The mile run world-record book has a long history at Oxford, where several sub-4:45 amateur marks fell in the late 1850s. Fast-forward to 17 February 2016 and Genzebe Dibaba lowered the women's indoor mile record to 4:13.31 in which European capital?

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Stockholm. In November 1858, Thomas Finch ran 4:45 in Oxford, one of the earliest marks in the mile run world record progression. More than 150 years later, on 17 February 2016 in Stockholm, Genzebe Dibaba lowered the women's indoor mile record to 4:13.31, breaking Doina Melinte's 1990 mark.