Los Angeles, CA- Crack middle distance racers of all countries are shown leaving the starting line for the beginning of the finals of the 1500-meter...
Oliver Hoare of Team Australia celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Men's 1500m Final on day nine of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games...
The 1,500 metres Race Walk at the National Senior Sports Classic in Syracuse, New York State, USA, 30th June 1991.
The winners of the 1,500 metres Race Walk at the National Senior Sports Classic in Syracuse, New York State, USA, 30th June 1991.
California: Martin Liquori of Cedar Grove, N.J. After coming in 2nd in the 1500 meter final during Olympic trials.
Mexico City, Mexico: Jim Ryun of Wichita, Ks., seems to be looking back to see what happened to everybody else as he wins his qualifying heat in the...
S Jim Ryun seems almost bored as he glances back to check his competition during the 1500 meter run semifinal 10/19. The man reckoned to be Ryan's...
Mexico City, Mexico: Jim Ryan of Wichita, Ks. As he wins his qualifying heat in the 1500 meter run. Ryan, most observers though was coasting. His...
Two Russian world record holders in the 1500 meter speed ice skating event, are shown where they set identical times, under the scoreboard. Grishin...
Russia's Mikhailov is shown , with his teammate Grishin, , after they ran a dead heat in the 1,500 meter speed skating event to win another Olympic...
Eric Heiden, American speedskating star who swept to his fourth consecutive gold medal in Olympic record time in the 1500 meter event 2/21, wears a...
America's Eric Heiden, bidding for his fourth straight Olympic gold medal, survived a near fall in the 1500 meter speedskating event to beat Norway's...
Joseph Barthel of Luxembourg, who won the 1,500 meter event at the Olympics in record time, is hugged by an admirer for his victory. Barthel broke...
Olympic Games, London, England 1908- 1500 meter flat race finish Melvin Sheppard, 1st U.S.A. And Harold Wilson, 2nd Britain.
Olympic Games, London, England 1908- 1500 meter flat race, 1st heat, J. Sullivan, U.S.A 1st and J.D. Lightbody, U.S.A 2nd.
Winners of Exhibition Races are shown left to right: Elizabeth DuBois, was the winner of the 1,000 meter race; Miss Jean Wilson of Canada, captured...
Cunningham sets New York in 1500 meter run. Glenn Cunningham of Kanssas crossing the finish line to win the 1500 mater run at the A.A.U. Indoor...
Britain's Sebastian Coe runs along the track here, carrying the flag after winning the Gold Medal in the 1,500 Meter run.
Kansas University freshman, Jim Ryun, wins the 1500 meter run to set a new Sugar Bowl record of 3 minutes and 42.7 seconds. The time is also better...
Victory ceremony following the 1,500 meter run. First place goes to Peter Snell of New Zealand, second to Josef Odiozil of Czechoslovakia, and third...
American Mary Decker steps on the finish line to score a gold medal double at the World Track and Field Championships, winning a dramatic 1,500...
American Mary Decker steps on the finish line to score a gold medal double at the World Track and Field Championships, winning a dramatic 1,500...
American Mary Decker, comes to the finish line to score a gold medal double at the World Track and field Championships here, winning a dramatic 1,500...
Soviet swimmer Vladimir Salnikov upon hearing he has set a new 1,500 meter record during the Moscow Olympics.
Lake Placid, NY- An American hero -- the only one, so far, in the 1980 Olympics -- is Eric Heiden, shown enroute to a new Olympic record, and his...
Los Angeles, CA- Portrait of K. Kitamura of Japan, winner of the heat in the men's 1500 meter event, in today's swim program of the 1932 Olympic...
Joseph Barthel of Luxembourg flashes across the finish line to win the 1500-meter run final at Olympic Stadium, July, 26. Robert E. McMillen of the...
Munich, Germany- Setting a new world record and winning the gold medal for the women's 1500 meter event at the XXth Olympic Games is Russia's Ludmila...
American speed skater Sheila Young skates to a silver medal in the women's 1,500 meters event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria....
Three winners of the Olympic 1,500 meter event, turn to the peristyle in Olympic Stadium where the flags of their country fly signifying their...
Jim Ryun of Wichita, Kansas, wins the 1500 meter run during semi-finals. Ryun would win the silver medal during the actual event. Behind at left is...
Eugene, Oregon: : Bruce Jenner, USA, San Jose Stars Track Club, throws his head back after crossing the finish line in 1500 meter run in decathlon...
America's Rafer Johnson , Kingsbury, California, closely follows Formosa's C.K. Yang in the finish of the decathlon 1,500-meter run at the Olympic...
Lake Placid, NY- Jack Shea wins 1,500 meter race at Lake Placid, NY in the 1932 Winter Olympics. Depicted in this photo speed skating.
This is a photo of the 1932 Winter Olympics and the men's 1,500 meter skating race with Alex Hurd of Canada leading.
This photo shows the start of the final 1500 meters event, which was won by that wonderful Finn, Paavo Nurmi, who is third from left. The Finn set a...
Cunningham sets New World Mark in 1500 meter run Glenn Cunningham, barrel-chested Kansas, greatest miler the world has ever known, established a new...
Britain Coe is exhausted on his knees and is helped by East Germany's Jurgen Straub after winning the 1500 meter final 8/1. Strab took the silver.
Britain's Steve Ovett clenches his fists in jubilation after winning his heat of the men's 1500-meters semi-finals at Lenin Stadium 7/31. Ovett will...
Oslo: Steve Ovett tonight equalled Sebastian Coe's world record on 1500 meters at the Oslo Games. Their joint world record stands at 3.32.1.
Eugene, Oregon: : Bruce Jenner, San Jose star, has both feet off the ground as he rounds the turn for finish line in the 1,500 meter event 6/26, in...
Montreal: New Zealand's John Walker stretches out his arms with joy as he wins the 1500 meter final 7-31. Second was Ivo Vandamme, Belgium, and third...
America's Eric Heiden races to victory in his heat of the 1500 meter speedskating event as he searches for a fourth consecutive gold medal.
Hollywood, CA- Jim Thorpe's famous Olympic feat of winning both the Pentathlon and Decathlon events at Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912, werer re-created...
Australian John Landy, who came third, bends to congratulate Ireland's Ron Delaney in this photo, after the latter had won the Olympic 1,500 meters...
Melbourne, Australia- DELANEY WINS 1500 METERS. With outstretched arms, Ireland's Ron Delaney breasts the tape to win the final of the 1500 meters in...
Helsinki, Finland- Bob Mathias win the decathlon. He is shown finishing the heat of the 1500-meter race to complete the decathlon. Mathias won with a...
Berlin, Germany- Jack Lovelock of New Zealand is shown winning the Olympic 1500-meter event from Glen Cunningham of Kansas. Both men broke the...
Kenya's Kipchoge Keino , winner of the fourth heat of the 1500 meter Olympic race for men, comforts his longtime foe, Jim Ryun of the U.S. After Ryun...
Moscow: Sebastian Coe of Great Britain wins the Olmpic 1,500 meters gold medal in 3 minutes and 38.40 seconds here 8/1. East Germany's Jurgen Straub...
