Record Timeline
Every record update in this archive, newest first.
| Date | Athlete | Country | Time | Location | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul 2025 | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 3:48.68 | Eugene | World Record |
| 7 Jul 2024 | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 3:49.04 | Paris | World Record |
| 2 Jun 2023 | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 3:49.11 | Florence | World Record |
| 4 Aug 2021 | Nozomi Tanaka | Japan | 3:59.19 | Tokyo | Japan Record |
| 2 Aug 2021 | Nozomi Tanaka | Japan | 4:02.33 | Tokyo | Japan Record |
| 17 Jul 2021 | Kazuki Kawamura | Japan | 3:35.42 | Chitose | Japan Record |
| 17 Jul 2021 | Nozomi Tanaka | Japan | 4:04.08 | Chitose | Japan Record |
| 29 May 2021 | Nanami Arai | Japan | 3:37.05 | Portland | Japan Record |
| 23 Aug 2020 | Nozomi Tanaka | Japan | 4:05.27 | Tokyo | Japan Record |
| 17 Jul 2015 | Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia | 3:50.07 | Fontvieille | World Record |
| 24 Sept 2006 | Yuriko Kobayashi | Japan | 4:07.86 | Yokohama | Japan Record |
| 6 May 2006 | Yuriko Kobayashi | Japan | 4:07.87 | Osaka | Japan Record |
| 9 Apr 2005 | Miho Sugimori | Japan | 4:09.30 | Unknown | Japan Record |
| 31 Jul 2004 | Fumikazu Kobayashi | Japan | 3:37.42 | Heusden-Zolder | Japan Record |
| 23 Jun 2002 | Ikuko Tamura | Japan | 4:10.39 | Unknown | Japan Record |
| 14 Jul 1998 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 3:26.00 | Rome | World Record |
| 12 Jul 1995 | Noureddine Morceli | Algeria | 3:27.37 | Nice | World Record |
| 29 Apr 1994 | Harumi Hiroyama | Japan | 4:11.10 | Hiroshima | Japan Record |
| 11 Sept 1993 | Qu Yunxia | China | 3:50.46 | Beijing | World Record |
| 6 Sept 1992 | Noureddine Morceli | Algeria | 3:28.86 | Rieti | World Record |
| 12 Jun 1992 | Harumi Hiroyama | Japan | 4:12.40 | Tokyo | Japan Record |
| 23 Aug 1985 | Said Aouita | Morocco | 3:29.46 | Berlin | World Record |
| 16 Jul 1985 | Steve Cram | Great Britain | 3:29.67 | Nice | World Record |
| 4 Sept 1983 | Steve Ovett | Great Britain | 3:30.77 | Rieti | World Record |
| 28 Aug 1983 | Sydney Maree | United States | 3:31.24 | Cologne | World Record |
| 27 Aug 1980 | Steve Ovett | Great Britain | 3:31.36 | Koblenz | World Record |
| 3 Aug 1980 | Tatyana Kazankina | Soviet Union | 3:52.47 | Zurich | World Record |
| 15 Aug 1979 | Sebastian Coe | Great Britain | 3:32.03 | Zurich | World Record |
| 2 Feb 1974 | Filbert Bayi | Tanzania | 3:32.16 | Christchurch | World Record |
| 9 Sept 1972 | Ludmila Bragina | Soviet Union | 4:01.38 | Munich | World Record |
| 7 Sept 1972 | Ludmila Bragina | Soviet Union | 4:05.07 | Munich | World Record |
| 4 Sept 1972 | Ludmila Bragina | Soviet Union | 4:06.47 | Munich | World Record |
| 15 Aug 1971 | Karin Burneleit | East Germany | 4:09.62 | Helsinki | World Record |
| 20 Sept 1969 | Jaroslava Jehlickova | Czechoslovakia | 4:10.77 | Athens | World Record |