| Athletics 1500 metres | |
|---|---|
 Men's 1500 m final at the2023 World Championships inBudapest.Jakob Ingebrigtsen leads withJosh Kerr to the far left andYared Nuguse in center frame. | |
| World records | |
| Men |  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:26.00 (1998) |
| Women |  Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:49.04 (2024) |
| Short track world records | |
| Men |  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 3:29.63+ (2025) |
| Women |  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 3:53.09 (2021) |
| Olympic records | |
| Men |  Cole Hocker (USA) 3:27.65 (2024) |
| Women | Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:51.29 (2024) |
| World Championship records | |
| Men | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:27.65 (1999) |
| Women |  Sifan Hassan (NED) 3:51.95 (2019) |
| World junior (U20) records | |
| Men | Ronald Kwemoi (KEN) 3:28.81 (2014) |
| Women |  Lang Yinglai (CHN) 3:51.34 (1997) |
The1500 metres or1,500-metre run is the foremostmiddle distance track event inathletics. The distance has been contested at theSummer Olympics since 1896 and theWorld Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilometers or approximately15⁄16 miles. The event is closely associated with its slightly longer cousin, themile run, from which it derives its nickname "the metric mile".[1]
The demands of the race are similar to that of the800 metre run, but with a slightly higher emphasis on aerobic endurance and a slightly lower sprint speed requirement. The 1500 metre run is predominantlyaerobic, butanaerobic conditioning is also required.[2]
Each lap run during the men's world-record race of 3:26.00, run byHicham 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, andJakob Ingebrigtsen. El Guerrouj remains the only man to break the 3:27 barrier more than once, having done so five times.[3]
1,500 metres is three and three-quarter laps around a 400-metre track (seven and a half laps around an indoor 200 m track). During the 1970s and 1980s this race was dominated by British runners, along with an occasional Finn, American, or New Zealander. Through the 1990s, many African runners began to win Olympic medals in this race, especially runners fromKenya,Ethiopia, and East Africa, as well as North African runners fromMorocco andAlgeria. In the mid-2010s and 2020s, European and American runners began to emerge again in the men's event. AmericanMatthew Centrowitz Jr. won the gold medal at the2016 Summer Olympics. In the2020 Summer Olympics,Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the youngest of a dynasty of Norwegian middle-distance runners, won Olympic Gold, while Scottish and British runnerJake Wightman won the World Championship title the following year at the head of an all-European podium. Wightman's compatriotJosh Kerr won gold at the world championships the year after. In the2024 Summer Olympics, Americans and Europeans continued to dominate the podium, withCole Hocker, Kerr, andYared Nuguse earning gold, silver, and bronze respectively.Faith Kipyegon of Kenya maintained Africa's grip on the global titles in the female event in the same time period, although here again, EuropeansSifan Hassan andLaura Muir, and Americans such asJenny Simpson also contended for the podium. 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.
In theModern Olympic Games, the men's 1,500-metre race has been contested from the beginning, and at every Olympic Games since. The first winner, in 1896, wasEdwin Flack of Australia, who also won the first gold medal in the 800-metre race. The women's 1,500-metre race was first added to theSummer Olympics in 1972, and the winner of the first gold medal wasLyudmila Bragina of the Soviet Union. During the Olympic Games of 1972 through 2008, the women's 1,500-metre race has been won by threeSoviets plus one Russian, one Italian, one Romanian, one Briton, oneKenyan, and twoAlgerians. The 2012 Olympic results are still undecided as a result of multipledoping cases. The best women's times for the race were controversially[4] set by Chinese runners, all set in the same race on just two dates four years apart at theChinese National Games. At least one of those top Chinese athletes has admitted to being part of a doping program.[5] This women's record was finally broken byGenzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia in 2015.
