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]

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 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 edit

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 edit

  • Updated 16 September 2023.[8][9]
Area Men Women
Time Athlete Nation Time Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 3:26.00 WR Hicham El Guerrouj   Morocco 3:49.11 WR Faith Kipyegon   Kenya
Asia (records) 3:29.14 Rashid Ramzi   Bahrain 3:50.46 Qu Yunxia   China
Europe (records) 3:27.14 Jakob Ingebrigtsen   Norway 3:51.95 Sifan Hassan   Netherlands
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
3:29.02 Yared Nuguse   United States 3:54.99 Shelby Houlihan   United States
Oceania (records) 3:29.41 Oliver Hoare   Australia 3:56.92 Linden Hall   Australia
South America (records) 3:33.25 Hudson de Souza   Brazil 4:05.67 Letitia Vriesde   Suriname

All-time top 25 edit

Men (outdoor) edit

  • Updated 16 July 2023.[10]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj   Morocco 14 July 1998 Rome
2 3:26.12 El Guerrouj #2 24 August 2001 Brussels
2 3 3:26.34 Bernard Lagat   Kenya 24 August 2001 Brussels
4 3:26.45 El Guerrouj #3 12 August 1998 Zürich
3 5 3:26.69 Asbel Kiprop   Kenya 17 July 2015 Monaco [11]
6 3:26.89 El Guerrouj #4 16 August 2002 Zürich
7 3:26.96 El Guerrouj #5 8 September 2002 Rieti
4 8 3:27.14 Jakob Ingebrigtsen   Norway 16 July 2023 Chorzów [12]
9 3:27.21 El Guerrouj #6 11 August 2000 Zürich
10 3:27.34 El Guerrouj #7 19 July 2002 Monaco
5 11 3:27.37 Noureddine Morceli   Algeria 12 July 1995 Nice
12 3:27.40 Lagat #2 6 August 2004 Zürich
13 3:27.52 Morceli #2 25 July 1995 Monaco
14 3:27.64 El Guerrouj #8 6 August 2004 Zürich
6 14 3:27.64 Silas Kiplagat   Kenya 18 July 2014 Monaco [13]
16 3:27.65 El Guerrouj #9 24 August 1999 Seville
17 3:27.72 Kiprop #2 19 July 2013 Monaco [14]
18 3:27.91 Lagat #3 19 July 2002 Monaco
19 3:27.95 Ingebrigtsen #2 15 June 2023 Oslo [15]
7 20 3:28.12 Noah Ngeny   Kenya 11 August 2000 Zürich
21 3:28.21+ El Guerrouj #10 7 July 1999 Rome [16][17]
8 22 3:28.28 Timothy Cheruiyot   Kenya 9 July 2021 Monaco [18]
23 3:28.32 Ingebrigtsen #3 7 August 2021 Tokyo [19]
24 3:28.37 Morceli #3 9 September 1995 Monaco
El Guerrouj #11 8 August 1998 Monaco
9 3:28.75 Taoufik Makhloufi   Algeria 17 July 2015 Monaco [20]
10 3:28.76 Mohamed Katir   Spain 9 July 2021 Monaco [18]
11 3:28.79 Abdalaati Iguider   Morocco 17 July 2015 Monaco
12 3:28.80 Elijah Manangoi   Kenya 21 July 2017 Monaco [21]
13 3:28.81 Mo Farah   Great Britain 19 July 2013 Monaco [14]
Ronald Kwemoi   Kenya 18 July 2014 Monaco [22]
15 3:28.95 Fermín Cacho   Spain 13 August 1997 Zürich
16 3:28.98 Mehdi Baala   France 5 September 2003 Brussels
17 3:29.02 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen   Kenya 14 July 2006 Rome
Yared Nuguse   United States 15 June 2023 Oslo [15]
19 3:29.05 Josh Kerr   Great Britain 7 August 2021 Tokyo [19]
20 3:29.11 Abel Kipsang   Kenya 16 July 2023 Chorzów [12]
21 3:29.14 Rashid Ramzi   Bahrain 14 July 2006 Rome
22 3:29.18 Vénuste Niyongabo   Burundi 22 August 1997 Brussels
Mario García   Spain 15 June 2023 Oslo [23]
24 3:29.23 Jake Wightman   Great Britain 19 July 2022 Eugene [24]
25 3:29.26 Azeddine Habz   France 15 June 2023 Oslo [23]

