Bernard Lagat won a record eighth Wanamaker Mile at Friday's Millrose Games to pass Eamonn Coghlan with the most wins in the famous New York indoor race.

Kenyan-born American Lagat, the 2007 1500metres and 5000m world outdoor champion, kicked at the bell on the tight, 11-lap per mile Madison Square Garden track, to win in three minutes 56.34 seconds.

Asbel Kiprop of Kenya was second in 3mins 58.03secs and Britain's Andy Baddeley third in 3:58.09.

Lagat had drawn level with Ireland's Coghlan 12 months ago when he claimed his seventh victory, and Coghlan was trackside to embrace the American as he crossed the line.

"To me it is like winning the Olympics today," Lagat said. "I've been here since 2001 and today I'm signing autographs for kids who in 2001 were not even born and to me that's special."

Lagat said he had been wary of Baddeley, who had beaten him over a straight road course in September to win the Fifth Avenue Mile and had warmed up for the race with a personal best indoor mile of 3:55.64 in New York last Saturday.

"Andy is a guy who has speed, and if you remember last September, he passed me to win the road mile on Fifth Avenue, so I was worried especially against the guy who has run 3:55," said Lagat.

"But it's just not speed that I've been working on. I knew exactly when to make a move and I increased the pace when I went through the two corners.

"By the time I looked back I knew the victory was mine and I was really happy with that. I looked back and there was no response from Kiprop, and I was free and clear."

Earlier in the evening, Britain's Hannah England held off American Sarah Hall and Kenya's Sally Kipyego to win the women's mile in 4:31.48.

The field was led out by pacemaker Karen Shinkins of Ireland and Sarah Bowman and England took up the pace with three to go, stretching the field out before England moved to the front and fought off a late charge by Hall on the line.

England, who won the US national collegiate (NCAA) titles in 2008 at 1500m outdoors and the mile indoors during her time as a student at Florida State University, said she knew both Hall and Bowman would be threats.

"I was able to make the move I hoped to make with only two laps to go. I managed to hold off Sarah (Hall)," she said.

"I had flashbacks from 2008 running against Sarah (Bowman) and it wasn't a surprise to see her in the lead - she's a great athlete. I could hear (Hall) at the last bend and I thought she'd get me."

There were world leading times in the 60m hurdles where Terrence Trammell clocked 7.49s to win the men's race from Ryan Braithwaite of Barbados (7.61) with world decathlon champion Trey Hardee of the United States third in 7.78.

In the women's race, Canada's Priscilla Lopes-Schliep defended her Millrose title with a time of 8.01s to beat Americans Tiffany Ofili (8.04) and Virginia Powell (8.07) with another Canadian, Perdita Felicien, fourth in 8.10.

Ivory Williams of the USA posted his second consecutive world-leading 6.59s to win the men's 60m from fellow American and defending Millrose champion Michael Rodgers (6.60) with Travis Padgett third in 6.62.

Christian Cantwell won the men's shot put with a throw of 21.95m to improve on his own world-leading distance this year while fellow American Chelsea Johnson cleared 4.51m to win the women's pole vault.