Masters Records Progressions US:  1,500 Meter

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[Future] Masters American Records Progression:  [Future]

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Note: Masters Records kept as of 2020 are age 35 and older.

Masters US Records M35 (at the end of 1979):

1500 Meter M35:  3:52.7 Ramsey Thomas (35)  7/11/1979  (Dec 1979 NMN)

Masters US Records M40 (at the end of 1972):

1,500 Meter: M40: 4:10.5h James Vantatenhove (42) 6/17/1972 *  [1970 AR: see M45]

*=1972 to 1975 SAR, Feb 1971 & April 1973 USMITT;  May & Sept 1973 Veteris; May 24 & June 7, 1970 LA Times.

1,500 Meter: M40:  4:05.9 Wilbur Williams (40) 6/23/1973 (June 1975 USMITT)

1,500 Meter: M40:  4:03.4 Ernest Billups (42)  7/8/1979 (Dec 1979 NMN)

 

Masters US Records where M45 records are better than M40 records (at the end of 1972):

1,500 Meter M40:   1970 AR: 4:13.6h Bill Fitzgerald (45) 6/20/1970 *

1,500 Meter M40: 4:10.4h  Bill Fitzgerald (47) 9/14/1972 *

*=1972 to 1975 SAR, Feb 1971 & April 1973 USMITT, and May & Sept 1973 Veteris