Women (outdoor) edit

  • Updated 16 September 2023.[25]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 3:49.11 Faith Kipyegon   Kenya 2 June 2023 Florence [26]
2 2 3:50.07 Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia 17 July 2015 Monaco [27]
3 3:50.37 Kipyegon #2 10 August 2022 Monaco [28]
3 4 3:50.46 Qu Yunxia   China 11 September 1993 Beijing
5 3:50.72 Kipyegon #3 16 September 2023 Eugene [29]
4 6 3:50.98 Jiang Bo   China 18 October 1997 Shanghai
7 3:51.07 Kipyegon #4 9 July 2021 Monaco [30]
5 8 3:51.34 Lang Yinglai   China 18 October 1997 Shanghai
9 3:51.41+ Kipyegon #5 21 July 2023 Monaco [31]
6 10 3:51.92 Wang Junxia   China 11 September 1993 Beijing
7 11 3:51.95 Sifan Hassan   Netherlands 5 October 2019 Doha [32]
8 12 3:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina   Soviet Union 13 August 1980 Zürich
13 3:52.59 Kipyegon #6 28 May 2022 Eugene [33]
14 3:52.96 Kipyegon #7 18 July 2022 Eugene [34]
15 3:53.11 Kipyegon #8 6 August 2021 Tokyo [35]
16 3.53.23 Kipyegon #9 21 August 2021 Eugene [36]
17 3:53.60 Hassan #2 9 July 2021 Monaco [30]
18 3:53.63 Hassan #3 10 June 2021 Florence
9 19 3:53.91 Yin Lili   China 18 October 1997 Shanghai
19 3:53.91 Kipyegon #10 10 June 2021 Florence
10 21 3:53.93 Diribe Welteji   Ethiopia 16 September 2023 Eugene [29]
11 22 3:53.96 Paula Ivan   Romania 1 October 1988 Seoul
12 23 3:53.97 Lan Lixin   China 18 October 1997 Shanghai
13 24 3:54.01 Gudaf Tsegay   Ethiopia 20 June 2021 Chorzów
25 3:54.03 Tsegay #2 28 May 2023 Rabat [37]
14 3:54.23 Olga Dvirna   Soviet Union 27 July 1982 Kyiv
15 3:54.50 Laura Muir   Great Britain 6 August 2021 Tokyo [35]
16 3:54.52 Zhang Ling   China 18 October 1997 Shanghai
17 3:54.87 Hirut Meshesha   Ethiopia 16 July 2023 Chorzów [12]
18 3:54.93 Birke Haylom   Ethiopia 16 July 2023 Chorzów [12]
19 3:54.99 Shelby Houlihan   United States 5 October 2019 Doha
20 3:55.07 Dong Yanmei   China 18 October 1997 Shanghai
21 3:55.30 Hassiba Boulmerka   Algeria 8 August 1992 Barcelona
22 3:55.33 Süreyya Ayhan   Turkey 5 September 2003 Brussels
23 3:55.68 Yuliya Chizhenko   Russia 8 July 2006 Saint-Denis
Freweyni Hailu   Ethiopia 16 September 2023 Eugene [29]
25 3:55.87 Ciara Mageean   Ireland 8 September 2023 Brussels [38]

Men (indoor) edit

  • Updated 11 February 2024.[39]
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 Guerrouj   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 [40]
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 [40]
17 3:33.32 Andrés Manuel Díaz   Spain 24 February 1999 Piraeus
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 [40]
21 3:33.59 Teddese Lemi   Ethiopia 20 March 2022 Belgrade
22 3:33.66 Hobbs Kessler   United States 4 February 2024 Boston [41]
23 3:33.76+ Edward Cheserek   Kenya 9 February 2018 Boston
24 3:33.86+ George Mills   Great Britain 11 February 2024 New York City [42]
25 3:33.96 Haron Keitany   Kenya 8 February 2009 Ghent

Notes edit

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 3:33.27 (top 25 performances)

