The 1500 metres at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. It is the second most prestigious title in the discipline after the 1500 metres at the Olympics. The competition format typically has two qualifying rounds leading to a final between twelve athletes. It is one of two middle-distance running events on the programme, alongside the World Championship 800 metres. The championship records for the event are 3:27.65 minute for men, set by Hicham El Guerrouj in 1999, and 3:58.52 minutes for women, set by Tatyana Tomashova in 2003. The world record has never been broken or equalled at the competition by either men or women, reflecting the lack of pacemaking and athletes' more tactical approach to championship races. Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco is the most successful athlete of the event through his four straight wins from 1997 to 2003, as well as a silver in 1995. Algeria's Noureddine Morceli is the next most successful athlete, with three gold medals. Two-time champion Hassiba Boulmerka of Algeria is the only woman to have won three medals. Rashid Ramzi is the only athlete to have won both middle-distance titles, having done an 800 m/1500 m double at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. The first two women's champions Mary Decker and Tatyana Dorovskikh both completed 1500 m/3000 m World Championships doubles, while Bernard Lagat completed a 1500 m/5000 metres double at the 2007 World Championships. British runners Steve Cram, the inaugural men's winner, and 2022 champion Jake Wightman, are the only non-African-born men to win the World Championship event. Algeria is the most successful nation in the discipline, having won five gold medals across the men's and women's event. Morocco and Bahrain each have won four gold medals, while Russia and the United States each have three. The United States has the highest total of medals in the events at twelve, with six in both in the men's and women's divisions. Kenya has the highest number of medals in the men's event, with a total of seven. Two medallists have been stripped of their honours in the event due to doping: 1987 bronze medallist Sandra Gasser and 2007 silver medallist Yelena Soboleva. (en)
Le 1 500 mètres fait partie des épreuves inscrites au programme des premiers championnats du monde d'athlétisme, en 1983, à Helsinki. Avec quatre médailles d'or, remportées successivement de 1997 à 2003, le Marocain Hicham El Guerrouj est l'athlète le plus titré dans cette épreuve. L'Algérienne Hassiba Boulmerka, la Russe Tatyana Tomashova, Bahreïnienne Maryam Yusuf Jamal et la Kényane Faith Kipyegon détiennent quant à elles le record de victoires chez les femmes (2). Les records des championnats du monde appartiennent chez les hommes à Hicham El Guerrouj, qui établit le temps de 3 min 27 s 65 le 24 août 1999 lors des mondiaux de Séville, et chez les femmes à la Néerlandaise Sifan Hassan, créditée de 3 min 51 s 95 le 5 octobre 2019 lors des championnats du monde de Doha. (fr)
The 1500 metres at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. It is the second most prestigious title in the discipline after the 1500 metres at the Olympics. The competition format typically has two qualifying rounds leading to a final between twelve athletes. It is one of two middle-distance running events on the programme, alongside the World Championship 800 metres. (en)
Le 1 500 mètres fait partie des épreuves inscrites au programme des premiers championnats du monde d'athlétisme, en 1983, à Helsinki. Avec quatre médailles d'or, remportées successivement de 1997 à 2003, le Marocain Hicham El Guerrouj est l'athlète le plus titré dans cette épreuve. L'Algérienne Hassiba Boulmerka, la Russe Tatyana Tomashova, Bahreïnienne Maryam Yusuf Jamal et la Kényane Faith Kipyegon détiennent quant à elles le record de victoires chez les femmes (2). (fr)