What is the fastest 1500 meters has been run?

Answer 1

Outdoor Men -- Hicham El Guerrouj (MOR), 3:26.00, 7/14/1998

in Rome, Italy

Indoor Men -- Hicham El Guerrouj (MOR), 3:31.18, 2/2/1997

in Stuttguart, Germany Outdoor Women -- Yunxia Qu (CHN), 3:50.46, 9/11/1993

in Beijing, China

Indoor Women -- Yelena Soboleva (RUS), 3:58.28, 2/18/2006

in Moscow, Russia

---Source: USATF

Answer 2

For men the record is 41:13 set by Leonard Komon ( Ethiopia) and for women it is 46:28 set by Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia).

Answer 3

It was Hicham El Guerrouj from Morocco. He did the 1500m in 3 minutes 26 seconds which is an average speed of about 7.28 meters. per second

Answer 4

Hicham El Guerrouj (MOROCCO) - 3.26.00

Answer 5

Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:17.53