In Americanhigh schools, the1,600-metre run, also colloquially referred to as "metric mile", is the designated official distance by theNational Governing Body theNFHS. Because of the legacy, sinceUS customary units are better-known in America, themile run (which is 1609.344 metres in length) is more frequently run than the 1,500-metre run. For convenience, national rankings are standardized by converting all 1,500-metre run times to their mile run equivalents.[6]
Many 1500 metres events, particularly at the championship level, turn into slow, strategic races, with the pace quickening and competitors jockeying for position in the final lap to settle the race in a final sprint. Such is the difficulty of maintaining the pace throughout the duration of the event, most records are set in planned races led bypacemakers or "rabbits" who sacrifice their opportunity to win by leading the early laps at a fast pace before dropping out.
The person who wins the race is behind watching.
— Filbert Bayi, former world record holder[7]
| Area | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Time | Athlete | Nation | |
| Africa(records) | 3:26.00WR | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 3:49.04WR | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya |
| Asia(records) | 3:29.14 | Rashid Ramzi |  Bahrain | 3:50.46 | Qu Yunxia | China |
| Europe(records) | 3:26.73 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:51.95 | Sifan Hassan | Netherlands |
| North, Central America and Caribbean(records) | 3:27.65 | Cole Hocker |  United States | 3:54.99 | Shelby Houlihan | United States |
| Oceania(records) | 3:29.41 | Oliver Hoare |  Australia | 3:50.83 | Jessica Hull | Australia |
| South America(records) | 3:33.25 | Hudson de Souza |  Brazil | 4:05.67 | Letitia Vriesde |  Suriname |
| Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 251500m times and the top 25athletes: |
| - denotes top performance forathletes in the top 251500m times |
| - denotes lesser performances, still in the top 251500m times, by repeat athletes |
| - denotes top performance (only) for other top 25athletes who fall outside the top 25 1500m times |
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3:26.00 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 14 July 1998 | Rome | |
| 2 | 3:26.12 | El Guerrouj #2 | 24 August 2001 | Brussels | |||
| 2 | 3 | 3:26.34 | Bernard Lagat | Kenya | 24 August 2001 | Brussels | |
| 4 | 3:26.45 | El Guerrouj #3 | 12 August 1998 | Zürich | |||
| 3 | 5 | 3:26.69 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 17 July 2015 | Monaco | [11] |
| 4 | 6 | 3:26.73 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 12 July 2024 | Monaco | [12] |
| 7 | 3:26.89 | El Guerrouj #4 | 16 August 2002 | Zürich | |||
| 8 | 3:26.96 | El Guerrouj #5 | 8 September 2002 | Rieti | |||
| 9 | 3:27.14 | Ingebrigtsen #2 | 16 July 2023 | Chorzów | [13] | ||
| 10 | 3:27.21 | El Guerrouj #6 | 11 August 2000 | Zürich | |||
| 11 | 3:27.34 | El Guerrouj #7 | 19 July 2002 | Monaco | |||
| 5 | 12 | 3:27.37 | Noureddine Morceli |  Algeria | 12 July 1995 | Nice | |
