Athletics — 1,500 metres, Men

Times held 31
Total participants 1134
Total countries 154

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1896 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 8 5
1900 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 9 6
1904 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 9 3
1906 1,500 metres, Men Intercalated 20 9
1908 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 44 15
1912 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 45 14
1920 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 28 12
1924 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 40 22
1928 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 44 19
1932 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 24 14
1936 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 43 27
1948 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 36 22
1952 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 52 26
1956 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 37 22
1960 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 39 25
1964 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 43 33
1968 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 54 37
1972 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 66 46
1976 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 42 28
1980 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 40 29
1984 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 59 40
1988 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 59 46
1992 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 51 40
1996 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 57 37
2000 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 41 26
2004 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 38 26
2008 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 48 30
2012 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 43 29
2016 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 42 26
2020 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 47 27
2024 1,500 metres, Men Olympic 45 21

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Teddy FlackAUS Arthur C. BlakeUSA Albin LermusiauxFRA
1900 Charles BennettGBR Henry DelogeFRA John BrayUSA
1904 Jim LightbodyUSA Bill VernerUSA Lacey HearnUSA
1906 Jim LightbodyUSA John McGoughGBR Kristian HellströmSWE
1908 Mel SheppardUSA Harold WilsonGBR Norman HallowsGBR
1912 Arnold JacksonGBR Abel KiviatUSA Norm TaberUSA
1920 Albert HillGBR Philip BakerGBR Larry ShieldsUSA
1924 Paavo NurmiFIN Willy SchärerSUI Henry StallardGBR
1928 Harri LarvaFIN Jules LadoumègueFRA Eino PurjeFIN
1932 Luigi BeccaliITA Jerry CornesGBR Phil EdwardsCAN
1936 Jack LovelockNZL Glenn CunninghamUSA Luigi BeccaliITA
1948 Henry ErikssonSWE Lennart StrandSWE Wim SlijkhuisNED
1952 Josy BarthelLUX Bob McMillenUSA Werner LuegGER
1956 Ronnie DelanyIRL Klaus RichtzenhainGER John LandyAUS
1960 Herb ElliottAUS Michel JazyFRA István RózsavölgyiHUN
1964 Peter SnellNZL Josef OdložilTCH John DaviesNZL
1968 Kip KeinoKEN Jim RyunUSA Bodo TümmlerFRG
1972 Pekka VasalaFIN Kip KeinoKEN Rod DixonNZL
1976 John WalkerNZL Ivo Van DammeBEL Paul-Heinz WellmannFRG
1980 Seb CoeGBR Jürgen StraubGDR Steve OvettGBR
1984 Seb CoeGBR Steve CramGBR José Manuel AbascalESP
1988 Peter RonoKEN Peter ElliottGBR Jens-Peter HeroldGDR
1992 Fermín CachoESP Rachid El-BasirMAR Mohamed SuleimanQAT
