Track and Field Statistics

Main > Men, 1500 m > European Championships Records Progression

All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated   • 4.01.2 Rene Geeraert BEL Turin Sep 07, 1934 • 3.54.6 Luigi Beccali ITA Turin Sep 07, 1934 • 3.53.6 Sydney Wooderson GBR Paris Sep 05, 1938 • 3.48.0 Lennart Strand SWE Oslo Aug 25, 1946 • 3.47.2 Willem Slijkhuis NED Brussels Aug 27, 1950 • 3.43.8 Roger Bannister GBR Bern Aug 29, 1954 • 3.40.8 Olavi Vuorisalo FIN Stockholm Aug 22, 1958 • 3.40.7 Andre de Hertoghe BEL Budapest Aug 30, 1966 • 3.39.4 John Whetton GBR Athens Sep 20, 1969 • 3.38.4 Francesco Arese ITA Helsinki Aug 15, 1971 • 3.35.6 Steve Ovett GBR Prague Sep 03, 1978 • 3.35.27 Fermin Cacho ESP Helsinki Aug 09, 1994 • 3:32.76 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR Munich Munich Aug 18, 2022 • 3:31.95 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR Rome Jun 12, 2024