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{{Short description|Middle distance running event, "the metric mile"}}
{{Infobox athletics event
|event= 1500 metres
|image= 1500m men Final Budapest 2023.jpg
|image_upright = 1.2
|caption= [[2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres|Men's 1500 m final]] at the [[2023 World Athletics Championships|2023 World Championships]] in [[Budapest]]. [[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]] leads with [[Josh Kerr (runner)|Josh Kerr]] to the far left and [[Yared Nuguse]] in center frame.
|WRmen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}} 3:26.00 (1998)}}
|ORmen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Cole Hocker]]|USA}} 3:27.65 (2024)}}
|CRmen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}} 3:27.65 (1999)}}
|WRwomen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Faith Kipyegon]]|KEN}} 3:49.04 (2024)}}
|ORwomen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Faith Kipyegon]]|KEN}} 3:51.29 (2024)}}
|CRwomen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Sifan Hassan]]|NED}} 3:51.95 (2019)}}
|WU20Rwomen={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Lang Yinglai]]|CHN}} 3:51.34 (1997)}}|WU20Rmen={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Ronald Kwemoi]]|KEN}} 3:28.81 (2014)}}|ShWRmen={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]]|NOR}} 3:30.60 (2022)}}|ShWRwomen={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Gudaf Tsegay]]|ETH}} 3:53.09 (2021)}}}}

The '''1500 metres''' or '''1,500-metre run''' is the foremost [[middle distance track event]] in [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]. The distance has been contested at the [[Summer Olympics]] since 1896 and the [[World Championships in Athletics]] since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilometers or approximately {{frac|15|16}}&nbsp;miles. The event is closely associated with its slightly longer cousin, the [[mile race]], from which it derives its nickname "the metric mile".<ref>In the United States, where the mile race remains highly popular, 'metric mile' often refers to a 1600 metre race, an event generally not run outside its borders.</ref>

The demands of the race are similar to that of the [[800 metres|800 metre run]], but with a slightly higher emphasis on aerobic endurance and a slightly lower sprint speed requirement. The 1500 metre run is predominantly [[aerobic exercise|aerobic]], but [[anaerobic exercise|anaerobic]] conditioning is also required.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/community/athletics/trackfield/newsid=9397.html 1500 m - Introduction]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-07.</ref>
[[File:Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres finale - 05.jpg|thumb|Athletes competing in the 2024 men's Olympic final]]

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 (or under 13.8&nbsp;seconds per 100&nbsp;metres or 2:17.33 minutes per kilometer).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/age=N/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=1500/detail.htmx|title=IAAF: 100 Metres - men - senior - outdoor - 2018 - iaaf.org|website=iaaf.org}}</ref> Since El Guerrouj, only three other men in history have broken the 3:27 barrier; [[Bernard Lagat]], [[Asbel Kiprop]], and [[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]]. El Guerrouj remains the only man to break the 3:27 barrier more than once.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1500 Metres - men - senior - all |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middlelong/1500-metres/all/men/senior |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>

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 from [[Kenya]], [[Ethiopia]], and East Africa, as well as North African runners from [[Morocco]] and [[Algeria]]. In the mid-2010s and 2020s, European and American runners began to emerge again in the men's event. American [[Matthew Centrowitz Jr.]] won the gold medal at the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|2016 Summer Olympics]]. In the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|2020 Summer Olympics]], [[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]], the youngest of a dynasty of Norwegian middle-distance runners, won Olympic Gold, while Scottish and British runner [[Jake Wightman]] won the World Championship title the following year at the head of an all-European podium. Wightman's compatriot [[Josh Kerr (runner)|Josh Kerr]] won gold at the world championships the year after. In the [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|2024 Summer Olympics]], Americans and Europeans continued to dominate the podium, with [[Cole Hocker]], Kerr, and [[Yared 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, Europeans [[Sifan Hassan]] and [[Laura Muir]], and Americans such as [[Jenny 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.
[[File:The three Olavis.jpg|thumb|[[Olavi Salsola]], [[Olavi Salonen]] and [[Olavi Vuorisalo]] (''The three Olavis'') break the 1,500 m [[World records in athletics|world record]] in 1957 in [[Turku]], Finland.]]
In the [[Modern 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, was [[Edwin 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 the [[Summer Olympics]] in 1972, and the winner of the first gold medal was [[Lyudmila Bragina]] of the Soviet Union. During the Olympic Games of 1972 through 2008, the women's 1,500-metre race has been won by three [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]s plus one Russian, one Italian, one Romanian, one Briton, one [[Kenya]]n, and two [[Algeria]]ns. The 2012 Olympic results are still undecided as a result of multiple [[Doping in sport|doping]] cases.  The best women's times for the race were controversially<ref>{{cite news| url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/shart/100024237/scandal-as-controversial-chinese-athlete-wang-junxia-enters-iaaf-hall-of-fame/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310172118/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/shart/100024237/scandal-as-controversial-chinese-athlete-wang-junxia-enters-iaaf-hall-of-fame/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 March 2012 | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Scandal as controversial Chinese athlete Wang Junxia enters IAAF Hall of Fame | date=9 March 2012}}</ref> set by Chinese runners, all set in the same race on just two dates four years apart at the [[National Games of China|Chinese National Games]].  At least one of those top Chinese athletes has admitted to being part of a doping program.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2016/02/25/athletics-world-records-blow-as-wang-junxia-admits-being-part-of/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2016/02/25/athletics-world-records-blow-as-wang-junxia-admits-being-part-of/ |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Athletics world records blow as Wang Junxia 'admits' being part of Chinese state-sponsored doping regime|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=25 February 2016 |access-date=2016-08-13|last1=Bloom |first1=Ben }}{{cbignore}}</ref>  This women's record was finally broken by [[Genzebe Dibaba]] of Ethiopia in 2015.

In American [[high schools]], the [[1600 meters|1,600-metre]] run, also colloquially referred to as "[[metric mile]]", is the designated official distance by the [[Sports governing body|National Governing Body]] the [[National Federation of State High School Associations|NFHS]].  Because of the legacy, since [[US customary units]] are better-known in America, the [[mile 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.<ref>McCune R. R. (2011-07-11). [http://www.letsrun.com/2011/lvsub4-0611.php Verzbicas Breaks Four]. Lets Run. Retrieved on 2012-02-07.</ref>

==Strategy==
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 by [[Pacemaker (running)|pacemakers]] or "rabbits" who sacrifice their opportunity to win by leading the early laps at a fast pace before dropping out.

{{blockquote|The person who wins the race is behind watching.|[[Filbert Bayi]], former world record holder<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/commonwealth-games/cwg-news/bayis-record-may-be-gone-but-it-should-never-be-forgotten.23308390|title=Bayi's record may be gone but it should never be forgotten|website=HeraldScotland|date=30 January 2014 }}</ref>}}

