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Given the rivalry between Norway's Olympic 1500-metre champion, and World 5000-metre champion, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Great Britain's World 1500-metre champion, and World indoor 3000-metre champion, Josh Kerr, the men's 1500 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics had been billed as a "Race for the Ages" by World Athletics President, middle-distance great, and double Olympic champion over the ...
Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics Record Athlete (nation) Time Location Date World record Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:49.04 [6] Paris, France 7 July 2024 Olympic record: 3:53.11 Tokyo, Japan 6 August 2021 World leading 3:49.04 [7] Paris, France 7 July 2024
Historically, athletes in this event have also had success in the 800 metres at the Olympics. Kelly Holmes was the last athlete to win both events at the same Olympics in 2004. The 2012 1500m gold medalist Taoufik Makhloufi made both podiums without winning gold in 2016. Kenya is the most successful nation in the event, having won seven gold ...
Here's the complete track and field schedule for Friday, Aug. 9. 2024 Paris Olympic Games: Entire schedule with TV, time and streaming for every event How to watch the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running. [5]
The men's 1500 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 3 and 7 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Approximately fifty athletes were expected to compete; the exact number depended on how many nations used universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 45 qualifying through time or ranking (1 universality place was used in 2016).
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.
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the women's 1500 metres event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 4:04.20.