1996 Noureddine MorceliALG Fermín CachoESP Stephen KipkorirKEN
2000 Noah NgenyKEN Hicham El GuerroujMAR Bernard LagatKEN
2004 Hicham El GuerroujMAR Bernard LagatKEN Rui SilvaPOR
2008 Asbel KipropKEN Nick WillisNZL Mehdi BaalaFRA
2012 Taoufik MakhloufiALG Leo ManzanoUSA Abdalaati IguiderMAR
2016 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.USA Taoufik MakhloufiALG Nick WillisNZL
2020 Jakob IngebrigtsenNOR Timothy CheruiyotKEN Josh KerrGBR
2024 Cole HockerUSA Josh KerrGBR Yared NuguseUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 5 7 5 17
Great Britain GBR 5 7 4 16
Kenya KEN 4 3 2 9
New Zealand NZL 3 1 3 7
Finland FIN 3 0 1 4
Algeria ALG 2 1 0 3
Australia AUS 2 0 1 3
Morocco MAR 1 2 1 4
Spain ESP 1 1 1 3
Sweden SWE 1 1 1 3
Italy ITA 1 0 1 2
Ireland IRL 1 0 0 1
Luxembourg LUX 1 0 0 1
Norway NOR 1 0 0 1
France FRA 0 3 2 5
East Germany GDR 0 1 1 2
Germany GER 0 1 1 2
Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1
Switzerland SUI 0 1 0 1
West Germany FRG 0 0 2 2
Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
Portugal POR 0 0 1 1
Qatar QAT 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Seb Coe GBR 2 0 0 2
Jim Lightbody USA 2 0 0 2
Fermín Cacho ESP 1 1 0 2
Kip Keino KEN 1 1 0 2
Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 1 1 0 2
Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1960 Summer Olympics Abdul Ghafar Ghafoori DNS See all
Algeria ALG 1996 Summer Olympics Noureddine Morceli 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Taoufik Makhloufi 1 Gold
Andorra AND 1988 Summer Olympics Josep Graells 11 h4 r1/3 See all
Angola ANG 1992 Summer Olympics João N'Tyamba 7 h2 r1/3 See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 1988 Summer Olympics Dale Jones 8 h4 r1/3 See all
Argentina ARG 1932 Summer Olympics Hermenegildo de Rosso 5 h1 r1/2 See all
Australasia ANZ 1908 Summer Olympics Joseph Lynch 5 h2 r1/2 See all
Australia AUS 1896 Summer Olympics Teddy Flack 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Herb Elliott 1 Gold
Austria AUT 1900 Summer Olympics Hermann Wraschtil 6 See all
Bahrain BRN 2008 Summer Olympics Belal Mansoor Ali 7 See all
Belgium BEL 1976 Summer Olympics Ivo Van Damme 2 Silver See all
Belize BIZ 1992 Summer Olympics Ian Gray AC h3 r1/3 See all
Benin BEN 1980 Summer Olympics Damien Degboe 11 h2 r1/3 See all
Bermuda BER 1988 Summer Olympics Mike Watson 10 h1 r1/3 See all
Bohemia BOH 1900 Summer Olympics Ondřej Pukl AC See all
Botswana BOT 1988 Summer Olympics Mbiganyi Thee 10 h2 r2/3 See all
Brazil BRA 2000 Summer Olympics Hudson de Souza 8 h1 r2/3 See all
Brunei Darussalam BRU 2004 Summer Olympics Jimmy Anak Ahar 13 h3 r1/3 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1924 Summer Olympics Lyuben Karastoyanov 6 h5 r1/2 See all
Burundi BDI 1996 Summer Olympics Dieudonné Kwizéra 6 h5 r1/3 See all
Cameroon CMR 1972 Summer Olympics Esaie Fongang 9 h7 r1/3 See all
Canada CAN 1932 Summer Olympics Phil Edwards 3 Bronze See all
Central African Republic CAF 1992 Summer Olympics Zacharia Maidjida 11 h1 r1/3 See all
Chad CHA 1968 Summer Olympics Ahmed Issa 8 h2 r2/3 See all
Chile CHI 1956 Summer Olympics Ramón Sandoval 10 h2 r1/2 See all
1956 Summer Olympics Eduardo Fontecilla 10 h3 r1/2
Colombia COL 1936 Summer Olympics Emilio Torres 11 h3 r1/2 See all
Crete CRT 1906 Intercalated Games Evangelos Volanakis DNS See all
1906 Intercalated Games Michail Giannarakis DNS
Croatia CRO 1992 Summer Olympics Branko Zorko 7 h1 r2/3 See all