Women (indoor) edit

  • Updated 11 February 2024.[43]
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 3:55.28 Freweyni Hailu   Ethiopia 6 February 2024 Toruń [44]
4 3:55.47 Diribe Welteji   Ethiopia 6 February 2024 Toruń [44]
5 3:56.47 Hirut Meshesha   Ethiopia 6 February 2024 Toruń [44]
6 3:57.91 Abeba Aregawi   Sweden 6 February 2014 Stockholm
7 3:58.28 Yelena Soboleva   Russia 18 February 2006 Moscow
8 3:58.43 Birke Haylom   Ethiopia 4 February 2024 Boston [45]
9 3:58.79 Tigist Girma   Ethiopia 6 February 2024 Toruń [44]
10 3:59.58 Laura Muir   Great Britain 9 February 2021 Liévin
11 3:59.75 Gelete Burka   Ethiopia 9 March 2008 Valencia
12 3:59.79 Maryam Yusuf Jamal   Bahrain 9 March 2008 Valencia
13 3:59.87+ Konstanze Klosterhalfen   Germany 8 February 2020 New York City
14 3:59.98 Regina Jacobs   United States 1 February 2003 Boston
15 4:00.20+ Elle Purrier   United States 8 February 2020 New York City
16 4:00.27+ Doina Melinte   Romania 9 February 1990 East Rutherford
17 4:00.28 Dawit Seyaum   Ethiopia 28 February 2016 Boston
18 4:00.46 Sifan Hassan   Netherlands 19 February 2015 Stockholm
19 4:00.52+ Jemma Reekie   Great Britain 8 February 2020 New York City
20 4:00.72 Natalya Gorelova   Russia 27 February 2003 Moscow
21 4:00.8h Mary Decker   United States 8 February 1980 New York City
4:00.80+ Gabriela DeBues-Stafford   Canada 8 February 2020 New York City
23 4:00.97 Habitam Alemu   Ethiopia 10 February 2024 Liévin [46]
24 4:01.17 Beatrice Chepkoech   Kenya 6 February 2024 Toruń [44]
25 4:01.19+ Jessica Hull   Australia 11 February 2024 New York City [47]

Notes edit

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 3:59.79 (top 25 performances)

U20 records and U18 world bests edit

Age group Men Women
Time Athlete Nation Time Athlete Nation
U20 (records) 3:28.81 Ronald Kwemoi   Kenya 3:51.34 Lang Yinglai   China
U18 (world bests) 3:33.26 Cameron Myers   Australia 3:54.52 Zhang Ling   China

Olympic medalists edit

Men edit

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

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1972 Munich
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Lyudmila Bragina
  Soviet Union
Gunhild Hoffmeister
  East Germany
Paola Pigni
  Italy
1976 Montreal
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Tatyana Kazankina
  Soviet Union
Gunhild Hoffmeister
  East Germany
Ulrike Klapezynski
  East Germany
1980 Moscow
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Tatyana Kazankina
  Soviet Union
Christiane Wartenberg
  East Germany
Nadiya Olizarenko
  Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles
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Gabriella Dorio
  Italy
Doina Melinte
  Romania
Maricica Puică
  Romania
1988 Seoul
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Paula Ivan
  Romania
Laimutė Baikauskaitė
  Soviet Union
Tetyana Samolenko
  Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona
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Hassiba Boulmerka
  Algeria
Lyudmila Rogachova
  Unified Team
Qu Yunxia
  China
1996 Atlanta
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Svetlana Masterkova
  Russia
Gabriela Szabo
  Romania
Theresia Kiesl
  Austria
2000 Sydney
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Nouria Mérah-Benida
  Algeria
Violeta Szekely
  Romania
Gabriela Szabo
  Romania
2004 Athens
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Kelly Holmes
  Great Britain
Tatyana Tomashova
  Russia
Maria Cioncan
  Romania
2008 Beijing
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Nancy Langat
  Kenya
Iryna Lishchynska
  Ukraine
Nataliya Tobias
  Ukraine
2012 London
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Maryam Yusuf Jamal
  Bahrain[48]
Tatyana Tomashova
  Russia
Abeba Aregawi
  Ethiopia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Faith Kipyegon
  Kenya
Genzebe Dibaba
  Ethiopia
Jennifer Simpson
  United States
2020 Tokyo
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Faith Kipyegon
  Kenya
Laura Muir
  Great Britain
Sifan Hassan
  Netherlands
2024 Paris
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World Championships medalists edit

