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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 first world record in the men's 1500 metres freestyle in a long course (50 metres) swimming pool was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1908. [1] In short course (25 metres) pools, the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991.
The world record progression 1500 m speed skating men as recognised by the International Skating Union: Nr. Name Country Result Date Venue 1: Jaap Eden
2018–19 World Cup Final [18] 1500 meters Progression: Miho Takagi Japan: 1:49.83: 10 March 2019: Salt Lake City: 49.17 km/h (30.55 mph) 2018–19 World Cup Final [19] 3000 meters Progression: Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic: 3:52.02: 9 March 2019: Salt Lake City: 46.55 km/h (28.92 mph) 2018–19 World Cup Final [20] 5000 meters ...
The 1500 metres world record has been broken several times at the Olympics: the men's record was beaten in 1900, 1936, and 1960, while the women's record was improved in 1972 (three times) and in 1980. [2] Faith Kipyegon was the first athlete to win three times, with gold medals in 2016, 2020 and 2024.
The championship records for the event are 3:27.65 minute for men, set by Hicham El Guerrouj in 1999, and 3:51.95 minutes for women, set by Sifan Hassan in 2019. [1] The world record has never been broken or equalled at the competition by either men or women, reflecting the lack of pacemaking and athletes' more tactical approach to championship ...
The world record progression 1500 m speed skating women as recognised by the International Skating Union: Name Result Date Venue Zofia Nehringowa: 3:28.0: 27 January ...
The 1500 metre run is predominantly aerobic, but anaerobic conditioning is also required. [2] Athletes competing in the 2024 men's Olympic final. Each lap run during the men's world-record race of 3:26.00, run by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1998, averaged just under 55 seconds per lap.