| 13 | 3:27.40 | Lagat #2 | 6 August 2004 | Zürich | |||
| 14 | 3:27.52 | Morceli #2 | 25 July 1995 | Monaco | |||
| 15 | 3:27.64 | El Guerrouj #8 | 6 August 2004 | Zürich | |||
| 6 | 15 | 3:27.64 | Silas Kiplagat | Kenya | 18 July 2014 | Monaco | [14] |
| 17 | 3:27.65 | El Guerrouj #9 | 24 August 1999 | Seville | |||
| 7 | 17 | 3:27.65 | Cole Hocker | United States | 6 August 2024 | Saint-Denis | [15] |
| 19 | 3:27.72 | Kiprop #2 | 19 July 2013 | Monaco | [16] | ||
| 8 | 20 | 3:27.79 | Josh Kerr |  Great Britain | 6 August 2024 | Saint-Denis | [15] |
| 9 | 21 | 3:27.80 | Yared Nuguse | United States | 6 August 2024 | Saint-Denis | [15] |
| 22 | 3:27.83 | Ingebrigtsen #3 | 22 August 2024 | Lausanne | [17] | ||
| 23 | 3:27.91 | Lagat #3 | 19 July 2002 | Monaco | |||
| 24 | 3:27.95 | Ingebrigtsen #4 | 15 June 2023 | Oslo | [18] | ||
| 10 | 25 | 3:28.12 | Noah Ngeny | Kenya | 11 August 2000 | Zürich | |
| 11 | 3:28.28 | Timothy Cheruiyot | Kenya | 9 July 2021 | Monaco | [19] | |
| 12 | 3:28.75 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 17 July 2015 | Monaco | [20] | |
| 13 | 3:28.76 | Mohamed Katir |  Spain | 9 July 2021 | Monaco | [19] | |
| 14 | 3:28.79 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 17 July 2015 | Monaco | ||
| 15 | 3:28.80 | Elijah Manangoi | Kenya | 21 July 2017 | Monaco | [21] | |
| Brian Komen | Kenya | 12 July 2024 | Monaco | [12] | |||
| 17 | 3:28.81 | Mo Farah | Great Britain | 19 July 2013 | Monaco | [16] | |
| Ronald Kwemoi | Kenya | 18 July 2014 | Monaco | [22] | |||
| 19 | 3:28.95 | Fermín Cacho | Spain | 13 August 1997 | Zürich | ||
| 20 | 3:28.98 | Mehdi Baala |  France | 5 September 2003 | Brussels | ||
| 21 | 3:29.02 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | Kenya | 14 July 2006 | Rome | ||
| 22 | 3:29.11 | Abel Kipsang | Kenya | 16 July 2023 | Chorzów | [13] | |
| 23 | 3:29.14 | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | 14 July 2006 | Rome | ||
| 24 | 3:29.18 | Vénuste Niyongabo |  Burundi | 22 August 1997 | Brussels | ||
| Mario García | Spain | 15 June 2023 | Oslo | [23] |
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3:49.04 | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 7 July 2024 | Paris | [25] |
| 2 | 3:49.11 | Kipyegon #2 | 2 June 2023 | Florence | [26] | ||
| 2 | 3 | 3:50.07 | Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia | 17 July 2015 | Monaco | [27] |
| 3 | 4 | 3:50.30 | Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | 20 April 2024 | Xiamen | [28] |
| 5 | 3:50.37 | Kipyegon #3 | 10 August 2022 | Monaco | [29] | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3:50.46 | Qu Yunxia | China | 11 September 1993 | Beijing | |
| 7 | 3:50.72 | Kipyegon #4 | 16 September 2023 | Eugene | [30] | ||
| 5 | 8 | 3:50.83 | Jessica Hull | Australia | 7 July 2024 | Paris | [31] |
| 6 | 9 | 3:50.98 | Jiang Bo | China | 18 October 1997 | Shanghai | |
| 10 | 3:51.07 | Kipyegon #5 | 9 July 2021 | Monaco | [32] | ||
| 11 | 3:51.29 | Kipyegon #6 | 10 August 2024 | Saint-Denis | [33] | ||
| 7 | 12 | 3:51.34 | Lang Yinglai | China | 18 October 1997 | Shanghai | |