Men edit

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

Medalists by country edit

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Kenya (KEN) 5 6 1 12
2   Morocco (MAR) 4 2 2 8
3   Algeria (ALG) 3 1 0 4
4   Great Britain (GBR) 3 0 0 3
5   Bahrain (BHR) 2 1 0 3
6   United States (USA) 1 2 3 6
7   Somalia (SOM) 1 0 1 2
9   Spain (ESP) 0 3 3 6
10   Norway (NOR) 0 2 2 4
11   France (FRA) 0 1 1 2
12   Ethiopia (ETH) 0 1 0 1
13   Burundi (BDI) 0 0 1 1
  Germany (GER) 0 0 1 1
  Poland (POL) 0 0 1 1
  Portugal (POR) 0 0 1 1
  South Africa (RSA) 0 0 1 1
  Ukraine (UKR) 0 0 1 1

Women edit

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

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Kenya (KEN) 3 2 1 6
2   Russia (RUS) 3 1 1 5
3   United States (USA) 2 4 1 7
4   Algeria (ALG) 2 0 1 3
5   Bahrain (BHR) 2 0 0 2
7   Ethiopia (ETH) 1 2 2 5
  Soviet Union (URS) 1 2 2 5
9   Romania (ROU) 1 1 1 3
10   Netherlands (NED) 1 0 2 3
11   Portugal (POR) 1 0 1 2
12   China (CHN) 1 0 0 1
  Sweden (SWE) 1 0 0 1
14   Great Britain (GBR) 0 3 2 5
15   East Germany (GDR) 0 1 0 1
  Ireland (IRL) 0 1 0 1
  Ukraine (UKR) 0 1 0 1
  Turkey (TUR) 0 1 0 1
19   Bulgaria (BUL) 0 0 1 1
  France (FRA) 0 0 1 1
  Spain (ESP) 0 0 1 1
   Switzerland (SUI) 0 0 1 1

European Championships medalists edit

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Women edit

World Indoor Championships medalists edit

Men edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]   Michael Hillardt (AUS)   José Luis González (ESP)   Joseph Chesire (KEN)
1987 Indianapolis
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  Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)   José Manuel Abascal (ESP)   Han Kulker (NED)
1989 Budapest
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  Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)   Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GDR)   Jeff Atkinson (USA)
1991 Seville
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  Noureddine Morceli (ALG)   Fermín Cacho (ESP)   Mário Silva (POR)
1993 Toronto
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  Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)   David Strang (GBR)   Branko Zorko (CRO)
1995 Barcelona
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  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)   Mateo Cañellas (ESP)   Erik Nedeau (USA)
1997 Paris
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  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)   Rüdiger Stenzel (GER)   William Tanui (KEN)
1999 Maebashi
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  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)   Laban Rotich (KEN)   Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP)
2001 Lisbon
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  Rui Silva (POR)   Reyes Estévez (ESP)   Noah Ngeny (KEN)
2003 Birmingham
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  Driss Maazouzi (FRA)   Bernard Lagat (KEN)   Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR)
2004 Budapest
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  Paul Korir (KEN)   Ivan Heshko (UKR)   Laban Rotich (KEN)
2006 Moscow
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  Ivan Heshko (UKR)   Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (KEN)   Elkanah Angwenyi (KEN)
2008 Valencia
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  Deresse Mekonnen (ETH)   Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (KEN)   Juan Carlos Higuero (ESP)
2010 Doha
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  Deresse Mekonnen (ETH)   Abdalaati Iguider (MAR)   Haron Keitany (KEN)
2012 Istanbul
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  Abdalaati Iguider (MAR)   İlham Tanui Özbilen (TUR)   Mekonnen Gebremedhin (ETH)
2014 Sopot
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  Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI)   Aman Wote (ETH)   Abdalaati Iguider (MAR)
2016 Portland
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  Matthew Centrowitz Jr. (USA)   Jakub Holuša (CZE)   Nick Willis (NZL)
2018 Birmingham
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  Samuel Tefera (ETH)   Marcin Lewandowski (POL)   Abdalaati Iguider (MAR)
2022 Belgrade
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  Samuel Tefera (ETH)   Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)   Abel Kipsang (KEN)
2024 Glasgow
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  Geordie Beamish (NZL)   Cole Hocker (USA)   Hobbs Kessler (USA)

