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The '''1,500 metres''' (or '''meters''') is a premier [[middle distance track event]]. It is judged{{Who|date=February 2008}} 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,{{Fact|date=February 2008}} as many championship races are won in the final few metres.
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]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/age=N/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=1500/detail.htmx iaaf.org - 0 Toplists M - O<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Thus, speed is necessary, and it seems that the more aerobic conditioning, the better{{Who|date=March 2008}}. The 1500 is three and three-quarter laps around a 400 metre track. Through the 1980s the event was dominated by [[United Kingdom|British]] runners, but through the 1990s, the [[Africa]]n runners began to take over, with runners from [[Kenya]], [[Morocco]] and [[Algeria]] winning the Olympic titles.
In [[United States|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 unit]]s 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.{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
==Top Ten Fastest Athletes==
===Men===
*Updated [[July 25]], [[2007]].
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank !! Res. !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place
|-
! 1.
| '''3:26.00''' || [[Hicham El Guerrouj]] || {{MAR}} || [[14 july]] [[1998]] || [[Rome]]
|-
! 2.
| '''3:26.34''' || [[Bernard Lagat]] || {{USA}} || [[24 august]] [[2001]] || [[Brussels]]
|-
! 3.
| '''3:27.37''' || [[Noureddine Morceli]] || {{ALG}} || [[12 july]] [[1995]] || [[Nice]]
|-
! 4.
| '''3:28.12''' || [[Noah Ngeny]] || {{KEN}} || [[11 august]] [[2000]] || [[Zürich]]
|-
! 5.
| '''3:28.95''' || [[Fermín Cacho]] || {{ESP}} || [[13 august]] [[1997]] || [[Zürich]]
|-
! 6.
| '''3:28.98''' || [[Mehdi Baala]] || {{FRA}} || [[5 september]] [[2003]] || [[Brussels]]
|-
! 7.
| '''3:29.02''' || [[Daniel Kipchirchir Komen]] || {{KEN}} || [[9 july]] [[2006]] || [[Rome]]
|-
! 8.
| '''3:29.14''' || [[Rashid Ramzi]] || {{BHR}} || [[14 july]] [[2006]] || [[Rome]]
|-
! 9.
| '''3:29.18''' || [[Vénuste Niyongabo]] || {{BDI}} || [[22 August]] [[1997]] || [[Brussels]]
|-
! 10.
| '''3:29.29''' || [[William Chirchir]] || {{KEN}} || [[24 august]] [[2001]] || [[Brussels]]
|}
===Women===
*Updated [[May 18]] [[2006]].
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank !! Res. !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place
|-
! 1.
| '''3:50.46''' || [[Qu Yunxia]] || {{CHN}} || [[11 september]] [[1993]] || [[Beijing]]
|-
! 2.
| '''3:50.98''' || [[Jiang Bo]] || {{CHN}} || [[18 october]] [[1997]] || [[Shanghai]]
|-
! 3.
| '''3:51.34''' || [[Lang Yinglai]] || {{CHN}} || [[18 october]] [[1997]] || [[Shanghai]]
|-
! 4.
| '''3:51.92''' || [[Wang Junxia]] || {{CHN}} || [[11 september]] [[1993]] || [[Beijing]]
|-
! 5.
| '''3:52.47''' || [[Tatyana Kazankina]] || {{URS}} || [[13 august]] [[1980]] || [[Zürich]]
|-
! 6.
| '''3:53.91''' || [[Yin Lili]] || {{CHN}} || [[18 october]] [[1997]] || [[Shanghai]]
|-
! 7.
| '''3:53.96''' || [[Paula Ivan]] || {{flag|Romania|1965}} || [[1 october]] [[1988]] || [[Seoul]]
|-
! 8.
| '''3:53.97''' || [[Lan Lixin]] || {{CHN}} || [[18 october]] [[1997]] || [[Shanghai]]
|-
! 9.
