Athletics
1500 metres
Olavi Salsola, Olavi Salonen and Olavi Vuorisalo (The three Olavis) break the 1,500 m world record in 1957 in Turku, Finland.
World records
Men Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:26.00 (1998)
Women Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:49.11 (2023)
Olympic records
Men Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 3:28.32 (2021)
Women Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:53.11 (2021)
World Championship records
Men Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:27.65 (1999)
Women Sifan Hassan (NED) 3:51.95 (2019)

The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilometers or approximately 1516 miles. The event is closely associated with its slightly longer cousin, the mile race, from which it derives its nickname "the metric mile".[1]

The demands of the race are similar to that of the 800 metres, but with a slightly higher emphasis on aerobic endurance and a slightly lower sprint speed requirement. The 1500 metre race is predominantly aerobic, but anaerobic conditioning is also required.[2]

Each lap run during the world-record race run by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1998 in Rome, Italy averaged just under 55 seconds (or under 13.8 seconds per 100 metres).[3]

1,500 metres is three and three-quarter laps around a 400-metre track. During the 1970s and 1980s this race was dominated by British runners, along with an occasional Finn, American, or New Zealander. Through the 1990s, many African runners began to win Olympic medals in this race, especially runners from Kenya, Ethiopia, and East Africa, as well as North African runners from Morocco and Algeria. In the 2020s, European runners began to emerge again in the men's event, with Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the youngest of a dynasty of Norwegian middle-distance runners, winning Olympic Gold in 2021, and Scottish and British runner Jake Wightman winning the World Championship title the following year at the head of an all-European podium. Faith Kipyegon of Kenya maintained Africa's grip on the global titles in the female event in the same time period, although here again, Europeans Sifan Hassan and Laura Muir, and Americans such as Jenny Simpson also contended for the podium.

In the Modern Olympic Games, the men's 1,500-metre race has been contested from the beginning, and at every Olympic Games since. The first winner, in 1896, was Edwin Flack of Australia, who also won the first gold medal in the 800-metre race. The women's 1,500-metre race was first added to the Summer Olympics in 1972, and the winner of the first gold medal was Lyudmila Bragina of the Soviet Union. During the Olympic Games of 1972 through 2008, the women's 1,500-metre race has been won by three Soviets plus one Russian, one Italian, one Romanian, one Briton, one Kenyan, and two Algerians. The 2012 Olympic results are still undecided as a result of multiple doping cases. The best women's times for the race were controversially[4] set by Chinese runners, all set in the same race on just two dates four years apart at the Chinese National Games. At least one of those top Chinese athletes has admitted to being part of a doping program.[5] This women's record was finally broken by Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia in 2015.

In American high schools, the 1,600-metre run, also colloquially referred to as "metric mile", is the designated official distance by the National Governing Body the NFHS. Because of the legacy, since US customary units are better-known in America, the mile run (which is 1609.344 metres in length) is more frequently run than the 1,500-metre run. For convenience, national rankings are standardized by converting all 1,500-metre run times to their mile run equivalents.[6]

Strategy

Many 1500 metres events, particularly at the championship level, turn into slow, strategic races, with the pace quickening and competitors jockeying for position in the final lap to settle the race in a final sprint. Such is the difficulty of maintaining the pace throughout the duration of the event, most records are set in planned races led by pacemakers or "rabbits" who sacrifice their opportunity to win by leading the early laps at a fast pace before dropping out.

The person who wins the race is behind watching.

Filbert Bayi, former world record holder[7]

Continental records

Area Men Women
Time Athlete Nation Time Athlete Nation
Africa (records)3:26.00 WRHicham El Guerrouj Morocco3:49.11 WRFaith Kipyegon Kenya
Asia (records)3:29.14Rashid Ramzi Bahrain3:50.46Yunxia Qu China
Europe (records)3:27.14Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway3:51.95Sifan Hassan Netherlands
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
3:29.02Yared Nuguse United States3:54.99Shelby Houlihan United States
Oceania (records)3:29.41Oliver Hoare Australia3:56.92Linden Hall Australia
South America (records)3:33.25Hudson de Souza Brazil4:05.67Letitia Vriesde Suriname

