Progression of Official World Record
Men, 1500m
Result | Name | Country | DOB | Comp | Date | Age | Record life | |
3:26.00 | Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | 14 Sep 1974 | GGala | Roma | 14 Jul 1998 | 23 years 303 days | 25 years 292 days |
3:27.37 | Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 28 Feb 1970 | Nikaïa | Nice | 12 Jul 1995 | 25 years 134 days | 3 years 2 days |
3:28.86 | Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 28 Feb 1970 | Rieti | 6 Sep 1992 | 22 years 191 days | 2 years 309 days | |
3:29.46 | Saïd Aouita | MAR | 2 Nov 1959 | Berlin | 23 Aug 1985 | 25 years 294 days | 7 years 14 days | |
3:29.67 | Steve Cram | GBR | 14 Oct 1960 | Nikaïa | Nice | 16 Jul 1985 | 24 years 275 days | 38 days |
3:30.77 | Steve Ovett | GBR | 9 Oct 1955 | Rieti | 4 Sep 1983 | 27 years 330 days | 1 year 315 days | |
3:31.24 | Sydney Maree | USA | 9 Sep 1956 | Weltk | Köln | 28 Aug 1983 | 26 years 353 days | 7 days |
3:31.36 | Steve Ovett | GBR | 9 Oct 1955 | Koblenz | 27 Aug 1980 | 24 years 323 days | 3 years 1 day | |
3:32.03 | Sebastian Coe | GBR | 29 Sep 1956 | WK | Zürich | 15 Aug 1979 | 22 years 320 days | 1 year 12 days |
3:32.16 | Filbert Bayi | TAN | 23 Jun 1953 | CWG | Christchurch | 2 Feb 1974 | 20 years 224 days | 5 years 194 days |
3:33.1h | Jim Ryun | USA | 29 Apr 1947 | Los Angeles CA | 8 Jul 1967 | 20 years 70 days | 6 years 209 days | |
3:36.0h | Herb Elliott | AUS | 25 Feb 1938 | Göteborg | 28 Aug 1958 | 20 years 184 days | 8 years 314 days | |
3:38.1h | Stanislav Jungwirth | CZE | 15 Aug 1930 | Stará Boleslav | 12 Jul 1957 | 26 years 331 days | 1 year 47 days | |
3:40.2h | Olavi Salonen | FIN | 20 Dec 1933 | Turku | 11 Jul 1957 | 23 years 203 days | 1 day | |
3:40.2h | Olavi Salsola | FIN | 26 Dec 1933 | Turku | 11 Jul 1957 | 23 years 197 days | 1 day | |
3:40.6h | István Rózsavölgyi | HUN | 30 Mar 1929 | Tata | 3 Aug 1956 | 27 years 126 days | 342 days | |
3:40.8h | László Tábori | HUN | 6 Jul 1931 | Oslo | 6 Sep 1955 | 24 years 62 days | 332 days | |
Københavns IF (3:40.8h) | Gunnar Nielsen | DEN | 25 Mar 1928 | Oslo | 6 Sep 1955 | 27 years 165 days | exactly | |
3:40.8h | Sándor Iharos | HUN | 20 Mar 1930 | Helsinki | 28 Jul 1955 | 25 years 130 days | 40 days | |
3:41.8h | John Landy | AUS | 12 Apr 1930 | Turku | 21 Jun 1954 | 24 years 70 days | 1 year 37 days | |
3:42.8h | Wes Santee | USA | 25 Mar 1932 | Compton CA | 4 Jun 1954 | 22 years 71 days | 17 days | |
3:43.0h | Werner Lueg | GER | 16 Sep 1931 | Berlin | 29 Jun 1952 | 20 years 287 days | 1 year 340 days | |
3:43.0h | Lennart Strand | SWE | 13 Jun 1921 | Malmö | 15 Jul 1947 | 26 years 32 days | 6 years 324 days | |
3:43.0h | Gunder Hägg | SWE | 31 Dec 1918 | Göteborg | 7 Jul 1944 | 25 years 189 days | 9 years 332 days | |
3:45.0h | Arne Andersson | SWE | 27 Oct 1917 | Göteborg | 17 Aug 1943 | 25 years 294 days | 325 days | |
3:45.8h | Gunder Hägg | SWE | 31 Dec 1918 | Stockholm | 17 Jul 1942 | 23 years 198 days | 1 year 31 days | |
3:47.6h | Gunder Hägg | SWE | 31 Dec 1918 | Stockholm | 10 Aug 1941 | 22 years 222 days | 341 days | |
3:47.8a | Jack Lovelock | NZL | 5 Jan 1910 | OG | Berlin | 6 Aug 1936 | 26 years 214 days | 5 years 4 days |
3:48.8h | Bill Bonthron | USA | 1 Nov 1912 | Milwaukee WI | 30 Jun 1934 | 21 years 241 days | 2 years 37 days | |
3:49.0h | Luigi Beccali | ITA | 19 Dec 1907 | Milano | 17 Sep 1933 | 25 years 272 days | 286 days | |
3:49.2h | Luigi Beccali | ITA | 19 Dec 1907 | Torino | 9 Sep 1933 | 25 years 264 days | 8 days | |
3:49.2h | Jules Ladoumègue | FRA | 10 Dec 1906 | Paris | 5 Oct 1930 | 23 years 299 days | 2 years 347 days | |
3:51.0h | Otto Peltzer | GER | 8 Mar 1900 | Berlin | 11 Sep 1926 | 26 years 187 days | 4 years 24 days | |
3:52.6h | Paavo Nurmi | FIN | 13 Jun 1897 | Helsinki | 19 Jun 1924 | 27 years 6 days | 2 years 84 days | |
3:54.7h | John Zander | SWE | 31 Jan 1890 | Stockholm | 5 Aug 1917 | 27 years 186 days | 6 years 319 days | |
3:55 4/5 (3:55.8h) | Abel Kiviat | USA | 23 Jun 1892 | Cambridge | 8 Jun 1912 | 19 years 351 days | 5 years 58 days |