| '''3:54.23''' || [[Olga Dvirna]] || {{URS}} || [[27 july]] [[1982]] || [[Kiev]]
|-
! 10.
| '''3:54.52''' || [[Zhang Ling (athlete)|Zhang Ling]] || {{CHN}} || [[18 october]] [[1997]] || [[Shanghai]]
|}
==Best Year Performance==
===Men's Seasons Best (Outdoor)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!YEAR!!align="left" style="width: 8em"|TIME!!align="left" style="width: 18em"|ATHLETE!!align="left" style="width: 10em"|PLACE
|-
|align="center"|[[1971 in athletics (track and field)|1971]]
|align="center"|'''3:36.0'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Marty Liquori]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Milan]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1972 in athletics (track and field)|1972]]
|align="center"|'''3:36.33'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Pekka Vasala]]|FIN}}
|align="center"|[[Munich]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1973 in athletics (track and field)|1973]]
|align="center"|'''3:34.6'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Filbert Bayi]]|TAN}}
|align="center"|[[Helsinki]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1974 in athletics (track and field)|1974]]
|align="center"|'''3:32.16'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Filbert Bayi]]|TAN}}
|align="center"|[[Christchurch]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1975 in athletics (track and field)|1975]]
|align="center"|'''3:32.4'''
|{{flagathlete|[[John Walker (runner)|John Walker]]|NZL}}
|align="center"|[[Oslo]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1976 in athletics (track and field)|1976]]
|align="center"|'''3:34.19'''
|{{flagathlete|[[John Walker (runner)|John Walker]]|NZL}}
|align="center"|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1977 in athletics (track and field)|1977]]
|align="center"|'''3:32.72'''
|{{flagathlete|[[John Walker (runner)|John Walker]]|NZL}}
|align="center"|[[Brussels]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1978 in athletics (track and field)|1978]]
|align="center"|'''3:35.48'''
|{{flagathlete|[[David Moorcroft]]|GBR}}
|align="center"|[[Edmonton]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1979 in athletics (track and field)|1979]]
|align="center"|'''3:32.03'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Sebastian Coe]]|GBR}}
|align="center"|[[Zürich]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1980 in athletics (track and field)|1980]]
|align="center"|'''3:31.36'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Ovett]]|GBR}}
|align="center"|[[Koblenz]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1981 in athletics (track and field)|1981]]
|align="center"|'''3:31.57'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Ovett]]|GBR}}
|align="center"|[[Budapest]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1982 in athletics (track and field)|1982]]
|align="center"|'''3:32.12'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Sydney Maree]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Brussels]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1983 in athletics (track and field)|1983]]
|align="center"|'''3:30.77'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Ovett]]|GBR}}
|align="center"|[[Rieti]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1984 in athletics (track and field)|1984]]
|align="center"|'''3:31.54'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|align="center"|[[Hengelo]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1985 in athletics (track and field)|1985]]
|align="center"|'''3:29.46'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|align="center"|[[Berlin]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1986 in athletics (track and field)|1986]]
|align="center"|'''3:29.77'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Sebastian Coe]]|GBR}}
|align="center"|[[Rieti]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1987 in athletics (track and field)|1987]]
|align="center"|'''3:30.69'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|align="center"|[[Oslo]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1988 in athletics (track and field)|1988]]
|align="center"|'''3:30.95'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Cram]]|GBR}}
|align="center"|[[Brussels]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1989 in athletics (track and field)|1989]]
|align="center"|'''3:30.55'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Abdi Bile]]|SOM}}
|align="center"|[[Rieti]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1990 in athletics (track and field)|1990]]
|align="center"|'''3:32.60'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|align="center"|[[Bologna]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1991 in athletics (track and field)|1991]]
|align="center"|'''3:31.00'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|align="center"|[[Helsinki]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1992 in athletics (track and field)|1992]]
|align="center"|'''3:28.86'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|align="center"|[[Rieti]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1993 in athletics (track and field)|1993]]
|align="center"|'''3:29.20'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|align="center"|[[Narbonne]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1994 in athletics (track and field)|1994]]
|align="center"|'''3:30.61'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|align="center"|[[Villeneuve d'Ascq]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1995 in athletics (track and field)|1995]]
