Gold medal times in the 1,500m at the Summer Olympics 1896-2020
five in the men's event and one in the women's. The men's event in 2016 saw the slowest finishing time since 1932; this was due to the athletes' reluctance to take the lead early in the race.
The 1,500 meter race has been a permanent fixture for men since the first modern Olympics in 1896, while the women's event has taken place since 1972. The Olympic records for men and women were both set in the 2020 finals, by Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Kenya's Faith Kipyegon respectively. 2004's gold medalist Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco and 2016's silver medalist Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia set the world records in 1998 (3 minutes, 26 seconds) and 2015 (3 minutes, 50.07 seconds) respectively. In the past three decades, Kenyan and North African athletes have won the most gold medals across both events, however Great Britain has claimed more golds than any other nation, with