- 1500 metres
The 1,500 metres (or meters) is a premier
middle distance track event .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 atRome . [ [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 ] ] The 1500 is three and three-quarter laps around a 400 metre track. Through the 1980s the event was dominated by British runners, but through the 1990s, theAfrica n runners began to take over, with runners fromKenya ,Morocco andAlgeria winning the Olympic titles.In 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, sinceImperial unit s are better-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 2008Top Ten Fastest Athletes
Men
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October 3 ,2008 .Women's Seasons Best (Outdoor)
Other Sports
1,500 metres is also an event in
swimming andspeed skating . The world records for the distance in swimming are 14:10.10 byGrant Hackett and 15:42.39 byLaure Manaudou . Both records were set inShort course pools.The world records for the distance in
speed skating are 1:42.01 byDenny Morrison and 1:51.79 byCindy Klassen . [ [http://www.geocities.com/speedsk8fan/sskwr.html Current Speedskating World Records ] ]ee also
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World record progression 1500 metres References
* [http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/ytbyeve_Men.html#1500m Statistics]
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 Masters Track & Field World Rankings]* [http://www.alltime-athletics.com Athletics all-time performances]
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