==Continental records==
*Updated 6 August 2024.<ref name="recordsmen">{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/middlelong/1500-metres/all/men |title=Men's outdoor 1500 Metres {{!}} Records |website=worldathletics.org |publisher=[[World Athletics]] |access-date=5 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="recordswomen">{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/middlelong/1500-metres/all/women |title=Women's outdoor 1500 Metres {{!}} Records |website=worldathletcs.org |publisher=[[World Athletics]] |access-date=5 February 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan=2| Area
!colspan=3| Men
!colspan=3| Women
|-
! Time 
! Athlete
! Nation
! Time 
! Athlete
! Nation
|-
| [[Confederation of African Athletics|Africa]] {{small|(''[[List of African records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''3:26.00''' {{WR}} || [[Hicham El Guerrouj]] || {{MAR}} || '''3:49.04''' {{WR}} || [[Faith Kipyegon]]|| {{KEN}}
|-
| [[Asian Athletics Association|Asia]] {{small|(''[[List of Asian records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''3:29.14''' || [[Rashid Ramzi]] || {{BHR}} || '''3:50.46''' || [[Qu Yunxia]] || {{CHN}}
|-
| [[European Athletic Association|Europe]] {{small|(''[[List of European records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''3:26.73''' || [[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]] || {{NOR}} || '''3:51.95''' || [[Sifan Hassan]]  || {{NED}}
|-
| [[North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association|North, Central America<br/> and Caribbean]] {{small|(''[[List of North, Central American and Caribbean records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''3:27.65'''|| [[Cole Hocker]]|| {{USA}} || '''3:54.99''' || [[Shelby Houlihan]] || {{USA}}
|-
| [[Oceania Athletics Association|Oceania]] {{small|(''[[List of Oceanian records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''3:29.41''' || [[Olli Hoare|Oliver Hoare]]|| {{AUS}}|| '''3:50.83'''	 ||[[Jessica Hull]]||{{AUS}}
|-
| [[CONSUDATLE|South America]] {{small|(''[[List of South American records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''3:33.25''' || [[Hudson de Souza]] || {{BRA}}  || '''4:05.67'''  || [[Letitia Vriesde]] || {{SUR}}
|}

==All-time top 25==
{{see also|1500 metres world record progression}}
{| style="wikitable"
|Outdoor tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 '''1500m times''' and the top 25 '''athletes''':
|-
| style="background: #f6F5CE" |''- denotes top performance for '''athletes''' in the top 25 '''1500m times'''''
|-
|''- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 '''1500m times''', by repeat athletes''
|-
| style="background: #CCFFCC" |''- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 '''athletes''' who fall outside the top 25 1500m times''
|}

===Men (outdoor)===
*Updated 22 August 2024.<ref>{{cite web|title=All-time men's best 1500m|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_1500ok.htm|publisher=alltime-athletics.com|date=26 July 2018|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}}  !! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}} !! Time !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|1 || align=center|1 || 3:26.00 || [[Hicham El Guerrouj]] || {{MAR}} || 14 July 1998 || [[Rome]] || 
|- 
|  || align=center|2 || 3:26.12 || ''El Guerrouj #2'' || || 24 August 2001 || [[Brussels]] || 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|2 || align=center|3 || 3:26.34 || [[Bernard Lagat]] || {{KEN}} || 24 August 2001 || [[Brussels]] || 
|- 
|  || align=center|4 || 3:26.45 || ''El Guerrouj #3'' || || 12 August 1998 || [[Zürich]] || 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|3 || align=center|5 || 3:26.69 || [[Asbel Kiprop]] || {{KEN}} || 17 July 2015 || [[Monaco]] || <ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=1500m Results |url=http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/AT_PROD/Monaco2015_PDF_RE4130040.PDF?h=d3xkI+r7B/fLI3N5DKu3bFKxAhk= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305085614/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/AT_PROD/Monaco2015_PDF_RE4130040.PDF?h=d3xkI%2Br7B%2FfLI3N5DKu3bFKxAhk%3D |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 March 2016 |website=sportresult.com |date=17 July 2015 |access-date=18 July 2015 }}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|4 || align=center|6 || 3:26.73 || [[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]] || {{NOR}} || 12 July 2024 || [[Monaco]] || <ref name="Monaco-24Jul2024">{{cite web|title=1500m Results |url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/MONACO_2024/PDF_ATHM1500M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=oKrsfL3qqrC9iRvR0t9ihpvHXbA=|website=swisstiming.com|date=12 July 2024 |access-date=12 July 2024 }}</ref>
|- 
| rowspan="5" | || align=center|7 || 3:26.89 || ''El Guerrouj #4'' || rowspan="5" | || 16 August 2002 || [[Zürich]] || 
|- 
| align=center|8 || 3:26.96 || ''El Guerrouj #5'' || 8 September 2002 || [[Rieti]] || 
|-
| align="center" |9 || 3:27.14 || ''Ingebrigtsen #2'' || 16 July 2023 || [[Chorzów]] || <ref name="worldathletics.org">{{Cite web|title=Ingebrigtsen, Rojas and Barshim break meeting records in Silesia|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/silesia-skolimowska-memorial-2023-ingebrigtsen-rojas-barshim|website=World Athletics|date=16 July 2023|access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |10 || 3:27.21 || ''El Guerrouj #6'' || 11 August 2000 || [[Zürich]] ||
|-
| align=center|11 || 3:27.34 || ''El Guerrouj #7'' || 19 July 2002 || [[Monaco]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|5 || align=center|12 || 3:27.37 || [[Noureddine Morceli]] || {{ALG}} || 12 July 1995 || [[Nice]] ||
|- 
| rowspan=3| || align=center|13 || 3:27.40 || ''Lagat #2'' || rowspan="3" | || 6 August 2004 || [[Zürich]] ||
|-
| align=center|14 || 3:27.52 || ''Morceli #2'' || 25 July 1995 || [[Monaco]] ||
|-
| align=center|15 || 3:27.64 || ''El Guerrouj #8'' || 6 August 2004 || [[Zürich]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|6 || align=center|15 || 3:27.64 || [[Silas Kiplagat]] || {{KEN}} || 18 July 2014 || [[Monaco]] || <ref>{{cite news|title=Kiplagat shows his class with 3:27.64 in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/kiplagat-monaco-iaaf-diamond-league|publisher=[[IAAF]]|author=Mike Rowbottom|date=18 July 2014|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>
|- 
