1500 meter run

The 1500-meter run is a track and field competition in athletics . To run on a 400-meter track, first 300 meters of one lap and then three full stadium laps. After the first bend, you start standing (high start) from a curved starting line ( involute ). The 1500-meter run and the 800-meter run belong to the medium-distance group .

The fastest men achieve times of 3:26 minutes, which corresponds to 7.28 m / s or 26.21 km / h.

The fastest women achieve times of 3:50 minutes, which corresponds to 6.52 m / s or 23.48 km / h.

The route length has its origin in European countries with metric systems of measurement, where in the 19th century 500-meter lanes were run. The 1,500-meter run was already a competitive discipline for men at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Women were allowed to run the 1500 meters for the first time in 1969 at the European Championships and in 1972 at the Olympics.

In the English-speaking world, the mile (1609 meters) was preferred for a long time . It remained an attractive route into the second half of the 20th century, because it had to undercut the round mark of four minutes (first by Roger Bannister in 3: 59.6 minutes on May 6, 1954 in Oxford ) and because it corresponds approximately to four laps. There are still competitions over this distance at major international sports festivals, the route still has its charm.

history

Since the first Olympic Games , many runners started on the 1,500 meter as well as the 5,000 meter route. The first double winner on both courses was the Finn Paavo Nurmi , who won both gold medals within 50 minutes in 1924 . The combination with the 800-meter route is also very popular, which is also possible in this form, since both distances represent the most important middle distances . Even at the first Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 , the Australian Edwin Flack was double Olympic champion on these two routes.

From 1940 to 1944, the two Swedish rivals Gunder Hägg and Arne Andersson drove the 1,500 meter time to the 3:43 minute mark. The basis was the method of the trainer Gösta Olander of having both of them perform two long cross-country runs a day.

In the 1950s, the mile run had at least the same meaning as the 1500 meters. In 1954 the public's attention was focused on this route for a long time because Roger Bannister (GBR), the first runner in 1954, ran the mile under four minutes, the so-called 'dream mile'.

By the mid-1960s, interval training gained popularity, primarily embodied by Jim Ryun ( USA ).

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , African runners appeared for the first time. Kipchoge Keino from Kenya won the gold medal. Six years later, in 1974, Filbert Bayi ( Tanzania ) set a world record at the Commonwealth Games in a time of 3: 32.2 minutes.

Rival Brits Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett dominated the scene in the late 1970s to early 1980s . Steve Cram (GBR) set a legendary world record in 1985, who was the first to stay under 3:30 minutes.

North Africans have been the leading 1,500-meter runners since the mid-1980s, initially Saïd Aouita from Morocco , since the early 1990s Noureddine Morceli from Algeria and finally another Moroccan from the late 1990s with Hicham El Guerrouj . All of these athletes are now no longer active.

Milestones

Men

• First world record officially recognized by the IAAF : 3: 55.8 min, Abel Kiviat , 1912 
• First runner under four minutes: 3: 59.8 min, Harold Wilson , on May 30, 1908 
• First runner under 3:50 minutes: 3: 49.2 min, Jules Ladoumègue , 1930 
• First runner under 3:40 minutes: 3: 38.1 minutes, Stanislav Jungwirth , 1957 
• First runner under 3:30 minutes: 3: 29.67 minutes, Steve Cram , 1985 

Women

• First runner under 4:20 minutes: 4: 19.0 min, Marise Chamberlain , 1962 
• First runner under 4:10 minutes: 4: 09.6 minutes, Karin Burneleit , 1971 
• First runner under 4:05 minutes: 4: 01.4 min, Lyudmila Bragina , 1972 
• First runner under 4:00 minutes: 3: 56.0 min, Tatjana Kasankina , 1976 

Most successful 1500 meter runner

• Two Olympic victories:
  •  James Lightbody , 1904 and 1906
  •  Tatjana Kasankina , 1976 and 1980
  •  Sebastian Coe , 1980 and 1984
• Four world championship titles
  •  Hicham El Guerrouj , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 and 2003
• Three world championship titles:
  •  Noureddine Morceli , 1991 , 1993 and 1995
• World records for German runners:
  •  Otto Peltzer , 3: 51.0 min, 1926
  •  Karin Burneleit , 4: 09.6 min, 1971
• Medals of German runners:
  •  Carsten Schlangen , silver medal at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona

statistics

Olympic Games medalist

Men

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1896	Edwin Flack	Arthur Blake	Albin Lermusiaux
1900	Charles Bennett	Henry Deloge	John Bray
1904	James Lightbody	Frank Verner	Lacey Hearn
1906	James Lightbody	John McGough	Kristian Hellström
1908	Mel Sheppard	Harold Wilson	Norman Hallows
1912	Arnold Jackson	Abel Kiviat	Norman Taber
1920	United Kingdom	Philip Noel-Baker	Lawrence Shields
1924	Paavo Nurmi	Willy Schärer	Henry Stallard
1928	Harri Larva	Jules Ladoumègue	Eino Purje
1932	Luigi Beccali	Jerry Cornes	Phil Edwards
1936	Jack Lovelock	Glenn Cunningham	Luigi Beccali
1948	Henry Eriksson	Lennart Beach	Wim Slijkhuis
1952	Josy Barthel	Bob McMillen	Werner Lueg
1956	Ron Delany	Klaus Richtzenhain	John Landy
1960	Herb Elliott	Michel Jazy	István Rózsavölgyi
1964	Peter Snell	Josef Odlozil	John Davies
1968	Kipchoge Keino	Jim Ryun	Bodo Bottlenose Dolphin
1972	Pekka Vasala	Kipchoge Keino	Rod Dixon
1976	John Walker	Ivo Van Damme	Paul-Heinz Wellmann
1980	Sebastian Coe	Jürgen Straub	Steve Ovett
1984	Sebastian Coe	Steve Cram	José Manuel Abascal
1988	Peter Rono	Peter Elliott	Jens-Peter Herold
1992	Fermín Cacho	Rachid El-Basir	Mohamed Suleiman
1996	Noureddine Morceli	Fermin Cacho	Stephen Kipkorir
2000	Noah Ngeny	Hicham El Guerrouj	Bernard Lagat
2004	Hicham El Guerrouj	Bernard Lagat	Rui Silva
2008	Asbel Kiprop	Nick Willis	Mehdi Baala
2012	Taoufik Makhloufi	Leonel Manzano	Abdalaati Iguider
2016	Matthew Centrowitz	Taoufik Makhloufi	Nick Willis

Women

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1972	Lyudmila Bragina	Gunhild Hoffmeister	Paola Cacchi
1976	Tatiana Kasankina	Gunhild Hoffmeister	Ulrike Klapezynski
1980	Tatiana Kasankina	Christiane Wartenberg	Nadia Olisarenko
1984	Gabriella Dorio	Doina Melinte	Maricica Puică
1988	Paula Ivan	Laima Baikauskaitė	Tetjana Samolenko-Dorowskych
1992	Hassiba Boulmerka	Lyudmila Rogacheva	Qu Yunxia
1996	Svetlana Masterkova	Gabriela Szabo	Theresia Kiesl
2000	Nouria Mérah-Benida	Violeta Szekely	Gabriela Szabo
2004	Kelly Holmes	Tatiana Tomaschowa	Maria Cioncan
2008	Nancy Jebet Lagat	Iryna Lishchynska	Natalija Tobias
2012	Vacant	Vacant	Maryam Yusuf Jamal
2016	Faith Kipyegon	Genzebe Dibaba	Jennifer Simpson

World Championships medalist

Men

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1983	Steve Cram	Steve Scott	Said Aouita
1987	Abdi Bile	José Luis González	Jim Spivey
1991	Noureddine Morceli	Wilfred Kirochi	Hauke ​​Fuhlbrügge
1993	Noureddine Morceli	Fermín Cacho	Abdi Bile
1995	Noureddine Morceli	Hicham El Guerrouj	Venuste Niyongabo
1997	Hicham El Guerrouj	Fermín Cacho	Reyes Estévez
1999	Hicham El Guerrouj	Noah Ngeny	Reyes Estévez
2001	Hicham El Guerrouj	Bernard Lagat	Driss Maazouzi
2003	Hicham El Guerrouj	Mehdi Baala	Ivan Heschko
2005	Rashid Ramzi	Adil Kaouch	Rui Silva
2007	Bernard Lagat	Rashid Ramzi	Shedrack Kibet Korir
2009	Yusuf Saad camel	Deresse Mekonnen	Bernard Lagat
2011	Asbel Kiprop	Silas Kiplagat	Matthew Centrowitz
2013	Asbel Kiprop	Matthew Centrowitz	Johan Cronje
2015	Asbel Kiprop	Elijah Manangoi	Abdelaati Iguider
2017	Elijah Manangoi	Timothy Cheruiyot	Filip Ingebrigtsen
2019	Timothy Cheruiyot	Taoufik Makhloufi	Marcin Lewandowski