All-time top 25

Men

  • Correct as of July 2023.[10]
Ath.#Perf.#TimeAthleteNationDatePlaceRef.
113:26.00Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco14 July 1998Rome
23:26.12El Guerrouj #224 August 2001Brussels
233:26.34Bernard Lagat Kenya24 August 2001Brussels
43:26.45El Guerrouj #312 August 1998Zürich
353:26.69Asbel Kiprop Kenya17 July 2015Monaco[11]
63:26.89El Guerrouj #416 August 2002Zürich
73:26.96El Guerrouj #58 September 2002Rieti
4 83:27.14Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway16 July 2023Chorzów[12]
93:27.21El Guerrouj #6 11 August 2000Zürich
103:27.34El Guerrouj #719 July 2002Monaco
5113:27.37Noureddine Morceli Algeria12 July 1995Nice
123:27.40Lagat #26 August 2004Zürich
133:27.52Morceli #225 July 1995Monaco
143:27.64El Guerrouj #86 August 2004Zürich
6153:27.64Silas Kiplagat Kenya18 July 2014Monaco[13]
163:27.65El Guerrouj #924 August 1999Seville
173:27.72Kiprop #219 July 2013Monaco[14]
183:27.91Lagat #319 July 2002Monaco
193:27.95Ingebrigtsen #215 June 2023Oslo[15]
7203:28.12Noah Ngeny Kenya11 August 2000Zürich
8213:28.28Timothy Cheruiyot Kenya9 July 2021Monaco[16]
223:28.32Ingebrigtsen #37 August 2021Tokyo[17]
233:28.37Morceli #39 September 1995Monaco
El Guerrouj #108 August 1998Monaco
253:28.38El Guerrouj #116 July 2001Saint-Denis
93:28.75Taoufik Makhloufi Algeria17 July 2015Monaco[18]
103:28.76Mohamed Katir Spain9 July 2021Monaco[16]
113:28.79Abdalaati Iguider Morocco17 July 2015Monaco
123:28.80Elijah Manangoi Kenya21 July 2017Monaco[19]
133:28.81Mo Farah Great Britain19 July 2013Monaco[14]
Ronald Kwemoi Kenya18 July 2014Monaco[20]
153:28.95Fermín Cacho Spain13 August 1997Zürich
163:28.98Mehdi Baala France5 September 2003Brussels
173:29.02Daniel Kipchirchir Komen Kenya14 July 2006Rome
Yared Nuguse  United States 15 June 2023 Oslo [15]
193:29.05Josh Kerr Great Britain7 August 2021Tokyo[17]
203:29.11Abel Kipsang Kenya16 July 2023Chorzów[12]
213:29.14Rashid Ramzi Bahrain14 July 2006Rome
223:29.18Vénuste Niyongabo Burundi22 August 1997Brussels
Mario García  Spain 15 June 2023 Oslo [21]
24 3:29.23 Jake Wightman Great Britain19 July 2022Eugene[22]
25 3:29.26 Azeddine Habz  France 15 June 2023 Oslo [21]