| || align=center|17 || 3:27.65 || ''El Guerrouj #9'' || || 24 August 1999 || [[Seville]] ||
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align=center|7
|align=center|17
|3:27.65
|[[Cole Hocker]]
|{{USA}}
|6 August 2024
|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Hocker runs Olympic record to win highly anticipated 1500m clash in Paris {{!}} News {{!}} Paris 24 {{!}} Olympic Games |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/paris24/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-men-1500m |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
|-
|
| align="center" |19 || 3:27.72 || ''Kiprop #2'' || || 19 July 2013 || [[Monaco]] || <ref name="Monaco2013" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center" |8
|align="center" |20
|3:27.79
|[[Josh Kerr (runner)|Josh Kerr]]
|{{GBR2}}
|6 August 2024
|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|<ref name=":2" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center" |9
|align="center" |21
|3:27.80
|[[Yared Nuguse]]
|{{USA}}
|6 August 2024
|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
| rowspan="3" |
| align="center" |22 || 3:27.83 || ''Ingebrigtsen #3'' || rowspan="3" | || 22 August 2024 || [[Lausanne]] ||<ref name="Lausanne-22Aug2024">{{cite web|title=1500m Results |url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/LAUSANNE_2024/PDF_ATHM1500M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=CiKuR56TcDIh2FQpvpls0IZbzXo=|website=swisstiming.com|date=22 August 2024 |access-date=22 August 2024 }}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |23 || 3:27.91 || ''Lagat #3'' || 19 July 2002 || [[Monaco]] ||
|-
| align="center" |24 || 3:27.95 || ''Ingebrigtsen #4'' || 15 June 2023 || [[Oslo]]||<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Warholm and Ingebrigtsen outstanding in Oslo|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/bislett-games-oslo-warholm-ingebrigtsen-haylom-bol|publisher=World Athletics|author=Cathal Dennehy|date=15 June 2023|access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |10 || align="center" |25 || 3:28.12 || [[Noah Ngeny]]|| {{KEN}} || 11 August 2000 || [[Zürich]]||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |11 || rowspan="15" align="center" | || 3:28.28 || [[Timothy Cheruiyot]]|| {{KEN}} || 9 July 2021 || [[Monaco]] || <ref name="1500m Result">{{cite web|title=1500m Result|url=http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2021/monaco/re0130040.pdf|work=sportresult.com|date=9 July 2021|access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align=center|12 || 3:28.75 || [[Taoufik Makhloufi]] || {{ALG}} || 17 July 2015 || [[Monaco]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=1500m Results |url=http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/AT_PROD/Monaco2015_PDF_RE4130040.PDF?h=d3xkI+r7B/fLI3N5DKu3bFKxAhk= |publisher=sportresult.com |date=17 July 2015 |access-date=18 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305085614/https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/AT_PROD/Monaco2015_PDF_RE4130040.PDF?h=d3xkI%2Br7B%2FfLI3N5DKu3bFKxAhk%3D |archive-date=5 March 2016 }}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align=center|13 || 3:28.76 || [[Mohamed Katir]] || {{ESP}} || 9 July 2021 || [[Monaco]] || <ref name="1500m Result"/>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align=center|14 || 3:28.79 || [[Abdalaati Iguider]] || {{MAR}} || 17 July 2015 || [[Monaco]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| rowspan=2 align=center|15 || rowspan="2" |3:28.80 || [[Elijah Manangoi]] || {{KEN}} || 21 July 2017 || [[Monaco]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=1500m Results|url=https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/AT_PROD/MONACO2017/PDF_RE0130040.PDF?h=InJdLKX88/NTRbzV11jZBZv2ekw=|work=sportresult.com|date=21 July 2017|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501235325/https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/AT_PROD/MONACO2017/PDF_RE0130040.PDF?h=InJdLKX88/NTRbzV11jZBZv2ekw=|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|  [[Brian Komen]] || {{KEN}} || 12 July 2024 || [[Monaco]] || <ref name="Monaco-24Jul2024"/>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| rowspan=2 align=center|17 || rowspan="2" |3:28.81 || [[Mo Farah]] || {{GBR2}} || 19 July 2013 || [[Monaco]] || <ref name="Monaco2013">{{cite news|title=Seven world leads on magical night in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/seven-world-leads-on-magical-night-in-monaco|publisher=[[IAAF]]|author=Mike Rowbottom|date=19 July 2013|access-date=21 July 2013}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| [[Ronald Kwemoi]] || {{KEN}} || 18 July 2014 || [[Monaco]] || <ref>{{cite news|title=IAAF Diamond League – 1500m Results |url=http://www.diamondleague-monaco.com/en/Program/Overview/1500m-Men1/ |publisher=www.diamondleague-monaco.com |date=18 July 2014 |access-date=19 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721234621/http://www.diamondleague-monaco.com/en/Program/Overview/1500m-Men1/ |archive-date=21 July 2014 }}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center|19 || 3:28.95 || [[Fermín Cacho]] || {{ESP}} || 13 August 1997 || [[Zürich]] || 
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center|20 || 3:28.98 || [[Mehdi Baala]] || {{FRA}} || 5 September 2003 || [[Brussels]] || 
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align="center" |21 || 3:29.02 || [[Daniel Kipchirchir Komen]] || {{KEN}} || 14 July 2006 || [[Rome]] || 
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |22 || 3:29.11 || [[Abel Kipsang]]|| {{KEN}} || 16 July 2023 || [[Chorzów]] || <ref name="worldathletics.org" />
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |23 || 3:29.14 || [[Rashid Ramzi]]|| {{BHR}} || 14 July 2006 || [[Rome]]||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| rowspan="2" align="center" |24 || rowspan="2" | 3:29.18 || [[Vénuste Niyongabo]]|| {{BDI}} || 22 August 1997 || [[Brussels]]||
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| [[Mario García (runner)|Mario García]] || {{ESP}} || 15 June 2023 || [[Oslo]] || <ref name="static.sportresult.com">{{cite web|title=1500m Result|url=https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2023/oslo/ATHM1500M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1_1.0.PDF|work=sportresult.com|date=15 June 2023|access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref>
|}

