1500 metres at the Olympics

none 1500 metres Women's 1500 m heats London 2012.jpg 250 The 2012 Olympic women's 1500 m heats Men and women 1896 2024 1972 2024 Cole Hocker USA 3:27.65 (2024) Faith Kipyegon KEN 3:51.29 (2024) Cole Hocker USA Faith Kipyegon KEN The 1500 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the first edition of the multi-sport event. The men's 1500 m has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896. The women's event was not introduced until over seventy years later, but it has been a permanent fixture since it was first held in 1972. The Olympics final and the World Athletics Championships final are the most prestigious 1500 m races at an elite level. The competition format comprises three rounds: a heats stage, semi-finals, then a final typically between twelve athletes. The 1500 meters was one of four individual events documented exclusively by Olympic documentary filmmaker Bud Greenspan.http://personal.bgsu.edu/~jsquire/greenspan.html Bud Greenspan Films 2018-11-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20070716225236/http://personal.bgsu.edu/~jsquire/greenspan.html 2007-07-16 dead The Olympic records for the event are 3:27.65 minutes for men, set by Cole Hocker in Paris in 2024, and 3:51.29 minutes for women, set by Faith Kipyegon in 2024. The 1500 metres world record has been broken several times at the Olympics: the men's record was beaten in 1900, 1936, and 1960, while the women's record was improved in 1972 (three times) and in 1980.12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009. http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf IAAF Media & Public Relations Department Monte Carlo Pages 546, 549 2009 August 4, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134819/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf June 29, 2011 dead Faith Kipyegon was the first athlete to win three times, with gold medals in 2016, 2020 and 2024. Two other athletes have defended the Olympic 1500 m title: Tatyana Kazankina became the first person to win two gold medals in the event in 1980 (repeating her 1976 win) and, soon after, Sebastian Coe became the first man to do so in 1980 and 1984. Historically, athletes in this event have also had success in the 800 metres at the Olympics. Kelly Holmes was the last athlete to win both events at the same Olympics in 2004. The 2012 1500m gold medalist Taoufik Makhloufi made both podiums without winning gold in 2016. Kenya is the most successful nation in the event, having won seven gold medals. Great Britain has the next highest number of gold medals, with six. The United States is the only nation to have swept the medals in the event, having done so in St. Louis in 1904, albeit in a final between seven Americans and two foreigners. Medal summary Men Multiple medalists Rank Athlete Nation OlympicsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 Sebastian Coe GBR 1980–1984 2 0 0 2 2 Kipchoge Keino KEN 1968–1972 1 1 0 2 2 Fermin Cacho ESP 1992–1996 1 1 0 2 2 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 2000–2004 1 1 0 2 2 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 2012–2016 1 1 0 2 6 Luigi Beccali ITA 1932–1936 1 0 1 2 7 Bernard Lagat KEN 2000–2004 0 1 1 2 7 Nick Willis NZL 2008-2016 0 1 1 2 7 Josh Kerr GBR 2020-2024 0 1 1 2 Medals by country thumb|upright=2.5|right|Map of countries' best results - Men's 1500 metres Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total 1 GBR 5 6 4 15 2 USA 4 7 5 16 3 KEN 4 3 2 9 4 NZL 3 1 3 7 5 FIN 3 0 1 4 6 ALG 2 1 0 3 7 AUS 2 0 1 3 8 MAR 1 2 1 4 9 ESP 1 1 1 3 10 SWE 1 1 0 2 11 ITA 1 0 1 2 12= IRL 1 0 0 1 12= LUX 1 0 0 1 12= NOR 1 0 0 1 15 FRA 0 3 2 5 16= GDR 0 1 1 2 16= GERnb nb nb 0 1 1 2 18= BEL 0 1 0 1 18= TCH 0 1 0 1 18= SUI 0 1 0 1 21 FRG 0 0 2 2 22= CAN 0 0 1 1 22= HUN 0 0 1 1 22= NED 0 0 1 1 22= POR 0 0 1 1 22= QAT 0 0 1 1 nb nb nb The German total includes teams both competing as Germany and the United Team of Germany, but not East or West Germany. Women Multiple medalists Rank Athlete Nation OlympicsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 Faith Kipyegon KEN 2016–2024 3 0 0 3 2 Tatyana Kazankina URS 1976–1980 2 0 0 2 3 Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR 1972–1976 0 2 0 2 4 Gabriela Szabo ROU 1996–2000 0 1 1 2 Medalists by country thumb|upright=2.5|right|Map of countries' best results - Women's 1500 metres Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total1 KEN 4 0 0 4 2 URS 3 1 2 6 3 ALG 2 0 0 2 4 ROU 1 3 3 7 6 RUS 1 1 0 2 5 GBR 1 1 1 3 7 ITA 1 0 1 2 8 GDR 0 3 1 4 9= ETH 0 1 1 2 9= UKR 0 1 1 2 10 BRN 1 0 0 1 11= EUN 0 1 0 111= AUS 0 1 0 1 13= AUT 0 0 1 1 13= CHN 0 0 1 1 13= NED 0 0 1 1 13= USA 0 0 1 1 Intercalated Games The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.1906 Athina Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-26. At this event a men's 1500 m was held and the reigning 800 metres and 1500 m champion from the 1904 Olympics, James Lightbody, was the winner. Two 1908 Olympic participants, Britain's John McGough and Sweden's Kristian Hellström were the silver and bronze medalists.Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 1500 metres. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-26. 1906 Athens Men 1500 metres James Lightbody USA John McGough (athlete) GBR Kristian Hellström SWE References Participation and athlete data Athletics Men's 1500 metres Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07. Athletics Women's 1500 metres Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07. Olympic record progressions Mallon, Bill (2012). TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS - OLYMPIC RECORD PROGRESSIONS. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2014-02-07. Specific External links IAAF 1500 metres homepage Official Olympics website Olympic athletics records from Track & Field News Olympics 1500 metres