Women

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1983	Mary Decker	Samira Saizewa	Ekaterina Podkopaeva
1987	Tetjana Samolenko-Dorowskych	Hildegard Körner	Doina Melinte
1991	Hassiba Boulmerka	Tetjana Samolenko-Dorowskych	Lyudmila Rogacheva
1993	Liu Dong	Sonia O'Sullivan	Hassiba Boulmerka
1995	Hassiba Boulmerka	Kelly Holmes	Carla Sacramento
1997	Carla Sacramento	Regina Jacobs	Anita Weyermann
1999	Svetlana Masterkova	Regina Jacobs	Kutre Dulecha
2001	Gabriela Szabo	Violeta Szekely	Natalia Gorelova
2003	Tatiana Tomaschowa	Süreyya Ayhan	Hayley Tullett
2005	Tatiana Tomaschowa	Olga Yegorova	Bouchra Ghezielle
2007	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	Iryna Lishchynska	Daniela Jordanova
2009	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	Lisa Dobriskey	Shannon Rowbury
2011	Jennifer Simpson	Hannah England	Natalia Rodríguez
2013	Ababa Aregawi	Jenny Simpson	Bright Obiri
2015	Genzebe Dibaba	Faith Kipyegon	Sifan Hassan
2017	Faith Kipyegon	Jenny Simpson	Caster Semenya
2019	Sifan Hassan	Faith Kipyegon	Gudaf Tsegay

See also

• Olympic medalist
• Medalist at world championships
• Olympic medalists
• Medal winners at world championships

World record development

Men

M: Intermediate time in a one mile (1,609.35 meter) race.

Time (min)	Surname	date	place
3: 55.8	Abel Kiviat	June 8, 1912	Cambridge
3: 54.7	John Zander	August 5, 1917	Stockholm
3: 52.6	Paavo Nurmi	June 19, 1924	Helsinki
3: 51.0	Otto Peltzer	September 11, 1926	Berlin
3: 49.2	Jules Ladoumègue	5th October 1930	Paris
3: 49.2	Luigi Beccali	September 9, 1933	Turin
3: 49.0	Luigi Beccali	September 17, 1933	Milan
3: 48.8	Bill Bonthron	June 30, 1934	Milwaukee
3: 47.8	Jack Lovelock	August 6, 1936	Berlin
3: 47.6	Gunder Hägg	August 10, 1941	Stockholm
3: 45.8	Gunder Hägg	July 17, 1942	Stockholm
3: 45.0	Arne Andersson	August 17, 1943	Gothenburg
3: 43.0	Gunder Hägg	July 7, 1944	Gothenburg
3: 43.0	Lennart Beach	July 15, 1947	Malmo
3: 43.0	Werner Lueg	June 29, 1952	Berlin
3: 42.8M	Wes Santee	4th June 1954	Compton
3: 41.8M	John Landy	June 21, 1954	Turku
3: 40.8	Sándor Iharos	July 28, 1955	Helsinki
3: 40.8	László Tábori	September 6, 1955	Oslo
3: 40.8	Gunnar Nielsen	September 6, 1955	Oslo
3: 40.6	István Rózsavölgyi	3rd August 1956	Tata
3: 40.2	Olavi Salsola	July 11, 1957	Turku
3: 40.2	Olavi saloons	July 11, 1957	Turku
3: 38.1	Stanislav Jungwirth	July 12, 1957	Stará Boleslav
3: 36.0	Herb Elliott	August 28, 1958	Gothenburg
3: 35.6	Herb Elliott	September 6, 1960	Rome
3: 33.1	James Ryun	July 8, 1967	los Angeles
3: 32.2	Filbert Bayi	2nd February 1974	Christchurch
3: 32.1	Sebastian Coe	15th August 1979	Zurich
3: 32.1	Steve Ovett	July 15, 1980	Oslo
3: 31.36	Steve Ovett	August 27, 1980	Koblenz
3: 31.24	Sydney Maree	August 28, 1983	Cologne
3: 30.77	Steve Ovett	4th September 1983	Rieti
3: 29.67	Steve Cram	July 16, 1985	Nice
3: 29.46	Said Aouita	23rd August 1985	Berlin
3: 28.86	Noureddine Morceli	September 6, 1992	Rieti
3: 27.37	Noureddine Morceli	July 12, 1995	Nice
3: 26.00	Hicham El Guerrouj	July 14, 1998	Rome

Women

*: No officially recognized world record.

