The following table shows the European record progression in the men's
1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...
, as ratified by the
EAA.
The current European record is 3:28.32 by
Jakob Ingebrigtsen
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympic ...
of
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
, set on August 7, 2021 in the Tokyo Olympics 1500 meter final.
Hand timing
(a) Sometimes given as 3:47.5.
(b) Sometimes given as 3:40.5.
Automatic timing
(a) = Timed electronically at a time when records were ratified at intervals of one tenth of a second, these were considered equivalent performances.
References
{{Athletics record progressions
1500 m
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...
European record
European 1500 metres record