===Women (outdoor)===
*Updated 30 August 2024.<ref>{{cite web|title=All-time women's best 1500m|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_1500ok.htm|publisher=alltime-athletics.com|date=6 August 2021|access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}}  !! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}} !! Time !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|1 || align=center|1 || 3:49.04 || [[Faith Kipyegon]] || {{KEN}} || 7 July 2024 || [[Paris]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=1500m Result|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/PARIS_2024/PDF_ATHW1500M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=Gew1luIa3rY1KOlSBScvPvKTN5M=|website=swisstiming.com|date=7 July 2024|access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
|
|align=center|2
|3:49.11
|''Kipyegon #2''
|
|2 June 2023
|[[Florence]]
|<ref>{{cite web |date=2 June 2023 |title=1500m Result |url=https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/ROME2023/PDF_ATHW1500M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=mwYOfTt0kWmJrCtqQ/xN+oewynY=/ |access-date=2 June 2023 |work=sportresult.com}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |2 || align="center" |3 || 3:50.07 || [[Genzebe Dibaba]]|| {{ETH}} || 17 July 2015 || [[Monaco]]|| <ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=IAAF Diamond League Monaco – 1500m Results|url=http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2015/monaco/re1130040.pdf|publisher=sportresult.com|date=17 July 2015|access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"  
| align="center" |3 || align="center" |4 || 3:50.30 || [[Gudaf Tsegay]]|| {{ETH}} || 20 April 2024 || [[Xiamen]]|| <ref>{{cite web|title=1500m Result|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/XIAMEN_2024/PDF_ATHW1500M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=MXLtnENpqXuVrTkp/ELsRgzspw4=|website=swisstiming.com|date=20 April 2024|access-date=20 April 2024}}</ref>
|- 
| || align="center" |5 || 3:50.37 || ''Kipyegon #3''|| || 10 August 2022 || [[Monaco]]|| <ref>{{Cite web|title=1500m Results|url=https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/MONACO2022/PDF_ATHW1500M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73G.PDF?h=XAiobRTC4Y5MFxfzXKBPR7obJaQ=|work=sportresult.com|date=10 August 2022|access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |4 || align="center" |6 || 3:50.46 || [[Qu Yunxia]]|| {{CHN}} || 11 September 1993 || [[Beijing]]||
|-
| || align="center" |7 || 3:50.72 || ''Kipyegon #4''|| || 16 September 2023 || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]|| <ref name="1500m Results">{{cite web|title=1500m Results|url=https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/EUGENE2023/PDF_ATHW1500M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=lCAV6meVEg5eiQXEbRu6KpGVa48=|work=sportresult.com|date=16 September 2023|access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center" |5
|align="center" |8
|3:50.83
|[[Jessica Hull]]
|{{AUS}}
|7 July 2024
|[[Paris]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=1500m Result|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/PARIS_2024/PDF_ATHW1500M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=Gew1luIa3rY1KOlSBScvPvKTN5M=|website=swisstiming.com|date=7 July 2024|access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |6 || align="center" |9 || 3:50.98 || [[Jiang Bo (athlete)|Jiang Bo]]|| {{CHN}} || 18 October 1997 || [[Shanghai]]||
|-
| rowspan="2"| || align="center" |10 || 3:51.07 || ''Kipyegon #5''|| rowspan=2| || 9 July 2021 || [[Monaco]]|| <ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|title=1500m Result|url=http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2021/monaco/re1130040.pdf|work=sportresult.com|date=9 July 2021|access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|11
|3:51.29
|''Kipyegon #6''
|10 August 2024
|[[Stade de France|Saint-Denis]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 1500m Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73C1_ATHW1500M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=10 August 2024|access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |7 || align="center" |12 || 3:51.34 || [[Lang Yinglai]]|| {{CHN}} || 18 October 1997 || [[Shanghai]]||
|-
| || align="center" |13 || 3:51.41{{AthAbbr|+}}|| ''Kipyegon #7''|| || 21 July 2023 || [[Monaco]]|| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Herculis EBS {{!}} Results {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7154214?eventId=10229513&gender=W |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |8 || align="center" |14 || 3:51.92 || [[Wang Junxia]]|| {{CHN}} || 11 September 1993 || [[Beijing]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |9 || align="center" |15 || 3:51.95 || [[Sifan Hassan]]|| {{NED}} || 5 October 2019 || [[Doha]]|| <ref name="doha">{{cite web|title=1500m Women − Final − Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-1500-W-f----.RS6.pdf|publisher=IAAF|date=5 October 2019|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |10 || align="center" |16 || 3:52.47 || [[Tatyana Kazankina]]|| {{URS}} || 13 August 1980 || [[Zürich]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
|align=center|17
|3:52.56
|''Hull #2''
|rowspan="2"|
|10 August 2024
|[[Stade de France|Saint-Denis]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 1500m Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73C1_ATHW1500M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=10 August 2024|access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |18 || 3:52.59 || ''Kipyegon #8'' || 28 May 2022 || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || <ref name="Cathal Dennehy">{{cite news|title=Norman reigns in fierce 400m clash with record run in Eugene|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/norman-kipyegon-crouser-eugene-prefontaine-classic|publisher=World Athletics|author=Cathal Dennehy|date=29 May 2022|access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|11 || align="center" |19 || 3:52.61 || [[Georgia Bell]] || {{GBR2}} || 10 August 2024 || [[Stade de France|Saint-Denis]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 1500m Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73C1_ATHW1500M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=10 August 2024|access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|12 || align="center" |20 || 3:52.75 || [[Diribe Welteji]] || {{ETH}} || 10 August 2024 || [[Stade de France|Saint-Denis]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 1500m Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73C1_ATHW1500M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=10 August 2024|access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3 | || align="center" |21 || 3:52.89 || ''Kipyegon #9'' || rowspan=3| || 30 August 2024 || [[Stadio Olimpico|Rome]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 1500m Results|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/ROME_2024/PDF_ATHW1500M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=tEMzV9B0WPOkA9YwXD8fwdedsV8=|website=swisstiming.com|date=30 August 2024|access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |22 || 3:52.96 || ''Kipyegon #10'' || 18 July 2022 || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 1500m Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-1500-W-f----.RS6.pdf|work=World Athletics|date=18 July 2022|access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |23 || 3:53.11 || ''Kipyegon #11'' || 6 August 2021 || [[Tokyo]] || <ref name="Women's 1500m Final Results">{{cite web|title=Women's 1500m Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHW1500M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=6 August 2021|access-date=25 August 2021|archive-date=7 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807032239/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHW1500M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |13 || align="center" |24 || 3:53.22 || [[Birke Haylom]] || {{ETH}} || 20 April 2024 || [[Xiamen]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=1500m Result|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/XIAMEN_2024/PDF_ATHW1500M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=MXLtnENpqXuVrTkp/ELsRgzspw4=|website=swisstiming.com|date=20 April 2024|access-date=20 April 2024}}</ref>
|-
| || align="center" |25 || 3:53.23 || ''Kipyegon #12'' || || 21 August 2021 || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Prefontaine Classic 2021 Complete Results|url=http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2021/eugene/Results.pdf|work=sportresult.com|date=21 August 2021|access-date=27 August 2021|archive-date=23 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823063154/http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2021/eugene/Results.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align=center|14 || rowspan=13| || 3:53.37 || [[Laura Muir]] || {{GBR2}} || 10 August 2024 || [[Stade de France|Saint-Denis]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 1500m Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73C1_ATHW1500M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=10 August 2024|access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" |15 || 3:53.91 || [[Yin Lili]] || {{CHN}} || 18 October 1997 || [[Shanghai]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" |16 || 3:53.96 || [[Paula Ivan]] || {{ROU|1965}} || 1 October 1988 || [[Seoul]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |17 || 3:53.97 || [[Lan Lixin]] || {{CHN}} || 18 October 1997 || [[Shanghai]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |18 || 3:54.16 || [[Freweyni Hailu]] || {{ETH}} || 30 August 2024 || [[Stadio Olimpico|Rome]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 1500m Results|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/ROME_2024/PDF_ATHW1500M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=tEMzV9B0WPOkA9YwXD8fwdedsV8=|website=swisstiming.com|date=30 August 2024|access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC 
| align="center" |19 || 3:54.23 || [[Olga Dvirna]] || {{URS}} || 27 July 1982 || [[Kyiv]] ||
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC 
| align=center|20 || 3:54.52 || [[Zhang Ling (runner)|Zhang Ling]] || {{CHN}} || 18 October 1997 || [[Shanghai]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align=center|21 || 3:54.87 || [[Hirut Meshesha]] || {{ETH}} || 16 July 2023 || [[Chorzów]] || <ref name="worldathletics.org"/>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align=center|22 || 3:54.99 || [[Shelby Houlihan]] || {{USA}} || 5 October 2019 || [[Doha]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align=center|23 || 3:55.07 || [[Dong Yanmei]] || {{CHN}} || 18 October 1997 || [[Shanghai]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align=center|24 || 3:55.30 || [[Hassiba Boulmerka]] || {{ALG}} || 8 August 1992 || [[Barcelona]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| rowspan=2 align=center|25 || rowspan="2" | 3:55.33 || [[Süreyya Ayhan]] || {{TUR}} || 5 September 2003 || [[Brussels]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Nikki Hiltz]] || {{USA}} || 30 June 2024 || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || <ref>{{Cite web|title=McLaughlin-Levrone breaks world 400m hurdles record at US Trials|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/paris24/news/article/sydney-mclaughlin-levrone-world-400m-hurdles-record-us-olympic-trials|website=World Athletics|author=Jessie Gabriel|date=30 June 2024|access-date=1 July 2024}}</ref>
|}

