World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile

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1947 1948 1...... Lennart Strand (Sweden) 1...... Henry Eriksson (Sweden) 2...... Henry Eriksson (Sweden) 2...... Marcel Hansenne (France) 3...... Gösta Bergkvist (Sweden) 3...... Wim Slijkhuis (Netherlands) 4...... Marcel Hansenne (France) 4...... Lennart Strand (Sweden) 5...... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 5...... Gösta Bergkvist (Sweden) 6...... Gil Dodds (US) 6...... Gil Dodds (US) 7...... Erik Jörgensen (Denmark) 7...... Václav Cevona () 8...... Wim Slijkhuis (Netherlands) 8...... Rune Persson (Sweden) 9...... Olle Åberg (Sweden) 9...... Denis Johansson (Finland) 10...... Denis Johansson (Finland) 10...... Ingvar Bengtsson (Sweden)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 1949 1953 1...... Wim Slijkhuis (Netherlands) 1...... John Landy (Australia) 2...... Lennart Strand (Sweden) 2...... Wes Santee (US) 3...... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 3...... Roger Bannister (Great Britain) 4...... Sture Landqvist (Sweden) 4...... Sune Karlsson (Sweden) 5...... Patrick El Mabrouk (France) 5...... Denis Johansson (Finland) 6...... Marcel Hansenne (France) 6....Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 7...... Olle Åberg (Sweden) 7...... Werner Lueg (West Germany) 8...... Gösta Bergkvist (Sweden) 8...... Ingvar Ericsson (Sweden) 9...... Jean Vernier (France) 9...... Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 10...... Henry Eriksson (Sweden) 10...... Gunnar Nielsen (Denmark) 1950 1954 1...... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 1...... Roger Bannister (Great Britain) 2...... Wim Slijkhuis (Netherlands) 2...... John Landy (Australia) 3...... Patrick El Mabrouk (France) 3...... Wes Santee (US) 4...... Lennart Strand (Sweden) 4...... Gunnar Nielsen (Denmark) 5...... Bill Nankeville (Great Britain) 5....Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 6...... Ingvar Ericsson (Sweden) 6...... Ingvar Ericsson (Sweden) 7...... Don Gehrmann (US) 7...... Sándor Iharos (Hungary) 8...... Ilmari Taipale (Finland) 8...... Audun Boysen (Norway) 9...... Leonard Eyre (Great Britain) 9...... Chris Chataway (Great Britain) 10...... John Twomey (US) 10...... Werner Lueg (West Germany) 1951 1955 1...... Roger Bannister (Great Britain) 1...... László Tábori (Hungary) 2...... Patrick El Mabrouk (France) 2...... Sándor Iharos (Hungary) 3...... Olle Åberg (Sweden) 3...... István Rózsavölgyi (Hungary) 4...... Sture Landqvist (Sweden) 4...... Gunnar Nielsen (Denmark) 5...... Bill Nankeville (Great Britain) 5...... Chris Chataway (Great Britain) 6...... Andrija Otenheimer (Yugoslavia) 6...... Brian Hewson (Great Britain) 7...... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 7...... Wes Santee (US) 8....Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 8...... Siegfried Hermann (East Germany) 9...... Ilmari Taipale (Finland) 9...... Ken Wood (Great Britain) 10...... Václav Cevona (Czechoslovakia) 10...... Werner Lueg (West Germany) 1952 1956 1...... Josy Barthel (Luxembourg) 1...... Ron Delany (Ireland) 2...... Werner Lueg (West Germany) 2...... John Landy (Australia) 3...... Bob McMillen (US) 3...... Jim Bailey (Australia) 4...... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 4...... István Rózsavölgyi (Hungary) 5...... Roger Bannister (Great Britain) 5.....Klaus Richtzenhain (East Germany) 6...... Patrick El Mabrouk (France) 6...... László Tábori (Hungary) 7...... Olle Åberg (Sweden) 7....Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 8...... Ingvar Ericsson (Sweden) 8...... Brian Hewson (Great Britain) 9...... Günther Dohrow (West Germany) 9...... Siegfried Hermann (East Germany) 10...... Gunnar Nielsen (Denmark) 10...... Derek Ibbotson (Great Britain)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 1957 1961 1...... Derek Ibbotson (Great Britain) 1...... Dyrol Burleson (US) 2...... Ron Delany (Ireland) 2...... Jim Beatty (US) 3....Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 3...... Dan Waern (Sweden) 4...... Olavi Vuorisalo (Finland) 4...... Siegfried Valentin (East Germany) 5...... Dan Waern (Sweden) 5...... Witold Baran (Poland) 6...... Herb Elliott (Australia) 6...... Olavi Salonen (Finland) 7...... Merv Lincoln (Australia) 7...... (France) 8...... Olavi Salsola (Finland) 8...... Michel Bernard (France) 9...... Roger Moens (Belgium) 9...... Roger Verheuen (Belgium) 10...... Ken Wood (Great Britain) 10...... Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 1958 1962 1...... Herb Elliott (Australia) 1...... Peter Snell (New Zealand) 2...... Merv Lincoln (Australia) 2...... Jim Beatty (US) 3...... Murray Halberg (New Zealand) 3...... Michel Jazy (France) 4...... Brian Hewson (Great Britain) 4...... Jim Grelle (US) 5...... Dan Waern (Sweden) 5...... Dyrol Burleson (US) 6...... Ron Delany (Ireland) 6...... Cary Weisiger (US) 7...... Olavi Vuorisalo (Finland) 7...... Witold Baran (Poland) 8...... István Rózsavölgyi (Hungary) 8...... Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 9...... Siegfried Hermann (East Germany) 9...... Bill Dotson (US) 10... Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 10...... Keith Forman (US) 1959 1963 1...... István Rózsavölgyi (Hungary) 1...... Peter Snell (New Zealand) 2...... Dan Waern (Sweden) 2...... Dyrol Burleson (US) 3...... Siegfried Valentin (East Germany) 3...... Michel Jazy (France) 4...... Stefan Lewandowski (Poland) 4...... Tom O’Hara (US) 5...... Siegfried Hermann (East Germany) 5...... Cary Weisiger (US) 6...... Herb Elliott (Australia) 6...... Jim Beatty (US) 7...... Michel Jazy (France) 7...... Jim Grelle (US) 8...... Michel Bernard (France) 8...... Michel Bernard (France) 9....Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 9...... Siegfried Valentin (East Germany) 10...... Zoltan Vamos (Romania) 10....Siegfried Hermann (East Germany) 1960 1964 1...... Herb Elliott (Australia) 1...... Peter Snell (New Zealand) 2...... Michel Jazy (France) 2...... Josef Odložil (Czechoslovakia) 3...... Dan Waern (Sweden) 3...... John Davies (New Zealand) 4...... István Rózsavölgyi (Hungary) 4...... Alan Simpson (Great Britain) 5...... Zoltan Vamos (Romania) 5...... Dyrol Burleson (US) 6...... Dyrol Burleson (US) 6...... Witold Baran (Poland) 7...... Siegfried Valentin (East Germany) 7...... Tom O’Hara (US) 8...... Michel Bernard (France) 8...... Jim Grelle (US) 9...... Terry Sullivan (Zimbabwe) 9...... Michel Jazy (France) 10...... László Tábori (Hungary) 10...... Michel Bernard (France)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 1965 1969 1...... Jürgen May (East Germany) 1...... (US) 2...... Kip Keino (Kenya) 2...... Kip Keino (Kenya) 3...... Michel Jazy (France) 3...... (Poland) 4...... Jim Ryun (US) 4...... Francesco Arese (Italy) 5...... Jim Grelle (US) 5...... Bodo Tümmler (West Germany) 6...... Josef Odložil (Czechoslovakia) 6...... (Great Britain) 7...... Alan Simpson (Great Britain) 7...... Jim Ryun (US) 8...... Dyrol Burleson (US) 8...... Frank Murphy (Ireland) 9...... John Davies (New Zealand) 9...... Edgard Salvé (Belgium) 10...... Bodo Tümmler (West Germany) 10...... John Mason (US) 1966 1970 1...... Jim Ryun (US) 1...... Kip Keino (Kenya) 2...... Kip Keino (Kenya) 2...... Francesco Arese (Italy) 3...... Bodo Tümmler (West Germany) 3...... Henryk Szordykowski (Poland) 4...... Michel Jazy (France) 4...... Jean Wadoux (France) 5...... Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 5...... Chuck LaBenz (US) 6...... Dyrol Burleson (US) 6...... Arne Kvalheim (Norway) 7...... Jim Grelle (US) 7...... Marty Liquori (US) 8...... Alan Simpson (Great Britain) 8...... Dick Quax (New Zealand) 9...... Jürgen May (East Germany) 9...... André De Hertoghe (Belgium) 10...... Jean Wadoux (France) 10...... Jürgen May (West Germany) 1967 1971 1...... Jim Ryun (US) 1...... Marty Liquori (US) 2...... Kip Keino (Kenya) 2...... Kip Keino (Kenya) 3...... André De Hertoghe (Belgium) 3...... Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 4.. Manfred Matuschewski (East Germany) 4...... Francesco Arese (Italy) 5...... Tom Von Ruden (US) 5...... Henryk Szordykowski (Poland) 6...... Bodo Tümmler (West Germany) 6...... Jim Ryun (US) 7...... Jean Wadoux (France) 7...... Tom Von Ruden (US) 8...... Ulf Högberg (Sweden) 8...... Ulf Högberg (Sweden) 9...... Alan Simpson (Great Britain) 9...... (Great Britain) 10...... Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 10...... John Kirkbride (Great Britain) 1968 1972 1...... Kip Keino (Kenya) 1...... (Finland) 2...... Jim Ryun (US) 2...... Kip Keino (Kenya) 3...... Bodo Tümmler (West Germany) 3...... Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 4...... Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 4...... Mike Boit (Kenya) 5...... John Whetton (Great Britain) 5...... Fanie Van Zijl (South Africa) 6...... Henryk Szordykowski (Poland) 6...... Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 7...... André De Hertoghe (Belgium) 7...... Herman Mignon (Belgium) 8...... Jean Wadoux (France) 8...... Peter Stewart (Great Britain) 9...... Arne Kvalheim (Norway) 9...... Jim Ryun (US) 10...... Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 10...Paul-Heinz Wellmann (West Germany)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 1973 1977 1...... Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 1...... (Great Britain) 2...... (Tanzania) 2... Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 3...... Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 3...... (New Zealand) 4...... Dave Wottle (US) 4...... Jozef Plachý (Czechoslovakia) 5...... Dick Quax (New Zealand) 5...... Jürgen Straub (East Germany) 6...... (Great Britain) 6...... Wilson Waigwa (Kenya) 7...... Len Hilton (US) 7...... Abderrahmane Morceli (Algeria) 8...... Tom B. Hansen (Denmark) 8...... (West Germany) 9...... Francesco Arese (Italy) 9...... Steve Scott (US) 10...Paul-Heinz Wellmann (West Germany) 10...... Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) 1974 1978 1...... John Walker (New Zealand) 1...... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 2...... Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) 2...... Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) 3...... Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 3...... Dave Moorcroft (Great Britain) 4...... Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 4... Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 5...... Rick Wohlhuter (US) 5...... Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) 6..... Klaus-Peter Justus (East Germany) 6...... Wilson Waigwa (Kenya) 7...... Tom B. Hansen (Denmark) 7...... Steve Scott (US) 8...... Ulf Högberg (Sweden) 8...... Antti Loikkanen (Finland) 9...... Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 9...... Jürgen Straub (East Germany) 10...... Fanie Van Zijl (South Africa) 10...... John Robson (Great Britain) 1975 1979 1...... John Walker (New Zealand) 1...... Seb Coe (Great Britain) 2...... Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) 2...... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 3...... Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 3...... Steve Scott (US) 4...... Mike Boit (Kenya) 4... Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 5...... Marty Liquori (US) 5...... Jürgen Straub (East Germany) 6...... Thomas Wessinghage (West 6...... Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) Germany) 7...... Don Paige (US) 7...... Rick Wohlhuter (US) 8...... Suleiman Nyambui (Tanzania) 8...... Danie Malan (South Africa) 9...... John Robson (Great Britain) 9...... Ken Popejoy (US) 10...... Willi Wülbeck (West Germany) 10...... Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) 1980 1976 1...... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 1...... John Walker (New Zealand) 2...... Seb Coe (Great Britain) 2... Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 3... Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 3...... Danie Malan (South Africa) 4...... Steve Scott (US) 4...... Ivo Van Damme (Belgium) 5...... John Walker (New Zealand) 5.Paul-Heinz Wellmann (West Germany) 6...... Jürgen Straub (East Germany) 6...... Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 7...... Andreas Busse (East Germany) 7...... Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) 8...... Pierre Délèze (Switzerland) 8...... Rick Wohlhuter (US) 9...... Harald Hudak (West Germany) 9...... Dave Moorcroft (Great Britain) 10...... (Sudan) 10...... Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) © Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 1981 1985 1...... Seb Coe (Great Britain) 1...... (Great Britain) 2...... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 2...... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 3...... Mike Boit (Kenya) 3...... (US) 4...... Steve Scott (US) 4...... José Luis González (Spain) 5...... Sydney Maree (US) 5...... José Abascal (Spain) 6...... John Walker (New Zealand) 6...... Seb Coe (Great Britain) 7...... Olaf Beyer (East Germany) 7...... Steve Scott (US) 8...... José Luis González (Spain) 8...... Pierre Délèze (Switzerland) 9...... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 9...... Omer Khalifa (Sudan) 10. Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 10...... Mike Hillardt (Australia) 1982 1986 1...... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 1...... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 2...... Steve Scott (US) 2...... Seb Coe (Great Britain) 3...... Sydney Maree (US) 3...... Steve Scott (US) 4...... John Walker (New Zealand) 4...... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 5... Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 5...... José Luis González (Spain) 6...... Dave Moorcroft (Great Britain) 6...... José Abascal (Spain) 7...... Tom Byers (US) 7...... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 8...... Nikolay Kirov (Soviet Union) 8...... Sydney Maree (US) 9...... Todd Harbour (US) 9...... Jim Spivey (US) 10...... José Abascal (Spain) 10...... John Walker (New Zealand) 1983 1987 1...... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 1...... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 2...... Steve Scott (US) 2...... (Somalia) 3...... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 3...... José Luis González (Spain) 4...... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 4...... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 5...... José Luis González (Spain) 5...... Jim Spivey (US) 6...... José Abascal (Spain) 6...... Joseph Chesire (Kenya) 7...... Sydney Maree (US) 7...... Jens-Peter Herold (East Germany) 8...... Pierre Délèze (Switzerland) 8...... Markus Hacksteiner (Switzerland) 9...... John Walker (New Zealand) 9...... Steve Crabb (Great Britain) 10. Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 10...... Peter Elliott (Great Britain) 1984 1988 1...... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 1...... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 2...... Seb Coe (Great Britain) 2...... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 3...... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 3...... Peter Elliott (Great Britain) 4...... José Abascal (Spain) 4...... Jens-Peter Herold (East Germany) 5...... Omer Khalifa (Sudan) 5...... Peter Rono (Kenya) 6...... John Walker (New Zealand) 6...... Steve Scott (US) 7...... Joseph Chesire (Kenya) 7...... Jim Spivey (US) 8...... Steve Scott (US) 8...... Kip Cheruiyot (Kenya) 9...... Jim Spivey (US) 9...... (West Germany) 10...... Pierre Délèze (Switzerland) 10...... Joaquim Cruz (Brazil)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 1989 1993 1...... Abdi Bile (Somalia) 1...... (Algeria) 2...... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 2...... Fermín Cacho (Spain) 3...... Wilfred Kirochi (Kenya) 3...... Abdi Bile (Somalia) 4...... Kip Cheruiyot (Kenya) 4...... (Qatar) 5...... Seb Coe (Great Britain) 5...... Jim Spivey (US) 6...... Genny Di Napoli (Italy) 6...... Matthew Yates (Great Britain) 7...... Joseph Chesire (Kenya) 7...... Rashid El Basir (Morocco) 8...... Jens-Peter Herold (East Germany) 8...... Simon Doyle (Australia) 9...... Herve Phélippeau (France) 9...... Marcus O’Sullivan (Ireland) 10...... Pascal Thiébaut (France) 10...... Jonah Birir (Kenya) 1990 1994 1...... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 1...... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 2...... Simon Doyle (Australia) 2...... Vénuste Niyongabo (Burundi) 3...... Joe Falcon (US) 3...... Abdi Bile (Somalia) 4...... Jens-Peter Herold (East Germany) 4...... Mohamed Suleiman (Qatar) 5...... Peter Elliott (Great Britain) 5...... Steve Holman (US) 6...... Abdi Bile (Somalia) 6...... Benson Koech (Kenya) 7...... Wilfred Kirochi (Kenya) 7...... Azzedine Sediki (Morocco) 8...... Genny Di Napoli (Italy) 8...... Matthew Yates (Great Britain) 9...... Tony Morrell (Great Britain) 9...... Atoi Boru (Kenya) 10...... José Luis González (Spain) 10...... Fermín Cacho (Spain) 1991 1995 1...... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 1...... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 2...... Peter Elliott (Great Britain) 2...... Vénuste Niyongabo (Burundi) 3...... Wilfred Kirochi (Kenya) 3...... Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 4...... Hauke Fuhlbrügge (Germany) 4...... Steve Holman (US) 5...... Jens-Peter Herold (Germany) 5...... Rashid El Basir (Morocco) 6...... Fermín Cacho (Spain) 6...... Kevin Sullivan (Canada) 7...... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 7...... Abdelkader Chekhémani (France) 8...... David Kibet (Kenya) 8...... Mohamed Suleiman (Qatar) 9...... Simon Doyle (Australia) 9...... William Kemei (Kenya) 10...... Jim Spivey (US) 10...... Éric Dubus (France) 1992 1996 1...... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 1...... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 2...... Wilfred Kirochi (Kenya) 2...... Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 3...... William Kemei (Kenya) 3...... Vénuste Niyongabo (Burundi) 4...... Fermín Cacho (Spain) 4...... William Tanui (Kenya) 5...... Rashid El Basir (Morocco) 5...... (Kenya) 6...... Mohamed Suleiman (Qatar) 6...... Fermín Cacho (Spain) 7...... Joseph Chesire (Kenya) 7...... Stephen Kipkorir (Kenya) 8...... Jens-Peter Herold (Germany) 8...... Elijah Maru (Kenya) 9...... Jim Spivey (US) 9...... Marko Koers (Netherlands) 10...... Jonah Birir (Kenya) 10...... (Spain)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 1997 2001 1...... Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 1...... Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 2...... Daniel Komen (Kenya) 2...... (Kenya) 3...... Vénuste Niyongabo (Burundi) 3...... William Chirchir (Kenya) 4...... Fermín Cacho (Spain) 4...... Noah Ngeny (Kenya) 5...... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 5...... Laban Rotich (Kenya) 6...... Robert Andersen (Denmark) 6...... (France) 7...... Laban Rotich (Kenya) 7...... José Antonio Redolat (Spain) 8...... William Tanui (Kenya) 8...... Enock Koech (Kenya) 9...... John Kibowen (Kenya) 9...... Benjamin Kipkurui (Kenya) 10...... Steve Holman (US) 10...... Reyes Estévez (Spain) 1998 2002 1...... Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 1...... Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 2...... Laban Rotich (Kenya) 2...... Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 3...... John Kibowen (Kenya) 3...... (Portugal) 4...... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 4...... Cornelius Chirchir (Kenya) 5...... Daniel Komen (Kenya) 5...... William Chirchir (Kenya) 6...... Noah Ngeny (Kenya) 6...... Mehdi Baala (France) 7...... Reyes Estévez (Spain) 7...... Robert Rono (Kenya) 8...... William Tanui (Kenya) 8...... Laban Rotich (Kenya) 9...... Rui Silva (Portugal) 9...... Vyacheslav Shabunin (Russia) 10...... Andrés Díaz (Spain) 10...... Reyes Estévez (Spain) 1999 2003 1...... Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 1...... Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 2...... Noah Ngeny (Kenya) 2...... Mehdi Baala (France) 3...... Laban Rotich (Kenya) 3...... Paul Korir (Kenya) 4...... Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 4...... Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 5...... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 5...... (Kenya) 6...... Andrés Díaz (Spain) 6...... (Ukraine) 7...... Reyes Estévez (Spain) 7...... Rui Silva (Portugal) 8...... Rui Silva (Portugal) 8...... Cornelius Chirchir (Kenya) 9...... Driss Maazouzi (France) 9...... Isaac Songok (Kenya) 10...... Ali Saïdi Sief (Algeria) 10...... William Chirchir (Kenya) 2000 2004 1...... Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 1...... Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 2...... Noah Ngeny (Kenya) 2...... Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 3...... Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 3...... Ivan Heshko (Ukraine) 4...... William Chirchir (Kenya) 4...... Timothy Kiptanui (Kenya) 5...... Kevin Sullivan (Canada) 5...... Alex Kipchirchir (Kenya) 6...... Andrés Díaz (Spain) 6...... Paul Korir (Kenya) 7...... Driss Maazouzi (France) 7...... Laban Rotich (Kenya) 8...... Benjamin Kipkurui (Kenya) 8...... Rui Silva (Portugal) 9...... Mehdi Baala (France) 9...... Isaac Songok (Kenya) 10...... Vyacheslav Shabunin (Russia) 10...... Kamel Boulahfane (Algeria)

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Bernard Lagat scored big for both Kenya and the U.S.

2005 2006 1...... Daniel Komen II (Kenya) 1...... Alex Kipchirchir (Kenya) 2...... Bernard Lagat (US) 2...... Augustine Choge (Kenya) 3...... Rashid Ramzi (Bahrain) 3...... Bernard Lagat (US) 4...... Ivan Heshko (Ukraine) 4...... Mehdi Baala (France) 5...... Alex Kipchirchir (Kenya) 5...... Daniel Komen II (Kenya) 6...... Dahame Bashir (Qatar) 6...... Ivan Heshko (Ukraine) 7...... (US) 7...... Adil Kaouch (Morocco) 8...... Suleiman Simotwo (Kenya) 8...... Tarek Boukensa (Algeria) 9...... Rui Silva (Portugal) 9...... Shadrack Korir (Kenya) 10...... Juan Higuero (Spain) 10...... Mohammed Moustaoui (Morocco)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 2007 2011 1...... Daniel Komen II (Kenya) 1...... (Kenya) 2...... Bernard Lagat (US) 2...... (Kenya) 3...... Tarek Boukensa (Algeria) 3...... Nixon Chepseba (Kenya) 4...... Mehdi Baala (France) 4...... Haron Keitany (Kenya) 5...... Rashid Ramzi (Bahrain) 5...... Mohamed Moustaoui (Morocco) 6...... Alan Webb (US) 6...... Mekonnen Gebremedhin (Ethiopia) 7...... Shadrack Korir (Kenya) 7...... Augustine Choge (Kenya) 8...... Augustine Choge (Kenya) 8...... Matthew Centrowitz (US) 9...... Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 9...... Manuel Olmedo (Spain) 10...... Suleiman Simotwo (Kenya) 10...... Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 2008 2012 1...... Haron Keitany (Kenya) 1...... Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 2...... Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 2...... Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 3...... Nick Willis (New Zealand) 3...... Mekonnen Gebremedhin (Ethiopia) 4...... Augustine Choge (Kenya) 4...... Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 5...... Mehdi Baala (France) 5...... Matthew Centrowitz (US) 6...... Youssef Kamel (Bahrain) 6...... Nixon Chepseba (Kenya) 7...... Belal Mansoor Ali (Bahrain) 7...... Bethwel Birgen (Kenya) 8...... Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 8...... Caleb Ndiku (Kenya) 9...... Gideon Gathimba (Kenya) 9...... Leo Manzano (US) 10...... Juan Higuero (Spain) 10...... Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 2009 2013 1...... Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 1...... Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 2...... Youssef Kamel (Bahrain) 2...... Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 3...... Augustine Choge (Kenya) 3...... Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 4...... Deresse Mekonnen (Ethiopia) 4...... Nixon Chepseba (Kenya) 5...... Haron Keitany (Kenya) 5...... Caleb Ndiku (Kenya) 6...... William Biwott (Kenya) 6...... Bethwel Birgen (Kenya) 7...... Bernard Lagat (US) 7...... Collins Cheboi (Kenya) 8...... Mohammed Moustaoui (Morocco) 8...... Matthew Centrowitz (US) 9...... Mehdi Baala (France) 9...... Johan Cronje (South Africa) 10...... Amine Laâlou (Morocco) 10...... Aman Wote (Ethiopia) 2010 2014 1...... Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 1...... Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 2...... Amine Laâlou (Morocco) 2...... Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 3...... Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 3...... Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 4...... Augustine Choge (Kenya) 4...... Ronald Kwemoi (Kenya) 5...... Mekonnen Gebremedhin (Ethiopia) 5...... Aman Wote (Ethiopia) 6...... Leo Manzano (US) 6...... Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 7...... Nicholas Kemboi (Kenya) 7...... Collins Cheboi (Kenya) 8...... Daniel Komen (Kenya) 8...... Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 9...... Andrew Wheating (US) 9...... Vincent Kibet (Kenya) 10...... Ryan Gregson (Australia) 10...... James Magut (Kenya)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 2015 2018 1...... Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 1...... Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) 2...... (Kenya) 2...... Elijah Manangoi (Kenya) 3...... Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 3...... Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 4...... Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 4...... (Morocco) 5...... Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 5...... Filip Ingebrigtsen (Norway) 6...... Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 6...... Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 7...... Robert Biwott (Kenya) 7...... (Norway) 8...... Nick Willis (New Zealand) 8...... Samuel Tefera (Ethiopia) 9...... Ronald Kwemoi (Kenya) 9...... Aman Wote (Ethiopia) 10...... Matthew Centrowitz (US) 10...... Charles Simotwo (Kenya) 2016 2019 1...... Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 1...... Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) 2...... Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 2...... Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) 3...... Elijah Manangoi (Kenya) 4...... Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 4...... Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 3...... Ronald Musagala (Uganda) 5...... Matthew Centrowitz (US) 5...... Filip Ingebrigtsen (Norway) 6...... Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) 6...... Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 7...... Nick Willis (New Zealand) 7...... (Poland) 8...... Ronald Kwemoi (Kenya) 8...... Craig Engels (US) 9...... Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 9...... Samuel Tefera (Ethiopia) 10...... Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 10...... Bethwel Birgen (Kenya) 2017 1...... Elijah Manangoi (Kenya) 2...... Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) 3...... Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 4...... Ronald Kwemoi (Kenya) 5...... Charles Simotwo (Kenya) 6...... Vincent Kibet (Kenya) 7...... Filip Ingebrigtsen (Norway) 8...... Aman Wote (Ethiopia) 9...... Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 10...... Jake Wightman (Great Britain)

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