|align="center"|'''3:27.37'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|align="center"|[[Nice]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1996 in athletics (track and field)|1996]]
|align="center"|'''3:29.05'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|align="center"|[[Brussels]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1997 in athletics (track and field)|1997]]
|align="center"|'''3:28.91'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|align="center"|[[Zürich]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1998 in athletics (track and field)|1998]]
|align="center"|'''3:26.00'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|align="center"|[[Rome]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1999 in athletics (track and field)|1999]]
|align="center"|'''3:27.65'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|align="center"|[[Seville]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2000 in athletics (track and field)|2000]]
|align="center"|'''3:27.21'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|align="center"|[[Zürich]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2001 in athletics (track and field)|2001]]
|align="center"|'''3:26.12'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|align="center"|[[Brussels]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2002 in athletics (track and field)|2002]]
|align="center"|'''3:26.89'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|align="center"|[[Zürich]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2003 in athletics (track and field)|2003]]
|align="center"|'''3:28.40'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|align="center"|[[Brussels]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2004 in athletics (track and field)|2004]]
|align="center"|'''3:27.40'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Lagat]]|KEN}}
|align="center"|[[Zürich]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2005 in athletics (track and field)|2005]]
|align="center"|'''3:29.30'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Lagat]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Rieti]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2006 in athletics (track and field)|2006]]
|align="center"|'''3:29.02'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Daniel Kipchirchir Komen]]|KEN}}
|align="center"|[[Rome]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2007 in athletics (track and field)|2007]]
|align="center"|'''3:30.54'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Alan Webb (athlete)|Alan Webb]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Saint-Denis]]
|}
===Women's Seasons Best (Outdoor)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!YEAR!!align="left" style="width: 8em"|TIME!!align="left" style="width: 18em"|ATHLETE!!align="left" style="width: 10em"|PLACE
|-
|align="center"|[[1976 in athletics (track and field)|1976]]
|align="center"|'''3:56.0'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Kazankina]]|URS}}
|align="center"|[[Podolsk]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1977 in athletics (track and field)|1977]]
|align="center"|'''4:02.65'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Natalia Marasescu]]|ROU|1965}}
|align="center"|[[Bucharest]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1978 in athletics (track and field)|1978]]
|align="center"|'''3:59.01'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Gyana Romanova]]|URS}}
|align="center"|[[Prague]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1979 in athletics (track and field)|1979]]
|align="center"|'''3:57.4'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Totka Petrova]]|BUL|1971}}
|align="center"|[[Athens]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1980 in athletics (track and field)|1980]]
|align="center"|'''3:52.47'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Kazankina]]|URS}}
|align="center"|[[Zürich]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1981 in athletics (track and field)|1981]]
|align="center"|'''3:57.78'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Dvirna]]|URS}}
|align="center"|[[Budapest]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1982 in athletics (track and field)|1982]]
|align="center"|'''3:54.23'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Dvirna]]|URS}}
|align="center"|[[Kiev]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1983 in athletics (track and field)|1983]]
|align="center"|'''3:57.12'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Mary Slaney]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1984 in athletics (track and field)|1984]]
|align="center"|'''3:56.63'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Nadezhda Ralldugina]]|URS}}
|align="center"|[[Prague]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1985 in athletics (track and field)|1985]]
|align="center"|'''3:57.24'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Mary Slaney]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Brussels]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1986 in athletics (track and field)|1986]]
|align="center"|'''3:56.7'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Doina Melinte]]|ROU|1965}}
|align="center"|[[Bucharest]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1987 in athletics (track and field)|1987]]