=== Men (indoor) ===

*Updated 11 February 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1500 Metres - men - senior - indoor |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middle-long/1500-metres/indoor/men/senior?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&oversizedTrack=regular&firstDay=1899-12-31&lastDay=2023-02-12 |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Rank
!Time
!Athlete
!Nation
!Date
!Place
!Ref
|-
!1
|3:30.60
|[[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]]
|{{NOR}}
|17 February 2022
|[[Liévin]]
|
|-
!2
|3:31.04
|[[Samuel Tefera]]
|{{ETH}}
|16 February 2019
|[[Birmingham]]
|
|-
!3
|3:31.18
|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]
|{{MAR}}
|2 February 1997
|[[Stuttgart]]
|
|-
!4
|3:31.25{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Yomif Kejelcha]]
|{{ETH}}
|3 March 2019
|[[Boston]]
|
|-
!5
|3:31.76
|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]
|{{ETH|1996}}
|1 February 1998
|[[Stuttgart]]
|
|-
!6
|3:32.11
|[[Laban Rotich]]
|{{KEN}}
|1 February 1998
|[[Stuttgart]]
|
|-
!7
|3:32.35
|[[Olli Hoare]]
|{{AUS}}
|13 February 2021
|[[New York City]]
|
|-
!8
|3:32.48
|[[Neil Gourley]]
|{{GBR2}}
|25 February 2023
|[[Birmingham]]
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tsegay threatens world indoor 3000m record, as tour titles are won in Birmingham {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/birmingham-final-tsegay-gourley-asher-smith-hodgkinson |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref>
|-
!9
|3:32.86{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Josh Kerr (runner)|Josh Kerr]]
|{{GBR2}}
|27 February 2022
|[[Boston]]
|
|-
!10
|3:32.97
|[[Selemon Barega]]
|{{ETH}}
|17 February 2021
|[[Toruń]]
|
|-
!11
|3:33.08
|[[Daniel Kipchirchir Komen|Daniel Komen]]
|{{KEN}}
|13 February 2005
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|
|-
!12
|3:33.10
|[[Deresse Mekonnen]]
|{{ETH}}
|20 February 2010
|[[Birmingham]]
|
|-
!13
|3:33.17
|[[Vénuste Niyongabo]]
|{{BDI}}
|22 February 1998
|[[Liévin]]
|
|-
!14
|3:33.22{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Yared Nuguse]]
|{{USA}}
|11 February 2023
|[[New York City]]
|
|-
!15
|3:33.23
|[[Augustine Kiprono Choge|Augustine Choge]]
|{{KEN}}
|19 February 2011
|[[Birmingham]]
|
|-
!16
|3:33.28
|[[Adel Mechaal]]
|{{ESP}}
|25 February 2023
|[[Birmingham]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!17
|3:33.32
|[[Andrés Manuel Díaz]]
|{{ESP}}
|24 February 1999
|[[Piraeus]]
|
|-
!18
|3:33.34{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Bernard Lagat]]
|{{KEN}}
|11 February 2005
|[[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]]
|
|-
!19
|3:33.36
|[[Abel Kipsang]]
|{{KEN}}
|20 March 2022
|[[Belgrade]]
|
|-
!20
|3:33.49
|[[Andrew Coscoran]]
|{{IRL}}
|25 February 2023
|[[Birmingham]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!21
|3:33.59
|[[Teddese Lemi]]
|{{ETH}}
|20 March 2022
|[[Belgrade]]
|
|-
!22
|3:33.66
|[[Hobbs Kessler]]
|{{USA}}
|4 February 2024
|[[Boston]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=1500m Results|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7196630?eventId=10229558|work=World Athletics|access-date=21 February 2024}}</ref>
|-
!23
|3:33.76{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Edward Cheserek]]
|{{KEN}}
|9 February 2018
|[[Boston]]
|
|-
!24
|3:33.86{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[George Mills (runner)|George Mills]]
|{{GBR2}}
|11 February 2024
|[[New York City]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=1500m Results|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7191163?eventId=10229558&gender=M|work=World Athletics|access-date=21 February 2024}}</ref>
|-
!25
|3:33.96
|[[Haron Keitany]]
|{{KEN}}
|8 February 2009
|[[Ghent]]
|
|}

====Notes====
<small>Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 3:33.27 (top 25 performances)</small>
*[[Yomif Kejelcha]] also ran 3:31.58 (2019) and 3:33.17{{AthAbbr|+}} (2019).
*[[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]] also ran 3:31.80 (2021), 3:32.38 (2023) and 3:33.02 (2022).
*[[Hicham El Guerrouj]] also ran 3:32.01 (1998) and 3:33.01{{AthAbbr|+}} (1997).
*[[Haile Gebrselassie]] also ran 3:32.39 (1997) and 3:33.27 (1998).
*[[Samuel Tefera]] also ran 3:32.77 (2022).

=== Women (indoor) ===
*Updated 11 February 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1500 Metres - women - senior - indoor |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middle-long/1500-metres/indoor/women/senior?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&oversizedTrack=regular&firstDay=1899-12-31&lastDay=2023-02-12 |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Time
!Athlete
!Nation
!Date
!Place
!Ref
|-
!1
|3:53.09
|[[Gudaf Tsegay]]
|{{ETH}}
|9 February 2021
|[[Liévin]]
|
|-
!2
|3:55.17
|[[Genzebe Dibaba]]
|{{ETH}}
|1 February 2014
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|
|-
!3
|3:55.28
|[[Freweyni Hailu]]
|{{ETH}}
|6 February 2024
|[[Toruń]]
|<ref name="torun24">{{cite web|title=1500m Results|url=https://copernicus.domtel-sport.pl/pdf/K1500_1_r.pdf|website=copernicus.domtel-sport.pl|date=6 February 2024|access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref>
|-
!4
|3:55.47
|[[Diribe Welteji]]
|{{ETH}}
|6 February 2024
|[[Toruń]]
|<ref name="torun24" />
|-
!5
|3:56.47
|[[Hirut Meshesha]]
|{{ETH}}
|6 February 2024
|[[Toruń]]
|<ref name="torun24" />
|-
!6
|3:57.91
|[[Abeba Aregawi]]
|{{SWE}}
|6 February 2014
|[[Stockholm]]
|
|-
!7
|3:58.28
|[[Yelena Soboleva]]
|{{RUS}}
|18 February 2006
|[[Moscow]]
|
|-
!8
|3:58.43
|[[Birke Haylom]]
|{{ETH}}
|4 February 2024
|[[Boston]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lyles breaks 60m meeting record in Boston with 6.44|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/lyles-breaks-60m-new-balance-indoor-grand-prix-meeting-record-boston|website=World Athletics|author=Jon Mulkeen|date=5 February 2024|access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref>
|-
!9
|3:58.79
|[[Tigist Girma (runner, born 2002)|Tigist Girma]]
|{{ETH}}
|6 February 2024
|[[Toruń]]
|<ref name="torun24" />
|-
!10
|3:59.58
|[[Laura Muir]]
|{{GBR2}}
|9 February 2021
|[[Liévin]]
|
|-
!11
|3:59.75
|[[Gelete Burka]]
|{{ETH|1996}}
|9 March 2008
|[[Valencia]]
|
|-
!12
|3:59.79
|[[Maryam Yusuf Jamal]]
|{{BHR}}
|9 March 2008
|[[Valencia]]
|
|-
!13
|3:59.87{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Konstanze Klosterhalfen]]
|{{GER}}
|8 February 2020
|[[New York City]]
|
|-
!14
|3:59.98
|[[Regina Jacobs]]
|{{USA}}
|1 February 2003
|[[Boston]]
|
|-
!15
|4:00.20{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Elle Purrier St. Pierre|Elle Purrier]]
|{{USA}}
|8 February 2020
|[[New York City]]
|
|-
!16
|4:00.27{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Doina Melinte]]
|{{ROU}}
|9 February 1990
|[[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]]
|
|-
!17
|4:00.28
|[[Dawit Seyaum]]
|{{ETH}}
|28 February 2016
|[[Boston]]
|
|-
!18
|4:00.46
|[[Sifan Hassan]]
|{{NED}}
|19 February 2015
|[[Stockholm]]
|
|-
!19
|4:00.52{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Jemma Reekie]]
|{{GBR2}}
|8 February 2020
|[[New York City]]
|
|-
!20
|4:00.72
|[[Natalya Gorelova]]
|{{RUS}}
|27 February 2003
|[[Moscow]]
|
|-
!rowspan=2|21
|4:00.8{{AthAbbr|h}}
|[[Mary Decker]]
|{{USA}}
|8 February 1980
|[[New York City]]
|
|-
|4:00.80{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Gabriela DeBues-Stafford]]
|{{CAN}}
|8 February 2020
|[[New York City]]
|
|-
!23
|4:00.97
|[[Habitam Alemu]]
|{{ETH}}
|10 February 2024
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=1500m Results|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7191164?eventId=10229581|work=World Athletics|access-date=21 February 2024}}</ref>
|-
!24
|4:01.17
|[[Beatrice Chepkoech]]
|{{KEN}}
|6 February 2024
|[[Toruń]]
|<ref name="torun24" />
|-
!25
|4:01.19{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Jessica Hull]]
|{{flagu|Australia}}
|11 February 2024
|[[Fort Washington Avenue Armory|New York City]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=1500m En Route Results|url=https://results.millrosegames.org/|website=millrosegames.org|date=11 February 2024|access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref>
|}

====Notes====
<small>Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 3:59.79 (top 25 performances)</small>
*[[Gudaf Tsegay]] also ran 3:54.77 (2022), 3:57.19 (2022), 3:57.38 (2022), 3:57.47 (2023), 3:58.11 (2024) and 3:59.48{{AthAbbr|+}} (2023).
*[[Genzebe Dibaba]] also ran 3:56.46{{AthAbbr|+}} (2016), 3:57.45 (2018), 3:58.80 (2017) and 3:59.08 (2019).
*[[Freweyni Hailu]] also ran 3:57.24 (2024).
*[[Diribe Welteji]] also ran 3:57.48 (2024).
*[[Abeba Aregawi]] also ran 3:58.40 (2013).

