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Athletics — 1,500 metres, Women

Times held 13
Total participants 373
Total countries 99

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1972 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 36 21
1976 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 36 19
1980 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 24 14
1984 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 22 15
1988 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 28 19
1992 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 43 31
1996 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 32 21
2000 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 42 27
2004 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 45 27
2008 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 33 18
2012 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 45 25
2016 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 41 24
2020 1,500 metres, Women Olympic 45 25

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1972 Lyudmila BraginaURS Gunhild HoffmeisterGDR Paola CacchiITA
1976 Tatyana KazankinaURS Gunhild HoffmeisterGDR Ulrike KlapezynskiGDR
1980 Tatyana KazankinaURS Christiane WartenbergGDR Nadezhda OlizarenkoURS
1984 Gabriella DorioITA Doina MelinteROU Maricica PuicăROU
1988 Paula IvanROU Laimutė BaikauskaitėURS Tetiana SamolenkoURS
1992 Hassiba BoulmerkaALG Lyudmila RogachovaEUN Qu YunxiaCHN
1996 Svetlana MasterkovaRUS Gabriela SzaboROU Theresia KieslAUT
2000 Nouria Mérah-BenidaALG Violeta SzekelyROU Gabriela SzaboROU
2004 Kelly HolmesGBR Tatyana TomashovaRUS Maria CioncanROU
2008 Nancy LangatKEN Iryna LishchynskaUKR Nataliya TobiasUKR
2012 Maryam JamalBRN Tatyana TomashovaRUS Abeba AregawiETH
2016 Faith KipyegonKEN Genzebe DibabaETH Jenny SimpsonUSA
2020 Faith KipyegonKEN Laura MuirGBR Sifan HassanNED

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 3 1 2 6
Kenya KEN 3 0 0 3
Algeria ALG 2 0 0 2
Romania ROU 1 3 3 7
Russian Federation RUS 1 2 0 3
Great Britain GBR 1 1 0 2
Italy ITA 1 0 1 2
Bahrain BRN 1 0 0 1
East Germany GDR 0 3 1 4
Ethiopia ETH 0 1 1 2
Ukraine UKR 0 1 1 2
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 0 1 1
United States USA 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Tatyana Kazankina RUS
URS		 2 0 0 2
Faith Kipyegon KEN 2 0 0 2
Nouria Mérah-Benida ALG 1 0 0 1
Hassiba Boulmerka ALG 1 0 0 1
Kelly Holmes GBR 1 0 0 1
Gabriella Dorio ITA 1 0 0 1
Paula Ivan ROU 1 0 0 1
Svetlana Masterkova RUS 1 0 0 1
Lyudmila Bragina RUS
URS		 1 0 0 1
Nancy Langat KEN 1 0 0 1
Maryam Jamal BRN 1 0 0 1