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Men    Women 100 y 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 1 Mile 5000 m 10000 m Marathon Half Marathon 110 m Hurdles 400 m Hurdles 3000 m Steeplechase High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Discus Throw Hammer Throw Javelin Throw Decathlon 4 x 400 m Mixed Marathon Walk Mixed

Men, 1500 m All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated          •   - Then World Record     4.15.6 Thomas Conneff USA New York Aug 28, 1895 •   4.09.0 John Bray USA Bayonne May 30, 1900 •   4.05.4 James Lightbody USA Saint-Louis Sep 03, 1904 • • 4.01.2 John Halstead USA Philadelphia Jun 06, 1908     3.59.2 Abel Kiviat USA New York May 26, 1912 •   3 56.8 Abel Kiviat USA New York Jun 01, 1912 • • 3.55.8 Abel Kiviat USA Cambridge Jun 08, 1912 • • 3.55.0 Ray Conger USA Cambridge Jul 07, 1928   • 3.53.1 Glenn Cunningham USA Chicago Jun 11, 1932   • 3.52.6 Gene Venzke USA Cambridge Jun 18, 1932   • 3.52.3 Glenn Cunningham USA Chicago Jun 30, 1933     3.51.6 Glenn Cunningham USA Budapest Aug 12, 1933   • 3.48.8 William Bonthron USA Milwaukee Jun 30, 1934 • • 3.48.4 Glenn Cunningham USA Berlin Aug 06, 1936   • 3.47.9 Walter Mehl USA Fresno Jun 29, 1940   • 3.45.2 Robert McMillen USA Helsinki Jul 26, 1952   • 3.45.2* Robert McMillen USA Luxemburg Aug 20, 1952   • 3.44.2 Wesley Santee USA Göteborg Jul 23, 1953     3.42.8 Wesley Santee USA Compton Jun 04, 1954 • • 3.41.5 William Dellinger USA Budapest Aug 05, 1958   • 3.41.3 Dyrol Burleson USA Walnut Aug 12, 1960   • 3.40.9 Dyrol Burleson USA Rome Sep 06, 1960   • 3.40.9* Jim Beatty USA Warsaw Jul 29, 1961   • 3.40.2 Jim Beatty USA Oslo Aug 07, 1961   • 3.39.9 Jim Beatty USA Stanford Jul 22, 1962   • 3.39.4 Jim Beatty USA Oslo Aug 09, 1962   • 3.39.3 Cary Weisiger USA Compton Jun 07, 1963   • 3.38.1 Tom O'Hara USA Brunswick, NJ Jun 28, 1964   • 3.36.1 Jim Ryun USA Berkeley Jul 17, 1966   • 3.33.1 Jim Ryun USA Los Angeles Jul 08, 1967 • • 3.31.96 Steve Scott USA Koblenz Aug 26, 1981   • 3.31.76 Steve Scott USA Nice Jul 16, 1985   • 3.29.77 Sydney Maree USA Köln Aug 25, 1985   • 3.29.30 Bernard Lagat USA Rieti Aug 28, 2005   • 3.29.02 Yared Nuguse USA Oslo Jun 15, 2023   • 3.27.65 Cole Hocker USA Paris Aug 06, 2024