|align="center"|'''3:58.56'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Dorovskikh]]|URS}}
|align="center"|[[Rome]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1988 in athletics (track and field)|1988]]
|align="center"|'''3:53.96'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Paula Ivan]]|ROU|1965}}
|align="center"|[[Seoul]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1989 in athletics (track and field)|1989]]
|align="center"|'''3:59.23'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Paula Ivan]]|ROU|1965}}
|align="center"|[[Nice]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1990 in athletics (track and field)|1990]]
|align="center"|'''3:58.69'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Doina Melinte]]|ROU}}
|align="center"|[[Villeneuve d'Ascq]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1991 in athletics (track and field)|1991]]
|align="center"|'''3:59.16'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Artyomova]]|RUS}}
|align="center"|[[Zürich]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1992 in athletics (track and field)|1992]]
|align="center"|'''3:55.30'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Hassiba Boulmerka]]|ALG}}
|align="center"|[[Barcelona]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1993 in athletics (track and field)|1993]]
|align="center"|'''3:50.46'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Qu Yunxia]]|CHN}}
|align="center"|[[Beijing]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1994 in athletics (track and field)|1994]]
|align="center"|'''3:59.10'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Sonia O'Sullivan]]|IRL}}
|align="center"|[[Nice]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1995 in athletics (track and field)|1995]]
|align="center"|'''3:58.85'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Sonia O'Sullivan]]|IRL}}
|align="center"|[[Monaco]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1996 in athletics (track and field)|1996]]
|align="center"|'''3:56.77'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Masterkova]]|RUS}}
|align="center"|[[Zürich]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1997 in athletics (track and field)|1997]]
|align="center"|'''3:50.98'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Jiang Bo]]|CHN}}
|align="center"|[[Shanghai]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1998 in athletics (track and field)|1998]]
|align="center"|'''3:56.97'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU}}
|align="center"|[[Monaco]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1999 in athletics (track and field)|1999]]
|align="center"|'''3:59.31'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Violeta Szekely]]|ROU}}
|align="center"|[[Zürich]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2000 in athletics (track and field)|2000]]
|align="center"|'''3:57.40'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Suzy Favor-Hamilton]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Oslo]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2001 in athletics (track and field)|2001]]
|align="center"|'''3:59.35'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Violeta Szekely]]|ROU}}
|align="center"|[[Monaco]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2002 in athletics (track and field)|2002]]
|align="center"|'''3:57.75'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Süreyya Ayhan]]|TUR}}
|align="center"|[[Brussels]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2003 in athletics (track and field)|2003]]
|align="center"|'''3:55.33'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Süreyya Ayhan]]|TUR}}
|align="center"|[[Brussels]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2004 in athletics (track and field)|2004]]
|align="center"|'''3:57.90'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Kelly Holmes]]|GBR}}
|align="center"|[[Athens]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2005 in athletics (track and field)|2005]]
|align="center"|'''3:56.79'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Maryam Yusuf Jamal]]|BHR}}
|align="center"|[[Rieti]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2006 in athletics (track and field)|2006]]
|align="center"|'''3:55.68'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Yuliya Fomenko]]|RUS}}
|align="center"|[[Saint-Denis]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2007 in athletics (track and field)|2007]]
|align="center"|'''3:57.30'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Soboleva]]|RUS}}
|align="center"|[[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]].<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/speedsk8fan/sskwr.html Current Speedskating World Records<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==See also==
*[[World record progression 1500 metres]]
== References ==
*[http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/ytbyeve_Men.html#1500m Statistics]
<references/>
==External links==
*[http://www.iaaf.org/ International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)] – official site
*[http://www.athletix.org/statistics/stats.html World Record progression in athletics]
*[http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/ World Masters Athletics] - official site
*[http://www.mastersathletics.net/1500-metres-Men-All-Time-Masters-Athle.370.0.html World Rankings]
*[http://www.alltime-athletics.com Athletics all-time performances]
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