Women

  • Correct as of September 2023.[23]
Ath.#Perf.#TimeAthleteNationDatePlaceRef.
113:49.11Faith Kipyegon Kenya2 June 2023Florence[24]
223:50.07Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia17 July 2015Monaco[25]
3 3:50.37 Kipyegon #2  Kenya 10 August 2022 Monaco [26]
343:50.46Yunxia Qu China11 September 1993Beijing
5 3:50.72 Kipyegon #3 16 September 2023 Eugene [27]
463:50.98Bo Jiang China18 October 1997Shanghai
73:51.07Kipyegon #49 July 2021Monaco[28]
583:51.34Yinglai Lang China18 October 1997Shanghai
9 3:51.41+ Kipyegon #5 21 July 2023 Monaco [29]
6103:51.92Junxia Wang China11 September 1993Beijing
7113:51.95Sifan Hassan Netherlands5 October 2019Doha[30]
8123:52.47Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union13 August 1980Zürich
133:52.59Kipyegon #628 May 2022Eugene[31]
14 3:52.96 Kipyegon #7 18 July 2022 Eugene [32]
153:53.11Kipyegon #86 August 2021Tokyo[33]
163.53.23Kipyegon #921 August 2021Eugene[34]
173:53.60Hassan #29 July 2021Monaco[28]
183:53.63Hassan #310 June 2021Florence
9193:53.91Lili Yin China18 October 1997Shanghai
193:53.91Kipyegon #1010 June 2021Florence
10 21 3:53.93 Diribe Welteji  Ethiopia 16 September 2023 Eugene [27]
11223:53.96Paula Ivan Romania1 October 1988Seoul
12233:53.97Lixin Lan China18 October 1997Shanghai
13243:54.01Gudaf Tsegay Ethiopia20 June 2021Chorzów
25 3:54.03 Tsegay #2 28 May 2023 Rabat [35]
143:54.23Olga Dvirna Soviet Union27 July 1982Kyiv
153:54.50Laura Muir Great Britain6 August 2021Tokyo[33]
163:54.52Zhang Ling China18 October 1997Shanghai
173:54.87Hirut Meshesha Ethiopia16 July 2023Chorzów[12]
183:54.93Birke Haylom Ethiopia16 July 2023Chorzów[12]
193:54.99Shelby Houlihan United States5 October 2019Doha
203:55.07Yanmei Dong China18 October 1997Shanghai
213:55.30Hassiba Boulmerka Algeria8 August 1992Barcelona
223:55.33Süreyya Ayhan Turkey5 September 2003Brussels
233:55.68Yuliya Fomenko Russia8 July 2006Saint-Denis
Freweyni Hailu Ethiopia16 September 2023Eugene[27]
253:55.87Ciara Mageean Ireland8 September 2023Brussels[36]

Men (indoor)

  • Correct as of February 2023.[37]
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 3:30.60 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 17 February 2022 Liévin
2 3:31.04 Samuel Tefera  Ethiopia 16 February 2019 Birmingham
3 3:31.18 Hicham El Gurreouj  Morocco 2 February 1997 Stuttgart
4 3:31.25+ Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia 3 March 2019 Boston
5 3:31.76 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 1 February 1998 Stuttgart
6 3:32.11 Laban Rotich  Kenya 1 February 1998 Stuttgart
7 3:32.35 Ollie Hoare  Australia 13 February 2021 New York City
8 3:32.48 Neil Gourley  Great Britain 25 February 2023 Birmingham [38]
9 3:32.86+ Josh Kerr  Great Britain 27 February 2022 Boston
10 3:32.97 Selemon Barega  Ethiopia 17 February 2021 Toruń
11 3:33.08 Daniel Komen  Kenya 13 February 2005 Karlsruhe
12 3:33.10 Deresse Mekonnen  Ethiopia 20 February 2010 Birmingham
13 3:33.17 Vénuste Niyongabo  Burundi 22 February 1998 Liévin
14 3:33.22+ Yared Nuguse  United States 11 February 2023 New York City
15 3:33.23 Augustine Choge  Kenya 19 February 2011 Birmingham
16 3:33.28 Adel Mechaal  Spain 25 February 2023 Birmingham [38]
17 3:33.32 Andrés Manuel Díaz  Spain 24 February 1999 Athens
18 3:33.34 Bernard Lagat  Kenya 11 February 2005 Fayetteville
19 3:33.36 Abel Kipsang  Kenya 20 March 2022 Belgrade
20 3:33.49 Andrew Coscoran  Ireland 25 February 2023 Birmingham [38]
21 3:33.59 Teddese Lemi  Ethiopia 20 March 2022 Belgrade
22 3:33.76+ Edward Cheserek  Kenya 9 February 2018 Boston
23 3:33.96 Haron Keitany  Kenya 8 February 2009 Ghent
24 3:33.99 Ivan Hesko  Ukraine 13 February 2005 Karlsruhe
25 3:34.10 Abdelaati Iguider  Morocco 14 February 2012 Liévin

Women (indoor)

