The 1,500 metres is a premier middle distance track event. It is judged a very tough distance to perform at mentally. The distance is often witness to some of the more tactical, more physical races in the sport, as many championship races are won in the final few metres. Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ...

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. Thus, speed is necessary, and it seems that the more aerobic conditioning, the better. 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. Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الكروج, born September 14, 1974, Berkane) is a retired Moroccan middle distance runner. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ...

In American high schools, the one mile (which is 1609.36 metres) and 1600m, also colloquially referred to as "the mile," are more frequently run than the 1500m, 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 1600m times to their one mile equivalents. High school, or secondary school, is the last segment of compulsory education in Hong Kong, United States, Australia, Canada, China, Korea and Japan. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... The Imperial units or the Imperial system is a collection of English units, first defined in the Weights and Measures Act of 1824, later refined (until 1959) and reduced. ...

Famous 1500 m runners

Men

• Roger Bannister
• Saïd Aouita
• Fermín Cacho
• Sebastian Coe
• Steve Cram
• Jim Spivey
• Herb Elliott
• Hicham El Guerrouj
• Bernard Lagat
• Alan Webb
• John Landy
• Noureddine Morceli
• Venuste Niyongabo
• Steve Ovett
• Jim Ryun
• Peter Snell
• John Walker
• Rui Silva

Bannister was chosen as the first Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year for his accomplishments in 1954. ... Saïd Aouita (born November 2, 1959) is a former Moroccan athlete, winner of 5000 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics. ... Fermín Cacho Ruiz (born February 16, 1969) is a Spanish athlete, winner of the 1500 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics. ... Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, KBE (born 29 September 1956 in Chiswick, London) is an English athlete and Conservative Party politician. ... Steve Cram MBE (born October 14, 1960) was a British athlete who vied with fellow British athletes Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett during their domination of middle distance running in the 1980s. ... Jim Spivey is a former American middle distance runner who won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Rome 1987 over 1500m. ... Herb Elliott at the 1954 Public Schools Association Athletics Herbert (Herb) James Elliott AC MBE (born February 25, 1938) is a former Australian athlete, one of the worlds greatest middle distance runners. ... Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الكروج, born September 14, 1974, Berkane) is a retired Moroccan middle distance runner. ... Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat (b. ... Alan Webb at the 2006 Prefontaine Classic. ... John Landy in 1985. ... Noureddine Morceli (born February 28, 1970) is a former Algerian athlete, winner of 1500 m run at the 1996 Summer Olympics. ... Vénuste Niyongabo (born December 9, 1973) is a middle distance runner from Burundi. ... Stephen Michael James (Steve) Ovett OBE (born October 9, 1955), is a former middle distance runner from England. ... James Ronald (Jim) Ryun (born April 29, 1947) is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas. ... Peter George Snell, DCNZM, OBE (born December 17, 1938 in Opunake) is a New Zealand former athlete. ... John George Walker (born January 12, 1952 in Papakura) is a former middle distance runner from New Zealand. ... Rui Silva (born August 3, 1977) is a Portuguese athlete. ...

Top ten fastest athletes over 1500 metres - men

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Rank	Res.	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
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	14 July 2006	Rome
8.	3:29.14	Rashid Ramzi	Bahrain	14 July 2006	Rome
9.	3:29.18	Gareth Dray	United Kingdom	6 November 2007	Manchester
10.	3:29.29	William Chirchir	Kenya	24 August 2001	Brussels

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Women

• Hassiba Boulmerka
• Kelly Holmes
• Tatyana Kazankina
• Gabriela Szabo

Hassiba Boulmerka (Arabic: ) (born July 10, 1968) in Constantine in the north east of Algeria is a former Algerian middle distance athlete. ... Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE (born April 19, 1970) is a retired British middle-distance athlete. ... Tatyana Kazankina (born on December 17, 1951) was a Russian runner who set seven world records and won a total numer of three golden medals at the Olympic Games. ... Gabriela Szabó (born November 14, 1975 in Bistriţa) is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively. ...

Top ten fastest athletes over 1500 metres - women

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Rank	Res.	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
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

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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 1:42.32 by both Shani Davis and Erben Wennemars and 1:51.79 by Cindy Klassen.^[1] Swimmer redirects here. ... Speed skating, or long track speedskating, long track speed skating, is an Olympic sport where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. ... Grant George Hackett (born May 9, 1980) is an Australian swimmer who won the mens 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. ... Laure Manaudou in 2005. ... In swimming, Short Course (abbreviated SC) stands for a competition organized in a pool of 25 metres in length, instead of a regular Olympic size swimming pool of 50 metres. ... Shani Davis (born August 13, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American speed skater who competes in both short track and long track speed skating. ... Egbert Rolf (Erben) Wennemars (born November 1, 1975 in Dalfsen) is a Dutch speed skater. ... Cindy Klassen (born August 12, 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian skater and Canadas all-time most decorated Olympian. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.geocities.com/speedsk8fan/sskwr.html

External links

• International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) – official site
• World Record progression in athletics
• World Masters Athletics - official site
• World Rankings
• Athletics all-time performances