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A metric mile or an Olympic mile is a colloquial term used in some countries for the 1500 meters, the premier middle distance running event in international track and field. The term 'metric mile' (0.93 statute miles) was applied to this distance because it approximates one statute mile (1609.344 m). [1]
Paavo Nurmi breaks the 1,500 m world record in Helsinki in 1924. The 1500-metre run became a standard racing distance in Europe in the late 19th century, perhaps as a metric version of the mile, a popular running distance since at least the 1850s in English-speaking countries. [1] A distance of 1500 m sometimes is called the "metric mile". The ...
The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. [1] The 1500 m came about as a result of running 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 laps of a 400 m outdoor track or 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 laps of a 200 m indoor track, [2] which were commonplace in continental Europe in the ...
Mateusz Demczyszak (1200 m) Łukasz Krawczuk (400 m) Adam Kszczot (800 m) Marcin Lewandowski (1600 m) Poland 3 May 2015 IAAF World Relays: Nassau, Bahamas [58] 4 × 1500 m relay: 14:38.8 h: Thomas Wessinghage Harald Hudak Michael Lederer Karl Fleschen West Germany: 17 August 1977 Cologne, West Germany Marathon road relay 2:02.34 Yuriy Abramov ...
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. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilometers or approximately 15 ⁄ 16 miles.
1500 metres 2000 metres ... One mile ; 3000 metres ; Two miles ; 5000 metres 10,000 metres ; 20,000 ... Men's 1500 metres European record progression;
Ingebrigtsen is one of three men (with Daniel Komen and Mohamed Katir) to run a sub-3:30 1500 m, sub-7:30 3000 m and a sub-12:50 5000 m. At age 16, Ingebrigtsen became the youngest man in history to run a sub- four minute mile , and broke the European Under-20 record in the 3000 metres steeplechase .
From 1630 to 1718 a millia was 5,564 feet (1,696 metres), making a geographical league of four millias equal 22,256 feet (6,784 m or 3.663 modern nautical miles). But from 1718 through the 1830s the millia was defined as the equivalent of just over 5,210 feet, giving a shorter geographical league of just over 20,842 feet (6,353 m or 3.430 ...