  • Correct as of February 2023.[39]
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 3:53.09 Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia 9 February 2021 Liévin
2 3:55.17 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 1 February 2014 Karlsruhe
3 3:57.91 Abeba Aregawi  Sweden 6 February 2014 Stockholm
4 3:58.28 Yelena Soboleva  Russia 18 February 2006 Moscow
5 3:59.58 Laura Muir  Great Britain 9 February 2021 Liévin
6 3:59.75 Gelete Burka  Ethiopia 9 March 2008 Valencia
7 3:59.79 Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Bahrain 9 March 2008 Valencia
8 3:59.87+ Konstanze Klosterhalfen  Germany 8 February 2020 New York City
9 3:59.98 Regina Jacobs  United States 1 February 2003 Boston
10 4:00.20+ Elle Purrier  United States 8 February 2020 New York City
11 4:00.27 Doina Melinte  Romania 9 February 1990 East Rutherford
12 4:00.28 Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia 28 February 2016 Boston
13 4:00.46 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 19 February 2015 Stockholm
14 4:00.52+ Jemma Reekie  Great Britain 8 February 2020 New York City
15 4:00.72 Natalya Gorelova  Russia 27 February 2003 Moscow
16 4:00.8 h Mary Decker  United States 8 February 1980 New York City
17 4:00.80+ Gabriela DeBues-Stafford  Canada 8 February 2020 New York City
18 4:01.26 Yuliya Chizenko  Russia 18 February 2006 Moscow
19 4:01.57 Lemlem Hailu  Ethiopia 19 February 2020 Liévin
20 4:01.77 Nuria Fernández  Spain 14 February 2009 Valencia
21 4:01.90 Kutre Dulecha  Ethiopia 15 February 2004 Karlsruhe
22 4:02.01 Hirut Meshasha  Ethiopia 15 February 2023 Liévin
23 4:02.09 Beatrice Chepkoech  Kenya 4 February 2020 Düsseldorf
24 4:02.12 Axumawit Embaye  Ethiopia 28 January 2022 Karlsruhe
25 4:02.3 h Lyudmila Rogachova  Soviet Union 14 February 1990 Moscow

Olympic medalists

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
Edwin Flack
 Australia
Arthur Blake
 United States
Albin Lermusiaux
 France
1900 Paris
Charles Bennett
 Great Britain
Henri Deloge
 France
John Bray
 United States
1904 St. Louis
Jim Lightbody
 United States
Frank Verner
 United States
Lacey Hearn
 United States
1908 London
Mel Sheppard
 United States
Harold Wilson
 Great Britain
Norman Hallows
 Great Britain
1912 Stockholm
Arnold Jackson
 Great Britain
Abel Kiviat
 United States
Norman Taber
 United States
1920 Antwerp
Albert Hill
 Great Britain
Philip Baker
 Great Britain
Lawrence Shields
 United States
1924 Paris
Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
Willy Schärer
 Switzerland
H. B. Stallard
 Great Britain
1928 Amsterdam
Harri Larva
 Finland
Jules Ladoumègue
 France
Eino Purje
 Finland
1932 Los Angeles
Luigi Beccali
 Italy
Jerry Cornes
 Great Britain
Phil Edwards
 Canada
1936 Berlin
Jack Lovelock
 New Zealand
Glenn Cunningham
 United States
Luigi Beccali
 Italy
1948 London
Henry Eriksson
 Sweden
Lennart Strand
 Sweden
Willem Slijkhuis
 Netherlands
1952 Helsinki
Josy Barthel
 Luxembourg
Bob McMillen
 United States
Werner Lueg
 Germany
1956 Melbourne
Ron Delany
 Ireland
Klaus Richtzenhain
 United Team of Germany
John Landy
 Australia
1960 Rome
Herb Elliott
 Australia
Michel Jazy
 France
István Rózsavölgyi
 Hungary
1964 Tokyo
Peter Snell
 New Zealand
Josef Odložil
 Czechoslovakia
John Davies
 New Zealand
1968 Mexico City
Kipchoge Keino
 Kenya
Jim Ryun
 United States
Bodo Tümmler
 West Germany
1972 Munich
Pekka Vasala
 Finland
Kipchoge Keino
 Kenya
Rod Dixon
 New Zealand
1976 Montreal
John Walker
 New Zealand
Ivo Van Damme
 Belgium
Paul-Heinz Wellmann
 West Germany
1980 Moscow
Sebastian Coe
 Great Britain
Jürgen Straub
 East Germany
Steve Ovett
 Great Britain
1984 Los Angeles
Sebastian Coe
 Great Britain
Steve Cram
 Great Britain
José Manuel Abascal
 Spain
1988 Seoul
Peter Rono
 Kenya
Peter Elliott
 Great Britain
Jens-Peter Herold
 East Germany
1992 Barcelona
Fermín Cacho
 Spain
Rachid El Basir
 Morocco
Mohamed Suleiman
 Qatar
1996 Atlanta
Noureddine Morceli
 Algeria
Fermín Cacho
 Spain
Stephen Kipkorir
 Kenya
2000 Sydney
Noah Ngeny
 Kenya
Hicham El Guerrouj
 Morocco
Bernard Lagat
 Kenya
2004 Athens
Hicham El Guerrouj
 Morocco
Bernard Lagat
 Kenya
Rui Silva
 Portugal
2008 Beijing
Asbel Kiprop
 Kenya
Nick Willis
 New Zealand
Mehdi Baala
 France
2012 London
Taoufik Makhloufi
 Algeria
Leonel Manzano
 United States
Abdalaati Iguider
 Morocco
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Matthew Centrowitz Jr.
 United States
Taoufik Makhloufi
 Algeria
Nick Willis
 New Zealand
2020 Tokyo
Jakob Ingebrigtsen
 Norway
Timothy Cheruiyot
 Kenya
Josh Kerr
 Great Britain
2024 Paris

