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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