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1500 metres
Men's 1500 m final at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. Jakob Ingebrigtsen leads with Josh Kerr to the far left and Yared Nuguse in center frame.
World records
Men Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:26.00 (1998)
Women Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:49.04 (2024)
Short track world records
Men Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 3:30.60 (2022)
Women Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 3:53.09 (2021)
Olympic records
Men Cole Hocker (USA) 3:27.65 (2024)
Women Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:51.29 (2024)
World Championship records
Men Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:27.65 (1999)
Women Sifan Hassan (NED) 3:51.95 (2019)
World junior (U20) records
Men Ronald Kwemoi (KEN) 3:28.81 (2014)
Women Lang Yinglai (CHN) 3:51.34 (1997)

The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run 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 15⁄16 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 metre run, but with a slightly higher emphasis on aerobic endurance and a slightly lower sprint speed requirement. The 1500 metre run is predominantly aerobic, but anaerobic conditioning is also required.[2]

Athletes competing in the 2024 men's Olympic final

Each lap run during the men's world-record race of 3:26.00, run by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1998, averaged just under 55 seconds (or under 13.8 seconds per 100 metres or 2:17.33 minutes per kilometer).[3] Since El Guerrouj, only three other men in history have broken the 3:27 barrier; Bernard Lagat, Asbel Kiprop, and Jakob Ingebrigtsen. El Guerrouj remains the only man to break the 3:27 barrier more than once.[4]

1,500 metres is three and three-quarter laps around a 400-metre track (seven and a half laps around an indoor 200 m 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 mid-2010s and 2020s, European and American runners began to emerge again in the men's event. American Matthew Centrowitz Jr. won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the 2020 Summer Olympics, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the youngest of a dynasty of Norwegian middle-distance runners, won Olympic Gold, while Scottish and British runner Jake Wightman won the World Championship title the following year at the head of an all-European podium. Wightman's compatriot Josh Kerr won gold at the world championships the year after. In the 2024 Summer Olympics, Americans and Europeans continued to dominate the podium, with Cole Hocker, Kerr, and Yared Nuguse earning gold, silver, and bronze respectively. 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. Unfortunately for the European and American contenders Australian Jessica Hull lived up to her expectations and took the silver medal, cementing her place as one of the greatest female 1500m runners of all time, especially after running the 5th fastest 1500m ever two weeks earlier in a race where Faith Kipyegon won and broke the world record.

Olavi Salsola, Olavi Salonen and Olavi Vuorisalo (The three Olavis) break the 1,500 m world record in 1957 in Turku, Finland.

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[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

Strategy

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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[8]

Continental records

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Area Men Women
Time Athlete Nation Time Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 3:26.00 WR Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 3:49.04 WR Faith Kipyegon  Kenya
Asia (records) 3:29.14 Rashid Ramzi  Bahrain 3:50.46 Qu Yunxia  China
Europe (records) 3:26.73 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 3:51.95 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands
North, Central America
and Caribbean (records)		 3:27.65 Cole Hocker  United States 3:54.99 Shelby Houlihan  United States
Oceania (records) 3:29.41 Oliver Hoare  Australia 3:50.83 Jessica Hull  Australia
South America (records) 3:33.25 Hudson de Souza  Brazil 4:05.67 Letitia Vriesde  Suriname

All-time top 25

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See also: 1500 metres world record progression
Outdoor tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 1500m times and the top 25 athletes:
- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 1500m times
- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 1500m times, by repeat athletes
- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 1500m times

Men (outdoor)

