The Examiners Mile, also known as the Departmental mile, was first ran in 1973 following a coffeetime conversation between two members of staff in the Mathematics department. They argued whether it would be possible for a reasonably fit individual to be within 50% of a world record time and, so story has it, they failed to break six minutes for a mile. Thus the annual race was born to be run on the day before finals results are published. The record is a sizzling 4:31.41 held by Peter Grime. The last few years results are presented below.

James Blowey

26th - 14th June 1999
Peter Grime 4:31
Jonty Rougier 5:37
Simon Shaw 5:51
John Bolton 6:00
Matthew Szyndel 6:15
Vinay Kotecha 6:24
Tom Weidig 6:30
Alan Rayfield 6:57
Sharry Borgan 7:26
Clare Dunning 7:46
Tony Scholl 7:48
Peter Craig 8:03
25th - 22nd June 1998
Jonty Rougier 5:30
Bill Oxbury 5:34
Dyfrig Williams 5:44
Simon Shaw 5:47
John Bolton 5:58
Georg Gandenberger 6:04
Amnon Besser 6:12
Vinay Kotecha 6:19
Allan Seheult 6:25
Matt Szyndel 6:34
Elsayed 6:37
Ivo Sachs 6:42
Owen Dando 7:02
Ailsa Carrick 7:06
Clare Dunning 8:04
24th - 16th June 1997
Jonty Rougier 5:26
Rob Talbot 5:44
Dyfrig Williams 5:53
Bill Oxbury 5:53
George Gandenberger 5:58
Michael Gronow 6:07
John Bolton 6:08
Mathew Penrose 7:14
Frank Coolen 7:31
Peter Craig 7:36
Claire Marsden 8:39
Peter Rowe 10:34

23rd - 12th June 1995
Bernd Schroers4:58.5
Nick Gilbert5:23.1
James Blowey5:47.9
Michael Hayes5:53.1
John Bolton5:56.8
Jens Gladikowski6:01.2
James Smith6:01.4
Bill Oxbury6:18.5
Joe Mulvey6:29.5
Uli Harder6:32.5
David Berman6:37.6
Euan Squires6:38.3
Paul Jones6:39.2
Frank Coolen6:45.2
Mathew Penrose6:56.9
Bob Johnson6:59.9
Ed Corrigan7:23.0
Karen McGaul7:37.3
Patrick Dorey7:48.2
Claire Marsden8:18.4
Nektarios Psycharis8:30.5
Peter Rowe9:05.2
22nd - 13th June 1994
Bernd Schroers4:52.09
Bill Oxbury5:29.32
Nick Gilbert5:36.41
James Blowey5:42.16
John Bolton5:45.06
Nick Myers5:57.16
Allan Seheult5:58.32
James Smith6:06.03
Jens Gladikowski6:16.35
Euan Squires6:21.38
Joe Mulvey6:28.35
Darren Wilkinson6:29.54
Joerg Wildehaus6:31.44
Uli Harder6:34.54
Mathew Penrose6:55.72
Helen Fawley7:11.36
Karen McGaul7:19.09
Tony Scholl7:37.88
Patrick Dorey7:42.69
Jacek Brodski7:42.69
Peter Rowe9:42.85
21st - 14th June 1993
Bernd Schroers 4:57.30
James Blowey 5:26.04
John Bolton 5:26.24
Nick Myers 5:44.06
Allan Seheult 5:47.27
Euan Squires (aged 60) 5:51.36
Roz Layton 5:51.90
Peter Morgan 5:52.55
James Smith 5:58.83
Bob Johnson 6:25.74
Karen McGaul 7:09.46
David Wooff 7:23.92

20th - 15th June 1992
Bill Oxbury5.31.8
John Bolton5:33.8
Allan Seheult5:45.8
Nick Myers5:56.9
Richard Ward6:06.2
James Smith6:14.2
Euan Squires6:16.6
Rebecca Barlow7:34.5