Cuba CUB 1976 Summer Olympics Luis Medina 6 h5 r1/3 See all
Cyprus CYP 1988 Summer Olympics Spyros Spyrou 10 h1 r2/3 See all
Czechia CZE 2016 Summer Olympics Jakub Holuša 9 h1 r2/3 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1964 Summer Olympics Josef Odložil 2 Silver See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1964 Summer Olympics Dénos Adjima 7 h1 r1/3 See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 1992 Summer Olympics Kaleka Mutoke 10 h4 r1/3 See all
Denmark DEN 1900 Summer Olympics Christian Christensen 5 See all
Djibouti DJI 2016 Summer Olympics Ayanleh Souleiman 4 See all
Dominica DMA 1996 Summer Olympics Steve Agar 8 h1 r1/3 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 1968 Summer Olympics Miguel Núñez 10 h2 r1/3 See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Jürgen Straub 2 Silver See all
Ecuador ECU 2008 Summer Olympics Byron Piedra 12 h3 r1/3 See all
Egypt EGY 1924 Summer Olympics Mohamed El-Sayed 4 h1 r1/2 See all
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics Manfredo Koeningsberg 10 h3 r1/3 See all
Equatorial Guinea GEQ 2004 Summer Olympics Roberto Caracciolo Mandje 12 h1 r1/3 See all
Eritrea ERI 2008 Summer Olympics Hais Welday 9 h2 r1/3 See all
Estonia EST 1924 Summer Olympics Aleksander Antson 5 h3 r1/2 See all
Eswatini SWZ 1992 Summer Olympics Sipho Dlamini 8 h4 r1/3 See all
Ethiopia ETH 2000 Summer Olympics Daniel Zegeye 6 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Mekonnen Gebremedhin 6
Fiji FIJ 1988 Summer Olympics Moses Zarak Khan 13 h3 r1/3 See all
Finland FIN 1924 Summer Olympics Paavo Nurmi 1 Gold See all
1928 Summer Olympics Harri Larva 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Pekka Vasala 1 Gold
France FRA 1900 Summer Olympics Henry Deloge 2 Silver See all
1928 Summer Olympics Jules Ladoumègue 2 Silver
1960 Summer Olympics Michel Jazy 2 Silver
Germany GER 1956 Summer Olympics Klaus Richtzenhain 2 Silver See all
Ghana GHA 1964 Summer Olympics Eric Amevor 11 h4 r1/3 See all
Great Britain GBR 1900 Summer Olympics Charles Bennett 1 Gold See all
1912 Summer Olympics Arnold Jackson 1 Gold
1920 Summer Olympics Albert Hill 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Seb Coe 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Seb Coe 1 Gold
Greece GRE 1956 Summer Olympics Evangelos Depastas 7 h2 r1/2 See all
Guam GUM 2004 Summer Olympics Neil Weare 12 h3 r1/3 See all
Guatemala GUA 1968 Summer Olympics Julio Quevedo 9 h1 r1/3 See all
Guinea GUI 1992 Summer Olympics Malal Sy Savané 9 h3 r1/3 See all
Guyana GUY 1984 Summer Olympics Oslen Barr AC h2 r1/3 See all
Haiti HAI 1976 Summer Olympics Emmanuel Saint-Hilaire 8 h4 r1/3 See all
Honduras HON 1968 Summer Olympics Emilio Barahona 11 h1 r1/3 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1964 Summer Olympics Mike Field 12 h4 r1/3 See all
Hungary HUN 1960 Summer Olympics István Rózsavölgyi 3 Bronze See all
Iceland ISL 1960 Summer Olympics Svavar Markússon 7 h2 r1/2 See all
India IND 1924 Summer Olympics Pala Singh 5 h2 r1/2 See all
Iraq IRQ 1960 Summer Olympics Kassim Mukhtar 13 h3 r1/2 See all
Ireland IRL 1956 Summer Olympics Ronnie Delany 1 Gold See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1964 Summer Olympics Ibrahim Yazdan Panah 8 h2 r1/3 See all
Israel ISR 1984 Summer Olympics Mark Handelsman 6 h4 r1/3 See all
Italy ITA 1932 Summer Olympics Luigi Beccali 1 Gold See all