==U20 records and U18 world bests==
*Updated 16 July 2023.<ref name="recordsmen" /><ref name="recordswomen" />
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan=2| Age group
!colspan=3| Men
!colspan=3| Women
|-
! Time 
! Athlete
! Nation
! Time 
! Athlete
! Nation
|-
| [[Under-20 athletics|U20]] {{small|(''[[List of world under-20 records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''3:28.81''' || [[Ronald Kwemoi]] || {{KEN}} || '''3:51.34''' || [[Lang Yinglai]] || {{CHN}}
|-
| [[Under-18 athletics|U18]] {{small|(''[[List of world under-18 bests in athletics|world bests]]'')}} || '''3:33.26''' || [[Cameron Myers]] || {{AUS}} || '''3:54.52''' || [[Zhang Ling (runner)|Zhang Ling]]  || {{CHN}}
|}

==Olympic medalists==
{{main|1500 metres at the Olympics}}

===Men===
{{Olympic medalists in men's 1500 metres}}

===Women===
{{Olympic medalists in women's 1500 metres}}

==World Championships medalists==
{{main|1500 metres at the World Championships in Athletics}}

===Men===
{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in men's 1500 metres}}

===Women===
{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in women's 1500 metres}}

==European Championships medalists==

===Men===
{{main|List of European Athletics Championships medalists (men)#1500 meters}}

===Women===
{{main|List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)#1500 meters}}

==World Indoor Championships medalists==

===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable}}
|-
|[[1985 IAAF World Indoor Games|1985 Paris]]{{ref label|WIG|A}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Hillardt]]|AUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[José Luis González (runner)|José Luis González]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Joseph Chesire]]|KEN}}
|-
|[[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1987 Indianapolis]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marcus O'Sullivan]]|IRL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[José Manuel Abascal]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Han Kulker]]|NED}}
|-
|[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1989 Budapest]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marcus O'Sullivan]]|IRL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hauke Fuhlbrügge]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jeff Atkinson (athlete)|Jeff Atkinson]]|USA}}
|-
|[[1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1991 Seville]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Fermín Cacho]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mário Silva (athlete)|Mário Silva]]|POR}}
|-
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1993 Toronto]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marcus O'Sullivan]]|IRL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[David Maxwell Strang|David Strang]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Branko Zorko]]|CRO}}
|-
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1995 Barcelona]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mateo Cañellas]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Erik Nedeau]]|USA}}
|-
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Rüdiger Stenzel]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[William Tanui]]|KEN}}
|-
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1999 Maebashi]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Laban Rotich]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrés Manuel Díaz]]|ESP}}
|-
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2001 Lisbon]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Rui Silva (runner)|Rui Silva]]|POR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Reyes Estévez]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Noah Ngeny]]|KEN}}
|-
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2003 Birmingham]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Driss Maazouzi]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Lagat]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Abdelkader Hachlaf]]|MAR}}
|-
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2004 Budapest]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Korir]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ivan Heshko]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Laban Rotich]]|KEN}}
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2006 Moscow]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ivan Heshko]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Daniel Kipchirchir Komen]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Elkanah Angwenyi]]|KEN}}
|-
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2008 Valencia]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Deresse Mekonnen]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Daniel Kipchirchir Komen]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Juan Carlos Higuero]]|ESP}}
|-
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2010 Doha]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Deresse Mekonnen]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Abdalaati Iguider]]|MAR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Haron Keitany]]|KEN}}
|-
|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2012 Istanbul]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Abdalaati Iguider]]|MAR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[İlham Tanui Özbilen]]|TUR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mekonnen Gebremedhin]]|ETH}}
|-
|[[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2014 Sopot]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ayanleh Souleiman]]|DJI}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Aman Wote]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Abdalaati Iguider]]|MAR}}
|-
|[[2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2016 Portland]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Matthew Centrowitz Jr.]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jakub Holuša]]|CZE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nick Willis]]|NZL}}
|-
|[[2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2018 Birmingham]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Samuel Tefera]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marcin Lewandowski]]|POL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Abdalaati Iguider]]|MAR}}
|-
|[[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2022 Belgrade]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Samuel Tefera]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Abel Kipsang]]|KEN}}
|-
|[[2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2024 Glasgow]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Geordie Beamish]]|NZL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Cole Hocker]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hobbs Kessler]]|USA}}
|}

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable}}
|-
|[[1985 IAAF World Indoor Games|1985 Paris]]{{ref label|WIG|A}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Elly van Hulst]]|NED}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Fița Lovin]]|ROU|1965}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Brit McRoberts]]|CAN}}
|-
|[[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1987 Indianapolis]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Doina Melinte]]|ROU|1965}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tetyana Dorovskikh|Tatyana Samolenko]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Kitova]]|URS}}
|-
|[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1989 Budapest]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Doina Melinte]]|ROU|1965}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Kitova]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yvonne Mai-Graham|Yvonne Mai]]|GDR}}
|-
|[[1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1991 Seville]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lyudmila Rogachova]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ivana Kubešová]]|TCH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tudorita Chidu]]|ROU}}
|-
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1993 Toronto]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yekaterina Podkopayeva]]|RUS|1991}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Violeta Szekely|Violeta Beclea]]|ROU}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sandra Gasser]]|SUI}}
|-
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1995 Barcelona]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Regina Jacobs]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Carla Sacramento]]|POR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maite Zúñiga]]|ESP}}
|-
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yekaterina Podkopayeva]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Patricia Djaté-Taillard]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lidia Chojecka]]|POL}}
|-
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1999 Maebashi]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Violeta Szekely|Violeta Beclea-Szekely]]|ROU}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lidia Chojecka]]|POL}}
|-
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2001 Lisbon]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hasna Benhassi]]|MAR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Violeta Szekely|Violeta Beclea-Szekely]]|ROU}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Gorelova]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2003 Birmingham]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Regina Jacobs]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kelly Holmes]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yekaterina Rozenberg]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2004 Budapest]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kutre Dulecha]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Carmen Douma-Hussar]]|CAN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gulnara Samitova-Galkina|Gulnara Galkina]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2006 Moscow]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yuliya Fomenko (runner)|Yuliya Fomenko]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Soboleva]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maryam Yusuf Jamal]]|BHR}}
|-
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2008 Valencia]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gelete Burka]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maryam Yusuf Jamal]]|BHR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Daniela Yordanova]]|BUL}}
|-
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2010 Doha]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kalkidan Gezahegne]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Natalia Rodríguez (athlete)|Natalia Rodríguez]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gelete Burka]]|ETH}}
|-
|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2012 Istanbul]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Genzebe Dibaba]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mariem Alaoui Selsouli]]|MAR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hind Dehiba]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2014 Sopot]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Abeba Aregawi]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Axumawit Embaye]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nicole Sifuentes]]|CAN}}
|-
|[[2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2016 Portland]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sifan Hassan]]|NED}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Dawit Seyaum]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gudaf Tsegay]]|ETH}}
|-
|[[2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2018 Birmingham]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Genzebe Dibaba]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Muir]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sifan Hassan]]|NED}}
|-
|[[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2022 Belgrade]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gudaf Tsegay]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Axumawit Embaye]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hirut Meshesha]]|ETH}}
|-
|[[2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2024 Glasgow]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Freweyni Hailu]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nikki Hiltz]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Emily Mackay]]|USA}}
|}
*<sup>{{note label|WIG|A}}</sup> Known as the ''World Indoor Games''