| 13 | 3:51.41+ | Kipyegon #7 | 21 July 2023 | Monaco | [34] | ||
| 8 | 14 | 3:51.92 | Wang Junxia | China | 11 September 1993 | Beijing | |
| 9 | 15 | 3:51.95 | Sifan Hassan | Netherlands | 5 October 2019 | Doha | [35] |
| 10 | 16 | 3:52.47 | Tatyana Kazankina |  Soviet Union | 13 August 1980 | Zürich | |
| 17 | 3:52.56 | Hull #2 | 10 August 2024 | Saint-Denis | [36] | ||
| 18 | 3:52.59 | Kipyegon #8 | 28 May 2022 | Eugene | [37] | ||
| 11 | 19 | 3:52.61 | Georgia Bell | Great Britain | 10 August 2024 | Saint-Denis | [38] |
| 12 | 20 | 3:52.75 | Diribe Welteji | Ethiopia | 10 August 2024 | Saint-Denis | [39] |
| 21 | 3:52.89 | Kipyegon #9 | 30 August 2024 | Rome | [40] | ||
| 22 | 3:52.96 | Kipyegon #10 | 18 July 2022 | Eugene | [41] | ||
| 23 | 3:53.11 | Kipyegon #11 | 6 August 2021 | Tokyo | [42] | ||
| 13 | 24 | 3:53.22 | Birke Haylom | Ethiopia | 20 April 2024 | Xiamen | [43] |
| 25 | 3:53.23 | Kipyegon #12 | 21 August 2021 | Eugene | [44] | ||
| 14 | 3:53.37 | Laura Muir | Great Britain | 10 August 2024 | Saint-Denis | [45] | |
| 15 | 3:53.91 | Yin Lili | China | 18 October 1997 | Shanghai | ||
| 16 | 3:53.96 | Paula Ivan |  Romania | 1 October 1988 | Seoul | ||
| 17 | 3:53.97 | Lan Lixin | China | 18 October 1997 | Shanghai | ||
| 18 | 3:54.16 | Freweyni Hailu | Ethiopia | 30 August 2024 | Rome | [46] | |
| 19 | 3:54.23 | Olga Dvirna | Soviet Union | 27 July 1982 | Kyiv | ||
| 20 | 3:54.52 | Zhang Ling | China | 18 October 1997 | Shanghai | ||
| 21 | 3:54.87 | Hirut Meshesha | Ethiopia | 16 July 2023 | Chorzów | [13] | |
| 22 | 3:54.99 | Shelby Houlihan | United States | 5 October 2019 | Doha | ||
| 23 | 3:55.07 | Dong Yanmei | China | 18 October 1997 | Shanghai | ||
| 24 | 3:55.30 | Hassiba Boulmerka | Algeria | 8 August 1992 | Barcelona | ||
| 25 | 3:55.33 | Süreyya Ayhan |  Turkey | 5 September 2003 | Brussels | ||
| Nikki Hiltz | United States | 30 June 2024 | Eugene | [47] |
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3:29.63+ | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 13 February 2025 | Liévin | [49][50] |
| 2 | 3:30.60 | Ingebrigtsen #2 | 17 February 2022 | Liévin | |||
| 2 | 3 | 3:31.04 | Samuel Tefera | Ethiopia | 16 February 2019 | Birmingham | |
| 3 | 4 | 3:31.18 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 2 February 1997 | Stuttgart | |
| 4 | 5 | 3:31.25+ | Yomif Kejelcha | Ethiopia | 3 March 2019 | Boston | |
| 6 | 3:31.58 | Kejelcha #2 | 3 March 2019 | Birmingham | |||
| 5 | 7 | 3:31.74+ | Yared Nuguse | United States | 8 February 2025 | New York City | [51] |
| 6 | 8 | 3:31.76 | Haile Gebrselassie |  Ethiopia | 1 February 1998 | Stuttgart | |
| 9 | 3:31.80 | Ingebrigtsen #3 | 9 February 2021 | Liévin | |||
| 7 | 10 | 3:31.89+ | Hobbs Kessler | United States | 8 February 2025 | New York City | [51] |
| 11 | 3:32.01 | El Guerrouj #2 | 22 February 1998 | Liévin | |||
| 8 | 12 | 3:32.11 | Laban Rotich | Kenya | 1 February 1998 | Stuttgart | |
| 9 | 13 | 3:32.24+ | Azeddine Habz | France | 8 February 2025 | New York City | [51] |
| 14 | 3:32.29 | Habz #2 | 13 February 2025 | Liévin | [52] | ||
