World record progression 1500 metres
- World record progression 1500 metres
The 1500 metre run became a standard racing 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.[cite book]
last = Nelson
first = Cordner
coauthors = Quercetani, Roberto
title = The Milers
url =
date= 1985
id = ISBN 0-911521-15-1 ] (p.14)The French had the first important races over the distance, holding their initial championship in 1888. (ibid) 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 almost 18 seconds slower than the amateur mile record, despite the fact the mile is 109 metres longer than the 1500 metres.
The 1900 Olympics and 1904 Olympics showed improvements in times run, but it was not until the 1908 Olympics that a meeting of the top milers over the distance took place, and not until the 1912 Olympics that a true world-class race over the distance was run.[ (p.21)]The distance has now almost completely replaced the mile in major track meets.
Men (Outdoors)
Pre-IAAF
IAAF era
+ - En route time during mile race. Times are actual times run. Asterisks indicate the IAAF ratified rounded-up or rounded-down times. Hence, Jehličková's 4:10.77, Burneleit's 4:09.62, Bragina's 4:06.47, 4:05.07 and 4:01.38 were ratified as 4:10.7, 4:09.6, 4:06.5, 4:05.1 and 4:01.4 respectively. Kazankina'a 3:52.47 was initially ratified as 3:52.5 until the IAAF recognized times to the hundredth of a second in 1981.
Reference
* [http://www.athletix.org/statistics/wr1500women.html Women's record progression] [http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/wrprogr_Women.html#1500m] [http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_429.pdf] [http://user.uni-frankfurt.de/~khg/Rekorde/progtkww.htm]
* [http://www.athletix.org/statistics/wr1500men.htm Men's record progression]
References
Further reading
*Cordner Nelson and Roberto Quercetani, "The Milers", Tafnews Press, 1985, ISBN 0-911521-15-1
ee also
World record progression for the mile run
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