Men's Olympic 1500 meters
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
1500 meters
Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 1500 meter race from 1896 to the present.
| Year | Time | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Teddy Flack, AUS | 4:33.2 | |
| 1900 | Charles Bennett, GBR | 4:06.2 | WR |
| 1904 | Jim Lightbody, USA | 4:05.4 | WR |
| 1906 | Jim Lightbody, USA | 4:12.0 | |
| 1908 | Mel Sheppard, USA | 4:03.4 | OR |
| 1912 | Arnold Jackson, GBR | 3:56.8 | OR |
| 1920 | Albert Hill, GBR | 4:01.8 | |
| 1924 | Paavo Nurmi, FIN | 3:53.6 | OR |
| 1928 | Harry Larva, FIN | 3:53.2 | OR |
| 1932 | Luigi Beccali, ITA | 3:51.2 | OR |
| 1936 | John Lovelock, NZE | 3:47.8 | WR |
| 1948 | Henry Eriksson, SWE | 3:49.8 | |
| 1952 | Josy Barthel, LUX | 3:45.1 | OR |
| 1956 | Ron Delany, IRE | 3:41.2 | OR |
| 1960 | Herb Elliott, AUS | 3:35.6 | WR |
| 1964 | Peter Snell, NZE | 3:38.1 | |
| 1968 | Kip Keino, KEN | 3:34.9 | OR |
| 1972 | Pekka Vasala, FIN | 3:36.3 | |
| 1976 | John Walker, NZE | 3:39.17 | |
| 1980 | Sebastian Coe, GBR | 3:38.4 | |
| 1984 | Sebastian Coe, GBR | 3:32.53 | OR |
| 1988 | Peter Rono, KEN | 3:35.96 | |
| 1992 | Fermin Cacho, SPA | 3:40.12 | |
| 1996 | Noureddine Morceli, ALG | 3:35.78 | |
| 2000 | Noah Ngeny, KEN | 3:32.07 | OR |
| 2004 | Hicham El Guerrouj, MOR | 3:34.18 | |
| 2008 | Rasheed Ramzi, BRN | 3:32.94 | |
| 2012 | Taoufik Makhloufi, ALG | 3:34.08 |
| 800 meters | Men's Olympic Track & Field | 5000 meters |
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