SATS Scottish Athletics Track Statisticians
THE FOUR-MINUTE MILE
There have been many barriers that have been broken in athletics, but even though it is over 60 years since Roger Bannister in 1954, the 4-minute mile still retains a mystique about it. Mike Berisford became the first Scot to break 4 minutes in 1958 and Andrew McGill became the 34th and latest Scot to run under 4 minutes in 2024.
Here then is the complete list of Scotland's sub 4 minute milers:
| Time | Athlete | Location | Date | |
| 3:45.34 | JOSH KERR | Eugene | 25/05/2024 | |
| 3:47.74 | NEIL GOURLEY | Eugene | 25/05/2024 | |
| 3:47.83 | JAKE WIGHTMAN | Eugene | 25/05/2024 | |
| 3:48.87 | i | Kerr - 2 | Boston | 27/02/2022 |
| 3:49.46 | i | Gourley - 2 | New York | 11/02/2023 |
| 3:50.30 | Wightman - 2 | Oslo | 16/06/2022 | |
| 3:50.64 | GRAHAM WILLIAMSON | Cork | 13/07/1982 | |
| 3:51.60 | Williamson - 2 | Oslo | 21/07/1984 | |
| 3:52.01 | Williamson - 3 | Edinburgh | 26/06/1983 | |
| 3:52.02 | Wightman - 3 | London | 21/07/2019 | |
| 3:52.11 | Wightman - 4 | Melbourne | 15/02/2024 | |
| 3:52.27 | i | Kerr - 3 | New York | 29/01/2022 |
| 3:52.44 | JOHN ROBSON | Oslo | 11/07/1981 | |
| 3:52.66 | Williamson - 4 | Edinburgh | 31/07/1982 | |
| 3:52.74 | Robson - 2 | Oslo | 17/07/1979 | |
| 3:52.84 | i | Gourley - 3 | Boston | 4/02/2023 |
| 3:52.91 | i | CHRIS O'HARE | New York | 20/02/2016 |
| 3:52.91 | Gourley - 4 | Oslo | 16/06/2022 | |
| 3:52.98 | i | O'Hare - 2 | New York | 16/02/2013 |
| 3:53.08 | Williamson - 5 | London | 17/09/1982 | |
| 3:53.13 | Robson - 3 | Brussels | 28/08/1981 | |
| 3:53.15 | Williamson - 6 | Oslo | 17/07/1979 | |
| 3:53.34 | O'Hare -3 | Eugene | 27/05/2017 | |
| 3:53.35 | O'Hare -4 | London | 21/07/2019 | |
| 3:53.43 | Robson - 4 | London | 31/08/1979 | |
| 3:53.47 | Williamson - 7 | Eugene | 25/09/1982 | |
| 3:53.65 | i | Kerr - 4 | New York | 9/02/2019 |
| 3:53.88 | Kerr - 5 | London | 21/07/2019 | |
| 3:53.96 | Williamson - 8 | London | 23/07/1983 | |
| 3:54.14 | i | O'Hare - 5 | New York | 3/02/2018 |
| 3:54.2 | FRANK CLEMENT | Oslo | 27/06/1978 | |
| 3:54.20 | Wightman - 5 | London | 22/07/2016 | |
| 3:54.23 | i | ANDREW BUTCHART | New York | 4/02/2017 |
| 3:54.3 | Robson - 5 | Oslo | 27/06/1978 | |
| 3:54.30 | DAVID STRANG | Oslo | 22/07/1994 | |
| 3:54.59 | i | O'Hare - 6 | New York | 6/02/2016 |
| 3:54.66 | i | O'Hare - 7 | New York | 15/02/2014 |
| 3:54.72 | i | Kerr - 6 | New York | 3/02/2018 |
| 3:54.81 | O'Hare - 8 | Raleigh | 2/08/2019 | |
| 3:54.92 | Wightman - 6 | Birmingham | 20/08/2017 | |
| 3:54.95 | Clement - 2 | Stockholm | 30/06/1975 |
| Time | Athlete | Location | Date | |
| 3:55.01 | O'Hare - 9 | Birmingham | 20/08/2017 | |
| 3:55.13 | Williamson - 9 | Cork | 3/06/1984 | |
| 3:55.3 | PETER STEWART | London | 10/06/1972 | |
| 3:55.35 | i | O'Hare - 10 | New York | 14/02/2015 |
| 3:55.43 | i | Strang - 2 | Boston | 22/01/1994 |
| 3:55.53 | O'Hare - 11 | Bay Shore | 5/09/2018 | |
| 3:55.56 | Clement - 3 | London | 29/08/1975 | |
| 3:55.61 | i | O'Hare - 12 | New York | 8/02/2020 |
