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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - 1500 Metres Sprint
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The only female athlete to win 2 World Championships at 1500m, winning in 2003 & 2005 was

 

Kelly Holmes
Tatyana Tomashova
Gabriel Szabo
Mary Decker

 In which year did women first compete in the 1500m event at the Olympics ?

 

1948 London
1972 Munich
1984 Los Angeles
1980 Moscow
The only female athlete to win 2 Olympic Golds at 1500m, winning in 1976 & 1980 was

 

Tatyana Kazakina
Tatyana Tomashova
Gabriel Szabo
Mary Decker

 The 1500 metre race is known as the

 

Mile
Imaginary Mile
Long Mile
Metric Mile
Hicham El Gerrouj from Morocco holds the world record for running the 1500m which stands at

 

4 mins 26 seconds
2 mins 26 seconds
1 mins 26 seconds
3 mins 26 seconds

 Yunxia Qu from China broke the womens world record for the 1500m in 1993 in a time of

 

4 mins 50 seconds
3 mins 50 seconds
4 mins 20 seconds
2 mins 20 seconds
Today the fastest times for female athletes are dominated by athletes from which nation ?

 

China
Morocco
USA
Russia

 The only two male athletes to win the 1500m Olympic Gold twice are

 

Hicham El Gourraj Noah Ngency
Sebastian Coe Jim Lightbody
Peter Snell Herb Elliot
Albert Hill Arnold Jackson
The last woman athlete to win both 1500m & 800m gold at the same Olympics is

 

Svetlana Masterkova
Mary Decker
Kelly Holmes
Maria Mutola

 The last male athlete to win both 1500m & 800m gold at the same Olympics is

 

Sebastian Coe
Ron Delaney
Peter Snell
Hicham El Gourraj


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