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1972 Munich
Lyudmila Bragina
 Soviet Union
Gunhild Hoffmeister
 East Germany
Paola Pigni
 Italy
1976 Montreal
Tatyana Kazankina
 Soviet Union
Gunhild Hoffmeister
 East Germany
Ulrike Klapezynski
 East Germany
1980 Moscow
Tatyana Kazankina
 Soviet Union
Christiane Wartenberg
 East Germany
Nadiya Olizarenko
 Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles
Gabriella Dorio
 Italy
Doina Melinte
 Romania
Maricica Puică
 Romania
1988 Seoul
Paula Ivan
 Romania
Laimutė Baikauskaitė
 Soviet Union
Tetyana Samolenko
 Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona
Hassiba Boulmerka
 Algeria
Lyudmila Rogachova
 Unified Team
Qu Yunxia
 China
1996 Atlanta
Svetlana Masterkova
 Russia
Gabriela Szabo
 Romania
Theresia Kiesl
 Austria
2000 Sydney
Nouria Mérah-Benida
 Algeria
Violeta Szekely
 Romania
Gabriela Szabo
 Romania
2004 Athens
Kelly Holmes
 Great Britain
Tatyana Tomashova
 Russia
Maria Cioncan
 Romania
2008 Beijing
Nancy Langat
 Kenya
Iryna Lishchynska
 Ukraine
Nataliya Tobias
 Ukraine
2012 London
Maryam Yusuf Jamal
 Bahrain[40]
Tatyana Tomashova
 Russia
Abeba Aregawi
 Ethiopia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Faith Kipyegon
 Kenya
Genzebe Dibaba
 Ethiopia
Jennifer Simpson
 United States
2020 Tokyo
Faith Kipyegon
 Kenya
Laura Muir
 Great Britain
Sifan Hassan
 Netherlands
2024 Paris

