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Quiz Questions - 1500 Metres Sprint

Yunxia Qu from China broke the womens world record for the 1500m in 1993 in a time of

4 mins 20 seconds
2 mins 20 seconds
3 mins 50 seconds
4 mins 50 seconds

The 1500 metre race is known as the

Long Mile
Metric Mile
Imaginary Mile
Mile

Hicham El Gerrouj from Morocco holds the world record for running the 1500m which stands at

1 mins 26 seconds
3 mins 26 seconds
2 mins 26 seconds
4 mins 26 seconds

The last woman athlete to win both 1500m & 800m gold at the same Olympics is

Kelly Holmes
Maria Mutola
Mary Decker
Svetlana Masterkova

Today the fastest times for female athletes are dominated by athletes from which nation ?

USA
Russia
Morocco
China

In which year did women first compete in the 1500m event at the Olympics ?

1984 Los Angeles
1980 Moscow
1972 Munich
1948 London

The only female athlete to win 2 Olympic Golds at 1500m, winning in 1976 & 1980 was

Gabriel Szabo
Mary Decker
Tatyana Tomashova
Tatyana Kazakina

The only female athlete to win 2 World Championships at 1500m, winning in 2003 & 2005 was

Gabriel Szabo
Mary Decker
Tatyana Tomashova
Kelly Holmes

The only two male athletes to win the 1500m Olympic Gold twice are

Peter Snell Herb Elliot
Albert Hill Arnold Jackson
Sebastian Coe Jim Lightbody
Hicham El Gourraj Noah Ngency

The last male athlete to win both 1500m & 800m gold at the same Olympics is

Peter Snell
Hicham El Gourraj
Ron Delaney
Sebastian Coe

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