1500 metres
| Athletics 1500 metres | |
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| File:1500m men Final Budapest 2023.jpg 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 | File:Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:26.00 (1998) |
| Women | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:49.04 (2024) |
| Short track world records | |
| Men | File:Flag of Norway.svg Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 3:30.60 (2022) |
| Women | File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 3:53.09 (2021) |
| Olympic records | |
| Men | File:Flag of the United States.svg Cole Hocker (USA) 3:27.65 (2024) |
| Women | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:51.29 (2024) |
| World Championship records | |
| Men | File:Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:27.65 (1999) |
| Women | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sifan Hassan (NED) 3:51.95 (2019) |
| World junior (U20) records | |
| Men | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Ronald Kwemoi (KEN) 3:28.81 (2014) |
| Women | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 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]
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.
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
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
| Area | Men | Women | ||||
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| Time | Athlete | Nation | Time | Athlete | Nation | |
| Africa (records) | 3:26.00 WR | Hicham El Guerrouj | File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | 3:49.04 WR | Faith Kipyegon | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya |
| Asia (records) | 3:29.14 | Rashid Ramzi | File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain | 3:50.46 | Qu Yunxia | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
| Europe (records) | 3:26.73 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | 3:51.95 | Sifan Hassan | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands |
| North, Central America and Caribbean (records) |
3:27.65 | Cole Hocker | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | 3:54.99 | Shelby Houlihan | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States |
| Oceania (records) | 3:29.41 | Oliver Hoare | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 3:50.83 | Jessica Hull | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
| South America (records) | 3:33.25 | Hudson de Souza | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 4:05.67 | Letitia Vriesde | File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname |
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All-time top 25
| 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)
- Updated 22 August 2024.[11]
Women (outdoor)
- Updated 30 August 2024.[25]
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Men (indoor)
- Updated 11 February 2024.[49]
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Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 3:33.27 (top 25 performances)
- Yomif Kejelcha also ran 3:31.58 (2019) and 3:33.17+ (2019).
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen also ran 3:31.80 (2021), 3:32.38 (2023) and 3:33.02 (2022).
- Hicham El Guerrouj also ran 3:32.01 (1998) and 3:33.01+ (1997).
- Haile Gebrselassie also ran 3:32.39 (1997) and 3:33.27 (1998).
- Samuel Tefera also ran 3:32.77 (2022).
Women (indoor)
- Updated 11 February 2024.[53]
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Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 3:59.79 (top 25 performances)
- Gudaf Tsegay also ran 3:54.77 (2022), 3:57.19 (2022), 3:57.38 (2022), 3:57.47 (2023), 3:58.11 (2024) and 3:59.48+ (2023).
- Genzebe Dibaba also ran 3:56.46+ (2016), 3:57.45 (2018), 3:58.80 (2017) and 3:59.08 (2019).
- Freweyni Hailu also ran 3:57.24 (2024).
- Diribe Welteji also ran 3:57.48 (2024).
- Abeba Aregawi also ran 3:58.40 (2013).
U20 records and U18 world bests
| Age group | Men | Women | ||||
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| Time | Athlete | Nation | Time | Athlete | Nation | |
| U20 (records) | 3:28.81 | Ronald Kwemoi | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 3:51.34 | Lang Yinglai | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
| U18 (world bests) | 3:33.26 | Cameron Myers | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 3:54.52 | Zhang Ling | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
Olympic medalists
Men
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Women
World Championships medalists
Men
Medalists by country
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (KEN) | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (MAR) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (ALG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain (BHR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia (SOM) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (ESP) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women
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Medalists by country
European Championships medalists
Men
Women
World Indoor Championships medalists
Men
Women
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Season's bests
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- "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 15:20.48 (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:
- T51: 4:53.50 by Hélder Mestre
- T52: 3:29.79 by Raymond Martin
- T53 and T54: 2:51.84 by Brent Lakatos
Notes and references
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 1500 m - Introduction. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-07.
- ↑ "IAAF: 100 Metres - men - senior - outdoor - 2018 - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.
- ↑ "1500 Metres - men - senior - all". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ McCune R. R. (2011-07-11). Verzbicas Breaks Four. Lets Run. Retrieved on 2012-02-07.
- ↑ "Bayi's record may be gone but it should never be forgotten". HeraldScotland. 30 January 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Men's outdoor 1500 Metres | Records". worldathletics.org. World Athletics. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Women's outdoor 1500 Metres | Records". worldathletcs.org. World Athletics. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ↑ "All-time men's best 1500m". alltime-athletics.com. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ↑ "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "1500m Results" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Ingebrigtsen, Rojas and Barshim break meeting records in Silesia". World Athletics. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ↑ Mike Rowbottom (18 July 2014). "Kiplagat shows his class with 3:27.64 in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Hocker runs Olympic record to win highly anticipated 1500m clash in Paris | News | Paris 24 | Olympic Games". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Mike Rowbottom (19 July 2013). "Seven world leads on magical night in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ↑ "1500m Results" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ↑ Cathal Dennehy (15 June 2023). "Warholm and Ingebrigtsen outstanding in Oslo". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ↑ "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 21 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ "IAAF Diamond League – 1500m Results". www.diamondleague-monaco.com. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original on 21 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ↑ "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ↑ "All-time women's best 1500m". alltime-athletics.com. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "1500m Result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ↑ "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ↑ "IAAF Diamond League Monaco – 1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ "1500m Result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ↑ "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ↑ "1500m Result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ↑ "1500m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ↑ "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ↑ "Herculis EBS | Results | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ↑ "1500m Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ↑ "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ↑ Cathal Dennehy (29 May 2022). "Norman reigns in fierce 400m clash with record run in Eugene". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ↑ "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ↑ "Women's 1500m Results" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ↑ "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ↑ "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 6 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ↑ "1500m Result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ "Prefontaine Classic 2021 Complete Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 21 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ "Women's 1500m Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ↑ "Women's 1500m Results" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ↑ Jessie Gabriel (30 June 2024). "McLaughlin-Levrone breaks world 400m hurdles record at US Trials". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ↑ "1500 Metres - men - senior - indoor". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 50.2 "Tsegay threatens world indoor 3000m record, as tour titles are won in Birmingham | REPORT | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
- ↑ "1500m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ↑ "1500m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ↑ "1500 Metres - women - senior - indoor". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2 54.3 54.4 "1500m Results" (PDF). copernicus.domtel-sport.pl. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ↑ Jon Mulkeen (5 February 2024). "Lyles breaks 60m meeting record in Boston with 6.44". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ↑ "1500m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ↑ "1500m En Route Results". millrosegames.org. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Katie Ledecky's World Record Kick Starts TYR Pro Swim Series at Indianapolis". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 16 May 2018.
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