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  • Updated 22 August 2024.[11]
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 [12]
4 6 3:26.73 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 12 July 2024 Monaco [13]
7 3:26.89 El Guerrouj #4 16 August 2002 Zürich
8 3:26.96 El Guerrouj #5 8 September 2002 Rieti
9 3:27.14 Ingebrigtsen #2 16 July 2023 Chorzów [14]
10 3:27.21 El Guerrouj #6 11 August 2000 Zürich
11 3:27.34 El Guerrouj #7 19 July 2002 Monaco
5 12 3:27.37 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 12 July 1995 Nice
13 3:27.40 Lagat #2 6 August 2004 Zürich
14 3:27.52 Morceli #2 25 July 1995 Monaco
15 3:27.64 El Guerrouj #8 6 August 2004 Zürich
6 15 3:27.64 Silas Kiplagat  Kenya 18 July 2014 Monaco [15]
17 3:27.65 El Guerrouj #9 24 August 1999 Seville
7 17 3:27.65 Cole Hocker  United States 6 August 2024 Saint-Denis [16]
19 3:27.72 Kiprop #2 19 July 2013 Monaco [17]
8 20 3:27.79 Josh Kerr  Great Britain 6 August 2024 Saint-Denis [16]
9 21 3:27.80 Yared Nuguse  United States 6 August 2024 Saint-Denis [16]
22 3:27.83 Ingebrigtsen #3 22 August 2024 Lausanne [18]
23 3:27.91 Lagat #3 19 July 2002 Monaco
24 3:27.95 Ingebrigtsen #4 15 June 2023 Oslo [19]
10 25 3:28.12 Noah Ngeny  Kenya 11 August 2000 Zürich
11 3:28.28 Timothy Cheruiyot  Kenya 9 July 2021 Monaco [20]
12 3:28.75 Taoufik Makhloufi  Algeria 17 July 2015 Monaco [21]
13 3:28.76 Mohamed Katir  Spain 9 July 2021 Monaco [20]
14 3:28.79 Abdalaati Iguider  Morocco 17 July 2015 Monaco
15 3:28.80 Elijah Manangoi  Kenya 21 July 2017 Monaco [22]
Brian Komen  Kenya 12 July 2024 Monaco [13]
17 3:28.81 Mo Farah  Great Britain 19 July 2013 Monaco [17]
Ronald Kwemoi  Kenya 18 July 2014 Monaco [23]
19 3:28.95 Fermín Cacho  Spain 13 August 1997 Zürich
20 3:28.98 Mehdi Baala  France 5 September 2003 Brussels
21 3:29.02 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen  Kenya 14 July 2006 Rome
22 3:29.11 Abel Kipsang  Kenya 16 July 2023 Chorzów [14]
23 3:29.14 Rashid Ramzi  Bahrain 14 July 2006 Rome
24 3:29.18 Vénuste Niyongabo  Burundi 22 August 1997 Brussels
Mario García  Spain 15 June 2023 Oslo [24]

Women (outdoor)

