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The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle-distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics s
Men's 1500 m final at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. Jakob Ingebrigtsen leads with Josh Kerr to the far left and Yared Nuguse in center frame.
Athletes competing in the 2024 men's Olympic final
Olavi Salsola, Olavi Salonen and Olavi Vuorisalo (The three Olavis) break the 1500 m world record in 1957 in Turku, Finland.
Hicham El Guerrouj
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Hicham El Guerrouj is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner who is the current world record holder in the 1500 metres. He formerly held the world records in the 2000 metres and mile. At the 2004 S
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…1500-metre run is predominantly aerobic, but anaerobic conditioning is also required. Each lap run during the men's world-record race of 3:26.00, run by Hicham 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…
El Guerrouj in 2010
El Guerrouj and Carlos García at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens