3200 meters is an uncommon long middle-distance, or short long-distance, track and field running event that is 200 m longer than the much more common 3000 metre run, and slightly shorter than the two mile run.

At exactly eight laps on a standard 400 m track, or sixteen laps around an indoor 200 m track, this event is typically run only in American high schools, along with the 1600 m. It is the longest standardized event in track meets conducted by the NFHS in American high school competition. It is colloquially called the "two-mile", despite the distance being 18.688 meters shorter.

In college, the typical runner of this event would convert to the 5000-metre run, or potentially the 3000-metre run during the indoor season.

While World Athletics does not recognize an official world record or world best in the 3200 meters, the two mile run can be used as an approximation.

According to NFHS, the current male high school record holder in the 3200 m is Simeon Birnbaum of South Dakota, with a time of 8:34.10 in 2023.

However, there have been faster high school 3200 m times en route to two miles. Aforementioned Simeon Birnbaum ran an 8:31.73 3200 m en route to two miles, also in 2023. Even faster was Lukas Verzbicas, who ran an equivalent 8:26.50 3200 m en route to his high school two mile record of 8:29.46, in 2011, at the Prefontaine Classic.

Therefore, Birnbaum holds the record for the fastest 3200 m exclusively against other high schoolers and not en-route to two miles, while Verzbicas holds the record for fastest ever high school 3200 m (and two miles).

Likewise, the current official female high school record holder in the 3200 m is Katelyn Touhy of New York, with a time of 9:47.88 in 2018.