1500 metres topic

The 1,500 metres (or meters) is a premier middle distance track event. In modern times, it has become more of a prolonged sprint with each lap averaging under 55 seconds for the world record performance by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1998 at Rome. The 1500 is three and three-quarter laps around a 400 metre track. Through the 1980s the event was dominated by British runners, but through the 1990s, the Africa runners began to take over, with runners from Kenya, Morocco and Algeria winning... full article at wikipedia