| 10 | 15 | 3:32.35 | Olli Hoare | Australia | 13 February 2021 | New York City | |
| 16 | 3:32.38 | Ingebrigtsen #4 | 15 February 2023 | Liévin | |||
| 17 | 3:32.39 | Gebrselassie #2 | 2 February 1997 | Stuttgart | |||
| 11 | 18 | 3:32.48 | Neil Gourley | Great Britain | 25 February 2023 | Birmingham | [53] |
| 12 | 19 | 3:32.59 | Isaac Nader |  Portugal | 13 February 2025 | Liévin | [54] |
| 13 | 20 | 3:32.67+ | Cam Myers | Australia | 8 February 2025 | New York City | [51] |
| 21 | 3:32.77 | Tefera #2 | 20 March 2022 | Belgrade | |||
| 14 | 22 | 3:32.86+ | Josh Kerr | Great Britain | 27 February 2022 | Boston | |
| 15 | 23 | 3:32.97 | Selemon Barega | Ethiopia | 17 February 2021 | Toruń | |
| 24 | 3:33.02 | Ingebrigtsen #5 | 20 March 2022 | Belgrade | |||
| 16 | 25 | 3:33.08 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | Kenya | 13 February 2005 | Karlsruhe | |
| 17 | 3:33.10 | Deresse Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 20 February 2010 | Birmingham | ||
| 18 | 3:33.14+ | Robert Farken |  Germany | 8 February 2025 | New York City | [51] | |
| 19 | 3:33.17 | Vénuste Niyongabo | Burundi | 22 February 1998 | Liévin | ||
| 20 | 3:33.23 | Augustine Choge | Kenya | 19 February 2011 | Birmingham | ||
| 21 | 3:33.28 | Adel Mechaal | Spain | 25 February 2023 | Birmingham | [53] | |
| 22 | 3:33.32 | Andrés Manuel Díaz | Spain | 24 February 1999 | Piraeus | ||
| 23 | 3:33.34+ | Bernard Lagat | Kenya | 11 February 2005 | Fayetteville | ||
| 24 | 3:33.36 | Abel Kipsang | Kenya | 20 March 2022 | Belgrade | ||
| 25 | 3:33.40+ | Andrew Coscoran |  Ireland | 8 February 2025 | New York City | [51] |
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3:53.09 | Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | 9 February 2021 | Liévin | [56] |
| 2 | 3:53.92 | Tsegay #2 | 16 February 2025 | Toruń | [57] | ||
| 3 | 3:54.77 | Tsegay #3 | 22 February 2022 | Toruń | |||
| 2 | 4 | 3:55.17 | Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia | 1 February 2014 | Karlsruhe | |
| 3 | 5 | 3:55.28 | Freweyni Hailu | Ethiopia | 6 February 2024 | Toruń | [58] |
| 4 | 6 | 3:55.47 | Diribe Welteji | Ethiopia | 6 February 2024 | Toruń | [58] |
| 7 | 3:56.46+ | Dibaba #2 | 17 February 2016 | Stockholm | |||
| 5 | 8 | 3:56.47 | Hirut Meshesha | Ethiopia | 6 February 2024 | Toruń | [58] |
| 9 | 3:57.19 | Tsegay #4 | 19 March 2022 | Belgrade | |||
| 10 | 3:57.24 | Hailu #2 | 10 February 2024 | Liévin | [59] | ||
| 11 | 3:57.38 | Tsegay #5 | 2 March 2022 | Madrid | |||
| 12 | 3:57.45 | Dibaba #3 | 3 February 2018 | Karlsruhe | |||
| 13 | 3:57.47 | Tsegay #6 | 15 February 2023 | Liévin | [60] | ||
| 14 | 3:57.48 | Welteji #2 | 10 February 2024 | Liévin | [59] | ||
| 6 | 15 | 3:57.91 | Abeba Aregawi |  Sweden | 6 February 2014 | Stockholm | |
| 16 | 3:58.11 | Tsegay #7 | 4 February 2024 | Boston | |||
| 7 | 17 | 3:58.28 | Yelena Soboleva |  Russia | 18 February 2006 | Moscow | |
| 18 | 3:58.40 | Aregawi #2 | 21 February 2013 | Stockholm | |||
| 8 | 19 | 3:58.43 | Birke Haylom | Ethiopia | 4 February 2024 | Boston | [61] |
| 9 | 20 | 3:58.79 | Tigist Girma | Ethiopia | 6 February 2024 | Toruń | [58] |