Jamaica JAM 1984 Summer Olympics Gawain Guy 5 h3 r1/3 See all
Japan JPN 1920 Summer Olympics Saburo Hasumi 6 h4 r1/2 See all
1936 Summer Olympics Kiyoshi Nakamura 6 h2 r1/2
Jordan JOR 1984 Summer Olympics Mouteb Al-Faouri 8 h3 r1/3 See all
Kenya KEN 1968 Summer Olympics Kip Keino 1 Gold See all
1988 Summer Olympics Peter Rono 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Noah Ngeny 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Asbel Kiprop 1 Gold
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 2012 Summer Olympics Emad Noor 10 h3 r1/3 See all
Kuwait KUW 1980 Summer Olympics Khaled Khalifa 8 h1 r1/3 See all
Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO 1992 Summer Olympics Khambieng Khamiar 12 h1 r1/3 See all
Latvia LAT 2012 Summer Olympics Dmitrijs Jurkevičs 7 h2 r1/3 See all
Lebanon LBN 1992 Summer Olympics Bassam Kawas 11 h3 r1/3 See all
Lesotho LES 1980 Summer Olympics Stephen Molapo 7 h1 r1/3 See all
Liberia LBR 1972 Summer Olympics Edward Kar 10 h5 r1/3 See all
Libya LBA 1980 Summer Olympics Marzouk Mabrouk 9 h4 r1/3 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 1976 Summer Olympics Günther Hasler 7 h2 r1/3 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1952 Summer Olympics Josy Barthel 1 Gold See all
Madagascar MAD 1980 Summer Olympics Tisbite Rakotoarisoa 9 h3 r1/3 See all
Malawi MAW 2008 Summer Olympics Chauncy Master 9 h4 r1/3 See all
Malaysia MAS 1964 Summer Olympics Ramasamy Subramaniam 10 h1 r1/3 See all
Maldives MDV 1996 Summer Olympics Hussain Riyaz 12 h3 r1/3 See all
Mauritania MTN 2000 Summer Olympics Sidi Mohamed Ould Bidjel 14 h3 r1/3 See all
Mexico MEX 1932 Summer Olympics Pedro Ortiz 6 h3 r1/2 See all
Monaco MON 1928 Summer Olympics Robert Masino DNS See all
Morocco MAR 2004 Summer Olympics Hicham El Guerrouj 1 Gold See all
Mozambique MOZ 1980 Summer Olympics Vicente Santos 9 h1 r1/3 See all
Myanmar MYA 1972 Summer Olympics Jimmy Crampton 10 h7 r1/3 See all
Nepal NEP 1988 Summer Olympics Hari Rokaya 15 h4 r1/3 See all
Netherlands NED 1948 Summer Olympics Wim Slijkhuis 3 Bronze See all
New Zealand NZL 1936 Summer Olympics Jack Lovelock 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Peter Snell 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics John Walker 1 Gold
Nicaragua NCA 2016 Summer Olympics Erick Rodríguez 15 h3 r1/3 See all
Niger NIG 2012 Summer Olympics Rabiou Guero Gao 15 h1 r1/3 See all
Nigeria NGR 1972 Summer Olympics Jaiye Abidoye 9 h6 r1/3 See all
North Yemen YAR 1988 Summer Olympics Awad Saleh Ahmed 14 h3 r1/3 See all
Norway NOR 2020 Summer Olympics Jakob Ingebrigtsen 1 Gold See all
Oman OMA 1984 Summer Olympics Amor Masoud Al-Sharji 8 h1 r1/3 See all
Pakistan PAK 1992 Summer Olympics Nadir Khan 9 h2 r1/3 See all
Panama PAN 1972 Summer Olympics Donaldo Arza 5 h1 r1/3 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1988 Summer Olympics John Siguria 15 h3 r1/3 See all
Paraguay PAR 1988 Summer Olympics Ramón López 12 h2 r1/3 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2004 Summer Olympics Dou Zhaobo 11 h3 r1/3 See all
Peru PER 1936 Summer Olympics Francisco Valdez 10 h4 r1/2 See all
Poland POL 1964 Summer Olympics Witold Baran 6 See all
Portugal POR 2004 Summer Olympics Rui Silva 3 Bronze See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1976 Summer Olympics Tony Colón 5 h4 r1/3 See all
