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The men's 1500 m has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896. The women's event was not introduced until over seventy years later, but it has been a permanent fixture since it was first held in 1972. The Olympics final and the World Athletics Championships final are the most prestigious 1500 m races at an elite level. The ...
Unfortunately for the European and American contenders Australian Jessica Hull lived up to her expectations and took the silver medal, cementing her place as one of the greatest female 1500m runners of all time, especially after running the 5th fastest 1500m ever two weeks earlier in a race where Faith Kipyegon won and broke the world record.
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 1500 m was the event that first saw the disqualification of a World Championships medallist on the grounds of doping. The 1987 women's bronze medallist Sandra Gasser gave a positive test for anabolic steroids at the competition and received a two-year ban from the sport later that month. [5]
Time Name Nationality Date Meet Location Ref 1 22:48.4 Henry Taylor Great Britain: Jul 25, 1908: 1908 Olympic Games: London, United Kingdom [2] 2 22:00.0 George Hodgson Canada: Jul 10, 1912: 1912 Olympic Games: Stockholm, Sweden: 3 21:35.3 Arne Borg Sweden: Jul 8, 1923 - Gothenburg, Sweden: 4 21:15.0 Arne Borg Sweden: Jan 30, 1924 - Sydney ...
This is the complete list of Commonwealth Games medallists in men's athletics from 1930 to 2022. In 1970, most track events converted from races measured in yards to near-equivalents measured in metres. The list below treats these as separate events, but includes a link from the metric event to its previous imperial equivalent.
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
Games Ref. 100 m T38 12.46 (+0.9 m/s) Sophie Hahn England 12 April 2018 2018 Gold Coast [47] 800 m EAD T54 1:48.98 Chantal Petitclerc Canada 2006 Melbourne: 800 m wheelchair 1:52.93 Chantal Petitclerc Canada 2002 Manchester: 1500 m T54 3:36.97 Diane Roy Canada 10 April 2018 2018 Gold Coast [48] Long jump T38 4.86 m (+1.4 m/s) Olivia Breen Wales