Athletics 1500 metres | |
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World records | |
Men | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:26.00 (1998) |
Women | Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:49.11 (2023) |
Short track world records | |
Men | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 3:30.60 (2022) |
Women | Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 3:53.09 (2021) |
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) |
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 (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 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 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]
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.
Area | Men | Women | ||||
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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 |
Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref. |
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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] |
Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref. |
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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 | 3:50.30 | Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | 20 April 2024 | Xiamen | [28] |
4 | 3:50.37 | Kipyegon #2 | 10 August 2022 | Monaco | [29] | ||
4 | 5 | 3:50.46 | Qu Yunxia | China | 11 September 1993 | Beijing | |
6 | 3:50.72 | Kipyegon #3 | 16 September 2023 | Eugene | [30] | ||
5 | 7 | 3:50.98 | Jiang Bo | China | 18 October 1997 | Shanghai | |
8 | 3:51.07 | Kipyegon #4 | 9 July 2021 | Monaco | [31] | ||
6 | 9 | 3:51.34 | Lang Yinglai | China | 18 October 1997 | Shanghai | |
10 | 3:51.41+ | Kipyegon #5 | 21 July 2023 | Monaco | [32] | ||
7 | 11 | 3:51.92 | Wang Junxia | China | 11 September 1993 | Beijing | |
8 | 12 | 3:51.95 | Sifan Hassan | Netherlands | 5 October 2019 | Doha | [33] |
9 | 13 | 3:52.47 | Tatyana Kazankina | Soviet Union | 13 August 1980 | Zürich | |
14 | 3:52.59 | Kipyegon #6 | 28 May 2022 | Eugene | [34] | ||
15 | 3:52.96 | Kipyegon #7 | 18 July 2022 | Eugene | [35] | ||
16 | 3:53.11 | Kipyegon #8 | 6 August 2021 | Tokyo | [36] | ||
10 | 17 | 3:53.22 | Birke Haylom | Ethiopia | 20 April 2024 | Xiamen | [37] |
18 | 3:53.23 | Kipyegon #9 | 21 August 2021 | Eugene | [38] | ||
19 | 3:53.60 | Hassan #2 | 9 July 2021 | Monaco | [31] | ||
20 | 3:53.63 | Hassan #3 | 10 June 2021 | Florence | |||
11 | 21 | 3:53.75 | Diribe Welteji | Ethiopia | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | [39] |
12 | 22 | 3:53.91 | Yin Lili | China | 18 October 1997 | Shanghai | |
22 | 3:53.91 | Kipyegon #10 | 10 June 2021 | Florence | |||
24 | 3:53.93 | Welteji #2 | 16 September 2023 | Eugene | [30] | ||
13 | 25 | 3:53.96 | Paula Ivan | Romania | 1 October 1988 | Seoul | |
14 | 3:53.97 | Lan Lixin | China | 18 October 1997 | Shanghai | ||
15 | 3:54.23 | Olga Dvirna | Soviet Union | 27 July 1982 | Kyiv | ||
16 | 3:54.50 | Laura Muir | Great Britain | 6 August 2021 | Tokyo | [36] | |
17 | 3:54.52 | Zhang Ling | China | 18 October 1997 | Shanghai | ||
18 | 3:54.87 | Hirut Meshesha | 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 | [30] | |||
25 | 3:55.87 | Ciara Mageean | Ireland | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | [40] |
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 3:33.27 (top 25 performances)
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 3:59.79 (top 25 performances)
Age group | Men | Women | ||||
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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 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
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) [51] 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:
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