Time (min)	Surname	date	place
5:45 *	Siina Simola	August 23, 1908	Lieto
5:43 *	Lempi Aaltonen	June 1913	Harjavalta
5: 18.2 *	Anna Mushkina	August 19, 1927	Moscow
5: 07.0 *	Anna Mushkina	September 16, 1934	Alma-ata
5: 02.0 *	Lydia Freyberg	July 13, 1936	Moscow
4: 47.2 *	Evdokiya Vasilyeva	July 30, 1936	Moscow
4: 45.2 *	Evdokiya Vasilyeva	September 13, 1937	Moscow
4: 41.8 *	Anna Saizewa-Bosenko	June 10, 1940	Moscow
4: 38.0 *	Evdokiya Vasilyeva	August 17, 1944	Moscow
4: 37.8 *	Olga Ovsyannikova	September 15, 1946	Dnepropetrovsk
4: 37.0 *	Nina Pletnyova	August 30, 1952	Leningrad
4: 35.4 *	Phyllis Perkins	17th May 1956	Hornchurch
4: 30.0 *	Diane Leather	May 16, 1957	Hornchurch
4: 29.7 *	Diane Leather	July 19, 1957	London
4: 19.0 *	Marise Chamberlain	December 8, 1962	Perth
4: 17.3	Anne Smith	3rd June 1967	Chiswick
4: 15.6	Maria Gommers	October 24, 1967	Sittard
4: 12.4	Paola Pigni	2nd July 1969	Milan
4: 10.7	Jaroslava Jehličková	20th September 1969	Athens
4: 09.6	Karin Burneleit	15th August 1971	Helsinki
4: 06.9	Lyudmila Bragina	July 18, 1972	Moscow
4: 06.5	Lyudmila Bragina	4th September 1972	Munich
4: 05.1	Lyudmila Bragina	7th September 1972	Munich
4: 01.4	Lyudmila Bragina	September 9, 1972	Munich
3: 56.0	Tatiana Kasankina	June 28, 1976	Podolsk
3: 55.0	Tatiana Kasankina	July 6, 1980	Moscow
3: 52.47	Tatiana Kasankina	August 13, 1980	Zurich
3: 50.46	Qu Yunxia	September 11, 1993	Beijing
3: 50.07	Genzebe Dibaba	17th July 2015	Monaco