| 21 | 3:58.80 | Dibaba #4 | 10 February 2017 | Toruń | |||
| 22 | 3:58.89 | Welteji #3 | 13 February 2025 | Liévin | [50] | ||
| 23 | 3:59.08 | Dibaba #5 | 6 February 2019 | Sabadell | |||
| 24 | 3:59.48+ | Tsegay #8 | 8 February 2023 | Toruń | |||
| 10 | 25 | 3:59.58 | Laura Muir | Great Britain | 9 February 2021 | Liévin | [56] |
| 11 | 3:59.60+ | Heather MacLean | United States | 2 March 2025 | Boston | [62] | |
| 12 | 3:59.75 | Gelete Burka | Ethiopia | 9 March 2008 | Valencia | ||
| 13 | 3:59.79 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | Bahrain | 9 March 2008 | Valencia | ||
| 14 | 3:59.87+ | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | Germany | 8 February 2020 | New York City | ||
| 15 | 3:59.98 | Regina Jacobs | United States | 1 February 2003 | Boston | ||
| 16 | 4:00.20+ | Elle Purrier | United States | 8 February 2020 | New York City | ||
| 17 | 4:00.27+ | Doina Melinte |  Romania | 9 February 1990 | East Rutherford | ||
| 18 | 4:00.28 | Dawit Seyaum | Ethiopia | 28 February 2016 | Boston | ||
| 19 | 4:00.46 | Sifan Hassan | Netherlands | 19 February 2015 | Stockholm | ||
| 20 | 4:00.52+ | Jemma Reekie | Great Britain | 8 February 2020 | New York City | ||
| 21 | 4:00.63 | Georgia Bell | Great Britain | 15 February 2025 | Birmingham | [63] | |
| 22 | 4:00.72 | Natalya Gorelova | Russia | 27 February 2003 | Moscow | ||
| 23 | 4:00.8h | Mary Decker | United States | 8 February 1980 | New York City | ||
| 24 | 4:00.80+ | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford |  Canada | 8 February 2020 | New York City | ||
| 25 | 4:00.97 | Habitam Alemu | Ethiopia | 10 February 2024 | Liévin | [64] |
| Age group | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Time | Athlete | Nation | |
| U20(records) | 3:28.81 | Ronald Kwemoi | Kenya | 3:51.34 | Lang Yinglai | China |
| U18(world bests) | 3:33.26 | Cameron Myers | Australia | 3:54.52 | Zhang Ling | China |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenya (KEN) | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Morocco (MAR) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Algeria (ALG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Bahrain (BHR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 |  Somalia (SOM) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Algeria (ALG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Bahrain (BHR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 |  East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1,500 metres is also an event inswimming,speed skating, andwheelchair racing. The world records for the distance in swimming for men are 14:31.02 (swum in a 50-metre pool) bySun Yang, 14:08.06 (swum in a 25-metre pool) byGregorio Paltrinieri; and by women 15:20.48 (swum in a 50-metre pool)[66] byKatie Ledecky, and 15:19.71 (swum in a 25-metre pool) byMireia Belmonte García.
Theworld records for the distance inspeed skating are 1:40.17 byKjeld Nuis and 1:49.83 byMiho Takagi.
Therecords for wheelchair racing vary by disability classification:
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