1500m World record 1998 Hicham El Guerrouj 3.26.00 Roma Italy

Stadio Olimpico, Roma Italy 14th July 1998 23yr old Hicham El Guerrouj from Morocco, bettered the previous mark of 3:27:37 which had been set by Algeria’s Noureddine Morceli almost three years ago to the day, on 12 July 1995, in Nice. Hicham's split times were: 400m 0.55; 800: 1:50.73; 1100: 2:32.73, 1200: 2:46.34 53.03 for the last 400m 39.66 seconds for the last 300 metres This race was the equivalent of two 1:49.87 800 m performances back to back Mens 1500m results: 1st Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 3.26.00 2nd Laban Rotich (Kenya) 3.30.94 3rd John Kibowen (Kenya) 3.31.08 4th Daniel Komen (Kenya) 3.31.10 5th Andres Diaz (Spain) 3:32.17 6th Vyacheslav Shabunin (Russia) 3:33.30 7th Branko Zorko (Croatia) 3:33.64 8th Reyes Estevez (Spain) 3:33.82 9th Sammy Rono (Kenya) 3:34.73 10th John Mayock (Great Britain) 3:36.74 11th Adil Elkaouche (Morocco) 3:37.47 12th Lorenzo Lazzari (Italy)3:40.54 13th Kevin Sullivan (Canada) 3:45.91 14th Ali Saidi Sief (Algeria) 3:47.56 Pacemakers: Robert Kibet and Noah Ngeny (Kenya)