Women edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]   Elly van Hulst (NED)   Fița Lovin (ROU)   Brit McRoberts (CAN)
1987 Indianapolis
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  Doina Melinte (ROU)   Tatyana Samolenko (URS)   Svetlana Kitova (URS)
1989 Budapest
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  Doina Melinte (ROU)   Svetlana Kitova (URS)   Yvonne Mai (GDR)
1991 Seville
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  Lyudmila Rogachova (URS)   Ivana Kubešová (TCH)   Tudorita Chidu (ROU)
1993 Toronto
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  Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS)   Violeta Beclea (ROU)   Sandra Gasser (SUI)
1995 Barcelona
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  Regina Jacobs (USA)   Carla Sacramento (POR)   Maite Zúñiga (ESP)
1997 Paris
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  Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS)   Patricia Djaté-Taillard (FRA)   Lidia Chojecka (POL)
1999 Maebashi
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  Gabriela Szabo (ROU)   Violeta Beclea-Szekely (ROU)   Lidia Chojecka (POL)
2001 Lisbon
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  Hasna Benhassi (MAR)   Violeta Beclea-Szekely (ROU)   Natalya Gorelova (RUS)
2003 Birmingham
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  Regina Jacobs (USA)   Kelly Holmes (GBR)   Yekaterina Rozenberg (RUS)
2004 Budapest
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  Kutre Dulecha (ETH)   Carmen Douma-Hussar (CAN)   Gulnara Galkina (RUS)
2006 Moscow
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  Yuliya Fomenko (RUS)   Yelena Soboleva (RUS)   Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)
2008 Valencia
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  Gelete Burka (ETH)   Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)   Daniela Yordanova (BUL)
2010 Doha
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  Kalkidan Gezahegne (ETH)   Natalia Rodríguez (ESP)   Gelete Burka (ETH)
2012 Istanbul
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  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)   Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR)   Hind Dehiba (FRA)
2014 Sopot
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  Abeba Aregawi (SWE)   Axumawit Embaye (ETH)   Nicole Sifuentes (CAN)
2016 Portland
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  Sifan Hassan (NED)   Dawit Seyaum (ETH)   Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)
2018 Birmingham
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  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)   Laura Muir (GBR)   Sifan Hassan (NED)
2022 Belgrade
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  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)   Axumawit Embaye (ETH)   Hirut Meshesha (ETH)
2024 Glasgow
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  Freweyni Hailu (ETH)   Nikki Hiltz (USA)   Emily Mackay (USA)
  • A Known as the World Indoor Games

Season's bests edit

  • "i" indicates performance on 200m indoor track

Other sports edit

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)[49] 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 edit

  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. ^ a b "Men's outdoor 1500 Metres | Records". worldathletics.org. World Athletics. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Women's outdoor 1500 Metres | Records". worldathletcs.org. World Athletics. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  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. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b Mike Rowbottom (19 July 2013). "Seven world leads on magical night in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  15. ^ a b Cathal Dennehy (15 June 2023). "Warholm and Ingebrigtsen outstanding in Oslo". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  16. ^ Butler, Mark. "IAAF Statistics Handbook Daegu 2011" (PDF). p. 423. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  17. ^ YouTube video: Hicham El Guerrouj sets a world record in the mile in 1999
  18. ^ a b "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Men's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 7 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  20. ^ "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  21. ^ "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  22. ^ "IAAF Diamond League – 1500m Results". www.diamondleague-monaco.com. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original on 21 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  23. ^ a b "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  24. ^ "Men's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  25. ^ "All-time women's best 1500m". alltime-athletics.com. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  26. ^ "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  27. ^ "IAAF Diamond League Monaco – 1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  28. ^ "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  29. ^ a b c "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  30. ^ a b "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  31. ^ "Herculis EBS | Results | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  32. ^ "1500m Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  33. ^ Cathal Dennehy (29 May 2022). "Norman reigns in fierce 400m clash with record run in Eugene". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  34. ^ "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  35. ^ a b "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 6 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  36. ^ "Prefontaine Classic 2021 Complete Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  37. ^ "El Bakkali, Tsegay and Mahuchikh impress in Rabat | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  38. ^ "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  39. ^ "1500 Metres - men - senior - indoor". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  40. ^ a b c "Tsegay threatens world indoor 3000m record, as tour titles are won in Birmingham | REPORT | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  41. ^ "1500m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  42. ^ "1500m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  43. ^ "1500 Metres - women - senior - indoor". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  44. ^ a b c d e "1500m Results" (PDF). copernicus.domtel-sport.pl. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  45. ^ Jon Mulkeen (5 February 2024). "Lyles breaks 60m meeting record in Boston with 6.44". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  46. ^ "1500m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  47. ^ "1500m En Route Results". millrosegames.org. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  48. ^ 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
  49. ^ "Katie Ledecky Chops 2 Seconds Off 1500 Free World Record at 2015 FINA World Championships". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 4 August 2015.

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