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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 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. ... Each lap run during the men's world-record race of 3:26.00, ...
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.
Paris marked his Olympic debut in the 1,500-meter final. ... turns it loose in 1,500-meter run for Olympic bronze in Paris ... ahead of the long-standing world record time through the first lap ...
Ryun's 1,500-meter world record, run in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the United States vs. British Commonwealth meet in July 1967, was one of Ryun's greatest running performances. Track and Field News reported that "after 220 yards of dawdling, a record seemed out of the question." However, after 440 yards, which Ryun, in third ...
The Olympic men’s 1,500-meter final always promised to ... taking the gold medal in an Olympic record time of 3:27.65. ... My performances showed me that I was capable of running 3:27, whatever ...
Before Sunday, she had only run twice in 2024, in the 1,500 and 5,000, to secure her spot for the Paris Olympics at the Kenyan trials in June. Kipyegon’s performance came less than an hour after Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh broke the world high jump record with a leap of 2.10 meters. ___
Jake Wightman's win at the world championships was a huge upset over Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen. And announcing the race: Wightman's dad. Jake Wightman's stunning 1,500-meter win makes ...