World Championships medalists

Men

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
 Steve Cram (GBR)  Steve Scott (USA)  Saïd Aouita (MAR)
1987 Rome
 Abdi Bile (SOM)  José Luis González (ESP)  Jim Spivey (USA)
1991 Tokyo
 Noureddine Morceli (ALG)  Wilfred Kirochi (KEN)  Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GER)
1993 Stuttgart
 Noureddine Morceli (ALG)  Fermín Cacho (ESP)  Abdi Bile (SOM)
1995 Gothenburg
 Noureddine Morceli (ALG)  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)  Vénuste Niyongabo (BDI)
1997 Athens
 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)  Fermín Cacho (ESP)  Reyes Estévez (ESP)
1999 Seville
 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)  Noah Ngeny (KEN)  Reyes Estévez (ESP)
2001 Edmonton
 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)  Bernard Lagat (KEN)  Driss Maazouzi (FRA)
2003 Saint-Denis
 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)  Mehdi Baala (FRA)  Ivan Heshko (UKR)
2005 Helsinki
 Rashid Ramzi (BHR)  Adil Kaouch (MAR)  Rui Silva (POR)
2007 Osaka
 Bernard Lagat (USA)  Rashid Ramzi (BHR)  Shedrack Kibet Korir (KEN)
2009 Berlin
 Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR)  Deresse Mekonnen (ETH)  Bernard Lagat (USA)
2011 Daegu
 Asbel Kiprop (KEN)  Silas Kiplagat (KEN)  Matthew Centrowitz (USA)
2013 Moscow
 Asbel Kiprop (KEN)  Matthew Centrowitz (USA)  Johan Cronje (RSA)
2015 Beijing
 Asbel Kiprop (KEN)  Elijah Manangoi (KEN)  Abdalaati Iguider (MAR)
2017 London
 Elijah Manangoi (KEN)  Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN)  Filip Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
2019 Doha
 Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN)  Taoufik Makhloufi (ALG)  Marcin Lewandowski (POL)
2022 Eugene
 Jake Wightman (GBR)  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)  Mohamed Katir (ESP)
2023 Budapest
 Josh Kerr (GBR)  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)  Narve Gilje Nordås (NOR)

Women

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
 Mary Decker (USA)  Zamira Zaytseva (URS)  Yekaterina Podkopayeva (URS)
1987 Rome
 Tetyana Samolenko (URS)  Hildegard Körner (GDR)  Doina Melinte (ROU)
1991 Tokyo
 Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)  Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS)  Lyudmila Rogachova (URS)
1993 Stuttgart
 Liu Dong (CHN)  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)  Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)
1995 Gothenburg
 Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)  Kelly Holmes (GBR)  Carla Sacramento (POR)
1997 Athens
 Carla Sacramento (POR)  Regina Jacobs (USA)  Anita Weyermann (SUI)
1999 Seville
 Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)  Regina Jacobs (USA)  Kutre Dulecha (ETH)
2001 Edmonton
 Gabriela Szabo (ROU)  Violeta Szekely (ROU)  Natalya Gorelova (RUS)
2003 Saint-Denis
 Tatyana Tomashova (RUS)  Süreyya Ayhan (TUR)  Hayley Tullett (GBR)
2005 Helsinki
 Tatyana Tomashova (RUS)  Olga Yegorova (RUS)  Bouchra Ghezielle (FRA)
2007 Osaka
 Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)  Iryna Lishchynska (UKR)  Daniela Yordanova (BUL)
2009 Berlin
 Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)  Lisa Dobriskey (GBR)  Shannon Rowbury (USA)
2011 Daegu
 Jennifer Simpson (USA)  Hannah England (GBR)  Natalia Rodríguez (ESP)
2013 Moscow
 Abeba Aregawi (SWE)  Jennifer Simpson (USA)  Hellen Obiri (KEN)
2015 Beijing
 Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)  Faith Kipyegon (KEN)  Sifan Hassan (NED)
2017 London
 Faith Kipyegon (KEN)  Jennifer Simpson (USA)  Caster Semenya (RSA)
2019 Doha
 Sifan Hassan (NED)  Faith Kipyegon (KEN)  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)
2022 Eugene
 Faith Kipyegon (KEN)  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)  Laura Muir (GBR)
2023 Budapest
 Faith Kipyegon (KEN)  Diribe Welteji (ETH)  Sifan Hassan (NED)