| 3:55.78 | Wightman - 7 | Gateshead | 13/07/2021 | |
| 3:55.82 | Robson - 6 | London | 2/07/1978 | |
| 3:55.82 | Williamson - 10 | London | 15/09/1978 | |
| 3:55.89 | ANDREW MCGILL | Stirling | 24/08/2024 | |
| 3:56.00 | i | O'Hare - 13 | Boston | 30/01/2016 |
| 3:56.05 | Strang - 3 | Eugene | 4/06/1995 | |
| 3:56.08 | Clement - 4 | London | 15/09/1978 | |
| 3:56.11 | KANE ELLIOTT | Stirling | 24/08/2024 | |
| 3:56.22 | O'Hare - 14 | Long Island | 6/09/2017 | |
| 3:56.35 | O'Hare - 15 | London | 25/07/2015 | |
| 3:56.39 | Williamson - 11 | London | 2/07/1978 | |
| 3:56.4 | Williamson - 12 | Oslo | 1/07/1980 | |
| 3:56.48 | i | O'Hare - 16 | Fayetteville | 11/02/2011 |
| 3:56.49 | Robson - 7 | London | 3/06/1981 | |
| 3:56.5 | Clement - 5 | Dublin | 11/07/1977 | |
| 3:56.63 | i | O'Hare - 17 | New York | 11/02/2012 |
| 3:56.8 | IAN MCCAFFERTY | Reading | 11/06/1969 | |
| 3:56.86 | Strang - 4 | Eugene | 5/06/1993 | |
| 3:56.9 | RONALD SPEIRS | Philadelphia | 30/04/1977 | |
| 3:56.9 | Williamson - 13 | Albury (AUS) | 16/10/1982 | |
| 3:56.96 | DAVID BISHOP | Dublin | 11/07/2014 | |
| 3:56.98 | Williamson - 14 | Gateshead | 10/06/1979 | |
| 3:57.0 | Clement - 6 | Gateshead | 12/09/1977 | |
| 3:57.02 | i | Kerr - 7 | College Station | 10/03/2018 |
| 3:57.11 | Gourley - 5 | Birmingham | 18/08/2018 | |
| 3:57.17 | O'Hare - 18 | Cambridge (USA) | 19/05/2018 | |
| 3:57.20 | Gourley - 6 | Bay Shore | 5/09/2018 | |
| 3:57.24 | Clement - 7 | Edinburgh | 6/08/1976 | |
| 3:57.24 | i | Wightman - 8 | Boston | 28/01/2017 |
| 3:57.26 | i | O'Hare - 19 | New York | 31/01/2015 |
| 3:57.31 | Strang - 5 | Oslo | 10/07/1993 | |
| 3:57.38 | i | Strang - 6 | Fairfax | 6/02/1994 |
| 3:57.4 | IAN STEWART | Edinburgh | 13/06/1970 | |
| 3:57.4 | P Stewart - 2 | Edinburgh | 13/06/1970 | |
| 3:57.4 | P Stewart - 3 | Leicester | 31/05/1971 | |
| 3:57.4 | P Stewart - 4 | Stockholm | 5/07/1972 | |
| 3:57.4 | I Stewart - 2 | London | 31/05/1975 | |
| 3:57.40 | Robson - 8 | Cork | 13/07/1983 | |
| 3:57.44 | Clement - 8 | London | 10/08/1974 | |
| 3:57.57 | i | Strang - 7 | Fairfax | 7/02/1993 |
| 3:57.59 | ADRIAN WEATHERHEAD | London | 29/08/1975 | |
| 3:57.6 | Weatherhead - 2 | London | 31/05/1975 | |
| 3:57.6 | IAN GILLESPIE | Exeter | 16/06/1998 | |
| 3:57.6 | O'Hare - 20 | Boston | 16/06/2019 | |
| 3:57.76 | Clement - 9 | London | 30/08/1976 | |
| 3:57.76 | BEN MACMILLAN | Stirling | 20/05/2022 | |
| 3:57.80 | Wightman - 9 | London | 25/07/2015 | |
| 3:57.81 | Robson - 9 | Edinburgh | 23/07/1985 | |
| 3:57.9 | Clement - 10 | London | 31/05/1975 | |
| 3:57.9 | Clement - 11 | Belfast | 3/06/1975 |
| Time | Athlete | Location | Date | |
| 3:57.97 | i | O'Hare - 21 | Fayetteville | 11/01/2019 |
| 3:57.99 | Robson - 10 | Barcelona | 8/07/1985 | |
| 3:58.05 | DAVID MCMEEKIN | London | 30/08/1976 | |
| 3:58.12 | i# | Gourley - 7 | Seattle | 25/01/2019 |
| 3:58.16 | Robson - 11 | London | 11/09/1981 | |
| 3:58.27 | Williamson - 15 | Edinburgh | 19/08/1978 | |
| 3:58.28 | ADRIAN CALLAN | Swansea | 13/07/1986 | |
| 3:58.30 | MacMillan - 2 | Birmingham | 9/07/2022 | |