World best list

Men

All runners with a time under 3: 30.58 minutes. Last change: August 14, 2020

1. 3: 26.00 min Hicham El Guerrouj , Rome , July 14, 1998 
2. 3: 26.34 min Bernard Lagat , Brussels , August 24, 2001 
3. 3: 26.69 min Asbel Kiprop , Monaco , July 17, 2015 
4. 3: 27.37 min Noureddine Morceli , Nice , July 12, 1995 
5. 3: 27.64 min Silas Kiplagat , Monaco , July 18, 2014 
6. 3: 28.12 min Noah Ngeny , Zurich , August 11, 2000 
7. 3: 28.41 min Timothy Cheruiyot , Monaco , July 20, 2018 
8. 3: 28.68 min Jakob Ingebrigtsen , Monaco , August 14, 2020 
9. 3: 28.75 min Taoufik Makhloufi , Monaco , July 17, 2015 
10. 3: 28.79 min Abdalaati Iguider , Monaco , July 17, 2015 
11. 3: 28.80 min Elijah Motonei Manangoi , Monaco , July 21, 2017 
12. 3: 28.81 min Mohamed Farah , Monaco , July 19, 2013 
13. 3: 28.81 min Ronald Kwemoi , Monaco , July 18, 2014 
14. 3: 28.95 min Fermín Cacho , Zurich , August 13, 1997 
15. 3: 28.98 min Mehdi Baala , Brussels , September 5, 2003 
16. 3: 29.02 min Daniel Kipchirchir Komen , Rome , July 14, 2006 
17. 3: 29.14 min Rashid Ramzi , Rome , July 14, 2006 
18. 3: 29.18 min Vénuste Niyongabo , Brussels , August 22, 1997 
19. 3: 29.29 min William Chirchir , Brussels , August 24, 2001 
20. 3: 29.46 min Saïd Aouita , Berlin , August 23, 1985 
21. 3: 29.46 min Daniel Komen , Monaco , August 16, 1997 
22. 3: 29.47 min Augustine Kiprono Choge , Berlin , June 14, 2009 
23. 3: 29.47 min Jake Wightman , Monaco , August 14, 2020 
24. 3: 29.50 min Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku , Monaco , July 19, 2013 
25. 3: 29.51 min Ali Saïdi-Sief , Lausanne , July 4th 2001 
26. 3: 29.53 min Amine Laalou , Monaco , July 22, 2010 
27. 3: 29.58 min Ayanleh Souleiman , Monaco , July 18, 2014 
28. 3: 29.66 min Nick Willis , Monaco , July 17, 2015 
29. 3: 29.67 min Steve Cram , Nice , July 16, 1985 
30. 3: 29.77 min Sydney Maree , Cologne , August 25, 1985 
31. 3: 29.77 min Sebastian Coe , Rieti , September 7, 1986 
32. 3: 29.77 min Nixon Chepseba , Monaco , July 20, 2012 
33. 3: 29.91 min Laban Rotich , Zurich , August 12, 1998 
34. 3: 29.91 min Aman Wote , Monaco , July 18, 2014 
35. 3: 30.01 min Filip Ingebrigtsen , Monaco , July 20, 2018 
36. 3: 30.04 min Timothy Too Kiptanui , Paris Saint-Denis , July 23, 2004 
37. 3: 30.07 min Rui Silva , Monaco , July 19, 2002 
38. 3: 30.10 min Robert Biwott , Monaco , July 17, 2015 
39. 3: 30.18 min John Kibowen , Zurich , August 12, 1998 
40. 3: 30.20 min Haron Keitany , Berlin , June 14, 2009 
41. 3: 30.24 min Cornelius Chirchir , Monaco , July 19, 2002 
42. 3: 30.33 min Iwan Heschko , Brussels , September 3, 2004 
43. 3: 30.34 min Collins Cheboi , Monaco , July 17, 2015 
44. 3: 30.40 min Matthew Centrowitz , Monaco , July 17, 2015 
45. 3: 30.46 min Alex Kipchirchir , Brussels , September 3, 2004 
46. 3: 30.54 min Alan Webb , Saint-Denis , July 6, 2007 
47. 3: 30.55 min Abdi Bile , Rieti , September 3, 1989 
48. 3: 30.57 min Reyes Estévez , Seville , August 24, 1999 
49. 3: 30.58 min William Tanui , Monaco , August 16, 1997 
50. 3: 30.58 min Ronald Musagala , Monaco , July 12, 2019 

• German record: Thomas Wessinghage - 3: 31.58 min on August 27, 1980 in Koblenz
• Austrian record: Günther Weidlinger - 3: 34.69 min on June 7, 2000 in Kassel
• Swiss record: Pierre Délèze - 3: 31.75 minutes on August 21, 1985 in Zurich

Women

All runners with a time of 3: 57.72 minutes or faster.

