National Records (under 4:00)
(at 31 December 2002)
Algeria 3:44.39 Noureddine Morceli 5 Sep 93 Rieti
(i) 3:50.70 Noureddine Morceli 20 Feb 93 Birmingham
Australia 3:49.91 Simon Doyle 6 Jul 91 Oslo
(i) 3:56.6 m Mike Hillardt 23 Feb 86 San Diego
Austria 3:52.42 Robert Nemeth 9 Sep 81 Rieti
(i) 3:54.28 Michael Buchleitner 1 Mar 94 Karlsruhe
Belarus 3:57.88 Azat Rakipov 26 Jul 94 St-Peterburg
Belgium 3:54.57 Marc Corstjens 10 Jul 93 Oslo
(i) 3:54.13 Christophe Impens 12 Feb 97 Gent
Brazil 3:52.97 Hudson de Souza 12 Jul 02 Rome
(i) 3:56.26 Hudson de Souza 10 Feb 01 Fayetteville
Burundi 3:46.70 Vénuste Niyongabo 26 Aug 97 Berlin
(i) 3:58.8 e Vénuste Niyongabo 18 Feb 96 Liévin [2km]
Canada 3:50.26 Kevin Sullivan 28 Jul 00 Oslo
(i) 3:55.33 Kevin Sullivan 11 Mar 95 Indianapolis
Colombia -
(i) 3:59.87 Jacinto Navarette 13 Feb 87 Moscow,Idaho
Croatia 3:52.64 Branko Zorko 5 Aug 98 Stockholm
Cuba 3:58.1 ? Luis Medina 11 May 79 Kingston,Jam.
Czech Rep. 3:52.59 Jozef Plachy 3 Jul 78 Stockholm
Denmark 3:50.79 Robert Andersen 26 Aug 97 Berlin
(i) 3:59.13 Mogens Guldberg 26 Feb 88 Zaragoza
Eritrea 3:59.86 Bolota Asmerom 8 Jun 02 Palo Alto
Ethiopia 3:52.39 Haile Gebrselassie 27 Jun 99 Gateshead
(i) 3:54.78 Hailu Mekonnen 13 Feb 00 Liévin
Finland 3:55.65 Ari Paunonen 26 Jun 77 London (CP)
(i) 3:58.20 Antti Loikkanen 20 Jan 79 Los Angeles
France 3:50.33 Eric Dubus 16 Aug 95 Zürich
(i) 3:54.16 Eric Dubus 1 Mar 94 Karlsruhe
Germany 3:49.22 Jens-Peter Herold 2 Jul 88 Oslo
(i) 3:53.74 Jens-Peter Herold 1 Mar 94 Karlsruhe
Greece 3:56.11 Spýros Hristópoulos 30 May 92 San Donato Milanese
Hungary 3:55.13 István Knipl 29 Aug 84 Koblenz
Iceland 3:57.63 Jon Didriksson 25 Aug 82 Koblenz
Ireland 3:49.77 Ray Flynn 7 Jul 82 Oslo
(i) 3:49.78 Eamonn Coghlan 27 Feb 83 East Rutherford
Italy 3:51.96 Gennaro Di Napoli 30 May 92 San Donato Milanese
Jamaica 3:57.34 Byron Dyce 1 Jul 74 Stockholm
Japan 3:58.89 Kiyonari Shibata 11 May 96 Osaka
Kenya 3:43.40 Noah Ngeny 7 Jul 99 Rome
(i) 3:53.31 Noah Ngeny 15 Feb 01 Stockholm
Kuwait 3:59.55 Bashar Ibrahim 28 Apr 01 Des Moines
(i) 3:59.84 Bashar Ibrahim 10 Mar 01 Fayetteville
Luxembourg 3:59.4 ? Justin Gloden 22 Aug 80 Bruxelles
Mexico 3:58.4 m Juan Martínez 24 May 75 Modesto
Morocco 3:43.13 Hicham ElGuerrouj 7 Jul 99 Rome
