some of the 10 and 11 year old boys at our local elementary school ran the 1500 m in 5min 37 sec
The men's world record in the 1500 meter breaststroke is not an official event. The longest distance for the breaststroke in competitive swimming is typically 200 meters.
5 minutes
3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj (MOR)
The current world record for women is held by Kate Zeigler of the United States with a time of 15:42.54.
The Olympic record for the women's 1500 meter run is 3:53.96 set by Paula Ilie-Ivan of Romania at the 1988 Games in Seoul.
The 1500 meter swim, which is approximately a mile, record is 14:34.56 by Grant Hackett from Australia. This record, along with other swimming records, can be found at- http://www.vilacom.net/swimming/men.php Actually, to approximate swimming a mile, one would have to swim 1609.34 meters -- that's 109.34 meters more than the 1500 meter swim or 2.19 more lengths of a 50 meter pool. (1 meter = 3.2808399 feet)
1500 meters are 1.5 kilometers.
Kelly Holmes won Olympic gold in 2004 in the 800 meter run and 1500 meter run. She has also won gold at the Commonwealth Games, in 1994 in the 1500 meter run and in 2002 also in the 1500 meter run.
the 800 meter, 1500 meter, 1600 meter, and 3200 meter are all considered middle distance.
As far as the Olympics go Victor Davis has won 4 medals, the most of any Canadian swimmer. He won gold in the 100 meter breaststroke, setting a world record, and silver in the 200 meter breaststroke and 4x100 meter medley relay at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and silver in 4x100 meter medley relay at the 1988 Games in Seoul. George Hodgson won gold in 400 meter freestyle and 1500 meter freestyle at the 1912 Games in Stockholm, setting a world record in the 1500 meters. Mark Tewksbury won gold in the 100 meter backstroke at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. Anne Ottenbrite won gold in 200 meter breaststroke, silver in 100 meter breaststroke, and bronze in 4x100 meter medley relay at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.
No. Click on the "Men's 1500 meters World Record Progression" link below to see all world record holders for the men's 1500 meters.
1500 (sq feet) = 139.35456 sq meters.