Qatar QAT 1992 Summer Olympics Mohamed Suleiman 3 Bronze See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1992 Summer Olympics Kim Bong-Yu 8 h1 r1/3 See all
Rhodesia RHO 1960 Summer Olympics Terry Sullivan 4 h1 r1/2 See all
Romania ROU 1960 Summer Olympics Zoltan Vamoș 5 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2012 Summer Olympics Yegor Nikolayev 10 h2 r2/3 See all
Rwanda RWA 2000 Summer Olympics Alexis Sharangabo 11 h2 r1/3 See all
Senegal SEN 1968 Summer Olympics Édouard Sagna 10 h1 r1/3 See all
Serbia SRB 2008 Summer Olympics Goran Nava 6 h2 r1/3 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2000 Summer Olympics Darko Radomirović 10 h1 r1/3 See all
Seychelles SEY 1984 Summer Olympics Philip Sinon 9 h6 r1/3 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1980 Summer Olympics George Branche 10 h2 r1/3 See all
Solomon Islands SOL 1996 Summer Olympics Selwyn Kole 12 h5 r1/3 See all
Somalia SOM 1996 Summer Olympics Abdi Bile 6 See all
South Africa RSA 2008 Summer Olympics Juan van Deventer 6 See all
South Sudan SSD 2016 Summer Olympics Santino Kenyi 12 h1 r1/3 See all
South Vietnam VNM 1964 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Văn Lý DNS See all
Soviet Union URS 1972 Summer Olympics Vladimir Panteley 8 See all
Spain ESP 1992 Summer Olympics Fermín Cacho 1 Gold See all
Sudan SUD 1984 Summer Olympics Omer Khalifa 8 See all
Suriname SUR 1984 Summer Olympics Tito Rodrigues 10 h4 r1/3 See all
Sweden SWE 1948 Summer Olympics Henry Eriksson 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 1924 Summer Olympics Willy Schärer 2 Silver See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Mohamed Makhlouf 10 h4 r1/3 See all
Thailand THA 1960 Summer Olympics Dhira Phiphobmongkol 11 h2 r1/2 See all
The Gambia GAM 1992 Summer Olympics Momodou Bello N'Jie 13 h1 r2/3 See all
Timor-Leste TLS 2016 Summer Olympics Augusto Soares 12 h2 r1/3 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1948 Summer Olympics Wilfred Tull AC h2 r1/2 See all
Tunisia TUN 1996 Summer Olympics Ali Hakimi 8 See all
Türkiye TUR 2012 Summer Olympics İlham Özbilen 8 See all
Uganda UGA 2016 Summer Olympics Ronald Musagala 11 See all
Ukraine UKR 2004 Summer Olympics Ivan Heshko 5 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Azat Rakipau 12 See all
United Arab Emirates UAE 2016 Summer Olympics Saud Al-Zaabi 13 h1 r1/3 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 1984 Summer Olympics James Igohe 10 h1 r2/3 See all
United States USA 1904 Summer Olympics Jim Lightbody 1 Gold See all
1906 Intercalated Games Jim Lightbody 1 Gold
1908 Summer Olympics Mel Sheppard 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Cole Hocker 1 Gold
Vanuatu VAN 1992 Summer Olympics Ancel Nalau 13 h1 r1/3 See all
Venezuela VEN 2012 Summer Olympics Eduard Villanueva 11 h3 r1/3 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Lê Quang Khải 10 h3 r1/3 See all
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Bodo Tümmler 3 Bronze See all
1976 Summer Olympics Paul-Heinz Wellmann 3 Bronze
Yemen YEM 2012 Summer Olympics Nabil Al-Garbi 12 h2 r1/3 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1980 Summer Olympics Dragan Zdravković 9 See all
Zambia ZAM 1980 Summer Olympics Archfell Musango 8 h3 r1/3 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1992 Summer Olympics Philemon Harineki 10 h2 r2/3 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2016 Summer Olympics Paulo Amotun 11 h2 r1/3 See all