(i) 3:48.45 Hicham ElGuerrouj 12 Feb 97 Gent
Netherlands 3:53.47 Marko Koers 30 Aug 96 Berlin
(i) 3:57.37 Marko Koers 15 Feb 01 Stockholm
New Zealand 3:49.08 John Walker 7 Jul 82 Oslo
(i) 3:52.8 m John Walker 20 Feb 81 San Diego
John Walker 19 Feb 82 San Diego
Norway 3:56.2 m Knut Kvalheim 31 Jul 74 Oslo
Poland 3:55.40 Bronislaw Malinowski 9 Aug 76 Stockholm
(i) 3:58.39 Michal Bartoszak 6 Feb 94 Fairfax
Portugal 3:49.50 Rui Silva 12 Jul 99 Rome
(i) 3:52.18 Rui Silva 15 Feb 01 Stockholm
Puerto Rico 3:59.3 * Tony Colon 20 Jul 74 Boston
Qatar 3:51.12 Mohammed Suleiman 16 Aug 95 Zürich
(i) 3:57.05 Mohammed Suleiman 20 Feb 93 Birmingham
Romania 3:58.18 Oliviu Olteanu 29 May 94 Bucuresti
Russia 3:49.83 Vyacheslav Shabunin 29 Jun 01 Rome
(i) 3:57.76 Vyacheslav Shabunin 14 Feb 95 Moskva
Rwanda 3:57.82 Aléxis Sharangabo 19 Aug 00 Falmouth,MA
Senegal 3:59.44 Moussa Fall 6 Aug 86 Viareggio
Slovakia 3:58.20 Robert Stefko 7 Jul 98 Zagreb
Slovenia 3:58.89 Bekim Bahtiri 25 Aug 93 Linz
Somalia 3:49.40 Abdi Bile 2 Jul 88 Oslo
(i) 3:55.77 Abdi Bile 18 Jan 86 Johnson City
South Africa 3:50.82 Johan Fourie 11 Mar 87 Port Elizabeth
(i) 3:54.27 Clyde Colenso 10 Feb 01 Fayetteville
Spain 3:47.79 José Luis González 27 Jul 85 Oslo
(i) 3:52.56 José Abascal 27 Feb 83 East Rutherford
Sudan 3:53.74 Omer Khalifa 17 Aug 84 Berlin
Sweden 3:54.45 Anders Gärderud 30 Jun 75 Stockholm
Switzerland 3:50.38 Pierre Délčze 25 Aug 82 Koblenz
(i) 3:58.79 Pierre Délčze 12 Mar 87 Valencia
Tanzania 3:51.0 m Filbert Bayi 17 May 75 Kingston,Jam.
(i) 3:54.5 ? Filbert Bayi 15 Feb 80 Los Angeles
Tunisia 3:50.57 Ali Hakimi 26 Aug 97 Berlin
Uganda 3:55.38 Julius Achon 6 Jun 99 Uniondale,NY
(i) 3:57.41 Julius Achon 22 Feb 97 Fairfax
Ukraine 3:55.28 Andrey Bulkovskiy 17 Aug 94 Zürich
U.K. 3:46.32 Steve Cram 27 Jul 85 Oslo
(i) 3:52.02 Peter Elliott 9 Feb 90 East Rutherford
U.S.A. 3:47.69 Steve Scott 7 Jul 82 Oslo
(i) 3:51.8 m Steve Scott 20 Feb 81 San Diego
Yugoslavia 3:52.24 Dragan Zdravkovic 17 Aug 83 Berlin
Zimbabwe 3:53.13 Phillimon Hanneck 30 May 92 San Donato Milanese
(i) 3:57.82 Passmore Furusa 22 Feb 97 Fairfax
c = calculated (in 2km, based on time at 1600m)
* = adjusted time (1757 yards + 0.5sec.)
? = meeting with auto-timing, exact time unknown
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