==Season's bests==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Men===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!Year
!Time
!Athlete
!Place
|-
|1966
|3:36.1
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jim Ryun]]|USA}}
|[[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]]
|-
|1967
|3:33.1
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jim Ryun]]|USA}}
|Los Angeles
|-
|[[1968 in athletics|1968]]
|3:34.9
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kipchoge Keino]]|KEN}}
|[[Mexico City]]
|-
|1969
|3:37.2
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Marty Liquori]]|USA}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|1970
|3:34.0
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jean Wadoux]]|FRA}}
|[[Colombes]]
|-
|1971
|3:36.0
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Marty Liquori]]|USA}}
|[[Milan]]
|-
|1972
|3:36.33
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Pekka Vasala]]|FIN}}
|[[Munich]]
|-
|1973
|3:34.6
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Filbert Bayi]]|TAN}}
|[[Helsinki]]
|-
|1974
|3:32.16
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Filbert Bayi]]|TAN}}
|[[Christchurch]]
|-
|1975
|3:32.4
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[John Walker (runner)|John Walker]]|NZL}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|1976
|3:34.19
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[John Walker (runner)|John Walker]]|NZL}}
|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|1977
|3:32.72
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[John Walker (runner)|John Walker]]|NZL}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|1978
|3:35.48
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[David Moorcroft]]|GBR}}
|[[Edmonton]]
|-
|[[1979 in the sport of athletics|1979]]
|3:32.03
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sebastian Coe]]|GBR}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[1980 in the sport of athletics|1980]]
|3:31.36
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Ovett]]|GBR}}
|[[Koblenz]]
|-
|[[1981 in the sport of athletics|1981]]
|3:31.57
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Ovett]]|GBR}}
|[[Budapest]]
|-
|[[1982 in the sport of athletics|1982]]
|3:32.12
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sydney Maree]]|USA}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[1983 in the sport of athletics|1983]]
|3:30.77
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Ovett]]|GBR}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[1984 in the sport of athletics|1984]]
|3:31.54
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|[[Hengelo]]
|-
|[[1985 in the sport of athletics|1985]]
|3:29.46
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|Berlin
|-
|[[1986 in the sport of athletics|1986]]
|3:29.77
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sebastian Coe]]|GBR}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[1987 in the sport of athletics|1987]]
|3:30.69
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[1988 in the sport of athletics|1988]]
|3:30.95
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Cram]]|GBR}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[1989 in the sport of athletics|1989]]
|3:30.55
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Abdi Bile]]|SOM}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[1990 in the sport of athletics|1990]]
|3:32.60
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|[[Bologna]]
|-
|[[1991 in the sport of athletics|1991]]
|3:31.00
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|[[Helsinki]]
|-
|[[1992 in the sport of athletics|1992]]
|3:28.86
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[1993 in the sport of athletics|1993]]
|3:29.20
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|[[Narbonne]]
|-
|[[1994 in the sport of athletics|1994]]
|3:30.61
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|[[Villeneuve-d'Ascq]]
|-
|[[1995 in the sport of athletics|1995]]
|3:27.37
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|[[Nice]]
|-
|[[1996 in the sport of athletics|1996]]
|3:29.05
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[1997 in the sport of athletics|1997]]
|3:28.91
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[1998 in the sport of athletics|1998]]
|3:26.00
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|Rome
|-
|[[1999 in the sport of athletics|1999]]
|3:27.65
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|[[Seville]]
|-
|[[2000 in the sport of athletics|2000]]
|3:27.21
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[2001 in the sport of athletics|2001]]
|3:26.12
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2002 in the sport of athletics|2002]]
|3:26.89
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[2003 in the sport of athletics|2003]]
|3:28.40
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2004 in the sport of athletics|2004]]
|3:27.40
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Lagat]]|KEN}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[2005 in the sport of athletics|2005]]
|3:29.30
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Lagat]]|USA}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[2006 in the sport of athletics|2006]]
|3:29.02
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Daniel Kipchirchir Komen]]|KEN}}
|Rome
|-
|[[2007 in the sport of athletics|2007]]
|3:30.54
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Alan Webb (runner)|Alan Webb]]|USA}}
|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|-
|[[2008 in the sport of athletics|2008]]
|3:31.49
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Daniel Kipchirchir Komen]]|KEN}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2009 in the sport of athletics|2009]]
|3:29.47
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Augustine Kiprono Choge]]|KEN}}
|Berlin
|-
|[[2010 in the sport of athletics|2010]]
|3:29.27
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Silas Kiplagat]]|KEN}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2011 in the sport of athletics|2011]]
|3:30.46
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Asbel Kiprop]]|KEN}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[2012 in the sport of athletics|2012]]
|3:28.88
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Asbel Kiprop]]|KEN}}
|[[Stade Louis II|Monaco]]
|-
|[[2013 in the sport of athletics|2013]]
|3:27.72
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Asbel Kiprop]]|KEN}}
|[[Stade Louis II|Monaco]]
|-
|[[2014 in the sport of athletics|2014]]
|3:27.64
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Silas Kiplagat]]|KEN}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2015 in the sport of athletics|2015]]
|3:26.69
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Asbel Kiprop]]|KEN}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2016 in the sport of athletics|2016]]
|3:29.33
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Asbel Kiprop]]|KEN}}
|[[Birmingham]]
|-
|[[2017 in the sport of athletics|2017]]
|3:28.80
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Elijah Manangoi]]|KEN}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2018 in the sport of athletics|2018]]
|3:28.41
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Timothy Cheruiyot]]|KEN}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2019 in the sport of athletics|2019]]
|3:28.77
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Timothy Cheruiyot]]|KEN}}
|[[Lausanne]]
|-
|[[2020 in the sport of athletics|2020]]
|3:28.45
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Timothy Cheruiyot]]|KEN}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2021 in the sport of athletics|2021]]
|3:28.28
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Timothy Cheruiyot]]|KEN}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2022 in the sport of athletics|2022]]
|3:29.02
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]]|NOR}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[2023 in the sport of athletics|2023]]
|3:27.14
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]]|NOR}}
|[[Chorzów]]
|-
|[[2024 in the sport of athletics|2024]]
|3:26.73
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]]|NOR}}
|[[Monaco]]
|}
{{col-2}}