European Championships medalists

Men

Women

World Indoor Championships medalists

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]  Michael Hillardt (AUS)  José Luis González (ESP)  Joseph Chesire (KEN)
1987 Indianapolis
 Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)  José Manuel Abascal (ESP)  Han Kulker (NED)
1989 Budapest
 Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)  Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GDR)  Jeff Atkinson (USA)
1991 Seville
 Noureddine Morceli (ALG)  Fermín Cacho (ESP)  Mário Silva (POR)
1993 Toronto
 Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)  David Strang (GBR)  Branko Zorko (CRO)
1995 Barcelona
 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)  Mateo Cañellas (ESP)  Erik Nedeau (USA)
1997 Paris
 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)  Rüdiger Stenzel (GER)  William Tanui (KEN)
1999 Maebashi
 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)  Laban Rotich (KEN)  Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP)
2001 Lisbon
 Rui Silva (POR)  Reyes Estévez (ESP)  Noah Ngeny (KEN)
2003 Birmingham
 Driss Maazouzi (FRA)  Bernard Lagat (KEN)  Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR)
2004 Budapest
 Paul Korir (KEN)  Ivan Heshko (UKR)  Laban Rotich (KEN)
2006 Moscow
 Ivan Heshko (UKR)  Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (KEN)  Elkanah Angwenyi (KEN)
2008 Valencia
 Deresse Mekonnen (ETH)  Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (KEN)  Juan Carlos Higuero (ESP)
2010 Doha
 Deresse Mekonnen (ETH)  Abdalaati Iguider (MAR)  Haron Keitany (KEN)
2012 Istanbul
 Abdalaati Iguider (MAR)  İlham Tanui Özbilen (TUR)  Mekonnen Gebremedhin (ETH)
2014 Sopot
 Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI)  Aman Wote (ETH)  Abdalaati Iguider (MAR)
2016 Portland
 Matthew Centrowitz Jr. (USA)  Jakub Holuša (CZE)  Nick Willis (NZL)
2018 Birmingham
 Samuel Tefera (ETH)  Marcin Lewandowski (POL)  Abdalaati Iguider (MAR)
2022 Belgrade
 Samuel Tefera (ETH)  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)  Abel Kipsang (KEN)

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]  Elly van Hulst (NED)  Fița Lovin (ROU)  Brit McRoberts (CAN)
1987 Indianapolis
 Doina Melinte (ROU)  Tatyana Samolenko (URS)  Svetlana Kitova (URS)
1989 Budapest
 Doina Melinte (ROU)  Svetlana Kitova (URS)  Yvonne Mai (GDR)
1991 Seville
 Lyudmila Rogachova (URS)  Ivana Kubešová (TCH)  Tudorita Chidu (ROU)
1993 Toronto
 Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS)  Violeta Beclea (ROU)  Sandra Gasser (SUI)
1995 Barcelona
 Regina Jacobs (USA)  Carla Sacramento (POR)  Maite Zúñiga (ESP)
1997 Paris
 Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS)  Patricia Djaté-Taillard (FRA)  Lidia Chojecka (POL)
1999 Maebashi
 Gabriela Szabo (ROU)  Violeta Beclea-Szekely (ROU)  Lidia Chojecka (POL)
2001 Lisbon
 Hasna Benhassi (MAR)  Violeta Beclea-Szekely (ROU)  Natalya Gorelova (RUS)
2003 Birmingham
 Regina Jacobs (USA)  Kelly Holmes (GBR)  Yekaterina Rozenberg (RUS)
2004 Budapest
 Kutre Dulecha (ETH)  Carmen Douma-Hussar (CAN)  Gulnara Galkina (RUS)
2006 Moscow
 Yuliya Fomenko (RUS)  Yelena Soboleva (RUS)  Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)
2008 Valencia
 Gelete Burka (ETH)  Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)  Daniela Yordanova (BUL)
2010 Doha
 Kalkidan Gezahegne (ETH)  Natalia Rodríguez (ESP)  Gelete Burka (ETH)
2012 Istanbul
 Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)  Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR)  Hind Dehiba (FRA)
2014 Sopot
 Abeba Aregawi (SWE)  Axumawit Embaye (ETH)  Nicole Sifuentes (CAN)
2016 Portland
 Sifan Hassan (NED)  Dawit Seyaum (ETH)  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)
2018 Birmingham
 Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)  Laura Muir (GBR)  Sifan Hassan (NED)
2022 Belgrade
 Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)  Axumawit Embaye (ETH)  Hirut Meshesha (ETH)
  • A Known as the World Indoor Games

Season's bests

  • "i" indicates performance on 200m indoor track

Other sports

1,500 metres is also an event in swimming, speed skating, and wheelchair racing. The world records for the distance in swimming for men are 14:31.02 (swum in a 50-metre pool) by Sun Yang, 14:08.06 (swum in a 25-metre pool) by Gregorio Paltrinieri; and by women 15:25.48 (swum in a 50-metre pool)[41] by Katie Ledecky, and 15:19.71 (swum in a 25-metre pool) by Mireia Belmonte García.

