File:Paavo Nurmi breaks 1,500 m world record.jpg Paavo Nurmi breaks the 1,500 m world record in Helsinki in 1924.The 1500-metre run became a standard racing distance in Europe in the late 19th century, perhaps as a metric version of the mile , a popular running distance since at least the 1850s in English-speaking countries.[ 1] metric mile ". The French had the first important races over the distance, holding their initial championship in 1888.
When the Olympic Games were revived in 1896, metric distances were run, including the 1500; however, most of the best milers in the world were absent, and the winning time of 4:33 1/5 by Australian Edwin Flack was 17 4/5 seconds slower than the amateur mile record, despite the fact one mile is 109.344 metres longer than 1500 metres.
The 1900 Olympics and 1904 Olympics showed improvements in times run, but it was not until the 1908 Olympics that a meeting of the top milers over the distance took place, and not until the 1912 Olympics that a true world-class race over the distance was run.[ 2]
Men (outdoors)
Time
Athlete
Date
Place
4:24+ 3 / 5 File:Flag of France.svg J. Borel (FRA )
1892
4:21
File:Flag of France.svg Fernand Meiers (FRA )
1893-05-28
Paris , France
4:19+ 4 / 5 File:Flag of France.svg Felix Bourdier (FRA )
1894-07-22
Paris , France
4:18+ 2 / 5 File:Flag of France.svg Albin Lermusiaux (FRA )
1895-05-12
Paris , France
4:16+ 4 / 5 File:Flag of France.svg Michel Soalhat (FRA )
1895-05-26
Paris , France
4:15+ 3 / 5 File:Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg Thomas Conneff (USA )
1895-08-26
New York City , United States
4:10+ 2 / 5 File:Flag of France.svg Albin Lermusiaux (FRA )
1896-06-26
Paris , France
4:09
File:Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg John Bray (USA )
1900-05-30
Bayonne , France
4:06+ 1 / 5 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Bennett (GBR )
1900-07-15
Paris , France
4:05+ 2 / 5 File:Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg James Lightbody (USA )
1904-09-03
St. Louis , United States
3:59+ 4 / 5 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harold Wilson (GBR )
1908-05-30
London , Great Britain
3:59+ 1 / 5 File:Flag of the United States (1908-1912).svg Abel Kiviat (USA )
1912-05-26
New York City , United States
3:56+ 4 / 5 File:Flag of the United States (1908-1912).svg Abel Kiviat (USA )
1912-06-01
New York City , United States
IAAF era The first world record in the 1500 m for men (athletics ) was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics , in 1912.
To July 17, 2015, the IAAF has ratified 38 world records in the event.[ 3]
Ratified
Not ratified
Ratified but later rescinded
Pending ratification
Time
Auto
Athlete
Date
Place
3:55.8
File:Flag of the United States (1908-1912).svg Abel Kiviat (USA )
1912-06-08
Cambridge , United States
3:54.7
File:Flag of Sweden.svg John Zander (SWE )
1917-08-05
Stockholm , Sweden
3:52.6
File:Flag of Finland.svg Paavo Nurmi (FIN )
1924-06-19
Helsinki , Finland
3:51.0
File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Otto Peltzer (GER )
1926-09-11
Berlin , Germany
3:49.2
File:Flag of France.svg Jules Ladoumegue (FRA )
1930-10-05
Paris , France
3:49.2
File:Flag of Italy (1861–1946).svg Luigi Beccali (ITA )
1933-09-09
Turin , Italy
3:49.0
File:Flag of Italy (1861–1946).svg Luigi Beccali (ITA )
1933-09-17
Milan , Italy
3:48.8
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Bonthron (USA )
1934-06-30
Milwaukee , United States
3:47.8
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Jack Lovelock (NZL )
1936-08-06
Berlin , Germany
3:47.6
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Gunder Hägg (SWE )
1941-08-10
Stockholm , Sweden
3:45.8
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Gunder Hägg (SWE )
1942-07-17
Stockholm , Sweden
3:45.0
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Arne Andersson (SWE )
1943-08-17
Gothenburg , Sweden
3:43.0
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Gunder Hägg (SWE )
1944-07-07
Gothenburg , Sweden
3:43.0
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Lennart Strand (SWE )
1947-07-15
Malmö , Sweden
3:43.0
File:Flag of Germany.svg Werner Lueg (FRG )
1952-06-29
Berlin , Germany
3:42.8+
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Wes Santee (USA )
1954-06-04
Compton , United States
3:41.8+
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Landy (AUS )
1954-06-21
Turku , Finland
3:40.8
File:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg Sándor Iharos (HUN )
1955-07-28
Helsinki , Finland
3:40.8
File:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg László Tábori (HUN )
1955-09-06
Oslo , Norway
3:40.8
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Gunnar Nielsen (DEN )
1955-09-06
Oslo , Norway
3:40.6
File:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg István Rózsavölgyi (HUN )
1956-08-03
Tata , Hungary
3:40.2
File:Flag of Finland.svg Olavi Salsola (FIN )
1957-07-11
Turku , Finland
3:40.2
File:Flag of Finland.svg Olavi Salonen (FIN )
1957-07-11
Turku , Finland
3:38.1
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Stanislav Jungwirth (TCH )
1957-07-12
Stará Boleslav , Czechoslovakia
3:36.0
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Herb Elliott (AUS )
1958-08-28
Gothenburg , Sweden
3:35.6
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Herb Elliott (AUS )
1960-09-06
Rome , Italy
3:33.1
File:Flag of the United States.svg Jim Ryun (USA )
1967-07-08
Los Angeles , United States
3:32.2
3:32.16
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Filbert Bayi (TAN )
1974-02-02
Christchurch , New Zealand
3:32.1
3:32.03
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sebastian Coe (GBR )
1979-08-15
Zürich , Switzerland
3:32.1
3:32.09
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Ovett (GBR )
1980-07-15
Oslo , Norway
3:31.4
3:31.36
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Ovett (GBR )
1980-08-27
Koblenz , West Germany
3:31.24
File:Flag of the United States.svg Sydney Maree (USA )
1983-08-28
Cologne , West Germany
3:30.77
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Ovett (GBR )
1983-09-04
Rieti , Italy
3:29.67
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Cram (GBR )
1985-07-16
Nice , France
3:29.46
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Saïd Aouita (MAR )
1985-08-23
Berlin , Germany
3:28.86
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Noureddine Morceli (ALG )
1992-09-06
Rieti , Italy
3:27.37
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Noureddine Morceli (ALG )
1995-07-12
Nice , France
3:26.00
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR )
1998-07-14
Rome , Italy
The "Time" column indicates the ratified mark; the "Auto" column indicates a fully automatic time that was also recorded in the event when hand-timed marks were used for official records, or which was the basis for the official mark, rounded to the 10th of a second, depending on the rules then in place.
