In 2008, the qualifying time for the 1500m was separated into two categories:
A standard = 3minutes 39 seconds
B standard = 3minutes 43 seconds
An "A" standard time will get you an automatic entry, a "B" standard will only get you in the event if there are not enough A standard athletes registered to run the event.
The qualifying period is usually open for around 6 months prior to the games.
MEN
Automatic (A Standard) Bid: 3 mins, 39 secs
Provisional (B Standard) Bid: 3 mins, 43 secs
WOMEN
Automatic (A Standard: 4 mins, 12 secs, and 93 hundredths
Provisional: 4 mins, 17 secs
Noah Ngeny from Kenya ran the 1500 in 3.32.07 at Sydney in 2000.
The USA's men "A" Olympic standard is 3:43.xx only top three in the final race move on and usually to qualify out one must run in the mid 3:30's
The average time for Olympic 1500 meter is 3:25 to 3:45. This is average time, where athletes break the ribbons, but it also depends on practice and stamina of individuals.
What are you trying to qualify for?
145.5
1.59.50 :)
In order to qualify to run the 100 meter dash in the Olympics and represent the United States, a sprinter must qualify to run in the U.S. Olympic trials which means you have to run a qualifying time in order to be eligible to participate in the trials. The qualifying time must be a result of an electric timer (accutrack time) no hand held times are allowed for qualification for this event. Then you have to place in the top three in the finals of the 100 in the trials in order to quaify to represent the U.S. in the 100 meters in the Olympics.
The 1500 meter run has been a part of the Modern Olympics since they began in 1896. The first gold medalist in the 1500 meter run was Teddy Flack of Australia in a time of 4:33.2.
There are roughly 1600 meters in a miles, so your 1500 meter time multiplied by 1600/1500, or 16/15, would give you a mile time. For example, a 6:00 1500 time would be a 6:24 mile.
The mile run is not an Olympic event. The closest one is the 1500 meter run, which is 0.932 mile. At the time I write this ... end of July 2012 ... I don't know what will happen at London. The current Olympic record for that event was set at Sydney in 2000 by Noah Ngeny of Kenya, who ran 1500 meters in 3:32.07 .
In the 2012 Olympics Usain Bolt won the 100 Meter with a time of 9.6, a new Olympic record.
New Zealand's first gold medal in Olympic athletics (track and field) was won by Jack Lovelock in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. He won the 1500 meter race in what was then a world record time of 3:47.8.
its usually 8-9 seconds
Usain Bolt - with a time of 9.58
1 mile equal 1609,344 m. The conversion is only approximated because the man is not only an instrument and the relation is not absolute linear: time for 1500 m = 1500 X time for 1 mile/1609,344
Jim Hines of the United States won gold in the 100 meter dash at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City with a time of 9.95 seconds.
A split time is basically the time it takes to run a fraction of a race. If there is a 1500 meter race, there could be split times at 400 meters, 800 meters, and 1200 meters. So the time it took to run the first 400 meters of the 1500 meter race would be called a split time.