The world records for the distance in speed skating are 1:40.17 by Kjeld Nuis and 1:49.83 by Miho Takagi.

The records for wheelchair racing vary by disability classification:

Notes and references

  1. In the United States, where the mile race remains highly popular, 'metric mile' often refers to a 1600 metre race, an event generally not run outside its borders.
  2. 1500 m - Introduction. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-07.
  3. "IAAF: 100 Metres - men - senior - outdoor - 2018 - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.
  4. "Scandal as controversial Chinese athlete Wang Junxia enters IAAF Hall of Fame". The Daily Telegraph. London. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012.
  5. Bloom, Ben (25 February 2016). "Athletics world records blow as Wang Junxia 'admits' being part of Chinese state-sponsored doping regime". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  6. McCune R. R. (2011-07-11). Verzbicas Breaks Four. Lets Run. Retrieved on 2012-02-07.
  7. "Bayi's record may be gone but it should never be forgotten". HeraldScotland. 30 January 2014.
  8. "Men's outdoor 1500 Metres | Records". worldathletics.org. World Athletics. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  9. "Women's outdoor 1500 Metres | Records". worldathletcs.org. World Athletics. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  10. "All-time men's best 1500m". alltime-athletics.com. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  11. "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Ingebrigtsen, Rojas and Barshim break meeting records in Silesia". World Athletics. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  13. Mike Rowbottom (18 July 2014). "Kiplagat shows his class with 3:27.64 in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  14. 1 2 Mike Rowbottom (19 July 2013). "Seven world leads on magical night in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  15. 1 2 Cathal Dennehy (15 June 2023). "Warholm and Ingebrigtsen outstanding in Oslo". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  16. 1 2 "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  17. 1 2 "Men's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 7 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  18. "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  19. "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  20. "IAAF Diamond League – 1500m Results". www.diamondleague-monaco.com. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original on 21 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  21. 1 2 "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  22. "Men's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  23. "All-time women's best 1500m". alltime-athletics.com. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  24. "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  25. "IAAF Diamond League Monaco – 1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  26. "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  27. 1 2 3 "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  28. 1 2 "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  29. "Herculis EBS | Results | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  30. "1500m Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  31. Cathal Dennehy (29 May 2022). "Norman reigns in fierce 400m clash with record run in Eugene". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  32. "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  33. 1 2 "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 6 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  34. "Prefontaine Classic 2021 Complete Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  35. "El Bakkali, Tsegay and Mahuchikh impress in Rabat | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  36. "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  37. "1500 Metres - men - senior - indoor". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  38. 1 2 3 "Tsegay threatens world indoor 3000m record, as tour titles are won in Birmingham | REPORT | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  39. "1500 Metres - women - senior - indoor". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  40. On 17 August 2015, the Court of Arbitration for Sport says it approved a settlement agreed to by Turkish athlete Aslı Çakır Alptekin and the IAAF. Alptekin has agreed to forfeit her 1500 metres Olympic title and serve an eight-year ban for blood doping.12 On 29 March 2017, Turkish athlete Gamze Bulut was banned for doping and lost her Olympic silver medal. Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain was advanced to gold, the silver medal was awarded to Tatyana Tomashova of Russia, and the bronze medal was awarded to Abeba Aregawi of Ethiopia. Tomashova was earlier found guilty of doping and missed the 2008 Olympics because of that, and was banned after the Olympics for failing another drug test.3
  41. "Katie Ledecky Chops 2 Seconds Off 1500 Free World Record at 2015 FINA World Championships". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 4 August 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.