Mile To Replace 1,500 At Glasgow Games
The mile is to replace the 1,500 metres at the next Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
The Games will take place from 23 July to 2 August in 2026 and feature a ten-sport programme across four venues.
Dage Minors is Bermuda’s top mile runner, having won three Butterfield Mile titles and competed in the 1,500 at the previous Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022.
Meanwhile, the mixed 4×400 will be added to the athletics programme in Glasgow.
Scotstoun Stadium will host the athletics events.
Previously run in 1966, the mile race is a nod to “The Miracle Mile “at the Commonwealth Games in Vancouver in 1954, when England’s Roger Bannister and Australian John Landy – the only two sub-four-minute runners in the world at the time – went head-to-head only two months after Bannister became the first athlete to break the four-minute barrier.
“The one mile is the quintessential Commonwealth athletics event whose return to the Games in Glasgow 2026 I very much welcome,” said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.
“The mile is easy to understand. It is four laps of the track and remains a standard everyday measurement across the Commonwealth.
“From 1930 through to 1966, the mile was the blue riband event of each Games. The event’s place in international sports lore was secured when Sir Roger Bannister broke the four-minute barrier in May 1954. Ever since, the world has enjoyed The Miracle Mile, The Golden Mile, The Dream Mile and countless other similarly dubbed races over the distance.
“The magic of the mile continues to resonate with sports fans. A ticket to watch its Commonwealth final will be one of the must have seats in Glasgow next year.”
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