Auto times to the hundredth of a second were accepted by the IAAF for events up to and including 10,000 m from 1981.[ 3]
Women (outdoors) Pre-IAAF
Time
Athlete
Date
Place
5:18.2 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Anna Mushkina (URS ) 1927-08-19
Moscow , Soviet Union
5:07.0 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Anna Mushkina (URS ) 1934-09-16
Alma-Ata , Soviet Union
5:02.0 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Lydia Freiberg (URS ) 1936-07-13
Moscow , Soviet Union
4:47.2 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Yevdokiya Vasilyeva (URS ) 1936-07-30
Moscow , Soviet Union
4:45.2 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Yevdokiya Vasilyeva (URS ) 1937-09-13
Moscow , Soviet Union
4:41.8 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Anna Zaytseva-Bosenko (URS ) 1940-06-10
Moscow , Soviet Union
4:38.0 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Yevdokiya Vasilyeva (URS ) 1944-08-17
Moscow , Soviet Union
4:37.8 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Olga Ovsyannikova (URS ) 1946-09-15
Dnepropetrovsk , Soviet Union
4:37.0 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Nina Pletnyova (URS ) 1952-08-30
Leningrad , Soviet Union
4:35.4 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Perkins (GBR ) 1956-05-17
Hornchurch , Great Britain
4:30.0 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Diane Leather (GBR ) 1957-05-16
Hornchurch , Great Britain
4:29.7+ File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Diane Leather (GBR ) 1957-07-19
London , Great Britain
4:19.0+ File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Marise Chamberlain (NZL ) 1962-12-08
Perth , Australia
IAAF era The first world record in the 1,500 m for women (athletics ) was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics , in 1967.[ 4]
Time
Auto
Athlete
Date
Place
Ref
4:17.3+
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anne Smith (GBR )
1967-06-03
Chiswick , Great Britain
4:15.6
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maria Gommers (NED )
1967-10-24
Sittard , Netherlands
4:12.4
File:Flag of Italy.svg Paola Pigni (ITA )
1969-07-02
Milan , Italy
4:10.7
4:10.77
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslava Jehličková (CZE )
1969-09-20
Athens , Greece
4:09.6
4:09.62
File:Flag of East Germany.svg Karin Burneleit (GDR )
1971-08-15
Helsinki , Finland
4:06.9
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ludmila Bragina (URS )
1972-07-18
Moscow , Soviet Union
4:06.5
4:06.47
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ludmila Bragina (URS )
1972-09-04
Munich , Germany
4:05.1
4:05.07
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ludmila Bragina (URS )
1972-09-07
Munich , Germany
4:01.4
4:01.38
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ludmila Bragina (URS )
1972-09-09
Munich , Germany
3:56.0
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tatyana Kazankina (URS )
1976-06-28
Podolsk , Soviet Union
3:55.0
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tatyana Kazankina (URS )
1980-07-06
Moscow , Soviet Union
3:52.47
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tatyana Kazankina (URS )
1980-08-03
Zürich , Switzerland
3:50.46
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qu Yunxia (CHN )
1993-09-11
Beijing , China
3:50.07
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Genzebe Dibaba (ETH )
2015-07-17
Fontvieille , Monaco
[ 5]
3:49.11
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Faith Kipyegon (KEN )
2023-06-02
Florence , Italy
[ 6]
3:49.04
2024-07-07
Paris , France
[ 7]
+ - En route time during mile race.
The "Time" column indicates the ratified mark; the "Auto" column indicates a fully automatic time that was also recorded in the event when hand-timed marks were used for official records, or which was the basis for the official mark, rounded to the 10th of a second, depending on the rules then in place.
The IAAF accepted records to the hundredth of a second starting in 1981.
References General Specific
↑ Nelson, Cordner; Quercetani, Roberto (1985). The Milers . Tafnews Press. p. 14. ISBN 0-911521-15-1 ↑ Nelson, Cordner; Quercetani, Roberto (1985). The Milers . Tafnews Press. p. 21. ISBN 0-911521-15-1 ↑ 3.0 3.1 "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF) . Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 549. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2009 .↑
"12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF) . Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 642. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2009 .
↑ "IAAF Diamond League Monaco - 1500m Results" (PDF) . sportresult.com . 17 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2015 .↑ "1500m Result" (PDF) . sportresult.com . 2 June 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023 .↑ "1500m Result" (PDF) . swisstiming.com . 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024 .
Further reading Cordner Nelson and Roberto Quercetani, The Milers , Tafnews Press, 1985, ISBN 0-911521-15-1
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