Men's 1500 metres European record progression

The following table shows the European record progression in the men's 1500 metres, as ratified by the EAA.^[1]^[2]

Hand timing

Time	Athlete	Nationality	Venue	Date
3:54.7	John Zander	Sweden	Stockholm, Sweden	August 5, 1917
3:52.6	Paavo Nurmi	Finland	Helsinki, Finland	June 19, 1924
3:51.0	Otto Peltzer	Germany	Berlin, Germany	September 11, 1926
3:49.2	Jules Ladoumegue	France	Paris, France	October 5, 1930
3:49.2	Luigi Beccali	Italy	Turin, Italy	September 9, 1933
3:49.0	Luigi Beccali	Italy	Milan, Italy	September 17, 1933
3:48.6	Miklós Szabó	Hungary	Budapest, Hungary	October 3, 1937
3:47.6 (a)	Gunder Hägg	Sweden	Stockholm, Sweden	August 10, 1941
3:45.8	Gunder Hägg	Sweden	Stockholm, Sweden	July 17, 1942
3:45.0	Arne Andersson	Sweden	Gothenburg, Sweden	August 17, 1943
3:43.0	Gunder Hägg	Sweden	Gothenburg, Sweden	July 17, 1944
3:43.0	Lennart Strand	Sweden	Malmö, Sweden	July 15, 1947
3:43.0	Werner Lueg	Germany	Berlin, Germany	June 29, 1952
3:42.4	Sandor Iharos	Hungary	Oslo, Norway	August 3, 1954
3:40.8	Sandor Iharos	Hungary	Helsinki, Finland	July 28, 1955
3:40.8	Laszlo Tabori	Hungary	Oslo, Norway	September 6, 1955
3:40.8	Gunnar Nielsen	Denmark	Oslo, Norway	September 6, 1955
3:40.6 (b)	Istvan Rozsavolgyi	Hungary	Tata, Hungary	August 3, 1956
3:40.2	Olavi Salsola	Finland	Turku, Finland	July 11, 1957
3:40.2	Olavi Salonen	Finland	Turku, Finland	July 11, 1957
3:38.1	Stanislav Jungwirth	Czech Republic	Stara Boleslav, Czechoslovakia	July 12, 1957
3:37.8	Michel Jazy	France	Paris, France	July 28, 1963
3:36.4	Jürgen May	West Germany	Erfurt, Germany	July 14, 1965
3:36.3	Michel Jazy	France	Sochaux, France	June 25, 1966
3:34.0	Jean Wadoux	France	Paris, France	July 23, 1970
3:32.8	Sebastian Coe	United Kingdom	Oslo, Norway	July 17, 1979

(a) Sometimes given as 3:47.5.
(b) Sometimes given as 3:40.5.

Automatic timing

Time	Athlete	Nationality	Venue	Date
3:32.03 (a)	Sebastian Coe	United Kingdom	Zurich, Switzerland	August 15, 1979
3:32.09 (a)	Steve Ovett	United Kingdom	Oslo, Norway	July 15, 1980
3:31.36	Steve Ovett	United Kingdom	Koblenz, Germany	August 27, 1980
3:30.77	Steve Ovett	United Kingdom	Rieti, Italy	September 4, 1983
3:29.67	Steve Cram	United Kingdom	Nice, France	July 16, 1985
3:28.95	Fermín Cacho	Spain	Zurich, Switzerland	August 13, 1997
3:28.81	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	Monaco	July 19, 2013

(a) Timed electronically at a time when records were ratified at intervals of one tenth of a second, these were considered equivalent performances.

References

Athletics record progressions

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