby CAN

13 John Bowden 3:58.84 30 January 1982 Auckland

14 3:59.50 20 March 1982 Auckland 3:55.18 16 July 1984 Burnaby CAN

15 Michael Gilchrist 3:59.60 26 June 1983 Edinburgh GBR

16 Kerry Rodger 3:59.50 ht 13 February 1985 Whanganui

17 3:59.70 ht 13 February 1985 Whanganui

18 Alan Bunce 3:59.10 17 August 1990 Gateshead GBR

19 Phil Clode 3:57.70 12 January 1991 Auckland

20 Richard Potts 3:59.80 15 December 1993 Christchurch

21 3:59.96 19 February 1994 Auckland

22 Hamish Christensen 3:59.91 18 January 1995 Wellington 3:56.13 16 January 1999 Hamilton

23 Martin Johns 3:54.10 26 May 1996 Eugene USA

24 3:59.35 6 February 1997 Christchurch

25 Stephen Willis 3:59.04 22 January 2000 Whanganui

26 Simon Maunder 3:59.28 22 January 2000 Whanganui

27 3:58.19 i 9 February 2002 New York USA 3:54.40 7 September 2003 Rieti ITA

28 3:58.15 i 7 February 2003 Notre Dame USA 3:49.83 11 June 2014 Oslo NOR

29 Paul Hamblyn 3:58.41 23 February 2005 Auckland

30 Gareth Hyett 3:59.80 11 February 2006 Whanganui 3:57.46 21 July 2007 Brasschaat BEL

31 Max Smith 3:56.46 21 July 2007 Brasschaat BEL

32 Hayden McLaren 3:57.78 i 14 February 2009 Boston USA

33 Jason Woolhouse 3:59.80 13 March 2009 Christchurch

34 3:58.57 i 12 February 2011 Boston USA 3:56.91 20 February 2016 New York USA

35 3:59.11 27 January 2012 Whanganui 3:56.72 19 January 2016 Whanganui

36 3:59.87 27 January 2012 Whanganui

37 3:56.13 20 April 2012 Walnut USA 3:52.73 11 July 2014 Dublin IRL

38 Julian Oakley 3:58.89 5 June 2014 Concord USA 3:57.22 (I) 14 February 2015 Boston USA

39 Eric Speakman 3:57.30 19 January 2016 Whanganui 3:56.66 30 January 2021 Whanganui

40 Theo Quax 3:58.13 i 15 February 2020 Seattle

41 Samuel Tanner 3:54.97 30 January 2021 Whanganui

42 George Beamish 3:59.13 30 January 2021 Whanganui

43 Oli Chignell 3:59.77 30 January 2021 Whanganui

i= indoor ht = hand-timed

1. The fastest first outdoor sub 4-minute mile by a New Zealand athlete was 3:53.51 by Nick Willis on 19 June 2004. 2. Twenty four of the 42 New Zealand athletes who have broken the 4-minute mile barrier, have broken it once only. 3. John Walker broke the 4-minute mile barrier 135 times. 4. The decade 2000-2009 was the most prolific decade for first time sub 4-minute miles. The barrier was beaten by nine New Zealand athletes for the first time in this decade. 5. Whanganui is the New Zealand venue where the greatest number of first sub 4-minute miles were achieved by New Zealand athletes – 13 athletes in total. 6. On four occasions, two New Zealand athletes have broken the sub 4-minute mile barrier for the first time in the same race. They were John Bowden and Peter O’Donoghue on 30 January 1982 in Auckland, Kerry Rodger and Peter Renner on 13 February 1985 in Whanganui, Stephen Willis and Simon Maunder on 22 January 2000 in Whanganui, and Hamish Carson and Malcolm Hicks on 27 January 2012 in Whanganui. And on one occasion in Whanganui on 30 January 2021, three athletes (Samuel Tanner, George Beamish and Oli Chignell) broke the sub 4-minute barrier for the first time in the same race.