===Women===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!Year
!Time
!Athlete
!Place
|-
|1966
|
|
|
|-
|1967
|
|
|
|-
|1968
|
|
|
|-
|1969
|
|
|
|-
|1970
|4:12.2
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Karin Krebs|Karin Burneleit]]|GDR}}
|Berlin
|-
|1971
|4:09.6
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Karin Krebs|Karin Burneleit]]|GDR}}
|[[Helsinki]]
|-
|1972
|4:01.4
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lyudmila Bragina]]|URS}}
|[[Munich]]
|-
|1973
|4:04.6
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Karin Krebs]]|GDR}}
|[[Potsdam]]
|-
|1974
|4:02.25
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gunhild Hoffmeister]]|GDR}}
|Rome
|-
|1975
|4:06.0
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Nina Morgunova]]|URS}}
|Moscow
|-
|1976
|3:56.0
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Kazankina]]|URS}}
|[[Podolsk]]
|-
|1977
|4:02.65
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Natalia Mărășescu]]|ROU|1965}}
|[[Bucharest]]
|-
|1978
|3:59.01
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Giana Romanova]]|URS}}
|[[Prague]]
|-
|[[1979 in the sport of athletics|1979]]
|3:57.4
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Totka Petrova]]|BUL|1971}}
|[[Athens]]
|-
|[[1980 in the sport of athletics|1980]]
|3:52.47
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Kazankina]]|URS}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[1981 in the sport of athletics|1981]]
|3:57.78
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Dvirna]]|URS}}
|[[Budapest]]
|-
|[[1982 in the sport of athletics|1982]]
|3:54.23
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Dvirna]]|URS}}
|[[Kyiv]]
|-
|[[1983 in the sport of athletics|1983]]
|3:57.12
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mary Slaney]]|USA}}
|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|[[1984 in the sport of athletics|1984]]
|3:56.63
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Nadezhda Ralldugina]]|URS}}
|[[Prague]]
|-
|[[1985 in the sport of athletics|1985]]
|3:57.24
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mary Slaney]]|USA}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[1986 in the sport of athletics|1986]]
|3:56.7
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Doina Melinte]]|ROU|1965}}
|[[Bucharest]]
|-
|[[1987 in the sport of athletics|1987]]
|3:58.56
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Dorovskikh]]|URS}}
|Rome
|-
|[[1988 in the sport of athletics|1988]]
|3:53.96
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Paula Ivan]]|ROU|1965}}
|[[Seoul]]
|-
|[[1989 in the sport of athletics|1989]]
|3:59.23
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Paula Ivan]]|ROU|1965}}
|[[Nice]]
|-
|[[1990 in the sport of athletics|1990]]
|3:58.69
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Doina Melinte]]|ROU}}
|[[Villeneuve-d'Ascq]]
|-
|[[1991 in the sport of athletics|1991]]
|3:59.16
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Artyomova]]|RUS}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[1992 in the sport of athletics|1992]]
|3:55.30
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hassiba Boulmerka]]|ALG}}
|[[Barcelona]]
|-
|[[1993 in the sport of athletics|1993]]
|3:50.46
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Qu Yunxia]]|CHN}}
|[[Beijing]]
|-
|[[1994 in the sport of athletics|1994]]
|3:59.10
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sonia O'Sullivan]]|IRL}}
|[[Nice]]
|-
|[[1995 in the sport of athletics|1995]]
|3:58.85
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sonia O'Sullivan]]|IRL}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[1996 in the sport of athletics|1996]]
|3:56.77
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Masterkova]]|RUS}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[1997 in the sport of athletics|1997]]
|3:50.98
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jiang Bo (athlete)|Jiang Bo]]|CHN}}
|[[Shanghai]]
|-
|[[1998 in the sport of athletics|1998]]
|3:56.97
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[1999 in the sport of athletics|1999]]
|3:59.31
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Violeta Szekely]]|ROU}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|[[2000 in the sport of athletics|2000]]
|3:57.40
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Suzy Favor-Hamilton]]|USA}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[2001 in the sport of athletics|2001]]
|3:59.35
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Violeta Szekely]]|ROU}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2002 in the sport of athletics|2002]]
|3:57.75
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Süreyya Ayhan]]|TUR}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2003 in the sport of athletics|2003]]
|3:55.33
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Süreyya Ayhan]]|TUR}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2004 in the sport of athletics|2004]]
|3:57.90
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kelly Holmes]]|GBR}}
|[[Athens]]
|-
|[[2005 in the sport of athletics|2005]]
|3:56.79
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Maryam Yusuf Jamal]]|BHR}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[2006 in the sport of athletics|2006]]
|3:55.68
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yuliya Fomenko (runner)|Yuliya Fomenko]]|RUS}}
|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|-
|[[2007 in the sport of athletics|2007]]
|3:58.75
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Maryam Yusuf Jamal]]|BHR}}
|[[Osaka]]
|-
|[[2008 in the sport of athletics|2008]]
|3:59.75 {{AthAbbr|i}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gelete Burka]]|ETH}}
|[[Valencia]]
|-
|[[2009 in the sport of athletics|2009]]
|3:56.55
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Maryam Yusuf Jamal]]|BHR}}
|Rome
|-
|[[2010 in the sport of athletics|2010]]
|3:57.65
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Anna Alminova]]|RUS}}
|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|-
|[[2011 in the sport of athletics|2011]]
|4:00.06
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Morgan Uceny]]|USA}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2012 in the sport of athletics|2012]]
|3:56.54
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Abeba Aregawi]]|ETH}}
|Rome
|-
|[[2013 in the sport of athletics|2013]]
|3:56.60
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Abeba Aregawi]]|SWE}}
|[[Doha]]
|-
|[[2014 in the sport of athletics|2014]]
|3:55.17 {{AthAbbr|i}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Genzebe Dibaba]]|ETH}}
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|-
|[[2015 in the sport of athletics|2015]]
|3:50.07
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Genzebe Dibaba]]|ETH}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2016 in the sport of athletics|2016]]
|3:55.22
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Muir]]|GBR}}
|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|-
|[[2017 in the sport of athletics|2017]]
|3:56.14
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sifan Hassan]]|NED}}
|[[Hengelo]]
|-
|[[2018 in the sport of athletics|2018]]
|3:56.68
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Genzebe Dibaba]]|ETH}}
|[[Chorzów]]
|-
|[[2019 in the sport of athletics|2019]]
|3:51.95
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sifan Hassan]]|NED}}
|[[Doha]]
|-
|[[2020 in the sport of athletics|2020]]
|3:57.40
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Muir]]|GBR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|[[2021 in the sport of athletics|2021]]
|3:51.07
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Faith Kipyegon]]|KEN}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2022 in the sport of athletics|2022]]
|3:50.37
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Faith Kipyegon]]|KEN}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2023 in the sport of athletics|2023]]
|3:49.11
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Faith Kipyegon]]|KEN}}
|[[Florence]]
|-
|[[2024 in the sport of athletics|2024]]
|3:49.04
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Faith Kipyegon]]|KEN}}
|[[Paris]]
|}
{{col-end}}

*"i" indicates performance on 200m indoor track

==Other sports==
1,500 metres is also an event in [[swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[speed skating]], and [[wheelchair racing]].  The world records for the distance in swimming for men are 14:31.02 (swum in a 50-metre pool) by [[Sun Yang]], 14:08.06 (swum in a 25-metre pool) by [[Gregorio Paltrinieri]]; and by women 15:20.48 (swum in a 50-metre pool)<ref>{{cite web |date=16 May 2018 |title=Katie Ledecky's World Record Kick Starts TYR Pro Swim Series at Indianapolis |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/katie-ledecky-back-to-old-ways-breaks-1500-world-record-in-season-at-1520-48/ |website=swimmingworldmagazine.com}}</ref> by [[Katie Ledecky]], and 15:19.71 (swum in a 25-metre pool) by [[Mireia Belmonte García]].

The [[List of world records in speed skating|world records]] for the distance in [[speed skating]] are 1:40.17 by [[Kjeld Nuis]] and 1:49.83 by [[Miho Takagi (speed skater)|Miho Takagi]].

The [[List of IPC world records in athletics|records for wheelchair racing]] vary by disability classification:
*[[T51 (classification)|T51]]: 4:53.50 by [[Hélder Mestre]]
*[[T52 (classification)|T52]]: 3:29.79 by [[Raymond Martin (wheelchair athlete)|Raymond Martin]]
*[[T53 (classification)|T53]] and [[T54 (classification)|T54]]: 2:51.84 by [[Brent Lakatos]]

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://iaaf.gekko.de/?a=middle-long&d=1500-metres IAAF list of 1500-metres records in XML]
*[http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/ytbyeve_Men.html#1500m Statistics]

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