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  • Updated 30 August 2024.[25]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 3:49.04 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya 7 July 2024 Paris [26]
2 3:49.11 Kipyegon #2 2 June 2023 Florence [27]
2 3 3:50.07 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 17 July 2015 Monaco [28]
3 4 3:50.30 Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia 20 April 2024 Xiamen [29]
5 3:50.37 Kipyegon #3 10 August 2022 Monaco [30]
4 6 3:50.46 Qu Yunxia  China 11 September 1993 Beijing
7 3:50.72 Kipyegon #4 16 September 2023 Eugene [31]
5 8 3:50.83 Jessica Hull  Australia 7 July 2024 Paris [32]
6 9 3:50.98 Jiang Bo  China 18 October 1997 Shanghai
10 3:51.07 Kipyegon #5 9 July 2021 Monaco [33]
11 3:51.29 Kipyegon #6 10 August 2024 Saint-Denis [34]
7 12 3:51.34 Lang Yinglai  China 18 October 1997 Shanghai
13 3:51.41+ Kipyegon #7 21 July 2023 Monaco [35]
8 14 3:51.92 Wang Junxia  China 11 September 1993 Beijing
9 15 3:51.95 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 5 October 2019 Doha [36]
10 16 3:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union 13 August 1980 Zürich
17 3:52.56 Hull #2 10 August 2024 Saint-Denis [37]
18 3:52.59 Kipyegon #8 28 May 2022 Eugene [38]
11 19 3:52.61 Georgia Bell  Great Britain 10 August 2024 Saint-Denis [39]
12 20 3:52.75 Diribe Welteji  Ethiopia 10 August 2024 Saint-Denis [40]
21 3:52.89 Kipyegon #9 30 August 2024 Rome [41]
22 3:52.96 Kipyegon #10 18 July 2022 Eugene [42]
23 3:53.11 Kipyegon #11 6 August 2021 Tokyo [43]
13 24 3:53.22 Birke Haylom  Ethiopia 20 April 2024 Xiamen [44]
25 3:53.23 Kipyegon #12 21 August 2021 Eugene [45]
14 3:53.37 Laura Muir  Great Britain 10 August 2024 Saint-Denis [46]
15 3:53.91 Yin Lili  China 18 October 1997 Shanghai
16 3:53.96 Paula Ivan  Romania 1 October 1988 Seoul
17 3:53.97 Lan Lixin  China 18 October 1997 Shanghai
18 3:54.16 Freweyni Hailu  Ethiopia 30 August 2024 Rome [47]
19 3:54.23 Olga Dvirna  Soviet Union 27 July 1982 Kyiv
20 3:54.52 Zhang Ling  China 18 October 1997 Shanghai
21 3:54.87 Hirut Meshesha  Ethiopia 16 July 2023 Chorzów [14]
22 3:54.99 Shelby Houlihan  United States 5 October 2019 Doha
23 3:55.07 Dong Yanmei  China 18 October 1997 Shanghai
24 3:55.30 Hassiba Boulmerka  Algeria 8 August 1992 Barcelona
25 3:55.33 Süreyya Ayhan  Turkey 5 September 2003 Brussels
Nikki Hiltz  United States 30 June 2024 Eugene [48]

Men (indoor)

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  • Updated 11 February 2024.[49]
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 Olli Hoare  Australia 13 February 2021 New York City
8 3:32.48 Neil Gourley  Great Britain 25 February 2023 Birmingham [50]
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 [50]
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 [50]
21 3:33.59 Teddese Lemi  Ethiopia 20 March 2022 Belgrade
22 3:33.66 Hobbs Kessler  United States 4 February 2024 Boston [51]
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 [52]
25 3:33.96 Haron Keitany  Kenya 8 February 2009 Ghent

Notes

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

Women (indoor)

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  • Updated 11 February 2024.[53]
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 [54]
4 3:55.47 Diribe Welteji  Ethiopia 6 February 2024 Toruń [54]
5 3:56.47 Hirut Meshesha  Ethiopia 6 February 2024 Toruń [54]
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 [55]
9 3:58.79 Tigist Girma  Ethiopia 6 February 2024 Toruń [54]
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 [56]
24 4:01.17 Beatrice Chepkoech  Kenya 6 February 2024 Toruń [54]
25 4:01.19+ Jessica Hull  Australia 11 February 2024 New York City [57]

Notes

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

U20 records and U18 world bests

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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

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Main article: 1500 metres at the Olympics