Last change: October 5th, 2019

1. 3: 50.07 min Genzebe Dibaba , Monaco , July 17, 2015 
2. 3: 50.46 min Qu Yunxia , Beijing , September 11, 1993 
3. 3: 50.98 min Jiang Bo , Shanghai , October 18, 1997 
4. 3: 51.34 min Lang Yinglai , Shanghai , October 18, 1997 
5. 3: 51.92 min Wang Junxia , Beijing , September 11, 1993 
6. 3: 51.95 min Sifan Hassan , Doha , October 5, 2019 
7. 3: 52.47 min Tatjana Kasankina , Zurich , August 13, 1980 
8. 3: 53.91 min Yin Lili , Shanghai , October 18, 1997 
9. 3: 53.96 min Paula Ivan , Seoul , October 1st, 1988 
10. 3: 53.97 min Lan Lixin , Shanghai , October 18, 1997 
11. 3: 54.22 min Faith Kipyegon , Doha , October 5, 2019 
12. 3: 54.23 min Olga Dwirna , Kiev , July 27, 1982 
13. 3: 54.38 min Gudaf Tsegay , Doha , October 5, 2019 
14. 3: 54.52 min Zhang Ling , Shanghai , October 18, 1997 
15. 3: 54.99 min Shelby Houlihan , Doha , October 5, 2019 
16. 3: 55.07 min Dong Yanmei , Shanghai , October 18, 1997 
17. 3: 55.22 min Laura Muir , Paris , August 27, 2016 
18. 3: 55.30 min Hassiba Boulmerka , Barcelona , August 8, 1992 
19. 3: 55.33 min Süreyya Ayhan , Brussels , September 5, 2003 
20. 3: 55.68 min Julija Fomenko , Paris , July 8, 2006 
21. 3: 56.12 min Gabriela Debues-Stafford , Doha , October 5, 2019 
22. 3: 56.14 min Samira Saizewa , Kiev , July 27, 1982 
23. 3: 56.18 min Maryam Yusuf Jamal , Rieti , August 27, 2006 
24. 3: 56.29 min Shannon Rowbury , Monaco , July 17, 2015 
25. 3: 56.31 min Liu Dong , Shanghai , October 17, 1997 
26. 3: 56.43 min Jelena Sobolewa , Paris , July 8, 2006 
27. 3: 56.50 min Tetjana Posdnyakova , Kiev , July 27, 1982 
28. 3: 56.54 min Abeba Aregawi , Rome , May 31, 2012 
29. 3: 56.63 min Nadeschda Ralldugina , Prague , August 18, 1984 
30. 3: 56.65 min Jekaterina Podkopajewa , Rieti , September 2, 1984 
31. 3: 56.70 min Lyubov Smolka , Moscow , July 6, 1980 
32. 3: 56.70 min Doina Melinte , Bucharest , July 12, 1986 
33. 3: 56.77 min Swetlana Masterkowa , Zurich , August 14, 1996 
34. 3: 56.8 min Nadija Olisarenko , Moscow , July 6, 1980 
35. 3: 56.91 min Lyudmila Rogacheva , Barcelona , August 8, 1992 
36. 3: 56.91 min Tatjana Tomaschowa , Gothenburg , August 13, 2006 
37. 3: 56.97 min Gabriela Szabo , Monaco , August 8, 1998 
38. 3: 57.03 min Liu Jing , Shanghai , October 17, 1997 
39. 3: 57.05 min Swetlana Guskowa , Kiev , July 27, 1982 
40. 3: 57.05 min Hellen Obiri , Eugene , May 31, 2014 
41. 3: 57.12 min Mary Decker , Stockholm , July 26, 1983 
42. 3: 57.22 min Maricica Puică , Bucharest , July 1, 1984 
43. 3: 57.22 min Jennifer Simpson , Paris Saint-Denis , July 5, 2014 
44. 3: 57.40 min Totka Petrowa , Athens , August 11, 1979 
45. 3: 57.40 min Suzy Favor-Hamilton , Oslo , July 28, 2000 
46. 3: 57.41 min Jackline Maranga , Monaco , August 8, 1998 
47. 3: 57.46 min Zhang Linli , Beijing , September 11, 1993 
48. 3: 57.71 min Christiane Wartenberg , Moscow , August 1, 1980 
49. 3: 57.71 min Carla Sacramento , Monaco , August 8, 1998 
50. 3: 57.72 min Galina Sakharova , Baku , September 14, 1984 

• German record: Christiane Wartenberg - 3: 57.71 min on August 1, 1980 in Moscow
• Austrian record: Theresia Kiesl - 4: 03.02 min on August 3, 1996 in Atlanta
• Swiss record: Anita Weyermann - 3: 58.20 minutes on August 8, 1998 in Monaco

swell

• 1500 Metres All Time - Eternal world best list of the IAAF, 1500 m men
• 1500 Metres All Time - Eternal world best list of the IAAF, 1500 m women
• Athletics annual world best list up to 20th place ( Memento from July 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
• Progression of World best performances and official IAAF World Records. 2003 Edition, Monaco, 2003, pp. 59 ff. And 266 ff. (English)
• Arnd Krüger : The classification of Roger Bannister's performance in the history of training for medium and long distances, in: J. BUSCHMANN & S. WASSONG (Ed.): Cross-country skiing through the Olympic history. Festschrift for Karl Lennartz. Cologne: Carl and Liselott Diem - Archive 2005, 349 - 372. ISDN: 3883380156
• Arnd Krüger : Many roads lead to the Olympics. The changes in the training systems for middle and long distance runners (1850-1997), in: N. Gissel (Hrsg.): Sportliche Leistungs im Wandel. Hamburg 1998: Czwalina, pp. 41-56

See also

• List of Olympic team abbreviations
• 1500 meters world record run in Turku 1957
• List of national records in the women's 1500 meter race