| 3:58.37 | Clement - 12 | Edinburgh | 19/08/1978 | |
| 3:58.38 | Robson - 12 | London | 7/09/1984 | |
| 3:58.40 | Clement - 13 | London | 9/09/1977 | |
| 3:58.4 | I Gillespie - 2 | Exeter | 29/07/1997 | |
| 3:58.43 | Gourley - 8 | Atlanta | 22/05/2018 | |
| 3:58.48 | i | MATTHEW GILLESPIE | Boston | 8/02/2014 |
| 3:58.5 | Weatherhead - 3 | Leicester | 19/06/1971 | |
| 3:58.52 | Williamson - 16 | London | 7/09/1984 | |
| 3:58.54 | i | JOE EWING | Boston | 16/02/2024 |
| 3:58.55 | i | M Gillespie - 2 | Boston | 26/01/2013 |
| 3:58.64 | Robson - 13 | Edinburgh | 19/08/1978 | |
| 3:58.64 | I Gillespie - 3 | Portsmouth | 5/06/1993 | |
| 3:58.65 | Clement - 14 | Gateshead | 9/07/1978 | |
| 3:58.69 | i | Strang - 8 | Cambridge (USA) | 23/01/1993 |
| 3:58.7 | P Stewart - 5 | Reading | 11/06/1969 | |
| 3:58.7 | NORMAN MORRISON | Leicester | 31/05/1971 | |
| 3:58.74 | Weatherhead - 4 | London | 26/06/1977 | |
| 3:58.77 | O'Hare - 22 | Des Moines | 30/04/2011 | |
| 3:58.8 | LAWRIE SPENCE | Gateshead | 12/09/1977 | |
| 3:58.81 | Robson - 14 | London | 29/08/1977 | |
| 3:58.87 | i | Ewing - 2 | Boston | 5/02/2022 |
| 3:58.9 | Clement - 15 | Stretford | 30/08/1975 | |
| 3:58.99 | JAMIE WILLIAMSON | Cork | 16/07/2018 | |
| 3:59.08 | Clement - 16 | Edinburgh | 20/08/1977 | |
| 3:59.1 | RONALD MACDONALD | Gateshead | 1/09/1975 | |
| 3:59.10 | Strang - 9 | New York | 22/05/1993 | |
| 3:59.15 | Wightman - 10 | Oslo | 7/06/2018 | |
| 3:59.2 | G Williamson - 17 | Tokyo | 25/09/1978 | |
| 3:59.20 | Robson - 15 | Dublin | 11/07/1983 | |
| 3:59.24 | MICHAEL BERISFORD | London | 18/08/1962 | |
| 3:59.27 | McGill - 2 | Belfast | 15/06/2024 | |
| 3:59.29 | ALISTAIR CURRIE | London | 2/08/1985 | |
| 3:59.3 | I Gillespie - 4 | Salisbury | 4/09/1993 | |
| 3:59.35 | BEN POTRYKUS | Birmingham | 9/07/2022 | |
| 3:59.36 | Elliott - 2 | Manchester | 27/05/2023 | |
| 3:59.39 | Robson - 16 | London | 23/08/1978 | |
| 3:59.40 | i | Strang - 10 | Fairfax | 22/02/1992 |
| 3:59.4 | Wightman - 11 | Nottingham | 28/07/2016 | |
| 3:59.45 | Callan - 2 | Edinburgh | 23/07/1985 | |
| 3:59.56 | GLEN STEWART | Sheffield | 25/08/1996 | |
| 3:59.58 | i# | COLIN HUME | Murfreesboro | 5/03/1983 |
| 3:59.58 | i | Gourley - 9 | Blacksburg | 5/02/2016 |
| 3:59.62 | i | O'Hare - 23 | College Station | 12/03/2011 |
| 3:59.62 | i | O'Hare - 24 | Boston | 25/01/2020 |
| 3:59.67 | Kerr - 8 | Falmouth | 18/08/2018 | |
| 3:59.7 | McMeekin - 2 | Stretford | 30/08/1975 | |
| 3:59.7 | Macdonald - 2 | Stretford | 30/08/1975 | |
| 3:59.70 | O'Hare - 25 | Birmingham | 18/08/2018 | |
| 3:59.74 | i | KRIS GAUSON | Notre Dame | 5/03/2011 |
| 3:59.86 | i | SOL SWEENEY | Athlone | 13/02/2019 |
| 3:59.90 | i | Kerr - 9 | College Station | 10/03/2017 |
| 3:59.92 | i | Ewing - 3 | Boston | 3/02/2024 |
| 3:59.95 | i | Gauson - 2 | Bloomington | 27/01/2012 |
complete as at 24 August 2024. 160 performances by 34 athletes.
i = indoors; # - non-standard indoor track. Ian Stewart also ran 3:57.3 at Reading 11/06/1969 before committing to Scotland.
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