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* China claims an excessive number of records and ranks from their national games held in Shanghai 1997, with their own national media using the results to prove cheating of various sorts. See http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200509/28/eng20050928_211249.html


==Best Year Performance==
==Best Year Performance==

Revision as of 04:19, 22 August 2008

The 1,500 metres (or meters) is a premier middle distance track event.

In modern times, it has become more of a prolonged sprint with each lap averaging under 55 seconds for the world record performance by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1998 at Rome.[1] The 1500 is three and three-quarter laps around a 400 metre track. Through the 1980s the event was dominated by British runners, but through the 1990s, the African runners began to take over, with runners from Kenya, Morocco and Algeria winning the Olympic titles.

In American high schools, the one mile (which is 1609.344 metres) and 1600 m, also colloquially referred to as "metric mile," are more frequently run than the 1500 m, since Imperial units are more well known in the US. Which is used depends on the state the high school is in, and, for convenience, national rankings are standardized by converting all 1600 m times to their one mile equivalents.[citation needed]

Top Ten Fastest Athletes

Men

Rank Res. Athlete Nation Date Location
1. 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 14 july 1998 Rome
2. 3:26.34 Bernard Lagat  Kenya 24 august 2001 Brussels
3. 3:27.37 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 12 july 1995 Nice
4. 3:28.12 Noah Ngeny  Kenya 11 august 2000 Zürich
5. 3:28.95 Fermín Cacho  Spain 13 august 1997 Zürich
6. 3:28.98 Mehdi Baala  France 5 september 2003 Brussels
7. 3:29.02 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen  Kenya 9 july 2006 Rome
8. 3:29.14 Rashid Ramzi  Bahrain 14 july 2006 Rome
9. 3:29.18 Vénuste Niyongabo  Burundi 22 August 1997 Brussels
10. 3:29.29 William Chirchir  Kenya 24 august 2001 Brussels

Women

Rank Res. Athlete Nation Date Location
1. 3:50.46 Qu Yunxia  China 11 september 1993 Beijing
2. 3:50.98 Jiang Bo  China 18 october 1997 Shanghai *
3. 3:51.34 Lang Yinglai  China 18 october 1997 Shanghai *
4. 3:51.92 Wang Junxia  China 11 september 1993 Beijing
5. 3:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union 13 august 1980 Zürich
6. 3:53.91 Yin Lili  China 18 october 1997 Shanghai *
7. 3:53.96 Paula Ivan  Romania 1 october 1988 Seoul
8. 3:53.97 Lan Lixin  China 18 october 1997 Shanghai *
9. 3:54.23 Olga Dvirna  Soviet Union 27 july 1982 Kiev
10. 3:54.52 Zhang Ling  China 18 october 1997 Shanghai *



Best Year Performance

Men's Seasons Best (Outdoor)

Year Time Athlete Location
1971 3:36.0  Marty Liquori (USA) Milan
1972 3:36.33  Pekka Vasala (FIN) Munich
1973 3:34.6  Filbert Bayi (TAN) Helsinki
1974 3:32.16  Filbert Bayi (TAN) Christchurch
1975 3:32.4  John Walker (NZL) Oslo
1976 3:34.19  John Walker (NZL) Stockholm
1977 3:32.72  John Walker (NZL) Brussels
1978 3:35.48  David Moorcroft (GBR) Edmonton
1979 3:32.03  Sebastian Coe (GBR) Zürich
1980 3:31.36  Steve Ovett (GBR) Koblenz
1981 3:31.57  Steve Ovett (GBR) Budapest
1982 3:32.12  Sydney Maree (USA) Brussels
1983 3:30.77  Steve Ovett (GBR) Rieti
1984 3:31.54  Saïd Aouita (MAR) Hengelo
1985 3:29.46  Saïd Aouita (MAR) Berlin
1986 3:29.77  Sebastian Coe (GBR) Rieti
1987 3:30.69  Saïd Aouita (MAR) Oslo
1988 3:30.95  Steve Cram (GBR) Brussels
1989 3:30.55  Abdi Bile (SOM) Rieti
1990 3:32.60  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) Bologna
1991 3:31.00  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) Helsinki
1992 3:28.86  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) Rieti
1993 3:29.20  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) Narbonne
1994 3:30.61  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) Villeneuve d'Ascq
1995 3:27.37  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) Nice
1996 3:29.05  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Brussels
1997 3:28.91  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Zürich
1998 3:26.00  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Rome
1999 3:27.65  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Seville
2000 3:27.21  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Zürich
2001 3:26.12  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Brussels
2002 3:26.89  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Zürich
2003 3:28.40  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Brussels
2004 3:27.40  Bernard Lagat (KEN) Zürich
2005 3:29.30  Bernard Lagat (USA) Rieti
2006 3:29.02  Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (KEN) Rome
2007 3:30.54  Alan Webb (USA) Saint-Denis

Women's Seasons Best (Outdoor)

Year Time Athlete Location
1976 3:56.0  Tatyana Kazankina (URS) Podolsk
1977 4:02.65  Natalia Marasescu (ROU) Bucharest
1978 3:59.01  Gyana Romanova (URS) Prague
1979 3:57.4  Totka Petrova (BUL) Athens
1980 3:52.47  Tatyana Kazankina (URS) Zürich
1981 3:57.78  Olga Dvirna (URS) Budapest
1982 3:54.23  Olga Dvirna (URS) Kiev
1983 3:57.12  Mary Slaney (USA) Stockholm
1984 3:56.63  Nadezhda Ralldugina (URS) Prague
1985 3:57.24  Mary Slaney (USA) Brussels
1986 3:56.7  Doina Melinte (ROU) Bucharest
1987 3:58.56  Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS) Rome
1988 3:53.96  Paula Ivan (ROU) Seoul
1989 3:59.23  Paula Ivan (ROU) Nice
1990 3:58.69  Doina Melinte (ROU) Villeneuve d'Ascq
1991 3:59.16  Natalya Artyomova (RUS) Zürich
1992 3:55.30  Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) Barcelona
1993 3:50.46  Qu Yunxia (CHN) Beijing
1994 3:59.10  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) Nice
1995 3:58.85  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) Monaco
1996 3:56.77  Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) Zürich
1997 3:50.98  Jiang Bo (CHN) Shanghai
1998 3:56.97  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) Monaco
1999 3:59.31  Violeta Szekely (ROU) Zürich
2000 3:57.40  Suzy Favor-Hamilton (USA) Oslo
2001 3:59.35  Violeta Szekely (ROU) Monaco
2002 3:57.75  Süreyya Ayhan (TUR) Brussels
2003 3:55.33  Süreyya Ayhan (TUR) Brussels
2004 3:57.90  Kelly Holmes (GBR) Athens
2005 3:56.79  Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) Rieti
2006 3:55.68  Yuliya Fomenko (RUS) Saint-Denis
2007 3:57.30  Yelena Soboleva (RUS) Moscow

Other Sports

1,500 metres is also an event in swimming and speed skating. The world records for the distance in swimming are 14:10.10 by Grant Hackett and 15:42.39 by Laure Manaudou. Both records were set in Short course pools.

The world records for the distance in speed skating are 1:42.01 by Denny Morrison and 1:51.79 by Cindy Klassen.[2]

See also

References