Athletics — 1,500 metres, Men

Times held	30
Total participants	1104
Total countries	153

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

Medal winners

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1896	Teddy Flack	AUS	Arthur C. Blake	USA	Albin Lermusiaux	FRA
1900	Charles Bennett	GBR	Henry Deloge	FRA	John Bray	USA
1904	Jim Lightbody	USA	Bill Verner	USA	Lacey Hearn	USA
1906	Jim Lightbody	USA	John McGough	GBR	Kristian Hellström	SWE
1908	Mel Sheppard	USA	Harold Wilson	GBR	Norman Hallows	GBR
1912	Arnold Jackson	GBR	Abel Kiviat	USA	Norm Taber	USA
1920	Albert Hill	GBR	Philip Baker	GBR	Larry Shields	USA
1924	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	Willy Schärer	SUI	Henry Stallard	GBR
1928	Harri Larva	FIN	Jules Ladoumègue	FRA	Eino Purje	FIN
1932	Luigi Beccali	ITA	Jerry Cornes	GBR	Phil Edwards	CAN
1936	Jack Lovelock	NZL	Glenn Cunningham	USA	Luigi Beccali	ITA
1948	Henry Eriksson	SWE	Lennart Strand	SWE	Wim Slijkhuis	NED
1952	Josy Barthel	LUX	Bob McMillen	USA	Werner Lueg	GER
1956	Ronnie Delany	IRL	Klaus Richtzenhain	GER	John Landy	AUS
1960	Herb Elliott	AUS	Michel Jazy	FRA	István Rózsavölgyi	HUN
1964	Peter Snell	NZL	Josef Odložil	TCH	John Davies	NZL
1968	Kip Keino	KEN	Jim Ryun	USA	Bodo Tümmler	FRG
1972	Pekka Vasala	FIN	Kip Keino	KEN	Rod Dixon	NZL
1976	John Walker	NZL	Ivo Van Damme	BEL	Paul-Heinz Wellmann	FRG
1980	Seb Coe	GBR	Jürgen Straub	GDR	Steve Ovett	GBR
1984	Seb Coe	GBR	Steve Cram	GBR	José Manuel Abascal	ESP
1988	Peter Rono	KEN	Peter Elliott	GBR	Jens-Peter Herold	GDR
1992	Fermín Cacho	ESP	Rachid El-Basir	MAR	Mohamed Suleiman	QAT
1996	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	Fermín Cacho	ESP	Stephen Kipkorir	KEN
2000	Noah Ngeny	KEN	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	Bernard Lagat	KEN
2004	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	Bernard Lagat	KEN	Rui Silva	POR
2008	Asbel Kiprop	KEN	Nick Willis	NZL	Mehdi Baala	FRA
2012	Taoufik Makhloufi	ALG	Leo Manzano	USA	Abdalaati Iguider	MAR
2016	Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.	USA	Taoufik Makhloufi	ALG	Nick Willis	NZL
2020	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	NOR	Timothy Cheruiyot	KEN	Josh Kerr	GBR

Medals by country

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Great Britain	GBR	5	6	4	15
United States	USA	4	7	4	15
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	Total
Seb Coe	GBR	2	0	2
Jim Lightbody	USA	2	0	2
Fermín Cacho	ESP	1	1	2
Kip Keino	KEN	1	1	2
Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	1	1	2
Taoufik Makhloufi	ALG	1	1	2