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The final was held on 6 August at 20:50 (UTC+2) in the evening. [1] The race, as expected, was led by the defending Olympic champion and Olympic record holder Jakob Ingebrigtsen nearly wire-to-wire. However in the final 100 metres, Josh Kerr began to move quickly on the outside.
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 ...
The final day of the 2024 Paris Olympics is Sunday, Aug. 11. 2024 Olympic medals: Who is leading the medal count? Follow along as we track the medals for every sport.
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. Since El Guerrouj, only three other men in history have broken the 3:27 barrier; Bernard Lagat , Asbel Kiprop , and Jakob Ingebrigtsen .
The men's 1,500 final was considered one of the glamor races of the Paris Olympics because of the long-simmering feud between Ingebrigtsen and Kerr.
USA trailed by 10 in the third quarter, then rallied late to secure its 61st consecutive win in Olympic play, a streak that dates back to the bronze medal game at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
Through the final turn, Kipyegon opened up a gap. On the other end, Muir was sprinting to bridge back to the leaders. Coming off the turn, Hull went into full sprint but Kipyegon just continued to spread the gap, opening it up to 7 metres by the finish. Halfway down the home stretch, Hull got past Welteji, with Bell a step behind.
Transgender and nonbinary middle-distance runner Nikki Hiltz is getting ready to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics. What to know about the athlete ahead of the first round of the women's 1500m race.