Men

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

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
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1972 Munich
details 		Lyudmila Bragina
 Soviet Union 		Gunhild Hoffmeister
 East Germany 		Paola Pigni
 Italy
1976 Montreal
details 		Tatyana Kazankina
 Soviet Union 		Gunhild Hoffmeister
 East Germany 		Ulrike Klapezynski
 East Germany
1980 Moscow
details 		Tatyana Kazankina
 Soviet Union 		Christiane Wartenberg
 East Germany 		Nadezhda Olizarenko
 Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles
details 		Gabriella Dorio
 Italy 		Doina Melinte
 Romania 		Maricica Puică
 Romania
1988 Seoul
details 		Paula Ivan
 Romania 		Laimutė Baikauskaitė
 Soviet Union 		Tetyana Samolenko
 Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona
details 		Hassiba Boulmerka
 Algeria 		Lyudmila Rogachova
 Unified Team 		Qu Yunxia
 China
1996 Atlanta
details 		Svetlana Masterkova
 Russia 		Gabriela Szabo
 Romania 		Theresia Kiesl
 Austria
2000 Sydney
details 		Nouria Mérah-Benida
 Algeria 		Violeta Szekely
 Romania 		Gabriela Szabo
 Romania
2004 Athens
details 		Kelly Holmes
 Great Britain 		Tatyana Tomashova
 Russia 		Maria Cioncan
 Romania
2008 Beijing
details 		Nancy Langat
 Kenya 		Iryna Lishchynska
 Ukraine 		Nataliya Tobias
 Ukraine
2012 London
details 		Maryam Yusuf Jamal
 Bahrain[58] 		Abeba Aregawi
 Ethiopia 		Shannon Rowbury
 United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details 		Faith Kipyegon
 Kenya 		Genzebe Dibaba
 Ethiopia 		Jennifer Simpson
 United States
2020 Tokyo
details 		Faith Kipyegon
 Kenya 		Laura Muir
 Great Britain 		Sifan Hassan
 Netherlands
2024 Paris
details 		Faith Kipyegon
 Kenya 		Jessica Hull
 Australia 		Georgia Bell
 Great Britain

World Championships medalists

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Main article: 1500 metres at the World Championships in Athletics

Men

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

Medalists by country

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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

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

Medalists by country

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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

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Men

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Main article: List of European Athletics Championships medalists (men) § 1500 meters

Women

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Main article: List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women) § 1500 meters

World Indoor Championships medalists

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Men

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

Women

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

Season's bests

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  • "i" indicates performance on 200m indoor track

Other sports

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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 15:20.48 (swum in a 50-metre pool)[59] 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

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  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.
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  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ McCune R. R. (2011-07-11). Verzbicas Breaks Four. Lets Run. Retrieved on 2012-02-07.
  8. ^ "Bayi's record may be gone but it should never be forgotten". HeraldScotland. 30 January 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Men's outdoor 1500 Metres | Records". worldathletics.org. World Athletics. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Women's outdoor 1500 Metres | Records". worldathletcs.org. World Athletics. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  11. ^ "All-time men's best 1500m". alltime-athletics.com. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  12. ^ "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  13. ^ a b "1500m Results" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  14. ^ a b c "Ingebrigtsen, Rojas and Barshim break meeting records in Silesia". World Athletics. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  15. ^ Mike Rowbottom (18 July 2014). "Kiplagat shows his class with 3:27.64 in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  16. ^ a b c "Hocker runs Olympic record to win highly anticipated 1500m clash in Paris | News | Paris 24 | Olympic Games". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  17. ^ a b Mike Rowbottom (19 July 2013). "Seven world leads on magical night in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  18. ^ "1500m Results" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  19. ^ Cathal Dennehy (15 June 2023). "Warholm and Ingebrigtsen outstanding in Oslo". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  20. ^ a b "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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  22. ^ "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 21 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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  26. ^ "1500m Result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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  28. ^ "IAAF Diamond League Monaco – 1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  29. ^ "1500m Result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  30. ^ "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  31. ^ "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  32. ^ "1500m Result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  33. ^ "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  34. ^ "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  35. ^ "Herculis EBS | Results | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  36. ^ "1500m Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  37. ^ "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  38. ^ Cathal Dennehy (29 May 2022). "Norman reigns in fierce 400m clash with record run in Eugene". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  39. ^ "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  40. ^ "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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  48. ^ Jessie Gabriel (30 June 2024). "McLaughlin-Levrone breaks world 400m hurdles record at US Trials". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  49. ^ "1500 Metres - men - senior - indoor". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  50. ^ 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.
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  55. ^ Jon Mulkeen (5 February 2024). "Lyles breaks 60m meeting record in Boston with 6.44". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
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  57. ^ "1500m En Route Results". millrosegames.org. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  58. ^ 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
  59. ^ "Katie Ledecky's World Record Kick Starts TYR Pro Swim Series at Indianapolis". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 16 May 2018.
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